The worldwide Roman Catholic Church consists of local communities. These are usually parishes. Every address in the Netherlands belongs to a Catholic parish. By entering a zip code on the website www.zoekparochie.nl you can find the name (and often the website) of your parish. Baptism usually takes place in your own parish. There may be reasons to choose to be baptized in a community such as De Krijtberg (which is not a parish church) or another church in the center of a large city.

If you have a connection with De Krijtberg, you can of course have your child baptized here. The argument: “we think the building is so beautiful” is not sufficient as the only reason. After registration you may be invited for an interview. During that conversation, the date of the baptism is agreed – the baptism is usually on Saturday morning or on a working day at the end of the afternoon. In the Krijtberg there are no baptisms on Sundays, nor on Saturdays after 4 p.m.

The godparents of the person being baptized must both be baptized – this rule cannot be deviated from.