We had our DD baptised in the catholic church last year.

It was simple for us as we are both catholic, although I am not confirmed, and we were married in the same church we went to for the baptism. We don't attend mass.

You will have to have an interview with the priest but we found it very informal. I just phoned and asked to come and talk about getting it done. Our priest it very easy to talk to and open but there are rules all the same which he must stick to.

It is customary to have two godparents and you may have either sex or both. At least one of them must be a confirmed catholic. The other doesnt need to be catholic but the priest will want to talk to them first (to make sure they have christian values). I dont know if they check up on the confirmation through records though? we told him the name of the parish she was done in and he may have checked later although I doubt it. He did get our records out though while we were there. Mainly because I asked for a copy of my baptism certificate to have at home.

I have never been to a catholic baptism as part of a mass. They have all been seperate. Our priest preferred to do ours on a saturday as he has a travelling parish to minister to on sundays so he is busy all day. It took about 30mins, we had no hymns or readings as my family and most of our friends are not practicing. Instead he did a fantastic job of explaining the whatfors and whys of the ceremony and it was great for the notreligiousy people. He just said "leave it to me" and we did.

I think we only donated $150 for our ceremony.

You dont need a proper christening gown. You just need something white, it can be a special bib or cloth to lay on the baby during part of the ceremony.

It shouldnt be a problem being unmarried. My friend wasnt married when she had her children "done" LOL. Her partner isnt catholic either.

As for reasons? I explained that we are do not attend church but that we hold the values of the church and want our child to grow up with the structure ofthe church behind her. He was happy with that.

Good luck. Dont stress too much about the interview. They are there to help