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Unit 2: Catholic Practices Flashcards

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What are 7 sacraments called?

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  • Baptism
  • Reconciliation
  • Eucharist
  • Confirmation
  • Marriage
  • Holy Orders
  • Anointing of the Sick
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What are the sacraments of initiation?

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  • Baptism
  • Eucharist
  • Confirmation
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What are the sacraments of healing?

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  • Reconciliation
  • Anointing of the Sick
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What are the sacraments of service?

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  • Marriage
  • Holy Orders
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What happens during baptism?

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  • Priest pours water over infant’s head in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Trinity).
  • Infant is anointed with Oil of Chrism.
  • Infant receives white garment and candle lit from Paschal Candle.
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Why is baptism important?

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  • Person becomes a son/daughter of God and member of the Church.
  • Person is freed from original sin, by sharing in the new life that comes from the Paschal Mystery.
  • Person receives strength from God to continue Jesus’ mission.
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What happens during reconciliation?

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  • Contrition (genuine repentance for sins).
  • Confession (admitting to the sins).
  • Absolution (forgiveness from God).
  • Penance (act to show repentance).
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Why is reconciliation important?

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  • Removes spiritual illness of sin.
  • Restores relationship with God and community.
  • Offers mercy, forgiveness, and advice to the penitent.
  • Sins are forgiven.
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What happens during the Eucharist?

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  • Transubstantiation (bread and wine changes into the body and blood of Jesus).
  • Congregation receive the body and blood of Christ.
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Why is the Eucharist important?

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  • Receiving the real presence of Christ in a physical way.
  • Uniting the Catholic community through the Mass.
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What happens during confirmation?

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  • Candidates renew their baptismal promises.
  • They are anointed with Oil of Chrism: ‘Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit’.
  • Bishop lays hands on the Confirmed person.
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Why is confirmation important?

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  • It strengthens faith ready to become a mature, active Catholic.
  • Candidates receive the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
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What happens during marriage?

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  • Solemn promises (vows) made.
  • Exchange of rings.
  • Signing of register (legal part of ceremony).
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Why is marriage important?

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  • Two people give themselves permanently and exclusively. This is the only sacrament in which people give the sacrament to each other.
  • They are then open to the possibility of procreation and new life. God is present through the couple’s lifelong love and commitment.
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What happens during Holy Orders?

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  • Laying on of hands.
  • Prayer of consecration.
  • Given paten and chalice to celebrate the Eucharist.
  • Bishop is given mitre, ring, and pastoral staff.
  • A man becomes a priest.
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Why is Holy Orders important?

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  • Priesthood establishes Christ’s presence throughout the ages in the sacraments, above all the ‘Sacrament of sacraments’, the Eucharist (CCC 1211).
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What happens during Anointing of the Sick?

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  • Priest lays hands on person who is ill or near death.
  • Sins are absolved.
  • Anointing with oil takes place.
  • Viaticum (Eucharist - ‘food for the journey’) is given.
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Why is Anointing of the Sick important?

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  • Gives strength in sickness and suffering.
  • Prepares an individual for death.
  • Shows God’s presence and love throughout their life.
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What are the four stages during liturgical worship (the mass)?

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1) Introductory Rite
2) Liturgy of the Word
3) Liturgy of the Eucharist
4) Concluding Rite

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What happens during the introductory rite?

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During which an opening prayer is said and the Penitential Rite takes place.

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What happens during the liturgy of the word?

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Readings from the Bible and the Gospel are proclaimed.

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What happens during the liturgy of the eucharist?

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Through transubstantiation the bread and wine become the Body of Christ.

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What happens during the concluding rite?

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Priest gives a final blessing and the laity are sent out to spread the Gospel.

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Why is liturgical worship important?

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  • Catholics receive the Eucharist at mass (this is the Body and Blood of Christ).
  • We listen to the bible and understand God more through the readings and homily.
  • Venial sins are forgiven when Catholics receive the Eucharist.
  • Catechism states that the Eucharist is ‘the source and summit of the Christian life’.
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Divergent Christian attitudes of liturgical worship (mass)?

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  • Many other Christians do not celebrate the mass.
  • Most non-Catholic Christians do not believe in the Eucharist.
  • Some Christian denominations (such as Quakers) have more relaxed prayer services and less structured worship.
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What happens at the funeral rite?
(name the three stages)

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1) Vigil service
2) Funeral service/mass
3) Rite of committal

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What happens during the vigil service?

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This is a time of prayer the night before the funeral mass/requiem where people can pray for the recently deceased.

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What happens during the funeral service/mass?

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A mass is celebrated and offered up for the recently deceased.

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What happens during the rite of committal?

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At the cemetery the coffin is lowered into the ground whilst prayers are said for the deceased and their family.

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What are the aims of the funeral rite and what do they mean?

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1) Communion with the deceased - the Church (people) pray for the soul of the deceased.
2) Communion with the community - the people of the Church unite as a community to pray and support those who have lost a loved one.
3) Proclamation of Eternal life - a time to remind Catholics that death is not the end.

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What are the two forms of prayer?

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  • Extempore prayer
  • Formulaic prayer
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What is extempore prayer?

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Prayer from the heart.

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Why is extempore prayer useful?

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  • Allows for personal conversation with God.
  • Can be done anywhere at any time.
  • Allows for personal prayers of petition and thanksgiving.
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What is formulaic prayer?

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Structured prayer (e.g. the Our Father)

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Why is formulaic prayer useful?

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  • It is used in Catholic worship to allow community to pray together.
  • Jesus taught the disciples a formulaic prayer (Our Father) so it must be important.
  • It maintains Apostolic Tradition (traditions of the Apostles).
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What are the different categories of prayer?

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  • Thanksgiving - thanking God for what we have (grace).
  • Adoration - acknowledging God’s greatness (Glory Be in Mass).
  • Petition - asking God for personal help for themselves.
  • Intercession - prayers for others (bidding prayers in Mass).
  • Repentance - asking for forgiveness (Penitential rite at start of Mass).
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What is popular piety?

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Popular piety is non-liturgical worship (does not follow the patterns set out by the Church).

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Types of popular piety

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  • The Rosary
  • Stations of the cross
  • Eucharistic adoration
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Description of the Rosary

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  • Used in private prayer at home, in church, walking from one place to another, in front of a statue of Mary, evening before a funeral, preparation for Mass.
  • The person will pray focusing on the ‘Mysteries of the Rosary’, which are key events in Jesus’ life.
  • Beads help the person count the prayers.
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Significance of the Rosary

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Meditation on the grace of God, focus on different parts of Jesus’ life, honouring Mary.

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Divergent views of the Rosary

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Most other Christians do not use the Rosary as it is connected to the elevated statues of Mary. They do not share many Catholic beliefs about Mary’s significance in prayer and worship.

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Description of the Stations of the Cross

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  • 14 stations around the walls of a Catholic church honour the suffering and death of Jesus.
  • Usually consist of a cross and image showing a scene from Jesus’ Passion and death.
  • People move between them with different prayers, meditations, and reflections.
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Significance of the Stations of the Cross

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Link Catholics to the sites of Jesus’ death and suffering in Jerusalem that were visited by early Christians; reminder of Jesus’ suffering, but also of the salvation they share in.

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Divergent views of the Stations of the Cross

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  • Most Protestants do not use the Stations of the Cross, although they do regularly meditate on the suffering of Jesus. There are also fewer images and statues in many Protestant churches.
  • Some Christians may object to the stations as some of the scenes are not based on the Bible.
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Description of Eucharistic adoration

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  • Adoration in front of the Blessed Sacrament (the real presence of Jesus in the consecrated bread and wine).
  • Usually placed in a monstrance (a decorative frame).
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Significance of Eucharistic adoration

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  • Focusing of prayer.
  • Link to Jesus when he commanded his disciples to ‘watch and pray’ in Gethsemane.
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Divergent views of Eucharistic adoration

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As Protestant Christians do not believe the bread and wine transform to become the body and blood of Jesus, they do not believe it is his real presence, so would not carry out Eucharistic adoration.

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Why are pilgrimages important?

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  • Unites Catholics with the history of their faith, e.g. Rome (visit sacred tombs) and Jerusalem (walk in the footsteps of Christ and apostles).
  • Connects them with other people of their faith including other denominations (Walsingham).
  • Enables opportunities for reconnecting with God and by helping those in need and reminds them of the miraculous power of God (Lourdes).
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Examples of pilgrimages

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  • Jerusalem is recognised as a sacred place by all Christians, as it is based on life of Jesus. It is the place of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
  • Walsingham - Shrine to Mary in UK. Both Protestants and Catholics go there.
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What is a pilgrimage?

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  • A pilgrimage is a journey to a special place of religious significance.
  • It is usually connected to the lives of Jesus, Mary, apostles, or saints.
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Why is Catholic Social Teaching important?

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  • By loving others we are loving God.
  • Jesus instructs us to do this in his teachings.
  • It is following in the example of Jesus.
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How do Catholic Organisations carry out CST?

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CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development)
- Raise awareness of the issues.
- Short term aid in war and natural disasters.
- Long-term aid such as education of the locals, providing sustainable sources of food and water, vaccinations.
- Natural disaster funds (emergency relief).

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What are the 7 Catholic Social Teachings?

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1) Sacredness of life and the dignity of the human person.
2) Call to family, community, and participation.
3) Human rights, and the responsibility to protect them.
4) Preferential option for the poor and vulnerable.
5) Dignity of work and the rights of workers.
6) Solidarity with all the people as one global family.
7) Stewardship and care for God’s creation.

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What is evangelisation?

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Spreading the gospel.

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What is missionary work?

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Going to places in need to care for the needy and spread the gospel.

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Why is evangelisation important?

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  • Jesus instructed the disciples and early Church to evangelise (The Great Commission - Matthew “Go make disciples of all nations”).
  • Helps a person have the chance to achieve salvation.
  • It is following in the footsteps of the disciples.
  • The Magisterium instructs Catholics that this should be something ALL Catholics do not just clergy.
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How does the Church evangelise?

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1) Locally - newsletters, through preaching at mass, prayer groups.
2) Nationally - Alpha, Youth 2000 national youth retreats.
3) Globally - through social media, World Youth Day (Global Catholic Youth Retreat).

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SWA for 2.1 : The Sacraments

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Jesus “instituted the sacraments” - Catechism 1210

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SWA for 2.2 : Liturgical Worship

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The Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life” - Catechism 1324

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SWA for 2.3 : The Funeral Rite

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The Catechism states that “we shall all be together in Christ”

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SWA for 2.4 : Prayer

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Catholics believe the Lord’s prayer to be the “most perfect of prayers” - CCC 2763

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SWA for 2.5 : Forms of Popular Piety

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“These expressions of piety extend the liturgical life of the Church, but do not replace it” - CCC 1675

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SWA for 2.6 : Pilgrimage

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Jesus’ 1st Greatest Commandment “love the lord your God with all your heart”. (Going on pilgrimage helps us do this) Matthew 22

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SWA for 2.7 : Catholic Social Teaching

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Jesus’ 2nd Greatest Commandment “love your neighbour as yourself” Matthew 22

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SWA for 2.8 : Evangelisation

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The Great Commission - Matthew “Go make disciples of all nations”

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