From a readerâ¦QUAERITUR: The pastoral associate at our NO parish makes a point of insisting every year that we donât do Baptisms during Lent, supposedly as a way of showing unity with the Catechumens. A couple of years ago, for my daughter that was born in late February, I effectively demanded the sacrament for her based on on CCC 1250, which tasks both the Church and the parents to âconfer Baptism shortly after birthâ without noting any exception based on the liturgical calendar.