Immaculate Conception, Formosa & Sacred Heart, Teeswater
Mary Immaculate, Chepstow & St. Joseph, Cargill

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Baptism

- Faith
Why We Baptize
- Sunday, July 13, 2025
  
  by Bishop Robert Barron
  
  Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus affirms a scholar’s identification of the greatest commandment: “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your...

Baptism Preparation Meeting
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 or Wednesday, September 17, 2025
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, Formosa
For first-time parents wishing to baptise their to-be-born or already born children (under the age of 7). And for expecting parents who have not attended a Baptism Preparation class within the last two (2) years. Please contact the office to register.
Baptisms are celebrated in our parishes
- Formosa - First Sunday of the month after 11 a.m. Mass
- Teeswater - Last Sunday of the month at 1 p.m.
- Chepstow - First Sunday of the month after 11 a.m. Mass
- Cargill - Second Sunday of the month at 1 p.m.
Parents of children 7 and older interested in having their child baptized need to call or email either parish office.
Godparents/Sponsors
There is to be one male sponsor or one female sponsor or one of each (Canons 872-873).
Godparents must be no less than sixteen years of age. They must be fully initiated in the Catholic Church (Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation) and must be living a life of faith which befits the responsibility to be undertaken (Canon 874). Based on these criteria, parents select Godparents for their child.
A baptised person who belongs to another Christian denomination may be admitted as a Christian witness, together with a Catholic Godparent.