Baptism and Christening 101

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) ―When Elisabeth Anne Huls was baptized over the weekend, she wore a white cotton gown that’s been in her family for 124 years.The gown and accompanying petticoat cost $10 for a seamstress to make back in 1883. Agnes Munz, Elisabeth’s great-great-great-grandmother, paid to have the dress made for the first [...]

[Episcopal News Service] A historic ecumenical agreement mutually recognizing the sacrament of Baptism was signed by the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil, the Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Presbyterian United Church and the Syrian Orthodox Church during a November 15 celebration at the Mosteiro de São Bento in São Paulo, Brazil. More [...]