Catholic Vocabulary
A representation of a cross with a figure of Jesus on it.
What is a Crucifix?
What liturgical color does a priest wear most often?
What is the color green?
The day we commemorate the resurrection of Jesus
Easter Sunday
The number of Sacraments the church has.
Seven
The common day for the celebration of the Eucharist.
Sunday
the twelve people that Jesus chose to follow him
What are the Apostles
The name of our current Pope.
Pope Leo XIV
The 40 days of fasting before Easter
Lent
What are the names of our Parish Priests
Fr. Marstall and Fr. Marco
How do we begin prayer?
Sign of the Cross
The book of teachings of the Catholic Church.
What is the Catechism?
The third divine person of the Blessed Trinity.
Holy Spirit
The 28 day period leading up to Christmas.
Advent
This sacrament is received when a man is ordained a priest.
Holy Orders
what is usually found within most altars
a relic
What is the action where we bend one knee towards the Tabernacle?
What is genuflecting?
Who are the 2 newest Saints
St. Carlo Accutis and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati
What is the day the Holy Spirit came down to Earth?
Pentecost
The names of the 7 sacraments.
What are Baptism, Confession, Eucharist, Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders, and Anointing of the Sick?
We begin every Mass with this.
What is the sign of the cross?
The name of the prayer we say each Sunday at Mass that is comprised of the main beliefs we hold as Catholics.
What is the Nicene Creed?
What is St. Jude the patron saint of?
Lost causes
The feast that celebrates Mary's sinlessness.
Immaculate Conception
Two sacraments you can receive over and over again.
What are the Eucharist and Confession?
The Mass is broken into these two parts.
The Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.