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Requesting a Sacramental Certificate

To request a sacramental record (a certificate), please fill out and submit the following form BELOW (PLEASE SCROLL DOWN).

The record will usually be mailed out within 3-4 business days once we receive the form and the handling fee. We ask for a $10.00 handling fee to cover the costs associated with the request. You may send a check or money order made to “Incarnation” directly to the parish or use the link below to pay with your credit card via the electronic donation system “Faith Direct.”

Please note that sacramental records are confidential information. The records are released only to the one who received Sacraments in our Parish. We ask that you please fax, email, or mail us a copy of your state photo identification BEFORE we release the record.

If you have any questions, please contact us:

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 708.597.3180

Our address:

Incarnation St. Terrence Parish
Attn: Sacramental Records
5757 West 127^th Street
Crestwood, IL 60418-2402

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT THE $10 NON-REFUNDABLE HANDLING FEE The Parish Office will contact you after verification of your submitted handling fee through the above link.
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- PLEASE FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING FORM TO REQUEST YOUR CERTIFICATE (S)
- Type(s) of certificate needed: Baptism First Holy Communion Confirmation Holy Matrimony
- Where were you Baptized? REQUIRED Incarnation St. Terrence Please fill out this field.
- Where were you Confirmed? REQUIRED Incarnation St. Terrence Please fill out this field.
- Name of person for whom the certificate is needed (including Maiden Name, if applicable): REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Date of that person's birth: REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter a date.
- Parents' Names, including Mother's Maiden Name REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Purpose of Certificate (for example, 1st Communion, entering Religious Education, Marriage, applying to Catholic school): REQUIRED Please fill out this field.
- If record is of Confirmation or 1st Communion, approximate year sacrament was received: Please enter valid data.
- Name and address of person/church where record is to be mailed (typically, for marriage, the certificate goes to the Priest, Deacon, or Pastoral Associate who is working with the couple): REQUIRED Please fill out this field.
- Name of person requesting the certificate: REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Phone Number of person requesting certificate: REQUIRED Maximum 20 characters Please fill out this field. Please enter a phone number.
- Your e-mail address: REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter an email address.
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There are Seven Sacraments

In the Catholic Church, the Sacraments are special celebrations which signify our life-long  journey
in relationship with God. The Sacraments tell us about ourselves as persons with  spirits, who respond to God’s grace, and tell us about how we, together, are to live out  God’s call to make the world a place where God’s love, goodness, grace, justice,  and mercy are always visible and present.  

The Sacraments all have roots in the Bible, both in the Old and New Testament, and especially  in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. The Sacraments mark our lives in community;  therefore, every Sacrament not only orients to Christ, but to others in our Catholic family. The Sacraments celebrate God’s presence in our individual lives as well as our communal call to enact Jesus’ call to follow him,
to be healers in the world, to be signs and instruments of love, mercy,  and justice. They are all symbols of a journey in hope, and a sign that we are not on the journey alone.  

The Sacraments are symbolic actions and rituals that mark our covenantal relationship with God as individual beings and as beings together. They commemorate the past events of God’s relationship with humankind, they bring God’s grace into the present, and they point us to the promise of future glory.   Therefore, the life in Sacrament is very special, because it allows us to say 'yes' to God,  and to
say 'yes' to the gift of being human. This begins with Baptism, and is realized through  the Sacrament
of Anointing of the Sick. The Sacraments in between show us how different  moments in life bring us deeper knowledge of this relationship.  

There are three classifications of Sacraments, each which tells us something about our journey  in relationship to God:  

Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist. These Sacraments celebrate  the designation of one’s life, identity, and direction, toward God. They also help one to understand the importance of the help of others who believe the same things about this relationship  and help us maintain our relationship with God, and who also collaborate in responding  to Christ’s call to build a merciful and just world.  

Sacraments of Healing: Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick. These Sacraments remind us  that we are frail and in need of God’s love to restore us to our fullest selves. They are Sacraments  of hope that God’s love will help us through our weakness and that our failures and shortcomings  are not what defines us in God’s eyes. Ultimately, our healing brings us through a life-long journey of transformation toward the person we hope to become, and will help us to enjoy eternal  closeness and peace with God.
  
Sacraments of Vocation and Service: Marriage and Holy Orders. These sacraments declare our commitment to bring God’s work into the world through relationship and service to others.  They are designated as vocation because they specify the ways in which we will live our lives in response to our baptismal call. They allow us to find our fullest selves in relationship  as a giving of the best of ourselves, of giving God’s goodness and love through the gift of our lives.