Baptisms for Infants

Baptisms for Young Adults and Youth (7yrs and older): Contact Sandra Solis at (562) 988-6855 or see Rel Ed webpage here. Baptisms for Adults +18 or older, see RCIA webpage here.

For Newborns to 6 years old

The Baptism Team

Jay & Razell Guevara

Bill Mueller

Gabriel Bonoan

Email the Parish Office: church@stbarnabaslb.org

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PRE-BAPTISMAL CLASSES: Held every 2nd Thursday of the month at 7pm-9pm at the Parish Center-upstairs. Please park at or near the basketball courts. NO children/pets allowed.

(1130 Marshall Place, Long Beach, CA 90807)

CLICK LINK BELOW TO SIGN-UP FOR PRE-BAPTISMAL CLASS:

>>> https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080b49a4ae2da3fc1-prebaptismal1

BAPTISMAL CEREMONIES: Held every 4th Sunday of the month in the Church. Time is to be determined when you book your date. We are limiting the total of Children to be Baptized per month. Please e-mail to: church@stbarnabaslb.org or call our Parish Office at 562-424-8595 to secure your Baptism date. All paperwork must be turned in prior to the Baptism, or else it cannot take place. Times and location (inside or outside) are subject to change at any time, due to the uncertainty of the current pandemic.

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DOWNLOAD THE BAPTISMAL FORMS HERE:

>>> St. Barnabas Baptism Registration Packet

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DIRECT ONLINE PAYMENT TO CHURCH: For convenience, you can pay the Baptism Fee of ($100), directly thru our Faith Direct Online link below. (or drop-off payment to the Parish Office or mail slot.)

>>> Click link to pay via online: https://membership.faithdirect.net/givenow/CA794/40449

Join our Baptism Team:
To ensure the growth of our Catholic Christian Faith and Tradition, this ministry conducts Pre-Baptismal Preparation with the goal of catechizing couples and preparing them for their child’s Baptism. The faith that is given a child is a gift of God and experienced through the Parents and the community. Infant Baptism can only be significant if Parents, aided by GodParents, guide and expose the child to experience in faith the presence of the Holy Trinity as an important, alive and meaningful God in their life.
This ministry is seeking 1 to 2 more couples to join our Ministry. Once a month one couple leads a weeknight baptism class (2^NDThursday of the month) for Parents and GodParents that is 90 minutes to 2 hours long. (Materials are provided). Details on the sacrament of Baptism and the ceremony are presented along with group discussions on specific ways the Parents and GodParents will support their child’s faith journey. During the monthly Baptism ceremony (4^th Sunday of each month), one couple checks in the families, hands out baptismal certificates, and assists the celebrant (Priest) with some of the readings and altar responsibilities such as lighting candles, moving oil etc. Months are rotated between the couples in the ministry with monthly time commitments of one to two hours. Depending on the number of couples, each couple would volunteer between 3 to 6 months per year.
Maybe God is calling you to be a member of our team to help teach, inspire and prepare families so that their children can enter our Church and become members of the Body of Christ.