Vocab 1
A name for the church of which Christ is the head. All baptized people are members of the body.
What is the Body of Christ?
The successor of Peter, the bishop of Rome, and the head of the Catholic Church.
Who is the Pope?
The title given to Mary because she is the Mother of the Son of God who became man.
What is Mother of God?
A gathering of the pope and all the bishops of the world and other invited guests called by Pope John XXIII in the 1960s.
What is the Second Vatican Council?
Ways that the saints can help us to live a holy life of virtue for God
What are their prayers and example?
The essential characteristics that distinguish Christ’s Church and her mission: one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.
What are the Marks of the Church?
Unique and pure; set apart for God and His purposes.
What is Holy?
The Angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary that she was called to be the Mother of God.
What is the Annunciation?
To renew the Church's liturgy, help the Church respond to the problem's in today's world, to promote unity among all believers, and to find new ways to spread the Gospel
What are the goals of the Second Vatican Council?
Images of this first pope often show him holding keys because Scripture tells us that Jesus gave him the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven.
Who is the St. Peter?
Meaning following the teachings of the apostles, it is one of the marks of the Church.
What is apostolic?
The qualities that can be seen in us when we allow the Holy Spirit to work in our hearts: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Generosity, Gentleness, Faithfulness, Modesty, self-control, and chastity.
What are the Fruits of the Spirit?
The teaching that after her earthly life, Mary was taken into Heaven, body and soul, to be with Jesus
What is the Assumption?
The oneness of the Church's faith, Her common celebration of worship; especially in the Sacraments, Her close connection to the Apostles whose authority has been handed down to the Pope and bishops
What are the signs of the Church's unity?
He saw a vision of Mary asking that a Church be built on the spot. The local bishop was convinced to listen to him when a miraculous image of Our Lady of Gudalupe appeared on his tilma.
Who is St. Juan Diego?
The teaching office of the Church, which is all the bishops in union with the Pope. It has the teaching authority to interpret the Word of God found in Scripture and Tradition.
What is the Magisterium?
The second step in the process of becoming a Saint, in which a venerable person is recognized by the Church as having brought about a miracle through his or her prayers of intercession, and is named a "Blessed"
What is Beatification?
A prayer honoring Mary that consists of five decades of one Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, and a Glory Be. During each decade we meditate on an event from the life of Jesus and Mary.
What is the Rosary?
A word meaning universal, the mark of the Church that means that Jesus sent the Church to tell the Good News to the whole world.
What is catholic?
The first Native American to be canonized, she learned about Jesus from Jesuit missionaries, she is the patron saint of ecology because she lived so close to nature.
Who is St. Kateri Tekakwitha?
A gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church by which the Pope and the bishops in union with him may declare definitively that a matter of faith or morals is free from error and must be accepted by the faithful.
What is Infallibility?
A declaration by the Pope naming a person as a Saint. Canonized Saints have special feast days or memorials in the Church’s calendar.
What is Canonization?
A title of Mary that means that she is the greatest saint and other saints follow her
What is Queen of Saints?
The Church is holy because it follows His guidance and presence.
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The first American citizen to become a saint, she founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart to care for poor children in schools. She came to the US in 1889 where she founded schools, hospitals, and orphanages.
Who is St. Frances Xavier Cabrini?