Baptismal Font, Waterloo IN

• Father David Carkenord stands by the refurbished Baptismal font that now sports a flowing water source.

Often times, folks will approach Blue Planet to get involved with projects other than typical aquariums. We've installed and worked on plenty of fountains, water "walls", ponds and what we frequently install are baptismal fonts. In the past, a font was a still body of water, which after being stagnant, having people dipping their fingers and hands in or actually submerging someone for baptism, the water began to get pretty foul. The water would be cold, possibly contaminated with pathogens or disease, and have odor, cloudiness and collect dust and dirt from the church.

Recently, baptismal fonts have a much more elaborate composition. We have added filtration systems which keep the water at body temperature, filter out dust and other debris which may fall into the font. There is also an ultraviolet sterilizer which irradiates any free floating pathogens such as viruses and bacterias from person to person, via the water in the font. We also add a reverse osmosis filter to distill tap water going into the font. Over time, hard water stains can develop on the marble of the font and by only having the purest water possible, these stains are greatly lessened.

 

Waterloo, IN. Baptismal font article.