Scheduling a Baptism at St. James

We are so excited to welcome you and your family into our Spiritual Family!

Step 1) Please complete our online information form
Our Sacramental Coordinator will contact you after the information form is completed to schedule the baptism. We normally offer the Sacrament of Baptism at 12pm on the first and third Sundays of each month. Please note: we are able to host up to five families at each baptism on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Step 2) Parents are required to be registered parishioners of St. James. If you are not already registered as a parishioner, then please contact the parish office (630-469-7540) to register or visit https://stjamesge.org/become-a-member-of-st-james/ to complete and submit a registration form. 

Step 3) Parents are required to complete online baptismal preparation which can be found here Belonging: Baptism in the Family of God.

Please purchase the Parent’s Set which includes full access to videos and online materials along with a journaling book to go alongside the course. After finishing the course, please email the certificate of completion to our Sacramental Coordinator.

Step 4) Parents need to choose at least one sponsor (godparent) for the child. A godparent must be a practicing Catholic, baptized and confirmed, and age 16 or older (mother and father of child are excluded). Godparents must obtain and submit a recently dated Baptismal Certificate with Confirmation Notation from the church of record (i.e. church where they were baptized) in so far as possible. Copies may be obtained by contacting the parish where their Baptism and/or Confirmation was celebrated. Click here for a directory of Catholic parishes in the United States. If the parish where the Sacraments were celebrated has closed, records are kept at the local Diocesan office. To locate the contact information for a particular diocese in the United States, click here.

Each godparent is required to complete and submit a Godparent Eligibility Form which needs to be completed by the godparent, then signed and sealed by a priest or deacon at the parish where the godparent is registered and practicing their faith, and then mailed to the St. James Parish Office.

All documents must be mailed or dropped off at the Parish Office for the Sacramental Coordinator, no later than one week before the Baptism date.

Step 5) There is a suggested offering of $50 for the church, which may be handed to the Baptism Host on the day of the Baptism. We are so excited to start this journey with you!

If you have any further questions please email Hannah Bernstein, our Sacramental Coordinator by clicking here or call the office at 630-469-7540, ext. 206.