St. Matthew’s has instituted a new Baptism Preparation Program to ensure a greater outreach and opportunity for evangelization of our young parents. Our Deacons will meet with the couple to help ensure awarenss of the authentic meaning of the sacrament and their role as Catholic parents. The program is the beginning of the child’s journey towards full initiation into the Catholic Church. The overall focus of the program is to offer the opportunity to deepen one’s faith commitment, to better understand the gift and challenge of Christian parenting, and to come together to find support in knowing other members of our parish. We do our best to pair the Deacon who will be baptizing the child/children with you, so that you know who is baptizing your child and that the day of the Baptism is not the first time you will be meeting with him.
The process is as follows:
*Please call the office for updated information due to Covid-19 protocol
If you would like information about having your child baptized please call the parish office and we will be happy to help you with the preparations (973) 584-1101.