Baptism
Baptism for children
Requirements:
- Birth Certificate: To verify legal custody of your child a copy of the birth certificate is required.
- Must be 6 years old or younger.
- If 7 years of age OR older please contact our parish office. (951) 737-7144
*Parents who attend OR are registered in a different parish need to provide a letter of permission from their parish permitting them to baptize here at St. Mel.
Sponsors:
Only one sponsor (godparent) is needed. But, if there are two, then they must be a man and a women.
Must be 16 years OR older.
Copies of:
- Baptism Certificate
- First Communion Certificate
- Confirmation Certificate
- Sponsors who live together must be in a Catholic Marriage and need to provide a Certificate of their Catholic Marriage.
baptism for adults:
Please Contact the Coordinator for OCIA Program for Adults seeking for Adult Baptism.
- Madeline Arroyo
marroyo@sbdiocese.org
(951) 737-7144 ext. 105
Parent & Sponsor Classes
Parents and Sponsors should assist to a pre-baptismal class:
Spanish - 9:00am every second Saturday in the month.
English - 7:00pm every second Monday of the month.
*Classes can be taken at at different church as long as documentation is provided.
Baptism Celebrations are done every fourth Saturday on the month.
(Subject to change.)
Spanish - 9:00am
English - 11:00am
Cost - $75.00 per child to baptize.
(Pre-Baptismal class included)
in scripture & tradition
Through baptism, the baptized person is freed from sin and is reborn again as a child of God (John 3:3-5). It is in baptism that Christ receives us into the body of his Church, Baptism of young children is a tradition that has been practiced since the begging of the Church (2nd Century), it is a practice of faith (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1250-52)
