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Fr. Gabriel T Mosher, OP, KCHS's avatar

Godparents are an important part of the formation of the Christian faithful. I would dislike seeing this ancient practice dispensed with. In many circumstances, when an adult convert has no family or friends it's the Godparent, often found by the RCIA director or a priest, that helps the person grow in the faith, in ways that having no direct personal connection, and so having to rely on one's own initiative alone, cannot replace.

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Hillary's avatar

My husband and I made a rule and told our family that we will not pick family members to be godparents. We just didn’t want to deal with that drama. We pick godparents from among our friends who we know are practicing. Our third child only has a godmother because we couldn’t come up with a godfather option that we felt comfortable with but we gave her an A+ godmother. Some people thought it was weird that we opted for only one godparent but we wanted to pick a solid one and someone who is close to us. We’ll see how it goes for future children.

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