Conditional Baptism - Validly Recived into Church?

[suissemissed]

Hey everyone!

So, I received my conditional baptism today, and my wife made her profession of faith! According to the pastor, we are both fully Catholic now, but we still have yet to receive Confirmation and First Eucharist, which will be done this Sunday.

However, I’m a bit of a scrupulous person, and so I’m worried about my reception. The National Statutes of the Catechumenate say:

“If conditional baptism . . . seems necessary, this must be celebrated privately rather than at a public liturgical assembly of the community and with only those limited rites which the diocesan bishop determines. The reception into full communion should take place later at the Sunday Eucharist of the community” (37, emphasis mine)

When I came up to do my conditional baptism, the only things I said were the normal baptismal promises (“Do you reject Satan and all his works?” - “I do”, etc.). Then I was baptized. I made no “profession of faith” or anything, it was just that. And the priest said that was all I needed. So my question is, is that correct? I didn’t also need to make a profession of faith? Was I validly received into Catholicism in the eyes of the Church, so that I really can call myself Catholic now? The fact that the Statutes seem to distinguish between being received into the Church and the conditional baptism itself is what’s making me worried, because I won’t be making a profession of faith this Sunday when I’m Confirmed. Could I be receiving all these sacraments without actually being Catholic?

Thanks everyone in advance for your answers

 

[puzzleannie]

note to all those in RCIA:

1. the priest knows what he is doing, as long as you have been up front and honest about your situation and told him all about it, the sacraments you receive are valid. The statues and ritual book are for his guidance more than yours, and he, not you, interprets them in each situation
2. welcome home

having been baptized (either sometime in the past, or since, we cannot be sure of that, at the time of the conditional baptism) you are in the same position as any other Catholic of any age who has been baptized but not yet received confirmation or first communion. Since you have already been prepared, and now are worthily disposed, you will be celebrating those sacraments at the next appropriate time. Just as the baby baptized yesterday is Catholic, or the adult in your class who is baptized Catholic but lacking other sacraments, you ARE Catholic.

 

[YoungTradCath]

You’re good.

 

[Bookcat]

Confession of course would come next…

(It may be helpful to discuss your concerns with the Priest)