We are blessing our third child and we have no good choice for a godmother. Both me and my husband have a brother who has not yet been asked to stand up for our children as a godparent. Both of whom would be very hurt if not asked. We have strong feelings about godparents being blood related and not married into the family. Our choices for godmother would be one of my cousins, but that would leave us to choose only one brother. We are not catholic, we are non-denominational . What are your thoughts?
My daughter has 2 godmothers. It's a very common practice.
We are Catholic and in our religion, one can only have one Godfather and one Godmother (together), for Baptism and for First Communion, if it's a boy then a Godfather and for a girl, well a Godmother. And all parties must be practicing Catholics! :j
There is nothing wrong with 2 godfathers. Seriously, what does a godparent do? They should be someone who can share their religion with your child if something were to happen to you. That doesn't have to be a woman and a man.
My husband is Catholic and his church does NOT demand one of each or that both are Catholic. It depends on your specific church.
I am sure it would be fine to have two godfathers.
I am actually more amused by the previous responses because there seems to be different opinions on what Catholics do. I am Catholic too and I am scheduling the baptism my baby girl currently so I have just taken the required classes. I have never heard of godparents chosen for First Communion. For a Baptism, people usually choose two godparents and usually one is a female and the other is a man.
It would be interesting to see what the Pope would say is the 'right ' thing.
Traditionally, the Godparents' role in a child's life is that of a religious one. Most likely, it is whom is chosen to act as a spiritual/religious guide to the child. As such, any formal naming of a Godparent, or one where it is written on a certificate would be a baptism certificate. In Catholisism, this happens for a child as an infant, in other Christian denominations, it happens when a child is old enough to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior independently. But, that was how it was done back in the day, or today by more devout families. So, really, as long as it's to make a relative feel happy that they are given a title, then I say yes, go for it, since it really holds no true meaning aside from that, legally or spiritually speaking.
I dont see why you couldnt.
Pretty funny how different churches do different things. I'm Catholic and my church requires that at least one Godparent be Catholic. I don't feel like you should be "forced" to choose Godparents for your child based on religion, but that's just my opinion. I don't see anything wrong with having 2 Godfathers. I think it's wonderful that you have two brothers that I'm sure would LOVE to be your child's Godfathers. I myself am getting ready to baptise our twin daughters, but NOT in the Catholic church!! HTH :)
Godparents are to provide religious guidance to the child. As long as your church doesn't have any guidelines restricting it, there is no reason that you can not have two Godfathers. My son has one Godmother and two Godfathers.
Well my religion had requirements that did not match the people we had chosen. So we re-evaluated and did this: we chose a person that matched the church requirements and whom we know will guide our child through learning about our chosen faith. The other people selected were present, but we didn't submit their names to our church. We have asked them to be participants in our child's life. They take him on small outings, visit with our family, and are establishing a relationship so that they can be two trusted adults my son can go to for advice. We are all happy with this arrangement, and simply call all godmother or godfather. Their names are not all on the church's documents, but as I explaioned, the two are not going to be involved with faith formation. I guess it depends on how comfortable your family is with being creative. Good luck!
Episcopal tradition is two godfathers and one godmother for a boy and two godmothers and one godfather for a girl. You didn't say if you had a son or daughter. Both my boys had two godfathers and one godmother as that is who we wanted and it worked out with the first in the Episcopal church and the United Church of Christ didn't seem to care how many we had with our second son. A godparent is a close friend or relative who swears to help guide the child in religious education. The basic meaning of god parent says you can have whomever you want in whatever number you want.
Do what is best for your child, how can you go wrong?
Sure they can. Mine do! My twin girls each have 2 Godfathers and 2 Godmothers.
Absolutely! My son has 2 Godfathers and one Godmother.
We are catholic, and my son has two godfathers. We were in a similar situation as yourself. I checked with my pastor first, but he was totally fine with our decision. Good luck!
Yes! I'm one of two God mothers :o)
I'm not sure where everyone get the idea that Godparents have to be related. Anyway, my daughter has two Godmothers and one Godfather...none are blood related.
The whole purpose is to find someone, in the event of your death, who will raise the child the way you want it to be raised. Someone who shares your values, morals, ethics, and loves your child unconditionally. At least that's how it was explained to me when we got her Dedicated.
I'm not sure how it works in other faiths, but if you were Catholic it would be fine as long as they were both in good standings with the church.
I think it is totally fine. My sister chose me and my sister to be godmothers for our niece. My other niece has two godfathers. I see no reason why you should pick someone to fill the roll just to have a godmother and a godfather. It should be who you would like to be the godparents.
Check with who will be overseeing the baptism. I am Catholic and my church would not allow two same-gender Godparents and both had to be Catholic. It seems to depend on the Church or region. Hope you are allowed to choose who you want to choose!