Just a quick catholic question

[littlerayofsunshine]

Hi everyone,
Just a quick question, im due to have my first child in april and as my DF is catholic we will be getting her baptised. I just want to no as im not catholic( i was never baptised) will a priest still baptise her or will i have to do it first.
TIA it might sound like a silly question but i honestly dont have a clue:confused:

[Mamaduke]

It really does depend on the Parish Priest but more often than not the church is more than happy to welcome a little one into the family regardless of one parent's religion.
My DH is not Catholic either and we've never had a problem when Baptising the boys. Our Priest who married us even said (upon DH telling him he wasn't Catholic), "That doesn't matter, we'll take anyone!" :laughing:
Just give your local Parish church secretary a call and they'll be able to help you.

[missie_mack]

Shouldnt be a problem (I know of at least one bishop whose parents arent both catholic lol) If it were me I wouldnt be saying anything. We never said anything when DS was baptised just confirmed we were married catholic and that this was what we both wanted for our child.

If they dont ask I wouldnt say but thats just me

[Uniquey]

It definitely depends on the parish Priest. When our dd was baptised we were asked what each of us were and if we were married in the Catholic faith, the Catholic church we married in, was different to the Catholic Church our daughter was baptised in.

[aardvark]

It shouldn't be an issue. I'm catholic, DH is uniting church. It never even came up in conversation with the priest for any of the three children.

[tobmac]

HI:wave: we got married in a catholic church and had all 3 kids baptised at the same church but for various reasons and hb is not catholic but they did try and tell me that atleast 1 of the god parents be catholic but as all 3 have the same and they are not catholic theres nothing they can do. But if you have a problem then go to a different parish you dont have to stay in yours i didnt..................... Goodluck!!!!



Me 32
HB 35
Lj 8
Tr 2
Me 1

kids......it changes daily!!!!

[Dannielle]

I don't think you should have a problem. My DH is Catholic and I'm Anglican and we got married in an Anglican church. (same minister as my mum and dad)

Then all 3 girls were baptised Catholic without any problems. Plus only one of DD2 and DD3's godparents is Catholic.

[jocr]

Depends entirely on the priest. Both my DH and I are Catholic, but in our parish, we had to make sure that at least one of DD godparents was a Catholic, no other questions were asked. I was expecting the whole integration about going to Mass etc before her christening but got none of that, although I am expecting that this will be different when I am enroling her in a Catholic school!!!!

[youngones]

It does depend somewhat on the priest - some parishes are much more liberal than others. Ours is quite a stickler for canonical law, but I'm Catholic and DH is Anglican and we married in an Anglican church (because DH had a falling out with the Catholic priest over communion rites), but our priest was all too happy to baptise DD into the Catholic church. I know its a weird arrangement, but I agreed to be married in the Anglican church, only if DD and any other children we have are raised Catholic (DH agreed, because he doesn't want them to feel 'left out' like he does in communion, despite our priest saying he's never turned anyone away from the host :rolleyes:).