Mother' s Dear Babies - Baptism at Catholics

 Versiune în Limba Română AICI.

In the Catholic tradition (Italians in Dobrogea, Catholic communities from Tulcea and Sulina) the religious integration of newborn takes place in three stages: Baptism, Chrism and Eucharist.

At Roman Catholics the baptism is done by aspersion. Church recommends to be celebrated the sacrament in the Easter Vigil or Sunday morning, in the first weeks after childbirth. Child is held in the arms by godfather or godmother; the priest put a tray under the chin and the baby is sprinkled with water.

Sequence from the temporary exhibition Mother' s Dear Babies  (Ethnographic and Folk Art Museum Tulcea)