Catholic Vocabulary
A representation of a cross with a figure of Jesus on it.
What is a Crucifix?
Who is Our Lady of Guadalupe?
What is a Marian apparition to Juan Diego encouraging him to build a Catholic church.
This feast day celebrates Mary being Assumed into Heaven Body & Soul
What is the Assumption?
The number of Sacraments the church has.
Seven
The common day for the celebration of the Eucharist.
Sunday
Another name for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
What is Confession or Penance?
Which books do we use for 1st - 5th graders?
What is Discover curriculum from St. Mary's Press
The 40 days of fasting before Easter
What is Lent?
This sacrament is received when a man is ordained a priest.
Holy Orders
How we begin a prayer
What is the Sign of the Cross?
The book of teachings of the Catholic Church.
What is the Catechism?
True or False there are online YouTube type videos for almost every lesson.
True for K-5th grade and Confirmation. Middle School has 2-3 videos per theme.
The 28 day period leading up to Christmas.
What is Advent?
The names of the 7 sacraments.
What are Baptism, Confession, Eucharist, Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders, and Anointing of the Sick?
What is the podium called from which the Mass readings are done?
What is the ambo?
What is the action where we bend one knee towards the Tabernacle?
What is genuflecting?
True or False Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patroness of the Americas.
True
On November 2nd, we pray for the dead. This day is called.......
What is All Souls Day?
The Sacraments of Initiation
What are Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist?
The Mass is broken into these two parts.
The Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
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?
True or False We expect students preparing for sacraments to attend mass, memorize prayers and attend 2 years of catechism class.
true
How long is the Easter season
50 days
Two sacraments you can receive over and over again.
What are the Eucharist and Confession?
The moment during the mass when the bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus Christ?
What is Transubstantiation?