1. Please email the CRE (cre at stauva.org) to sign up for a baptism class, or to verify prior attendance.  Indicate on which date you will attend (see upcoming dates on the right side of this page).
2. After the class, complete the provided records form for the office.
3. Prayerfully select a godparent or godparents for your child. Feel free to share this page and to invite prospective godparents to the baptism class with you. Each godparent must fill out a Godparent Attestation Form  and submit it to the parish office (ATTN: Caroline Golomb).
   • Mailed hardcopies:  ATTN: Caroline Golomb, St.Thomas Aquinas Church, 401 Alderman Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903
   • Scanned copies: emailed to CRE ([email protected]).
4. Contact the CRE to schedule the Baptism. Baptisms are held at 1:30 on Sundays.

Children five-years and up must fulfill the above requirements AND meet with the appropriate religious education supervisor for their grade. The specifics of this process can be discussed on a case-by-case basis. 

Parents who are unmarried or were married outside the Catholic Church and who wish to be married in the Church, please email Deacon Tony ([email protected]). The marriage of parents is not a requirement for a child’s Baptism.