Faith Formation

Service Opportunities

·        Attend YM on Tues. 5pm-6:30pm

·       Collect blankets and jackets and deliver to St. Vincent de Paul here at St. Mary

·        The First Friday of every month is Eucharistic Adoration 24 hours long. Spend an hour or two in the presence of Christ with your friends or family or just you and some Jesus time

·        Every Friday come help Miss Priscilla set up classrooms for SRE. Call 714-525-2500 ext. 8556 for more info

·        Sundays at 5:30pm Mass sign up to sing or play an instrument in our Youth Choir. Text Mrs. Bridget for more info 949-709-6881

·        Sign up to sing in our Spanish Choir! Call Miss Yulissa for more info 714-270-5311

Baptism Preparation

Preparing parents and Godparents for the formation of their child’s faith.

Baptismal preparation classes (2024) are held the second Sunday of every month at 3:00 pm, in St Dominic classroom.

*** There are two exceptions in the months of March and April - See below

The Sacrament of Baptism (2024) is celebrated in the Church on the third Sunday of the month at 3:00 pm.

*** There are two exceptions in the months of March and April - See below

Requirements:

1. Register one month prior, for the baptismal class and baptism in the parish office by bringing a copy of the child’s birth certificate, the suggested donation of $60 (Once you register the money is not refundable, you can only change the date) and completing an application.

2. The Godparents must be at least 16 years of age and be confirmed, practicing Catholics. (If the Godparents are  a couple, we will need a copy of their marriage certificate from the church.)

3. **Catholics publicly living in an invalid marriage (not according to the Church regulations) and those who are cohabitating (living together without marriage) are ineligible to be Godparents. **

4. Both parents and Godparents must fulfill the Baptismal Class pre-requisite by attending a baptismal class here or at another parish. If you do attend the class somewhere else, we will need a copy of the class certificate.

5. If the parents are not registered here at our parish, we will need the letter of Permission to Baptize here from the parish the parents are registered at or live closest to.

CODE OF CANON LAW:

CHAPTER IV.

SPONSORS

Can. 872 Insofar as possible, a person to be baptized is to be given a sponsor who assists an adult in Christian initiation or together with the parents presents an infant for baptism. A sponsor also helps the baptized person to lead a Christian life in keeping with baptism and to fulfill faithfully the obligations inherent in it.

Can. 873 There is to be only one male sponsor or one female sponsor or one of each.

Can. 874 §1. To be permitted to take on the function of sponsor a person must:

1/ be designated by the one to be baptized, by the parents or the person who takes their place, or in their absence by the pastor or minister and have the aptitude and intention of fulfilling this function;

2/ have completed the sixteenth year of age, unless the diocesan bishop has established another age, or the pastor or minister has granted an exception for a just cause;

3/ be a Catholic who has been confirmed and has already received the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist and who leads a life of faith in keeping with the function to be taken on;

4/ not be bound by any canonical penalty legitimately imposed or declared;

5/ not be the father or mother of the one to be baptized.

§2. A baptized person who belongs to a non-Catholic ecclesial community is not to participate except together with a Catholic sponsor and then only as a witness of the baptism.