• Confirmation: Consecrated for Mission (CCC 1285-1321)

• Confirmation is the Second Sacrament of Initiation  The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, is the living presence of God in our lives promised by Jesus. The Holy Spirit strengthens our C... [read more]

• Baptism: Becoming a Christian (CCC 1210-1284)

• Baptism is the First of the Sacraments of Initiation  From the first moments of Christianity, new members were received into the Christian community through sacramental rites of initiation. The cat... [read more]

• The Celebration of the Paschal Mystery of Christ (CCC 1076-1209)

• Last Introduction to the Celebration of the Liturgy in the Sacraments During his earthly ministry, Jesus preached and taught with authority and performed powerful healings and miracles through whic... [read more]

• PRAYER: The Faith Prayed

• The prayer life of believers is intrinsically linked to the prayer life of the Church herself. So, vocal prayer, meditation and contemplation, and the types of prayer – adoration, petition, intercessi... [read more]

• CHRISTIAN MORALITY: The Faith Lived

• Our Catholic faith draws forth a vocation to life in the Spirit.  That life is grounded in the dignity of the human person, made in the image of God. It is also grounded in the communal character of t... [read more]

• THE SACRAMENTS: The Faith Celebrated

• We celebrate the Christian mystery in the Liturgy and the Sacraments. Through the Sacraments the Holy Spirit makes available to us the mysteries of God’s revelation in Christ. The saving gifts of Chri... [read more]

• Our Eternal Destiny (CCC 988-1065) 

• • Faith Professed
• 7 years ago
• Last Things: Resurrection of the Body, Death, Particular Judgement, Heaven, Purgatory, Hell, Last Judgement, New Heavens, and New Earth God ‘wants everyone to be saved and reach full knowledge of the... [read more]
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• Mary: The Church’s First and Most Perfect Member (CCC 424-507, 963-972, 2673-2677) 

• • Faith Professed
• 7 years ago
• Mary, Mother of Jesus, Mother of God, Mother of the Church Catholic beliefs about Mary and the saints are based on what is believed about Jesus Christ and the Church. Christ Jesus, as the Son of God,... [read more]
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• The Four Marks of the Church (CCC 811-962)

• • Faith Professed
• 7 years ago
•  The Church is One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic In the words of the Creed, we profess ‘one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church’. These four characteristics, or ‘marks,’ affirm the essential feature... [read more]
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• The Church: Reflecting the Light of Christ (CCC 748-810)  

• • Faith Professed
• 7 years ago
• The Images and Mission of the Church The word ‘Church’ (Latin ecclesia) originally meant a gathering or assembly. In Christian usage, the word ‘church’ refers to the worshipping community, the local ... [read more]
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• Receive the Holy Spirit  (CCC 683-747) 

• • Faith Professed
• 7 years ago
• The Revelation of the Spirit, Joint Mission of Son and Spirit The Holy Spirit is God, the third divine Person of the Trinity, sometimes called the Paraclete, an Advocate and Comforter, the Lord and G... [read more]
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• The Saving Death and Resurrection of Christ (CCC 571-664) 

• Paschal Mystery, Unity of the Saving Deeds The Paschal Mystery is the saving death and resurrection of Jesus for the redemption of the world. It is a core Christian belief that by his death on the cr... [read more]