Please contact the Parish Office for additional information at 608-325-9506.

Infant Baptism:
At least three months notice and attendance at pre-baptismal seminar required. Pre-baptismal seminars are held every even month at 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Center. Parents are required to attend a pre-baptism seminar within 5 years of the child's baptism date. Please try to arrange the baptism of your child within six months of the birth date.

Because of original sin, we are born without grace in our souls, so there is no way for us to have fellowship with God. Jesus became man to bring us into union with his Father. He said no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is first born of "water and the Spirit" (John 3:5)-this refers to baptism.

Through baptism we are born again, but this time on a spiritual level instead of a physical level. We are washed in the bath of rebirth (Titus 3:5). We are baptised into Christ's death and therefore share in His Resurrection (Romans 6:3-7).

Baptism cleanses us of sins and brings the Holy Spirit and His grace into our souls (Acts 2:38, 22:16). And the apostle Peter is perhaps the most blunt of all: "Baptism now saves you" (1 Peter 3:21). Baptism is the gateway into the Church.

*This text was taken from "Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth" by Catholic Answers.