For Baptism, please call to scheulde an appointment. Please note: one Godparent must be confirmed and a practicing Catholic. 

The origin and foundation of Christian Baptism is Jesus.  Before starting His public ministry, Jesus submitted himself to the baptism given by John the Baptist. The waters did not purify Him, He cleansed the waters.
By Baptism all sins are forgiven, original sin and all personal sins, and temporal punishment due to sin is removed.
 Baptism also gives us new life as adopted children of God. We become shares of divine life and temples of the Holy Spirit. We are now made righteous by God and live in a state of grace, that is, we live in union with God because of His gracious and loving initiative.
 By Baptism we become members of the Church, the Body of Christ as well as His prophetic and royal mission. “You are ‘a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises’ of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light” (1Peter 2:9).
We enjoy the community we find in the Church, share our talents and gifts with its members, respond willingly to its teachings and requirements, and assume the responsibilities that our membership implies.
Baptism provides a common foundation among all Christians, including those not yet in full communion with the Catholic Church. Those who have been baptized have been saved by their faith in Christ and the grace of Baptism.
 “Incorporated into Christ by Baptism, the person baptized is configured to Christ. Baptism seals the Christian with the indelible spiritual mark (character) of his belonging to Christ. No sin can erase this mark, even if sin prevents Baptism from bearing the fruits of Salvation. Given once, Baptism cannot be repeated” (CCC, no. 1272). Baptism marks us permanently as belonging to Christ, whose image we bear.
“Baptism is the door to life and to the Kingdom of God, Christ offered the first sacrament of the new law to all that they may have eternal life. Baptism is, above all, the sacrament of that faith by which men and women, enlightened by the Spirit’s grace, respond to the Gospel of Christ” (The Rites of the Catholic Church).

-taken from the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults