My husband and I have wanted to get our daughter baptized since before she was born. It was a never a question for us, it was going to be done eventually, we just weren’t sure when. Well this week I had finally gotten around to registering us with our local church and contacting them regarding the process for having Valeria baptized.
The woman was very kind and informative; walking me through the whole process and later that day, sending me everything I needed in an email.
Well, today I was going over it again and downloaded the form to complete so that I could get the ball rolling. June 16th is not that far away and I wanted to get this completely as soon as I could. However, I noticed a bit of a….”problem” on the form.
My husband and I are not technically married, we are only common law and on the form it was requesting out marriage information: date, if it was a catholic church wedding or other, etc. No where on this form was there a place to put common law.
I completed the form, minus the section for marriage and before sending it back had a conversation with my mother. I needed some advice. I informed her of the issue and being the funny woman she is said, “Well I don’t believe God would turn her away from being baptized just because you aren’t married. But if the church does, it’s a bit hypocritical since it doesn’t really follow what the Bible teaches us. God loves us all. And if they won’t allow you to baptize Valeria in a church….*she pauses and chuckles lightly* we will baptize her in the backyard!” I laughed. She told me to mention it in the email back to them and to see what they say and we can go from there.
So I did.
I wrote a very kind email to the Sacramental Preparation Coordinator; I informed her of the date/service time we would like in June, that we would be attending the baptism preparation class on June 3rd and than I informed her of the form. Here is what I had wrote:
“Please find attached the completed form, however I noticed that you are inquiring of a marriage date. My partner and I are not currently married, but common law and there was no section for me to indicate that on the form. I strongly hope that this doesn’t affect the process to get our daughter baptized.”
I thought it sounded okay, I really hope there isn’t a complication, but I guess I will find out. Needless to say, I’ve started the process and I’m hoping the rest of it goes smoothly.
I will let you know!
Ciao!!
Mama on the Move 