Parents are expected to participate in a preparation program before infant Baptism, preferably during pregnancy.  Baptisms are usually celebrated after the 4:00 p.m. Mass on Saturday or the 10:30 Mass on Sunday. 

Adults and children older than 7 years old wishing to be baptized should call the parish office for information about the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).

Please contact the Parish office 937-557-1711, x105 to schedule a Baptism.

Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua),⁴ and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word."⁵

4 Cf. Council of Florence: DS 1314: vitae spiritualis ianua.
5 Roman Catechism II, 2, 5; Cf. Council of Florence: DS 1314; ⇒ CIC, cann. 204 # 1; ⇒ 849; CCEO, can. 675 # 1.