Getting DD Christened in Campbelltown

[Taylors_mum]

Hope im putting this in the right place.

This might sound a bit stupid but i know nothing about christenings.

I was just reading a thread about schools in Campbelltown and somebody told me my DD wont be able to attend a private/catholic school unless she is christened... is this true?? i know its a long way off but when she is old enough i would like to have every option available when picking what school she attends.

We arent religeous parents but i would still like to have her christened.

ok that being said i have a few stupid questions....:laughing: here goes...

Do you have to pay the church/ priest to have her christened??

What is the roll of the godparents?? ( i always thought it was something along the lines of if something should happen to me and DF they would take care of DD??)

How many god parents should we have??

Does it matter under what church we have her christened??

What age is best??

Sorry about all the Q's... hopefully someone can help.:confused:

[OM]

I hope this does not sound nasty...
Having your child christenend is promising to bring that child up christian. Is that a promise you are willing to make just to get her in to a school?



The Minister who baptised Ozzy said to me that by having him baptised does not mean that I have to take him to church every week etc or even at all. But that by having him baptised I will give him when he is older information etc about the church in the hope that he will want to go down that path, but the decision ultimately will be up to him when he is bigger etc.



Do you have to pay the church/ priest to have her christened??

We were asked if we would like to make a donation. We gave $50 into the collection bags.



What is the roll of the godparents?? ( i always thought it was something along the lines of if something should happen to me and DF they would take care of DD??)


The godparents we had are not actively involved in church etc so we picked them though more on their attitude in general and being a good role model.


How many god parents should we have??


That is ultimately up to you! I had 2 though.



Does it matter under what church we have her christened??


Well you wouldn't go and have bub christened/blessed in Hindu ceremony if you thought it was all really far fetched would you. So I think it best to look into the religions first and pick one that best suits or remotely fits what you believe.


What age is best??


That is a personal preference. Ozzy was 9 weeks or so. However my cousin was baptised at 13 years old!

[Mrs Little]

[QUOTE=princess niamh]
Having your child christenend is promising to bring that child up christian. Is that a promise you are willing to make just to get her in to a school?
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I agree!

You don't need to have her christened to get into a Christian School.

You could always call some schools in your area and ask them.

Mrs Little & Son.

[OM]

You don't need to have her christened to get into a Christian School.




That is true! But their is no denying the fact that it certainly increases your chances of getting into the school!

One of the schools I attended only accepted 2% of their total students as non denomonational (sp)?

[Lunar]

Hi Hollie,
I had Emy christened at 2 (due to circumstances beyond my control I couldn't get it done earlier.)
She was christened at St. John's Campbelltown.
They usually ask for a donation only if you can, the priest suggested to us just whatever amount I would spend on an outfit for her.
Emy has 2 godparents (my brother and his wife). Godparents are more like if something happens to you they are the ones to teach your child the religious things you would have, you know to take care of first holy communion, etc if you are not there. Not neccessarily to take the role of guardianship in the event of you death.

Catholic schools do enrol non catholics also. I think they just give preference to catholics...not sure tho.

We will be getting Kailah christened very soon too.

You don't have to have a big party afterwards either (some people do). We just had a small family bbq after Emy's and will do the same for Kailah.

Hope this helps.

[Mamaduke]

The school that Jesse's going to next year accepts Catholic families from the Parish first, Catholic families from another Parish second and then if there are any places left, non-Catholic families (although their aim is to keep the school with small class sizes).

We were asked by Father before both Baptisms why we were wanting our children Baptised...if I were you, I wouldn't mention the 'school' reason!:no:

[misskittyfantastico]

I had by DD Baptised when she was just over three months.

I gave the Priest a donation (usually $50-$100)

My DD has two Godparents and I see them as people who will be prominant figures in her life.

Many Catholic schools take Catholic students before those of other denominations.

I hope this helps:)

[Taylors_mum]

I was always going to get DD christened... but reading about the schools got me thinking.... i connect the schools with what a friend had said about being christened.

Being able to get her into a private school is not the reason i wish to get her christened.

Thanks to everyone that helped with my questions.

Emysmum... i'll send you a PM

[mum2peanut]

I am a teacher in a Catholic School in your area. Most of the time they do prefer baptised Catholics. AA practising baptised Catholic is always going to be out to the top of the list. They normally ask for a family photo with your application for the priest to look at to see of they recognise the family. The demand to get into some Catholic Schools is very high, therefore there has to be some sort of rank order. Also a lot of school require you to actually have an interview with the priest before acceptance into Kinder. On average I've had at the most 3 non Catholics in my class at a time.
Normally you do give the church a donations, it's the same for weddings etc.
The official role of the Godparent is to accept the church's beliefs on behalf of the child, obviously your child is not old enough to do that themselves. (This happens at Conformation in Year 6) Normally there are two Godparents, one of whom needs to be Cath.
I think most parents have their bubs baptised before 12 months just cause they have less idea about what's going on, the water and oil thing could upset an older child. Hope this helps.