Baptism
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baptism
"Gateway to the Sacraments"
If you would like to have your child baptized, contact Fr. Andy or Patrice Fitzpatrick.
If you are an adult who has not been baptized and you are interested in exploring the Catholic Faith, please consider our Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (R.C.I.A.) program.
Baptism is the very first sacrament that we receive and we cannot receive any other sacrament without having received Baptism first. For this reason, Baptism is called the "gateway to the sacraments."Through Baptism, we die and rise with Jesus Christ and possess the eternal life of his Resurrection here and now. In the Acts of the Apostles, Saint Peter tells the crowds outside the locked room, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:38).