Godparent/ Sponsor Form Home / Godparent/ Sponsor Form Godparent/sponsor Information Form Email(Required) Phone Number(Required)Name of Child to be Baptized:(Required) First Last Date of Scheduled Baptism MM slash DD slash YYYY Godparent's/sponsor's Name:(Required) First Last Are you a registered member of a Catholic parish?(Required) Yes No Please enter the name and city of the parish in which you are registered.(Required)Canon Law #874 states that a godparent/sponsor: •Must be a practicing member of the Catholic Church. • Fully initiated into the Catholic Church. • Must have reached the age of 16 years.Are you a baptized?(Required) Yes No When and where were you baptized?Have you been confirmed?(Required) Yes No Date and church where you were confirmed?Do you worship regularly at Mass and give witness to your faith?(Required) Yes No Do you celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation at least once a year, receive the Eucharist regularly, and intend to continue to practice your Catholic faith?Are you at least 16 years old?(Required) Yes No If married, one must have been married in the presence of a priest, deacon, or minister delegated by the Catholic Church. Are you married in accordance with this? If single, are you living according to the laws of the Church?(Required) Yes, married in accordance with the church No, not married in accordance with the church Single, living in accordance with the church I do affirm that I will faithfully execute the duties of a godparent in accordance with the precepts of the Catholic Church. Please sign and date in the space below.(Required)Sponsors (Code of Cannon Law) Can. 872 Insofar as possible, a person to be baptized is to be given a sponsor who assists an adult in Christian initiation or together with the parents presents an infant for baptism. A sponsor also helps the baptized person to lead a Christian life in keeping with baptism and to fulfill faithfully the obligations inherent in it. Can. 873 There is to be only one male sponsor or one female sponsor or one of each. Can 874 To be permitted to take on the function of sponsor a person must: 1/be designated by the one to be baptized, by the parents or the person who takes their place, or in their absence by the pastor or minister and have the aptitude and intention of fulfilling this function: 2/ have completed the sixteenth year of age, unless the diocesan bishop has established another age, or the pastor or minister has granted an exception for a just cause: 3/ be a Catholic who has been confirmed and has already received the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist and who leads a life of faith in keeping with the function to be taken on: / not be bound by any canonical penalty legitimately imposed or declared; 5/ not be the father or mother of the one to be baptized.UntitledUntitledUntitledUntitled
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