Hello Listers, Naturally I have no clue about the UK but out here in Oz it was very common and probably still done today. I have quite a few such baptisms in my lot and in each case it was where a Catholic and a non-Catholic were to marry and the non-Catholic agreed to take on the catholic faith which required them to be baptised in the catholic faith beforehand. Probably not in Helen's case of a single ten year old but I have one family of a mother and seven children all originally baptised in the Church of England faith and when the mother decided to join the Catholic Church she and all the kids went round a second time. Good to have you back on line Helen. Hope all goes well from here on. John In beautiful Canberra. Capitol of OZ