Welcome. Congratulations on being selected to serve as a godparent/sponsor. Some parishes require that those designated by parents or legal guardians of minors being baptized to serve as a godparent/sponsor present a letter of suitability. Please use this online form to request such a letter.
A godparent/sponsor must be a confimed Catholic who is at least 16 years of age. As the godparent/sponsor you will join with the parents or legal guardians in presenting the child for baptism and assist them in helping the baptized person to live a Christian life in keeping with baptism and to fulfill faithfully the obligations inherent in it. You must have already received the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist. You must take responsibility for your own life of faith to see that it is in keeping with serving as a godparent/sponsor. You must not be bound by any canonical penalty imposed or declared nor be the father or mother of the child being baptized.
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