Guidance Re: My Son & Baptism, Please

[Br.Rich_SFO]

LeahInancsi:

Would your husband allow your son to be baptized in his Protestant faith? If so, then do that. Continue on as you are with your son’s Catholic education and when he reaches the age of consent, he can convert. Until then, he will at least be baptized. In the meantime, maybe he can convince his father of his wishes himself.

As a Catholic you cannot “go along” with Baptizing your child in another non-Catholic church. I’m not saying do this behind your husbands back. But it is time to say I committed to this when we married, it is my obligation and responsibility and I take it seriously. I am obligated to do this as a condition of our marriage. To Baptize and raise all children in the Catholic faith to the bset of my ability.

 

[MamaSusie]

Before mass yesterday, my son asked why we don’t go to a certain protestant church anymore. I told him, because I am Catholic and I go to mass. He said, “When do I get to be Catholic.” I knew he was asking me when he gets to be baptized. DH was coming in to the room as this conversation was taking place. I said, “He would really like to be baptized, and I know I asked you to think about it and it get back with me, but you haven’t. I’m going to make an appt with father today, and I think it would mean a lot to [our son] if you’d come to the appointment.” He said ok, and that was that. I bet dollars to dough-nuts he forgets the appointment…but that’s out of my hands at this point.

Perhaps a small victory.