Today was Calum's Christening, something which was probably a bit overdue since in the Catholic faith the belief is that if a baby isn't Christened they still have the devil inside of them and if they die without being Christened, they won't go to heaven. We're a bit behind schedule because we weren't really sure if we were going to be able to do it in the fairly strict Catholic church over here since I'm not Catholic, but lucky for us the Father at our new church is a fairly understanding one (saves us a trip to Ireland where they are a bit more relaxed!).
Lucky for us (or not so lucky!), today was the full Roman mass which meant much of the mass before the Christening was in Latin and I couldn't understand anything that was going on. Regardless, it's still been interesting learning about Mark's upbringing since he was raised Catholic and went to Catholic school until he was 16. The Christening ceremony itself was quite touching in that it recognises the importance of godparents and the impact they have on the baby's life (both spiritual and practical) moving forward. Paul and Rachel along with Tracey are Calum's godparents, I think he's pretty lucky to have them and already they have given him lots of love and support and will continue to do so for the rest of his life.
In addition to introducing Calum to something which is important to Mark, and to our local community, we are also potentially helping Calum with his education as some of the best schools in England are the Catholic schools and even at such a young age you really have to start thinking about things like this due to the massive over crowding in England's schools. Of course there is that bit of me who hopes that by the time Calum is of school age we won't be in England anymore, but none the less best to have a back up plan I guess!
Have a great week x
Calum with his godparents
My little Oliver Twist
Looking like a rapper with his new bling, a cross necklace Paul & Rachel brought back from Egypt
Max asleep on the pews, the church was built in 1853 for Napolean the III's funeral and these are the original pews!
2 comments:
Ok...your title kinda scared me for a second. :) I am so happy Calum is able to go to heaven. He is so so cute in the Oliver Twist outfit. You look mighty fine yourself!!!
This is so funny! Ha!! Sorry your kid had the Devil inside him for so long...Mine still do.... Congrats Calum!
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