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agnes_therese
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Welcome! No worries – I was a single mother when I came into the Church.
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thistle
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We don’t have the full story of you and the child’s mother but assuming you have custody of your child and you become a Catholic then you would be able to have the child baptised. It would make no difference if the mother objected. She would have no say.Hello, I’m interested in attending the RCIA program this fall. Assuming perusing faith in the Catholic Church, could I be accepted if I have a child? Obviously he is not Catholic nor is his biological mother.
So, could I be accepted in the Church? And if so, how could I go about baptizing my son into the Church? He’s 3 years old by the way…
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Mgray82
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Thank you all for the response to my post. I have got a lot of insight here.We don’t have the full story of you and the child’s mother but assuming you have custody of your child and you become a Catholic then you would be able to have the child baptised. It would make no difference if the mother objected. She would have no say.
In regards to me and the child’s mother, we are on good terms with each other. We actually are on a shared parenting agreement through the courts. My son just turned 3 and I currently take him to a non-denominational Christian church. He (and myself) has never been baptized.
I have felt a profound drawing towards the catholic church for the past 5 or 6 months now and just recently elected to talk to a priest, and pursue RCIA in the late summer/early fall. I do plan on becoming baptized into the church as my spirit is growing more and more attached to the church.
Where I stand with my son is; I’m happy with him at the non-denominational church because I feel, at the least he’s learning about Jesus Christ. And to my own testimony, simply knowing and believing in the Lord is what later saved my life (if I had time to give a testimony, I’ve walked a rough path in life up until a few years ago).
His mother I think, may take him to a protestant church here and there, every now and then. Where as, I take him regularly, just as I attend both the non-denominal church and mass at the catholic church weekly.
I would think it to be a low blow to his mother to baptize him behind her back…then at the same time I figure, what would it hurt? Perhaps I should hold off baptizing him and just worry about myself first. Then later on down the road, when he’s of older mind, baptize him into the church.
I don’t know, it’s still confusing. Again thanks for the replies.
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MissRose73
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Prayers for you both.
You as an adult can freely enroll and participate in RCIA to be fully initiated as a Catholic. You can also attend Mass too, and bring your son with his mother’s permission. If the child’s mother has no issues with him being baptized Catholic and raised that way, then go ahead with preparation otherwise wait until the child is older and can make a choice with the help of a parent to be fully initiated.
My sister was raised Catholic but fell away. She married and had 2 children with another non practicing Catholic then divorced the father of her children. Neither child was baptized much to the dismay of my mother. But my sister allowed my mother to take the children to Mass when she minded them for my sister. My sister and her ex husband relented and allowed the children to go through a children’s version of RCIA at ages 7 and 9. My mother took them to Mass and instruction for the most part plus taught them at home with permission of the parents. The parents were there as the children were fully initiated at Easter Vigil, and I was one of the godparents. As my sister still does not go to Mass, it is up to others to make sure they attend as they are too young go alone.
You as an adult can freely enroll and participate in RCIA to be fully initiated as a Catholic. You can also attend Mass too, and bring your son with his mother’s permission. If the child’s mother has no issues with him being baptized Catholic and raised that way, then go ahead with preparation otherwise wait until the child is older and can make a choice with the help of a parent to be fully initiated.
My sister was raised Catholic but fell away. She married and had 2 children with another non practicing Catholic then divorced the father of her children. Neither child was baptized much to the dismay of my mother. But my sister allowed my mother to take the children to Mass when she minded them for my sister. My sister and her ex husband relented and allowed the children to go through a children’s version of RCIA at ages 7 and 9. My mother took them to Mass and instruction for the most part plus taught them at home with permission of the parents. The parents were there as the children were fully initiated at Easter Vigil, and I was one of the godparents. As my sister still does not go to Mass, it is up to others to make sure they attend as they are too young go alone.
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