Can a jewish parent participate in a Catholic baptism?
A question from a reader: My boyfriend and I have been having my discussions about this- since I am Jewish and he is Catholic. We were trying to figure out that if we had a child could I, as a Jewish person, participate in a Catholic Baptism?
Yes, but the holy water will burn their flesh
why not??
go ahead und mazel tov
Honestly, I think it depends on the amount of your donation.
If you have not been baptized, you cannot be a sponsor for the child’s baptism.
answer: No offense but why would you want to? You would be giving away your child’s eternal covenant with G-d as a Jew. You believe Jesus was a divine savior that was sacrificed for YOUR sins? That makes one a Christian.
You may hold your infant as she is baptised. Theoretically you have no role in the sacrament itself because you are not baptised. so in that sense you have no role.
You may promise along with your husband to raise the child Catholic when asked.
Good question. Watch out for asshole priests who think they know whats best when what they really want is to be mean. The priest who married you would be good for advice.
Very interesting question. The ministers of the sacrament of matrimony is the other member of the couple. If you can get a special circumstance where you are the minister of matrimony maybe you can get a more full role. Get opinions on this from a Jesuit who teaches at a college–I am just rambling. Very interesting.
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haha. based on the thumbs down you may want to try an American spin-off of the Catholic Faith. They permit remarried divorced (sans annulment) to receive communion, so they would might more likely accept you as an active participant in the ceremony. But do this only if a Jesuit (or other religious) parish will not honor your request.
….maybe not, even the more cautious answers have thumbs down. Probably the anti-Catholic (bondage) patrol.
No. You shouldn’t even be in a church.
you can to a certain extent. my half sisters father is Muslim. he was told he could not recite the baptismal prayer. but other than that he was fully a part of the ceremony. as long as one parent is catholic you and your spouse or your children can participate in a catholic ceremony including a catholic wedding.
Yes, the parents of the child participate in the ceremony, but actually there isn’t much the parents have to do. Just be there and present the child for baptism, that’s about it.
An Orthodox Jew would not participate in a Catholic Baptism.
You might be interested to learn what is happening to the Jewish people:
http://www.aish.com/jw/s/48910307.html
(this was done when the intermarriage rate was around 45%. It’s up over 80% now among Secular and Reform Jews.)
I think if at least one parent is Catholic you can. Check with the priest.
No. The child is Jewish, and should not be baptised at all.
Sorry.
Hi. I’m a Catholic, so is my husband. When we were going to baptized our baby, they told us at the Catholic Churh, that both parents have to be Catholic and also the God-parents. I mean, if you are Jewish, you can attend mass at the Catholic CHurch, but you can not participate the Sacraments (Baptism, Comunion, Holy Marriage, etc).
To the extent that non-Catholics are not engaged in activity that seeks the destruction of the Church, they may attend any Catholic Church services (although they may not be able to participate fully such as take communion) ; your problem is going to be in convincing the priest that as Jewish mother, you will still be able to raise your child as a Roman Catholic ; obviously, this is something to talk about with a Catholic priest and maybe with your local “Jews for Jesus” community. You may have to learn some of the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church ; try reading the Catechism, you may find it more compatible with Judaism than expected (see link below).
One:No, second It seems you want to be catholic go a head and do it, since you baptism you child, she would no longer be a jew, jews don’t get batism, and you to me see very confuse no offense.
Catholic churchs don’t allow someone who hasnt have batismp,communion and confirmation to participate. You need to think and choose if you want to still be jew or catholic, also think of you child.
Yes. If parents choose to baptize a baby, they have made a decision about the child’s religious identity even if only for the moment. Otherwise, the parents could have chosen to wait to declare the child’s religion or for the child to grow sufficiently old to declare their own identity.
There are some Jews who would say that if a baby is born to a Jewish mother, even if it is baptized, the baby is still Jewish and the parents are sinners for doing so.
By being there, and having the baby baptized, you are agreeing to raise the child Catholic.
Do you practice your Jewish religion? I think the question is how are you and your boyfriend with different religions going to get along? Perhaps neither of you is very serious about your religions now but that may change in the future.
I don’t see why you couldn’t be there for the baptism. Be careful as you may get some water spilled on you and get baptized yourself
ha ha. A Catholic baptism can be performed by anyone who is a Catholic, not just a priest. Even a non-believer can perform it under certain life and death extreme situations. So I don’t see why a Jewish mother would not be allowed to witness the baptism of her son.
You’re planning to baptize your children? Oy vey!
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What do you mean “participate”. If you were married and had a child, you are the mother… so yes, of course you can participate in the Baptism. The child would have to be baptized Catholic, and the Godparents would have to be active/participating Catholics…