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In the Episcopal Church of my youth this was a simple question. Babies should be NOT be baptized before the grandparents have set up trust funds for them, neither should they be Baptized on a date inconvenient for the grandparents. If applicable, rich great-uncles and great-aunts also may be included in this computation.

Other than that, as soon as is convenient.

I once baptized a more than 2 month's premature baby in her isolette. I had the great pleasure of attending her wedding a couple of years ago.

In the Episcopal Church of my youth this was a simple question. Babies should be NOT be baptized before the grandparents have set up trust funds for them, neither should they be Baptized on a date inconvenient for the grandparents. If applicable, rich great-uncles and great-aunts also may be included in this computation.

In fairness, this happens among Catholics as well, I have seen it happen far too often in my own family.

I once baptized a more than 2 month's premature baby in her isolette. I had the great pleasure of attending her wedding a couple of years ago.

What a beautiful! Thank you for sharing that.

May I ask a favor? My stepfather was born into a Lutheran family that decided to leave it up to him to decide which church he would join. This is such a preposterous notion, so much more common today than ever. They never introduced him to any faith but raised him with respect for the ten commandments. When he married my Catholic mother, he had to promise to raise me in the Catholic faith. He did not fail! From time to time, he would also attend Mass with us. At one of his work assignments, he met a man he admired who also happened to be a Baptist minister. He contemplated becoming a Baptist but realized that such a decision was based solely on his admiration for this one man. Now in his late 70's, he is still unbaptized. It is my constant prayer that he will have a conversion of heart and be baptized before he dies. Would you please remember him in your prayers? I would be most appreciative.