Our Lady of Victories Catholic Parish Horsley Park Celebrating Community

Parents are requested to contact the parish where they normally worship to organise their child's baptism.
Parishioners of Our Lady of Victories Parish please contact the Parish office during office hours for details and appointments.

BAPTISM REQUEST FORM

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We the parents request that our child receive the Sacrament of Baptism.

We understand that Baptism establishes a bond between our child and God and thereby links our child the community of God's faithful, the church.

We understand that Baptism initiates our child into the community of believers who follow Jesus Christ and that community on the local level is the Parish Church Community.

Our request for Baptism implies that we as parents wish our child to be raised believing and living the values of that Christian community called the Catholic Church which says, "It is required that there be a well-founded hope that the child will be brought up in the Catholic Faith. If such hope is truly lacking, the baptism is to be deferred and the parents advised of the reason for this."

As members of that church we believe all that Christ taught us and we wish to pass on to our child the faith that is ours, and so we will try to set an example of true Catholic living.

We know that the church encourages parents to promote prayer at home and invites them to attend Eucharist on Sundays as an integral part of their Catholic lifestyle.

We understand that the Baptism of our child is the first step in a lifetime of faith and that in due time our child will mature through the reception of other Sacraments - Reconciliation, Confirmation and Eucharist.