The Church asks and encourages us to baptize our children as soon as possible after birth as the Code of Canon Law, Can. 867§1, says: "Parents are obliged to take care the infants are baptized in the first few weeks; as soon as possible after the birth or even before it, they are to go to the pastor to request the sacrament for their child and be prepared properly for it."

Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua), 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 and in the word.” [CCC 1213]

Our Baptism Class is offered on the first Monday of every month at 6:00 pm. Location alternates between  our Immaculate Conception Center and Nativity Center. Please call Holly at 712-226-4320 to register.

Baptism should be celebrated, insofar as possible, on a Sunday, the day on which the Church recalls the Paschal Mystery, and indeed in a common celebration for all the newly born, and with the attendance of a large number of faithful, or at least of the relatives, friends, and neighbors, and their active participation. [TOBOC, #32]