{"id":3314,"date":"2021-07-14T11:51:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T10:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/?page_id=3314"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:54:16","slug":"baptism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/?page_id=3314","title":{"rendered":"Baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Baptism Preparation<a href=\"https:\/\/www.holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hc1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-225 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hc1.jpg\" alt=\"hc1\" width=\"85\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The code of Canon Law requires parents to be prepared and instructed for the Baptism of their children, so they understand the meaning of the sacrament and the obligations attached to it.<\/p>\n<p>Preparation in this parish involves attending two sessions which are usually held on the first and second Saturday of each month; alternatively evening sessions are available.\u00a0 The sessions are held in the Parish Centre or may arranged via Zoom. They last about an hour and tea and coffee are available.\u00a0 Before preparation parents will be sent a registration form to be completed and given to Father Vincent. Once preparation is completed parents may arrange the Baptism date with the Father Vincent.<\/p>\n<p>We currently have a team of catechists who lead the sessions.\u00a0 New members to the team are always welcome (you don&#8217;t need any previous experience as a catechist).<\/p>\n<p><em>If you are interested in joining the team or wish to book for the preparation sessions\u00a0 use the contact form or follow the link<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:carshaltonbaptism@rcaos.org.uk\">carshaltonbaptism@rcaos.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baptism Preparation The code of Canon Law requires parents to be prepared and instructed for the Baptism of their children, so they understand the meaning of the sacrament and the obligations attached to it. Preparation in this parish involves attending two sessions which are usually held on the first and second Saturday of each month; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/?page_id=3314\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Baptism<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3310,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3314","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3314"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7885,"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3314\/revisions\/7885"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}