20 March 2014

A Village Baptism - the Sign of the Cross



The baptism of Nolan takes place during mass in Gorbio's beautiful Church of Saint Barthelmy. The children as there as part of their learning process of the catechism. The priest thought it would be a good idea to let them participate in the baptism - and as you see one youngster is taking photos with his iPad, another holds the microphone.

The priest is making the sign of the cross on little Nolan's forehead. His godfather stands next to his mother and behind him, is his aunt. In other photos you see Nolan's godmother drying his head following the baptism.

Nolan slept though it all ...

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Le baptême de Nolan a lieu pendant la messe dans la belle église de Saint Barthélemy à Gorbio. Les enfants du catéchisme étaient là ce jour là. Le prêtre en a profité pour les faire participer au baptême - et vous voyez qu'un jeune prend des photos avec son iPad tandis qu'un autre tient le microphone.

Le prêtre fait le signe de la croix sur le tête du petit Nolan. Son parrain est à côté de sa mère et derrière lui, c'est sa tante. Sur d'autres photos on voit la marraine de Nolan qui lui sèche la tête après l'onction du  baptême.

Et Nolan dort pendant tout ce temps ...



4 comments:

  1. Nice and interesting posting:)

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  2. Such touching pictures of the baby and his friends.

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  3. Splendid photos, and a beautiful setting.

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  4. Great lighting in that church, or does the church now cater to people who want to take pictures with phones and tablets?

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