Glossaries
Grade 12
ADVENT: The season that begins the liturgical year. It is a time when we reflect on the Incarnation, and prepare ourselves to celebrate the birth of Jesus, our King, on Christmas Day. We also prepare for His Second Coming at the end of time. This ...
Grade 11
ANNULMENT: A declaration by a Church tribunal (a Catholic Church court) that a Marriage thought to be valid according to Church law actually fell short of at least one of the essential elements required for a binding union. Rather than dissolving a ...
Grade 10
ANNUNCIATION: In the Gospel of Luke the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary to announce that she would be the Mother of God. Mary responded by giving her fiat, or her “yes”. The Church celebrates this feast every year on March 25th. The Gospel story of ...
Grade 9
ADVENT: The season that begins the liturgical year. It is a time when we reflect on the Incarnation, and prepare ourselves to celebrate the birth of Jesus, our King, on Christmas Day. We also prepare for His Second Coming at the end of time. This ...
Grade 8
ADVENT: The season that begins the liturgical year. It is a time when we reflect on the Incarnation, and prepare ourselves to celebrate the birth of Jesus, our King, on Christmas Day. We also prepare for His Second Coming at the end of time. This ...
Grade 7
APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION: The handing on of apostolic preaching and authority from the Apostles to their successors the bishops through the laying on of hands, as a permanent office in the Church. The fourth mark of the Church is that the Church is ...
Grade 6
ADVENT: The season that begins the liturgical year. It is a time when we reflect on the Incarnation, and prepare ourselves to celebrate the birth of Jesus, our King, on Christmas Day. We also prepare for His Second Coming at the end of time. This ...
Grade 5
ANOINTING OF THE SICK: The Sacrament by which the sick and dying receive the grace of Christ to face their suffering with dignity and the strength of the Holy Spirit, and, if it is God’s will, to be healed. APOSTOLIC SUCCESION The handing on of ...
Grade 4
ABRAHAM: One of the patriarchs of Israel to whom God promised his descendants would be “as numerous as the stars in the sky” (Genesis 26:4). He is known as “our father in faith” because of the faith he exemplified in God’s promises. BAPTISM: The ...
Grade 3
ACT OF CONTRITION: A formal prayer telling God we are sorry for our sins, want His forgiveness, and need His help to do better next time. We say an act of contrition before receiving absolution when we receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. ...
Grade 2
ADVENT: The liturgical season in which we prepare ourselves for the Incarnation of the Son of God at Christmas. We prepare not only for the coming of Jesus as a baby, but also for His Second Coming at the end of time. This season is represented by ...