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Baptism Pathway

Looking for a way to form and encourage families and individuals receiving the Sacrament of Baptism in your parish?

A child’s Baptism presents parishes with a holy opportunity to evangelize families, parents, and godparents on the joyful occasion of welcoming a little one into the Church.

The Augustine Institute is blessed to offer a variety of resources for parishes to use as part of Baptismal preparation or to enrich your parishioners’ understanding and love of the Sacrament.

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Baptism Preparation for Godparents

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Best Practices:

Use any of these formats below with Reborn as your video and discussion component.

  • One-Session Parent Meeting: Use all three sessions of Reborn in a two-hour parent meeting that includes group discussion between sessions.  
  • Two-Session Parent Meeting: Study Session 1 and Session 2 of Reborn in a 90-minute parent meeting, followed by Session 3 and the Bonus Session for Parents in a second 90-minute parent meeting.  
  • Three-Session Parent Meeting: Devote a 60-minute parent meeting to each of Reborn’s three sessions.  
  • Reverse Classroom: Ask parents to watch Session 1 at home and answer the questions in the study guide;  encourage them to come to your meeting ready to discuss!
  • Large-Group/Parish-Wide Study: Offer REBORN as a large-group session and open it up to the entire parish. Use the promotional materials for Reborn found at www.leaders.FORMED.org under Resources.  Break into small-group discussions after the videos to discuss.  
  • Invite parents/godparents to subscribe to FORMED before their first meeting: After the parents register for the Baptism class, ask a volunteer to call to congratulate them and also to help the parents subscribe to FORMED before the first session.  This will give them a warm welcome and ensure that they are set up on FORMED both online and with the FORMED App.
  • Participant Guides: Order full color guides for each participant here at 60% off for FORMED parishes.

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