Baptism Special Needs Adult Question

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Hi I am in RCIA and will bring this up either at my next RCIA Class or with the Deacon, but thought I would post my question here because I am impatient. My oldest child is 19 and totally blind and mentally handicapped. He has the nature and mentallity of a kindergardener or younger. He really is sweet. I asked the Deacon and he said he could be baptised and didn’t need to go through RCIA or Children’s RCIA. My question concerns Godparents- Will I need to find a Catholic God parent for him? No family on either side is Catholic, He is 19 but we maintain legal guadianship of him. Just Curious. I also have a 10 year old who will be starting children’s RCIA in the Fall. Same question for him I was reading that Godparents or at least one Godparent has to be Catholic so I have the same problem. Or because he is of age will he not need God Parents? Thanks in Advance Deana
 
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Hi I am in RCIA and will bring this up either at my next RCIA Class or with the Deacon, but thought I would post my question here because I am impatient. My oldest child is 19 and totally blind and mentally handicapped. He has the nature and mentallity of a kindergardener or younger. He really is sweet. I asked the Deacon and he said he could be baptised and didn’t need to go through RCIA or Children’s RCIA. My question concerns Godparents- Will I need to find a Catholic God parent for him? No family on either side is Catholic, He is 19 but we maintain legal guadianship of him. Just Curious. I also have a 10 year old who will be starting children’s RCIA in the Fall. Same question for him I was reading that Godparents or at least one Godparent has to be Catholic so I have the same problem. Or because he is of age will he not need God Parents? Thanks in Advance Deana
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My son is disabled and his sponsor was a church member who agreed to it…
 
deanarrca said:
Hi I am in RCIA and will bring this up either at my next RCIA Class or with the Deacon, but thought I would post my question here because I am impatient. My oldest child is 19 and totally blind and mentally handicapped. He has the nature and mentallity of a kindergardener or younger. He really is sweet.
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Deana, I want to bring to you attention the wonderful program called SPRED, first begun in the Archdiocese of Chicago and now established in many parishes throughout the U.S. and other countries:

spred.org/

If there isn’t such a program in your diocese, please bring it to the attention of your DRE. My daughter has Down’s syndrome and has been participating in this program at our parish since it began a year ago. She LOVES it. 🙂
 
he should be baptized and confirmed in the same ceremony, so the priest, not the deacon should do it. If you have no one in the family who can be a godparent, the parish should help you find someone suitable. He is, like an infant, baptized and confirmed on the faith of his parents and godparents, and requires no preparation other than what you need to help him understand what is happening, ease any anxiety etc. When the whole family is in RCIA usually the older children prepare in classes with their age group, and everyone in the family receives the sacraments at the same time, including any infants (including children under 7, or those like your son). Part of RCIA process is helping you find sponsors. If you think it best that he be baptized at a time other than Easter, because it will be a long (over 2 hrs) ceremony, that is perfectly fine, and the priest has the faculty to confirm as well.
 
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