2:30 chiều Chúa Nhật Thứ Tư mổi tháng

Liên Lạc:

1. Đơn Xin Rửa Tội Trẻ Em
2. Lớp học dành cho phụ huynh và người đở đầu
3. Trách nhiệm của cha mẹ
4. Người Đở Đầu
5. Nghi Thức Rửa Tội Trẻ Em
6. Lệ Phí
7. Bí Tích Rửa Tội

Xin quý vị điền vào Đơn Xin Rửa Tội và gửi về văn phòng Giáo Xứ 2 tuần trước ngày rửa tội.

Phụ huynh và người đở đầu bắt buộc phải tham dự lớp học vào lúc 1g30 chiều ngày Chúa Nhật Rửa Tội để được chuẩn bị các điều sau đây:

Người cha mẹ đở đầu đóng một vài trò rất quan trọng đối với đứa trẻ được rửa tội. Cha mẹ đở đầu vừa là người hướng dẩn và khích lệ đứa trẻ lớn lên trong Đức Tin, vừa là nguồn khuyến khích cả cha mẹ đứa trẻ trong việc nuôi dạy đứa trẻ theo luật của Giáo Hội.

Chỉ cần một người đở đầu là đủ, tuy nhiên Giáo Hội khuyến khích rằng nên có cả cha lẩn mẹ đở đầu.

Người cha hoặc mẹ đở đầu phải trên 16 tuổi và phải là người Công Giáo đã được rửa tội, rước lễ và chịu Phép Thêm Sức. Cha mẹ của đứa trẻ (kể cả cha mẹ ruột lẩn cha mẹ nuôi) không được làm cha mẹ đở đầu cho đứa trẻ.

Chương Trình Tiếng Việt

When baptism is celebrated at Mass:

The liturgy begins with the priest greeting the parents and godparents at the church entrance. The priest asks the parents the following questions: "What name have you given your child?" and "What do you ask of God's Church for your child?" The standard response to the latter question is "Baptism"; but the answer may be expressed in other ways, such as "faith" or "the grace of Christ" or "entrance into the Church" or "eternal life."

The priest then says: "You have asked to have your child baptized. In doing so you are accepting the responsibility of training her/him in the practice of the faith. It will be your duty to bring her/him up to keep God's commandments as Christ taught us, by loving God and our neighbor. Do you clearly understand what you are undertaking?" The parents respond, "We do." Then he asks the godparents: "Are you ready to help the parents of this child in their duty as Christian parents?" They respond, "We are."

Then the priest says to the child, "The Christian community welcomes you with great joy. In its name I claim you for Christ our Savior by the sign of his cross. I now trace the cross on your forehead, and invite your parents and godparents to do the same."

The parents and godparents then proceed to the front pews while the entrance hymn is sung.

Mass proceeds with the readings and homily. Following the homily, the priest leads the prayers of the faithful and a brief litany of the saints.

The priest then comes down to the family's pew and anoints the child on the hands with the oil of catechumens. "Catechumen" is the term for someone preparing for baptism. Adult catechumens may receive one or more anointings with the oil of catechumens during the weeks prior to their baptism. In an infant baptism we keep in mind the various elements of the baptism of adults, and therefore we include this anointing, which signifies the strengthening of the soon-to-be Christian to accept all the challenges of being a follower of Jesus.

The parents and godparents then bring the child to the baptismal font. The priest blesses the water, and then leads the parents and godparents in the renunciation of sin and profession of faith. The priest asks the parents, "Is it your will that N. should be baptized in the faith of the Church, which we have all professed with you?" They reply, "It is." The child is held over the font and the priest pours water on the child's head, saying, "N., I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."

The child is then anointed on the top of the head with the perfumed oil called chrism, which is a sign of the priestly dignity of the new Christian. The priest then speaks about the significance of the white garment as a sign of the new Christian's taking on a completely new identity. It is advisable that the parents bring the child to church in clothes which are any color other than white. At this point in the ceremony, the child should be clothed in the white garment. The change into the white garment makes a significant symbolic impact.

The priest then says, "Receive the light of Christ." The person who has the child's candle -- usually one of the godparents -- lights the child's candle from the Easter candle. The priest then speaks about the enlightenment of the new Christian.

With these words about enlightenment, the rite of baptism concludes, and the Mass proceeds with the preparation of the gifts.

When baptism is celebrated outside Mass, all the above elements are retained. Added to them is a concluding Lord's Prayer.

Xin liên lạc với cha chánh xứ hoặc người trưởng Ban Bí Tích.