"Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." (Matt :19)

We joyfully invite expectant parents to share the beauty and wonder of your child by preparing your child for the sacrament of baptism.

Your baby’s initiation into the Roman Catholic Church requires that you be registered in the parish (or have permission from your parish to have your child's baptism at St. Jude), attend a preparation class, and prepare yourself for the continuing responsibility of raising your child as a Catholic. Class is normally held on the fourth Sunday of each month at 1:30 p.m. in the St. Jude Room inside the church.

To begin this process, please contact the rectory at 215-822-0179.

Sponsorship Requirements

Are you an adult seeking Baptism? Welcome!
See our RCIA page (How to Become Catholic) for more details.

Bishop Robert Barron explains the amazing, infinite, miraculous Gift of Baptism. (This is worth coming back to again and again!)

The Saints on Baptism

"The soul is regenerated in the sacred waters of baptism and thus becomes God's child." - St. Maximilian Kolbe, Martyr of Auschwitz (d. 1941)

“Baptize first the children; and if they can speak for themselves, let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak for them.” St. Hippolytus of Rome ( 215 A.D.)

"Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have the spiritual life of grace unless he is born again spiritually. This regeneration is effected by Baptism: 'Unless a man is born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God'." (Jn 3:5)  - St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor (d. 1274)