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are invited and encouraged to have their children baptized at St. Paul
Catholic Church. The Diocese of Sacramento requires that parents and Godparents must participate in the
baptismal preparation program prior to the baptism being scheduled.
Parents must
contact the Parish office at 916-381-5200 to register for the baptismal
preparation program and should be prepared to provide the office with
information regarding the Godparents. The Parish staff will provide information regarding the baptism, schedule the preparation
class and the following baptism ceremony, and provide a baptismal candle.
The following
information is provided for your convenience in planning this most
important Sacrament of your child's life. Please remember that you
must be pre-registered by the office for the class and the baptism.
The baptismal
preparation program class is held once a month, usually on the 3rd
Thursday at 7:00 pm in the old parish hall. You will be provided with
the exact date and time when you call to register.
Baptisms are
usually held on the 4th Saturday at 10:00 am in the church proper.
The Parish office will provide you with your scheduled date and time.
Baptisms at St. Paul are performed as a group service.
Adults who
wish to become baptized in the Catholic Faith are encouraged to
participate in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). Learn
more about
RCIA.
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The Sacrament of Baptism in the
Catholic Church
"Go therefore
and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have
commanded of you" (Matthew 28:19-20).
Baptism is the
first Sacrament celebrated in the process of becoming a
full member of the Church community. It is the first of
the three Sacraments of Initiation - Baptism,
Confirmation and Eucharist.
Baptism is, like
all the Sacraments, a gift from God. Water is the
universal symbol. Water is absolutely essential for all
life. Water cleanses and restores. It is the waters of
Baptism which give us new life. In accordance, through
Baptism we also die to our old sinful selves in order to
be restored and resurrected in the new life of Christ.
"The fruit of
Baptism, or baptismal grace, is a rich reality that
includes forgiveness of original sin and all personal
sins, birth into the new life by which man becomes an
adoptive son of the Father, a member of Christ and a
temple of the Holy Spirit. By this very fact the person
baptized is incorporated into the Church, the Body of
Christ, and made a sharer in the priesthood of Christ."
-- Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1279
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