Greystones and Kilquade Pastoral Area - 2026 Baptism for Older Children Registration Form

Meeting You

Baptism is the first sacrament of initiation that welcomes a person in the Faith Community.

The preparation for Baptism is an important process, and we are delighted to be journeying and supporting you in the role of your child's first and best teacher.

Before you start filling in this, we advise it is a requirement that we have a copy of the child's birth certificate . You will need to upload a copy of it in the next section.

I have the birth certificate and I'm ready to proceed

I'm ready

Child's Details

This section involves information about your child and the primary contact.

Please supply contact details of the person who will receive all the communication in relation to the preparation and ceremony.

We ask that the nominated primary contact will keep the other parent informed.

Child's Forename(Required)

Child's Middle Name(s)(Required)

Enter N/A if no middle name has been chosen.

Child's Surname(Required)

Date of Birth(Required)

Child's Age(Required)

Please indicate your child's age now to the nearest month. Thank you.

Gender(Required)

Please indicate whether your child is a boy or a girl - it is not always obvious from their name. Thank you.

Male
Female

Child's Address(Required)

Please enter the full address (including Eircode) of where the child lives, with each element separated by a comma. e.g. Delgany Wood, Delgany, Co. Wicklow

Eircode(Required)

Please enter the Eircode

Copy of Child's Birth Certificate(Required)

A scanned copy or photograph of the birth certificate is all that is required. Please do ensure the child and parental detail on it are legible.

Please also make sure this is not a high resolution file as it cannot me more that 128MB. Thank you.

Max. file size: 128 MB.

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Contact Details

Now, we ask you to provide the contact details of a person to receive the baptism-related communication.

Forename of Primary Contact(Required)

Surname of Primary Contact(Required)

Primary Contact Email address(Required)

Enter Email Confirm Email

Primary Contact Mobile number(Required)

Please enter in the format (###) ###-####. If you use Autofill, please ensure it is entered correctly.

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Welcome Ceremony

You are invited to the Baptism Welcome ceremony on 11th January at the 10am Family Mass in St. Anthony's Church, Kilcoole

Welcome Ceremony(Required)

Please confirm your attendance at the ceremony on 11th January at the 10am Family Mass.

If you cannot attend please contact the team by email.

We will attend
We cannot attend

Baptism Ceremony

The baptismal ceremony will take place in St. Anthony's Church, Kilcoole, on the 18th of January, at 1:30 pm. Please confirm your attendance.

Baptismal ceremony consent(Required)

I confirm our attendance

Parents' Details

Now, we need some information about the parents.

Please provide full details of child's mother and father as this is required for the Church Baptismal Register.

Mother's Forename(Required)

Mother's Birth Surname(Required)

Please provide the mother's birth surname. This is required for the Church Baptismal Register.

Mother's Surname(Required)

Religion(Required)

At least one of the parents must be of the Roman Catholic Faith.

Mother's Email address(Required)

Please provide an email address.

Enter Email Confirm Email

Mother's Mobile number(Required)

Please provide a mobile number. Please enter in the format (###) ###-####

Father's Forename(Required)

Father's Surname(Required)

Religion(Required)

At least one of the parents must be of the Roman Catholic Faith.

Father's Email address(Required)

Please provide an email address.

Enter Email Confirm Email

Father's Mobile number(Required)

Please provide a mobile number. Please enter in the format (###) ###-####

Godparents

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Godparent Details

Only one Godparent is required.

If there are two Godparents, they must be one male and one female and must both be practising Catholics.

If a decision on Godparents has not been made at this point, please enter TBC (to be confirmed).

If only one Godparent is being chosen, enter N/A in the other fields.

Note, to be a Godparent, the person must be over 16 years of age at the time of the Baptism and have been Baptised and Confirmed in the Catholic Faith.

Godmother's Forename(Required)

Godmother's Surname(Required)

Godfather's Forename(Required)

Godfather's Surname(Required)

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Keeping In Touch

Keeping Informed(Required)

We would like to add you as the primary contact to the parish email list, in order to keep you informed about ongoing events in your parish and faith community. Are you happy we do this?

Yes
No

Sharing the Good News(Required)

Near the Baptism, we publish the Christian names of those Baptised so parishioners will remember them in prayer. First names will be published in the parish newsletter and on our parish website. This is distributed electronically each weekend. Are you happy to include your child's name in this way?

Yes
No

Parental Permission

Baptism into the Catholic Church can be requested by the parent who is the legal guardian of a child.

Signature of this by one parent alone is sufficient where they are unmarried and are the sole guardian of the child and are not requesting that the other parent's name be entered on the Baptism register.

In all other circumstances, the signature of both parents is required.

Please enter an email address and mobile number for the second parent, to act as the signature of permission.

Email of Second Parent

Enter Email Confirm Email

Mobile Number of Second Parent

Other Relevant Information

If you wish to share any other relevant information with the team, please do so here:

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And finally....

Thank you for completing this form.

We look forward to this engagement with you and your child.

Data included in this form will be used to register the parents and child in the parish.

Thank you!

To submit this form, you need to accept our Privacy Statement(Required)

Privacy Statement

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Confirmation of Details(Required)

I/We confirm that the details entered are correct.

Confirm

Understanding(Required)

I/We confirm that we understand that we must participate in all stages of this process.

Should circumstances change we understand we must to contact the Sacramental Team sacramentalceremonies@gkpastoralarea.ie who will support us through any changes.

Confirm

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2026 Baptism for Older Children Registration Form

Meeting You

Child's Details

Contact Details

Welcome Ceremony

Baptism Ceremony

Parents' Details

Godparent Details

Keeping In Touch

Parental Permission

And finally....