Baptism

[Lou22000]

So where do i start,

Me and my partner are wanting our second son baptised we currently live in Manchester, my partner is welsh but moved to Manchester with me over 10 years ago now.

Anyway due to family reasons we are wanting our second child baptised in wales my partners home town. I have spoken to father and he has agreed he would do this but would need a permission letter from our parish priest to send over to the parish in wales.

I am a bit concerned he won't do this for us as I very rarely attend mass due to a busy family work life balance my son had his holy communion back in the summer last year and don't think I have been since (except Christmas) My son goes mass with school and I do try as and when I can but when I do have extra time I could think of a lot more other things I need to be getting done, I no this sounds bad but it's life at the minute.

I'm curious as to why he wants a letter and what he wants written in the letter? permission like why is this in this hands of my parish priest? I want my child baptised why is
It not as simple as that.

Honest answers please

When I had DC Christened I had to get permission from the Vicar of my Parish to have them Christened in another Parish. I'd never met him. I phoned him, explained why I wanted a Christening elsewhere (my Mother Church). He wrote a letter, wished us well and said we'd be welcome at the local church any time.

I don't really know why you have to do it, (respect for your parish leader iirc what my Vicar friend said) but I've never known them say no.

I'm a Church of Scotland minister - a different denomination so can't answer your questions. I think the best and easiest thing to do would be to have a chat with your own parish priest who can tell you why this letter is required. It may well simply be to ensure that parish records are kept up-to-date and accurate, or a courtesy from one priest to the other about who they are baptising.

It would be good for you to have a chat with your priest anyway about how you might be able to get more involved with the life of your church.

Are you Catholic? If you are living in the Diocese of Salford, children are usually baptised in their parish church, I imagine this may be the case in other areas too - info here

http://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Forming-young-people-for-life-Policy-Nov-2016.pdf

(Point 10)

It might be worth seeing if the parish in Wales has any similar guidance.

But it looks like permission shouldn't usually be an issue, as I'm sure the main thing is that you would like your child baptised!

You may have to attend preparation classes for the Baptism. We had to attend 3 for each of our children (who were Baptised in 2 different areas far apart). It could be that the Welsh Priest wants to know that preparation has been done?