Unit 3 Vocab

Question 1

Charism

Answer 1

A spiritual gift given by God to individuals to help build up and strengthen the Church

Question 2

Laity

Answer 2

Baptized Catholics who share in Jesus’ mission and continue his work on earth and are not ordained

Question 3

Religious Congregation

Answer 3

Community of religious brothers and/or priests who profess vows and commit to a common mission

Question 4

Catechist

Answer 4

A person called by God to the ministry of the education and formation of Christians by teaching others the essentials of Christian doctrine and forming them as disciples of Jesus Christ

Question 5

Venerable

Answer 5

First stage in the process of canonization to become recognized as a Saint in the Catholic Church; demonstrated heroic virtue in life

Question 6

Saint

Answer 6

A “holy one” of God who lives in union with God; official Church status that says their example of discipleship is worthy of imitation

Question 7

Blessed

Answer 7

Second stage of the process of canonization; requires at least one approved miracle of the person’s intercession

Question 8

Sacristan

Answer 8

Person who helps maintain and set up the objects needed for liturgy

Question 9

Lector

Answer 9

Proclaims the Sacred Scriptures during the Liturgy (Mass)

Question 10

Viator

Answer 10

Traveler; on the way

Question 11

Approbation

Answer 11

Approval

Question 12

Evangelical Counsels

Answer 12

Poverty, chastity, and obedience are the three-fold set of public vows taken and lived by those living the consecrated life, such as religious sisters, brothers, nuns, consecrated virgins, and hermits

Question 13

Religious

Answer 13

Person who has professed the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience

Question 14

Perpetually Professed

Answer 14

Person who has professed the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

Question 15

Brother

Answer 15

Male member of a religious congregation or Oder who has professed the evangelical counsels

Question 16

Priest

Answer 16

Ordained minister of the Church of

Question 17

Diocese

Answer 17

The basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church; under the leadership of a Bishop

Question 18

Diocesan Priest

Answer 18

Priest who serves within a specific diocese; not a member of a religious congregation

Question 19

Holy Father

Answer 19

Another name for the Pope

Question 20

Associate

Answer 20

A lay minister who commits to the mission of a religious congregation

Question 21

Celibacy

Answer 21

The state or condition of those who have chosen or taken vows to remain unmarried in order to devote themselves entirely to the service of the Church and the Kingdom of God

Question 22

Virtue

Answer 22

A habitual and firm disposition to do good

Question 23

Humility

Answer 23

Gratitude for one’s gifts and the gift’s of others; recognition of one’s need for God

Question 24

Zeal

Answer 24

Charity; passion for the Gospel

Question 25

Blessed Sacrament

Answer 25

Another name for the Eucharist

Question 26

Province

Answer 26

An administrative division of a Religious Congregation

Question 27

Saint Viator

Answer 27

Lived in the 4th century. The world Viator means traveler. Saint Viator was a lector whose job was to proclaim sacred scripture and teach Latin to young people. When his Bishop, Bishop Just, decided to leave Lyon(his home city) to become a Scete monk, due to tragedy, St. Viator chose to travel with him

Question 28

Fr. Louis Querbes

Answer 28

A priest in the diocese of Lyons who established a society of catechists under the patronage of St. Viator