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Squirl1003
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Question for Jewish moms & Catholic godparents
My DH is Jewish and I am Catholic. I have a question regarding godparents and religion of godparents.
1-Do people who are Jewish have godparents?
My son will be raised Catholic so I was curious if any of you knew...
2- what the protocol in the Catholic church was for having godparents that are Catholic and Jewish?
I just feel like this is going to be a fight with DH and I want to be prepared before I touch on the subject.
Thanks..I hope this makes sense!
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annie
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Re: Question for Jewish moms & Catholic godparents
Do Jewish people have godparents? It depends on the family. I am the godmother to two little girls who are Jewish (sisters). I took part in their baby naming ceremonies.
Requirements for Catholic church godparents completely depend on your church. Each church seems to have different rules. In my church, one godparent (not both) must be fully baptised, confirmed & a member of their church (with a letter from their church stating they are in "good standing"). The other person is officially just a "sponsor" or something like that if they do not meet those requirements. Best bet is to call your church & ask.
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| Posted 1/7/09 7:53 PM |
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Lizzy
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Re: Question for Jewish moms & Catholic godparents
Posted by annie
In my church, one godparent (not both) must be fully baptised, confirmed & a member of their church (with a letter from their church stating they are in "good standing"). The other person is officially just a "sponsor" or something like that if they do not meet those requirements. Best bet is to call your church & ask.
In our perish's case, they don't have to be a member of our perish, any will do as long as they are a "good standing" Catholic.
HTH!
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| Posted 1/7/09 7:56 PM |
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evnme
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Re: Question for Jewish moms & Catholic godparents
godparents in judaism do not have a role outside of the ceremony, like they would in catholicism.
it is a ceremonial role only.
they would not be in charge of the child's religious upbringing if something happened to the parents.
so if a jewish child were to have either jewish or non-jewish godparents, it would only be for the naming ceremony (for a girl) or brit milah or bris (for a boy)--it would not extend beyond the ceremony.
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| Posted 1/7/09 8:03 PM |
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Message edited 1/7/2010 10:44:03 AM.
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Re: Question for Jewish moms & Catholic godparents
My bil is jewish and his parents gave him Godparents, but didnt give his sisters.
Im catholic and DH is not (not jewish either), The church told us only people who could be the Godparents are : eithe both Catholic, or one Catholic and the other Christian faith, and both had to be of different sex. So both the Godparents for both our children are from myside b/c no one on dhs side is Catholic or Christain.. dh was upset about not being able to choose his family... but I wasnt willing to lie to the church so they could be.
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MrsRbk
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Re: Question for Jewish moms & Catholic godparents
Posted by evnme
godparents in judaism do not have a role outside of the ceremony, like they would in catholicism.
it is a ceremonial role only.
they would not be in charge of the child's religious upbringing if something happened to the parents.
so if a jewish child were to have either jewish or non-jewish godparents, it would only be for the naming ceremony (for a girl) or brit milah or bris (for a boy)--it would not extend beyond the ceremony.
This is what I was going to say as well. Although within my own family it's only the boys that have godparents. I grew up in an Orthodox surrounding though. When my nephew was born, my sister chose her best friend and our cousin to be godmother and godfather, however because they were not married and the godmother is not jewish, the rabbi did not allow them to hand the baby over during the ceremony, so my DH and I were given that honor.
I'm having a girl and we're not doing godparents.
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| Posted 1/8/09 9:59 AM |
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donegal419
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Re: Question for Jewish moms & Catholic godparents
Posted by cpanyc
Posted by Squirl1003
2- what the protocol in the Catholic church was for having godparents that are Catholic and Jewish?
For a Roman Catholic baptism, a Godparent must be a Catholic in good standing or Christian (Christian witness).
yes, tis is true. and many churches check the godparent's own sacremental record... ideally, they shoudl have all the sacraments, but at MINIMUM must be a baptized CAtholic.
My SIL married a Jewish guy and when my BIL had his kids, he wanted them to be godparents. my SIL was the godmother while her husband was a "witness." Someone that does not acknowledge Christ cannot fulfill the role of a godparent, which is to help raise the child in Christ. He was able to participate and be a witness and for my BIL.
ETA: the baptism was done by a good family friend that it is a priest and it was a private baptism. i think he let him be a witness; i don't know if that's really "allowed."
Message edited 1/8/2009 10:46:40 AM.
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