Sacraments
In this sacrament, a man is ordained as a deacon, priest, or bishop to serve the Church.
What is Holy Orders?
This short prayer is often said at the beginning and end of other prayers, invoking the Trinity.
What is the Sign of the Cross?
Celebrated on December 25th, this solemnity commemorates the Incarnation — when the Word became flesh — marking the birth of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world
What is Christmas?
The angel who told Mary she would give birth to the Son of God.
Who is Gabriel?
This is the holy day that celebrates Jesus rising from the dead.
What is Easter?
Sometimes called “Confession,” this sacrament restores grace and forgiveness after sin through a priest’s absolution.
What is Reconciliation or Penance?
This prayer expresses sorrow for sins and a desire for forgiveness.
What is the Act of Contrition?
Celebrated annually on November 1st, this solemnity honors all the blessed in heaven—both canonized and uncanonized—and reminds the faithful of their universal call to holiness.
What is the Solemnity of All Saints (or All Saints’ Day)?
This apostle denied Jesus three times before the rooster crowed.
Who is Peter?
This season of the Church year is a time of preparation for Easter and begins on Ash Wednesday.
What is Lent?
The exchange of vows between a bride and groom — not the priest’s blessing — actually makes this sacrament valid.
What is Matrimony?
Known as the Church’s “profession of faith,” this prayer begins with “I believe in God, the Father Almighty…”
What is the Apostles’ Creed?
Celebrated on August 15th, this feast honors the belief that the Virgin Mary was taken up to heaven, body and soul, at the end of her earthly life.
What is the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary?
This woman was the first to see the risen Jesus on Easter morning.
Who is Mary Magdalene?
These are God’s laws given to Moses on Mount Sinai to guide human behavior.
What are the Ten Commandments?
This sacrament, once called “Extreme Unction,” confers grace and spiritual healing on those seriously ill or near death.
What is the Anointing of the Sick?
This prayer repeats “Hail Mary” several times while meditating on the mysteries of Christ’s life.
What is the Rosary?
Celebrated on December 8th, this solemnity honors Mary being conceived without original sin, preparing her to become the Mother of Jesus
What is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception?
He led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai.
Who is Moses?
The season before Christmas that prepares Catholics for the coming of Christ.
What is Advent?
These three sacraments are known together as the Sacraments of Christian Initiation.
What are Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist?
This Eucharistic prayer begins, “O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine…”
What is the Prayer of Adoration?
Observed on the octave of Christmas, this January 1st solemnity emphasizes Mary’s divine maternity and her unique participation in the mystery of salvation, marking both the start of the civil year and a holy day of obligation in the Catholic Church.
What is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God?
Thrown into a lions’ den for praying to God, this prophet survived unharmed.
Who is Daniel?
The four marks of the Catholic Church describe it as these four things: one, holy, catholic, and ________.
What is apostolic?