We Need You.

If you love babies and can offer about 1½ hours once a month to the Baptism program, we are looking for Baptism hosts to help on Saturdays or Sundays.  This special ministry is also a way to evangelize and welcome new families into our loving community.

If interested, please contact Deacon Joe Slattery at [email protected]

What does a Baptism Host do?

Before Baptism

• Put the sacred chrism oil, the oil of catechumens, and the bowl with cotton balls on the creedance table near the altar.
• Put the metal “shell” for pouring and the appropriate number of small towels on the ledge of the baptismal font.
• Put the Baptism Register forms in the order that you will call the families to the font.

Greeting the parents and godparents:

• Greet each family upon arrival.
• Ask parents if the information on the Baptism Register Information Form is correct.
• Give the baptismal candle to the godfathers.
• Introduce the parents and godparents to the Priest/Deacon.

After the Ceremony

• Extinguish the paschal candle and move it back to the baptismal font, placing it in the saddle candle holder on the rear font wall.
• Extinguish all other candles on the altar.
• Have the Priest/Deacon sign the Baptism Register Information Forms and leave them in the baptism closet.
• Return the bowl and metal shell to the baptism closet.
• Put the used cotton balls in the marked bag in the baptism closet.
• Collect all white towels and put them in the hamper.
• Return the bottles of oil to the ambry.