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Baptismal Registration Information And Form
BAPTISM REGISTRATION INFORMATION
OUR LADY QUEEN OF HEAVEN CATHOLIC CHURCH
617 W. Claude St.
Lake Charles, LA. 70605

Dear Parents,
Please carefully read the following INFORMATION and fill out the REGISTRATION FORM, all other requested forms and documents, and return them to the church office.
Thank you for choosing life! The Lord has blessed you with the gift of a child and now you have made the important decision to have your child baptized in the Catholic Church. This is no mere social convention but carries with it the serious responsibility of raising this child in the practice of the Catholic Faith. Church Law requires that both parents and Godparents “are to be instructed properly on the meaning of this sacrament and the obligations attached to it” (Canon 851). Therefore, you and the Godparents you will chose will be required to attend a Baptism Preparation Class if you have not already done so for a previous child. Canon 867 states: “Parents are obliged to take care that infants are baptized in the first few weeks”. Therefore, we recommend that you begin your preparation before the baby is born, if at all possible.

Each of the Catholic Godparents will need to complete a separate registration form. To assist you in the important decision of choosing your child’s Godparents, please read the following instruction.

“In the baptism of children…Godparents are to be present in order to represent both the expanded spiritual family of the one to be baptized and the role of the Church as a Mother. Godparents help the parents so that children will come to profess the faith and live up to it. In the actual celebration of baptism, the part of the Godparents is to, together with the parents, profess the Church’s faith in which the children are baptized. Therefore Godparents, chosen by the families of children to be baptized, must, in the judgment of the pastor, be qualified to "carry out” the above responsibilities.

Requirements for Godparents:
1. There is to be only one male godparent or one female godparent or one of each.
2. Those designated must have the capability and intention of carrying out the responsibility of a godparent and be mature enough to do so. A person sixteen years of age is presumed to have the requisite maturity.
3. Those designated as godparents must have received the three Sacraments of Initiation of the Roman Catholic Church, Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist, (and must present this information in the form of a Sacramental Record less than six months old to their parish priest along with the godparent form) and be living a life consistent with the Catholic Faith, in a valid marriage and in the state of grace.
4. Those designated as godparents must be practicing members of a Catholic Church. At the request of the parents, a baptized and believing Christian NOT belonging to the Catholic Church (or Baptized in the Catholic Faith) may act as a Christian witness along with a Catholic godparent, where there is only one Godparent. A witness must be Baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and submit a Baptism certificate to the office.
Baptismal Registration Form for Baby and Parents
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- Please complete the following registration form and submit to the church office.
- Name of Child to be Baptized
- First Name REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Last Name REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Middle Name REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Saint Name
  
  “Canon 855 states that the baptismal name should not be ‘foreign to Christian sensibility’. In the older law (1917) the names given had to be ‘Christian names’. The new law (1983) relaxed that restriction to allow for baptisms in cultures where non-Christian religions predominated. Since we live in an overwhelmingly Christian part of the United States and in Southwest Louisiana, where Catholicism predominates, the intent of the law is not an issue. You are encouraged to choose a Christian saint’s name for your children. In this way, the child then receives a patron or patroness and also an example of Christian living that can be an inspiration to the child in the future.” (Most Reverend Glen John Provost, Bishop of Lake Charles)
  
  If a Christian saint is not already a part of your child’s given name, please prayerfully consider a patron saint you would like them to have and that name will be added at the moment of baptism.
- Saint Name Please enter valid data.
- Date of Birth REQUIRED
  Date of Birth
  Please fill out this field. Please enter a date.
- Name of Birth Hospital REQUIRED Maximum 65 characters
  Name of Hospital
  Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- City of Birth REQUIRED Maximum 35 characters
  City of Birth
  Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- State of Birth REQUIRED
  State of Birth
  Please fill out this field.
- Place of Birth if Outside the US Maximum 65 characters
  Place of Birth if Outside the US
  Please enter valid data.
- Was the Child Baptized for emergency reasons
  Emergency Baptism?
  yes no
- Parent Information
- A copy of the Birth Certificate must be supplied before the Baptism can be scheduled. A copy of the Social Security Application Form from the hospital is an acceptable substitute. You may fax to 478-3451, email [email protected] or bring a copy the church office. A photo from your phone works well for email.
- Father's Full Name REQUIRED Maximum 65 characters
  Father's First, Middle, Last Name
  Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Father's Religion REQUIRED
  Father's Religion
  Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Mother's Full Name including middle and maiden name REQUIRED Maximum 65 characters
  Mother's First, MIDDLE, MAIDEN and Last Name
  Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Mother's Religion REQUIRED
  Mother's Religion
  Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Present Street Address REQUIRED Maximum 65 characters
  Present Street Address
  Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- City REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  State REQUIRED Please fill out this field.
  
  Zip REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter a zip code.
- Telephone contact # REQUIRED Maximum 25 characters
  Telephone
  Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Work/Cell Telephone Maximum 25 characters
  Work or Cell Telephone
  Please enter valid data.
- Other Telephone Maximum 25 characters
  Other Telephone
  Please enter valid data.
- Email
  For Baptism communications with OLQH
  Please enter an email address.
- Are you a registered parishioner of OLQH? REQUIRED
  yes/no Are the Baby's parents registered parishioners with an envelope number?
  Please fill out this field.
- OLQH Envelope Number
  Please insert your OLQH Envelope Number
  Please enter an integer (number).
- I am registered at or attend another church, Name:
  Please indicate the name of the church you attend, if not OLQH
  Please enter valid data.
- Are Parents Married? REQUIRED
  Are the Baby's Parents Married to each other?
  Please fill out this field.
- If yes, is the marriage recognized by the Catholic Church? REQUIRED yes No Please fill out this field.
- Name of Church Married in? Please enter valid data.
- Date of Marriage Please enter valid data.
- NOTE: If you have had a child baptized on or after 01/01/17 HERE at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Church, we do not need your sacramental or marriage records. Please skip to the * ASTERISK.
  
  If you have not had a child baptized here at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Church since January 1, 2017, please continue with the instructions below.
- If Catholic, a RECENT (no older than 6 mos) copy of the Father’s Sacramental Record must be submitted to the church. This record can be obtained by calling the Catholic Church where the father was baptised and requesting a recent Sacramental Record. You will need to supply the Full Name and Birth Date to the Baptismal Church.
- If Catholic, a RECENT (no older than 6 mos) copy of the Mother's Sacramental Record must be submitted to the church. This record can be obtained by calling the Catholic Church where the mother was baptised and requesting a recent Sacramental Record. You will need to supply the Full Name (Maiden) and Birth Date to the Baptismal Church.
- A copy of the Catholic Church Certificate of Marriage must be submitted if the marriage is not listed on either parent's Sacramental Record.
- *
- Date of Last child Baptized at OLQH
  Date of Last child batized ay OLQH
  Please enter valid data.
- Have you attended a Baptismal Preparation Class for a previous child? (within the last 10 years) yes no
- The Baptismal Preparation Class was taken at
  name of Catholic Church where prep class was taken
  Please enter valid data.
- What date was the class taken?
  What date was the class taken on?
  Please enter valid data.
- If a Baptismal Preparation Class has been taken within the last 10 years, please e-mail copy of certificate or other verification of attendance.
- If you have not had a Baptism Preparation Class within the last ten years, please call the office to pick up a booklet at the office after your documents have been submitted.
- Date of Prep Class I WILL take at another church
  Future Class Date Elsewhere
  Please enter valid data.
- The Church where I plan to take the Prep Class is
  name church of future class if not OLQH
  Please enter valid data.
- The city of this church is
  future class city
  Please enter valid data.
- Godparent Information: (Each Godparent will also have to fill out a Godparent Registration Form and supply their church with a current Sacramental Record.)
- Godfather's Full Name Maximum 65 characters
  Godfather's First, Middle and Last Name
  Please enter valid data.
- Godmother's Full Name Maximum 65 characters
  Godmother's First, MIDDLE, MAIDEN and Last Name
  Please enter valid data.
- Witness Name (if a Christian witness is chosen to serve along with only one Catholic Godparent)) Maximum 65 characters
  Witness First, Middle, Maiden and Last Name
  Please enter valid data.
- Witness Religion Please enter valid data.
- Will the Godparents be in attendance at the Ceremony of Baptism?
  Godparents Attending? If
- If no, who will stand in for them?
- Godfather Proxy Maximum 65 characters
  Who will stand in as Proxy Godfather? First, Middle, Last Name
  Please enter valid data.
- Godmother Proxy Maximum 65 characters
  Who will stand in as Proxy Godmother? First, Middle, Maiden and Last name
  Please enter valid data.
- Special Circumstances information:
  The OLQH clergy and staff desire to make this celebration of Baptism as joyful and convenient for you as possible while still operating within the parameters set up by the Code of Cannon Law. If you have any special requests, concerns or circumstances you would like to make us aware of, please explain below. These may include a future date a godparent or close loved onemay be coming into town, perhaps you wish to have a celebrant that is not in one of the OLQH clergy or who is not in the Lake Charles Diocese, perhaps you were born outside of the United States and would have troublee getting records, or a number of other reasons. Your request and concerns will be brought to the attention of the clergy.
- Special Circumstances
- Documents Required for Baptism
  
  Please submit the following to the office: by fax 478-3451; email [email protected] (take picture of Docs with phone) or copy in person
  
     1) Godparent forms for Catholic Godparent (1 each) signed by THEIR Pastor. The Godparent current Sacramental Record must be submitted to THEIR Pastor with the Godparent Form.
  
     2) Birth Certificate of Child to be Baptized
  
     3) Baptismal Preparation Class Certificates for parents and Godparents (or proof of previous Baptismal Preparation Class or pre-baptism Class)
  
  If this is your first child baptized at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Church OR you have other children who were baptized here before January 1, 2017.
  PLEASE also submit the following:
  
  4) Sacramental Record (no more than 6 months old) for each Catholic parent (call church of Baptism with Full Name and Date of Birth)
  
  5) Catholic Church Marriage Certificate of Parents if the marriage is not listed on the Sacramental Record of the father or mother
  
  All forms and certificates must be submitted before Baptism can be scheduled.
- Email (to receive a reply) Please enter an email address.
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