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Baptismal Preparation for Parents
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Preparation Process
We prepare our parents for baptism using the Augustine Instutute's "Reborn" program.
- To begin this process, please visit www.formed.org.
- In the center of the page, click "sign up". Search for the Cathedral - type in "Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes".
- Fill out registraion information (name, email, password, etc.)
- Once you are logged in, in the top, left-hand corner click "search", then type in "Reborn". Click on the video series titled "Reborn: You, Your Child and The Heart of Baptism".
- Please watch videos 1, 2, & 3 with your spouse. You should also ask the Godparents you've chosen to watch the video titled "The Gift of Godparents".
When you are finished, please email Carolyn Berry, Office Manager at [email protected] to schedule an appointment with a priest or deacon. Suggested times for a baptism are Saturdays at 10:00 am and Sundays during the 9:00 and 11:00 am Mass, or after the 11:00 am Mass.
If you have a child of catechetical age (generally aged seven and older) whom you would like to be baptized, please complete this form and Sr. Paschalina Marie will contact you. -
Reborn Series Trailer
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About BaptismIn his dialogue with Nicodemus, Jesus taught that Baptism was necessary for salvation.
"No one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit" (Jn 3:5). After his Resurrection, Jesus met with the eleven Apostles and gave them the commission to preach the Gospel and baptize, telling them, "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved" (Mk 16:16).The word baptism in its origins is Greek and means "immersion" and "bath." Immersion in water is a sign of death and emersion out of the water means new life. To bathe in water is also to undergo cleansing. Saint Paul sums up this truth when he says,
"You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in
the power of God, who raised him from the dead" (Col 2:12).
The origin and foundation of Christian Baptism is Jesus. Before starting his public ministry Jesu submitted himself to the baptism given by John the Baptist. The waters did not purify him; he cleansed the waters. "He comes to sanctify the Jordan for our sake . . . to begin a new creation through the Spirit and water" (St. Gregory Nazianzen, Liturgy of the Hours , I, 634).Jesus' immersion in the water is a sign for all human beings of the need to die to themselves to do God's will. Jesus did not need to be baptized because he was totally faithful to the will of his Father and free from sin. However, he wanted to show his solidarity
with human beings in order to reconcile them to the Father.
By commanding his disciples to baptize all nations, he established the means by
which people would die to sin—Original and actual—and begin to live a new life with God.