Baptism is birth into the new life in Christ. In accordance with the Lord's will, it is necessary for salvation, as is the Church herself, which we enter by Baptism.
(Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1277) 

"Christian spirtuality, even in its highest form, is the flowering in us of the divine gifts which we received in baptism...it is a doctrine of capital importance. By this sacrament there is established a mysterious but very real communion between the death and the Resurrection of Christ on the one hand and the soul of the baptized person on the other in which there is produced a spiritual death and resurrection. In fact, the grace proper to the sacramnet not only purifies us of original sin, but creates in us a disposition to die to all exaggerated worldly affections and to all the human element in our life which is opposed to the divine will. The death to sin is not an end to be pursued for itself; it is an indispensable condition for the full development of our new life in Christ (cf. Romans 6:11)...In the mystery of Christ, first buried and then triumphantly emerging from the tomb, we have an expressive symbol of this double aspect of baptismal grace...By His Resurrection Christ enters into the fullness of His status as the giver of life (cf. Romans 4:25). Glorified by virtue of the merits which He had acquired by His death, He became the efficient cause producing constantly in the mystical body all the grace of justification and of sanctity (cf. John 15:1-5)". (Blessed Columba Marmion. Christ the Ideal of the Priest. Ignatius Press: San Francisco; 2005, 162-163).

Infant Baptisms are celebrated twice a month at 1:00 PM, on the first and third Sunday of the month at St. Brigid Church. Please register for Baptism and to arrange for the preparation session, by contacting the Parish Center at (908) 234-1265. 

When asked what was the greatest event of his life, Blessed Pope John Paul II answered, "My Baptism!"