As soon as we found out, and we found out as soon as finding out was possible, I actually did start thinking about this.
It didn’t take me long to realize something pretty serious. “What if she has ‘The Gift’?” That is, what if she was blessed with “THE Vocation” - the gift of ministry, a gift for preaching “The Good News”? A calling to serve her church - or even to LEAD her church? What if she really had the priestly or pastoral gift? I just as quickly realized that if so, she couldn’t go ANYWHERE with that Gift in the Catholic Church. She could NEVER fully express that talent. Except for joining an order of nuns, which is as high as Roman Catholicism would allow women to go.
So I decided both our kids should be baptized Presbyterian, my husband’s church. Close enough! Our son had arrived by then and we did want to get around to some sort of Baptism ceremony. There was a progressive and active Presbyterian church elsewhere in the neighborhood and we started there. I also noted that the Assistant Chief Pastor at that church was an intelligent, inspirational married woman - who had leadership skills as well as the calling, and who was soon to move, to become Chief Pastor at a large church in the Midwest.
As it turned out, our daughter manifested many gifts - but not THAT one. Nevertheless, I don’t regret my decision. I hate to see talent wasted!
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