Were you ever asked to be a Godparent?

We are Catholic and yes, I am Godmother to a friend's daughter.

The function of a Godparent is to ensure the faith and religious education remain available to the child in the event of the parents death. It is not to raise the child, altho' that may certainly be arranged separately.
 

It is a dated ritual that in most modern situations has lost relevance.

I from a large Catholic mass going family had god parents that I only met as a baby because our family soon moved thousands of miles away. For the sake of church rituals it is part of the Catholic formal tradition for those being baptised. That god parents were supposed to help guide their god child's religious life was not something my parents ever discussed or apparently thought was of importance beyond fulfilling church requirements of a formal tradition. I do believe it is a tradition with merit as long as those involved live locally as was usually the case until modern times when most lived in village communities. Note I became agnostic as a teen and young adult before developing my current unique religious views.

Am very much of opinion that our human families would be much better off in many ways if compatible members of families lived in multi-generational groups versus our modern world where transportation and telecommunications have forever made such uncommon, especially for the many of us living in large urban areas. Older folk traditionally greatly helped bring up children giving parents more freedom and guidance in their daily lives. Currently I have an unmarried niece greatly economically stressed and leisure time burdened by bringing up a toddler while working a demanding computer service job and having to pay besides an outrageous apartment rental in an urban area, $1300 monthly for child care.

I am a god parent for a nephew that probably doesn't even know I was tasked for that during his baptism. His father, a brother, even then had long become a hateful anti-religious hedonistic aetheist while his psychologically troubled wife was not religious. Somehow was steered into the ritual. Ironically, brother's religious hate has prevented me from ever discussing even the most minor religious issues with him though since the nephew is now an adult beyond his father's direct influence, I will eventually be able to.
 
David777 said:
Am very much of opinion that our human families would be much better off in many ways if compatible members of families lived in multi-generational groups versus our modern world where transportation and telecommunications have forever made such uncommon, especially for the many of us living in large urban areas. Older folk traditionally greatly helped bring up children giving parents more freedom and guidance in their daily lives. Currently I have an unmarried niece greatly economically stressed and leisure time burdened by bringing up a toddler while working a demanding computer service job and having to pay besides an outrageous apartment rental in an urban area, $1300 monthly for child care.
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Mostly agree with the above paragraph, but prefer the idea of living nearby rather than in multi-generational groups. Too much familiarity can indeed breed contempt.
 

Jules said:
Do you ever carry a can of de-icer? Or matches so you can heat the key up?


Many don’t realize it.
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Honestly, where I live, it's extremely rare for the lock to freeze. The only time this happens is when it rains right before the temp goes below freezing. And it hardly ever gets that cold.....unless I need to go somewhere!!!! 😅😆

Now.....how did my post get here?!!!! I thought it was in the What are you doing today thread! :unsure:
 
My Daughter was Baptised in the Chapel of the Warship Aircraft carrier HMS Hermes my ex husband was serving on at the time.

My ex at the Time was the Captain's Steward... There was the 2 of us, our daughter of course, the godparents, and my mother and father in law at the service below decks...

After the service.. we were handed a Box, and inside was a pair of Beautiful candles in a satin lining, with a small card which said.. best wishes from HRH, Charles and Elizabeth R.. Her majesty Queen Mother..

My mother-in-law was delighted.. think Hyacinth Bouquet.:D. my M-i-l was just like her ..

Anyway.. it transpired that Prince Charles was a good friend of the Hermes Captain, and when he discovered that his usual Steward would not be attending because of his baby's Christening.. he arranged for a Gift to be sent down to us in the Chapel.

It makes a fascinating story..and my DD still has those candles to this day..
 
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I have never been a parent let alone a Godparent. I wished I would have been. I love kids and hearing them laugh as they play. Our development is split into two sections; one section is over 55 and the other section is a "family" section. I like walking up to the family section and watching the kids with their friends playing and laughing. Their antics take me back to the good old days.

I remember seeing the boys have water pistol fights and flying kites. Those days can never be repeated again. But, if you have kids of your own, you get to live your childhood all over again as you get to play with them. I can remember my dad even going belly flopping on our sleds together. It was a great time to be a kid.
 
Yes, I am a Godmother to 3 of my niece's children, plus my niece. One of my husband's nephew's wife asked me to be the Godmother to her daughter and I said yes, but when she asked me to be the Godmother to her other daughter I said no. I thought she should ask another Aunt so no one would be offended.
My granddaughter asked me to be her Godmother in February when she makes her Confirmation.
 
Im Godmother to my Niece , when it came to me being GM to my Nephews , the Vicar ( who was a different one ) wouldnt allow it on the grounds i wasn't Baptised myself ..And the way he described it was its like a club . You have to be Baptised to be in it ..

Well years later I came to be Baptised and Comfirmed , not that i wanted to be in the Club though .
 
Alligatorob said:
No, I think that is mostly a Catholic thing and we are not Catholic. Could be wrong about the mostly Catholic thing though...
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Good lord, no. All Christian babies are given godparents at their christening, not just Catholic. The idea is for godparents to guide the child's Christian upbringing. Most of them are friends or relatives of the baby and part of their family circle anyway.
 

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