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Tipping the priest
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My son is going to be a godfather on Sunday but the parents don't know how much to offer the priest
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Don't know how they do it now but when I was an R.C. Alter boy (don't ask how long ago) weddings, christenings etc were a set fee usually paid before hand but if altar boys, choristers were required they were usually tipped separately. At that time it used to be 2/6p a boy, doesn't sound a lot now but back then it was decent money
I don't know about the Church of Rome, but in the C of E there is no charge for baptism although there will be a collection plate towards the cost of upkeep of the church. The priest will not get, nor will he expect, any kind of emolument, though I know a couple of vicars who would not say no if a bottle of the hard stuff was discreetly pointed in their direction!