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Baptism in U.K.

Discussion in 'Life in the UK' started by Anon220806, May 22, 2021.

  1. Anon220806
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    Anon220806 Well-Known Member

    Has anyone had their children / child baptised in the U.K.? It is something we are considering.

    To give you the preamble, Mrs Ash and her family were particularly religious, attending church in the Philippines weekly. Since arriving in the U.K. Mrs Ash hasn’t been in a church once. (Not strictly true as she was in Liverpool Cathedral for a rendition of the Snowman a few years ago). However as our daughter approaches secondary school we are considering a catholic school but our daughter has not been baptised.

    Is there anyone who has experience of this. Note : this isn’t a religious posting per se but more on the procedure for baptism for a “half” filipina in the U.K.
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    The baptismal certificate is an important document in the Philippines.

    In the UK I would think all you have to do is approach the priest in your local church and ask to arrange a baptism for your daughter, however the priest is likely to then grill you on how you will be bringing up the child in the faith.

    But I am fairly sure that when I was young we had a couple of protestant kids in our school so I am not sure it is a mandatory requirement.
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    Oss, it is mandatory in the sense that it is listed as a prerequisite for entry. Up here it is anyway.

    I am guessing that some members may have already had their kids baptised here in the U.K. so know the routine.

    ( As an aside to put a child through a private senior school for 7 years is currently £12000 per annum both here and at my eldest daughter’s old school. My ex wife and I paid 75% of the fees back in the 90s but I wouldn’t pay that now. Long story. But we are trying to avoid the sh1t state schools. )

    I have put the question out to the Filipino community up here.
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    I see, it is certainly mandatory in any Philippine school in that same sense.

    My kids were baptised in the Philippines, I was at both ceremonies.

    The oil industry was certainly lucrative back in the day :) my eldest daughter teaches at a very upmarket private school outside London, she earns quite a good salary but could never send her own kids there, that is if she ever had any.

    I had a look for instructions at my old parish in Paisley but could not find an explicit link however I did note that catholic churches seem to have web sites in the .co.uk domain :D I did find this following page though on a wider search

    Microsoft Word - Becoming a Catholic.doc (stlawrenceandstpaul.co.uk)

    It looks to be pretty much as I mentioned, does your wife have her baptismal certificate the church might want proof that one of you was brought up in the faith?
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    I will ask Mrs Ash about her baptismal certificate. Hadn’t thought of that.

    I understand there are discounts to be had for private school teachers. My employers wife was offered a discount and she went for a job as head teacher’s secretary at her sons school, though no doubt it is different in different schools.
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    Well Gemma's head of her department but not on a salary that could afford her school's fees, and I don't think she has any plans to give me grandchildren :) I am not in any rush either to be honest.
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    If her partner / husband has a good income then it would be doable. I came across school teachers who used their own wages to pay for their child’s private education whilst relying on their husbands income for the rest of the home expenses.

    I have been engaging with some Filipinos in Blackpool who are giving me some tips. There are very few Asians per se where I live, though there is an old Filipina who has been in the U.K. for many years who lives about 100 yds away. But there are a fair few that live in Blackpool, mostly working in the NHS or care sector.

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