Baptism Preparation Class
Nativity Catholic Parish offers the Sacrament of Baptism by appointment.
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Baptism Preparation Classes
Held on the second Saturday of each month at 10:00 AM in the Upper Room of the Nativity Parish Office. Please sign in upon arrival. -
Schedule Update
The July class has been canceled.
The next class will be held on August 9, 2025.
For questions or to schedule a Baptism, please contact the parish office.
Infant Baptism
Nativity Catholic Parish offers the Sacrament of Baptism by appointment.
Baptism Preparation Classes are held on the Second Saturday of each month at 10:00 AM in the Upper Room of the Nativity Parish Office. Sign in for the class when you arrive. Next Class will be August 9, 2025.
Infant Baptisms are held at 2pm on the First Sunday of every month in English and on the Third Sunday of every month in Spanish.
- Next English Baptism Group July 6, 2025
- Next Spanish Baptism Group July 20, 2025
Please download the forms below for all requirements and required documents. The requirements and method of baptism has changed, so please read the documents carefully.
Adult Baptism
Nativity Catholic Parish offers the Sacrament of Baptism by appointment.
Adults that are interested in receiving the Sacrament of Baptism will be required to go through the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults (OCIA). Through OCIA, adults will receive all Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation).
For more information click here, or contact the church office.
In his dialogue with Nicodemus, Jesus taught that Baptism was necessary for salvation. “No one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit” (Jn 3:5). After his Resurrection, Jesus met with the eleven Apostles and gave them the commission to preach the Gospel and baptize, telling them, “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved” (Mk 16:16).
The word baptism in its origins is Greek and means “immersion” and “bath.” Immersion in water is a sign of death and emersion out of the water means new life. To bathe in water is also to undergo cleansing. Saint Paul sums up this truth when he says, “You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead” (Col 2:12).
The origin and foundation of Christian Baptism is Jesus. Before starting his public ministry, Jesus submitted himself to the baptism given by John the Baptist. The waters did not purify him; he cleansed the waters. “He comes to sanctify the Jordan for our sake . . . to begin a new creation through the Spirit and water” (St. Gregory Nazianzen, Liturgy of the Hours, I, 634).
Jesus’ immersion in the water is a sign for all human beings of the need to die to themselves to do God’s will. Jesus did not need to be baptized because he was totally faithful to the will of his Father and free from sin. However, he wanted to show his solidarity with human beings in order to reconcile them to the Father.
By commanding his disciples to baptize all nations, he established the means by which people would die to sin—Original and actual—and begin to live a new life with God.
—From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops