Baptism in RC church

[mummystar]

Hi!
I need help, and before i go and speak to priest i would like to ask on here(always good info and advice) some few Q!
I have 2 DD. 8y and 7y. They are not baptised. I am and i received all sacraments and my partner too but he belongs to methodist church. My older DD is attending RC school and little one is on the waiting list. I would like to ask how can i get them baptised? What do i need, do we need to be married (me and DP)?, how to prepare them cause they are big???PLEASE , if someone has any info. Neither of us are from here (living here more than 14yrs),Is there anything i should know about godparents? As you can see, i forgot. But there is something in me is telling me i owe to my children blessing and light in the same way my parents gave to me. I feel guilty to that point almost i get panic attacks, what if something happens to me or DP , i would never forgive to myself .
Please if anyone can give me words of wisdom, i will be thankful , and could anyone recomend some easy to read Bible for children. Thank you

Please don't worry about talking all these things through with your Priest, you won't be the first person to ask.

Lion does a god range of children's Bibles

Are you Catholic? If so, then it shouldn't be a problem. If neither of you are Catholic, then the priest's eyebrows may go up a bit because you would be undertaking to raise them as Catholic if you had them baptised as such. I don't know how strict they are about these things and it would probably depend on your local priest.

Welcome back! Given your dc's ages, you might want a chat with the school's lead teacher for RE and with whoever does the First Holy Communion preparation in your parish. If you feel in need of a refresher, the RCIA prgramme is very good and most parishes run one. Or try slightly cheesy American website

I doubt you and your DP not being married will be a problem, but the parish priest will probably want reassurance that DP isn't strongly against them being raised RC, a commitment to bring them to Mass regularly, and to know faith is discussed and practiced at home.

Thank you so much!
Yes, i am RC and as i said i do have all sacraments and my partner is welcoming baptism and church. Girls are realy interested and willing to learn and understand religion without my pressure which makes me sad and quilty,as if i didn't give them right start! Maybe sound insane, but it realy makes me sad. Both of them want to pray, go to the church (every sun morning they are asking to go) and 90% of time i do take them.
I am so angry with myself for not doing things on time,from that part i feel like i fail them which i want to make it right now. Thank you so much!
Another thing, i would like mu BF to be GM, but she is not married,will that make any difference!? My GP are married an my DM says yes , i need 2 GP. Thank you so much.

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Gp's don't need to be married. You can have only one if you wish or more than two. Honestly chat to the priest he'll be happy to take you through it.

You don't need to be married op, myself and dp had ds baptised this year and we are not married.
We are both rc but they would have been happy to do it if only one of us was, you would just need to assure them that you both understand you are agreeing to raise your child in the rc faith.
God parents do not need to be married either, you would need at least one who is a practising catholic and any others that are not rc would again need to understand they are agreeing to assist in the child's rc upbringing.
First step is to speak to the priest, please don't be worried, it's quite relaxed and you won't be interrogated!
You normally have some group meetings for the parents with the priest (or in our case with the church sister), which sound quite dull but were actually quite helpful in explaining the meaning of the baptism and other questions you have such as "who can be godparents" etc and talk you through what happens on the day.
Good luck!

mummystar you say you have received all the sacraments but clearly you have not if you are not married. That of course is your business but why do people want to have DC baptised but don't see that being married might be helpful in bringing them up as Catholics.