If a child is baptized in a non-Catholic community, are there special provisions before receiving Catholic sacraments?

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A Catholic friend of mine married a Lutheran. They recently had their first child, and we learned today that they had the baby baptized in the Lutheran church. (Incidentally, this news was something of a surprise, as my friend had always been a devout practicing Catholic.) I don’t know whether 1) they intend to raise him Catholic, and this was a compromise move on my friend’s part, since Lutheran baptisms are valid, or 2) they are planning to raise him Lutheran.

I am not planning to ask them about it, as it is not my business, but it made me wonder:
If, a few years down the road, they decide to go ahead and raise the child Catholic, can they just enroll him in religious ed classes along with the other Catholic children preparing for their First Holy Communion and first Reconciliation? Or are there special conditions that must be met, since he was first baptized into a community outside the Catholic Church?
 
EnglishTeacher said:
Long title, but anyway:

A Catholic friend of mine married a Lutheran. They recently had their first child, and we learned today that they had the baby baptized in the Lutheran church. (Incidentally, this news was something of a surprise, as my friend had always been a devout practicing Catholic.) I don’t know whether 1) they intend to raise him Catholic, and this was a compromise move on my friend’s part, since Lutheran baptisms are valid, or 2) they are planning to raise him Lutheran.

I am not planning to ask them about it, as it is not my business, but it made me wonder:
If, a few years down the road, they decide to go ahead and raise the child Catholic, can they just enroll him in religious ed classes along with the other Catholic children preparing for their First Holy Communion and first Reconciliation? Or are there special conditions that must be met, since he was first baptized into a community outside the Catholic Church?
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IF they decide to raise the child as a Catholic they need only speak to the Pastor of the Catholic parish. .
 
I think a lot depends on the age of the child when this would occur. If the child is above the age of reason, at least in our diocese, some type of action to be received into the Church would be needed before he could receive the other Sacraments of initiation.
 
If the child is below the age of reason, the parents make it known they want to bring the child into full communion with the Catholic Church and it is so. The pastor can (but isn’t required to) supply the rites of baptism not already conferred including the anointing, blessings, candle, etc. The child would then receive the additional sacraments at the appropriate time.

After the child reaches the age of reasons, about 7 or 8, the child would have to ask for full communion with the Catholic Church and would be received, confirmed, and communed. But that doesn’t always happen, sometimes the pastor will receive and commune and then delay confirmation with their peers.
 
EnglishTeacher said:
Long title, but anyway:

A Catholic friend of mine married a Lutheran. They recently had their first child, and we learned today that they had the baby baptized in the Lutheran church. (Incidentally, this news was something of a surprise, as my friend had always been a devout practicing Catholic.) I don’t know whether 1) they intend to raise him Catholic, and this was a compromise move on my friend’s part, since Lutheran baptisms are valid, or 2) they are planning to raise him Lutheran.

I am not planning to ask them about it, as it is not my business, but it made me wonder:
If, a few years down the road, they decide to go ahead and raise the child Catholic, can they just enroll him in religious ed classes along with the other Catholic children preparing for their First Holy Communion and first Reconciliation? Or are there special conditions that must be met, since he was first baptized into a community outside the Catholic Church?
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Baptized is baptized. That’s it. As long as the Trinitarian formula was used…there is nothing else to be done regarding baptism.
 
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If the child is below the age of reason, the parents make it known they want to bring the child into full communion with the Catholic Church and it is so. The pastor can (but isn’t required to) supply the rites of baptism not already conferred including the anointing, blessings, candle, etc. The child would then receive the additional sacraments at the appropriate time.

After the child reaches the age of reasons, about 7 or 8, the child would have to ask for full communion with the Catholic Church and would be received, confirmed, and communed. But that doesn’t always happen, sometimes the pastor will receive and commune and then delay confirmation with their peers.
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Interesting. This is what I wondered about, thanks.
 
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