Keywords for the week of: April 10, 2018

KINDERGARTEN

• Resurrection – Jesus’ being raised from the dead.

FIRST

• Saints – Followers of Jesus who have died and now live forever with God.

SECOND

• Prayer – Listening and talking to God.

• Charity – The virtue by which we love Gove above all else and our neighbor as ourselves.

• Service – The action of helping or doing work for someone.

THIRD

• Saints – Followers of Jesus who have died and now live forever with God.

• Communion of Saints – The union of the baptized members of the Church on earth with those who are in Heaven – life with God forever.

• Immaculate Conception – The belief that Mary was free from Original Sin from the very first moment of her life.

• Assumption – The belief that, when Mary’s work on earth was done, God brought her body and soul to live forever with the risen Christ.

FOURTH

• Parish – A group of Catholics who join together to share God’s love.

• Pastor – A priest who is the leader of the parish.

• Diocese – A district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Catholic Church.

• Bishops – A senior member of the Christian clergy, typically in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.

• Precepts of the Church – Laws to help us know and fulfill our responsibilities as members of the Church.

FIFTH

• Holy Orders – The sacrament in which baptized men are ordained to serve the Church as deacons, priests, and bishops.

• Bishops – A senior member of the Christian clergy, typically in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.

• Priests – Ordained ministers who serve the Christian faithful by leading, teaching and most especially celebrating the Eucharist and other sacraments.

• Deacons – Baptized men who are not priests but are ordained to the work of service for the Church.