Sacraments
Sacraments
“Christ instituted the sacraments of the new law. There are seven: Baptism, Confirmation (or Chrismation), the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony. The seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life: they give birth and increase, healing and mission to the Christian’s life of faith.”
The Sacraments of Christian Initiation
Baptism
Through Baptism, the faithful are destined for the worship of the Christian religion.
- How do we arrange for our child to be baptised?
- What is required of us, as parents, to raise our children in the Catholic faith?
- How do I become a Catholic as an adult? What is the RCIA program?
Eucharist
In the Holy Eucharist, the source and summit of the whole Christian life, the faithful offer the Divine Victim to God, and offer themselves along with It, and manifest the unity of the people of God in the Mystical Body of Christ.
- When is Mass celebrated at the St. Paul’s?
- How does our child prepare for First Communion?
Confirmation
Through Confirmation, the Holy Spirit endows the people of God with special strength to spread and defend the faith, both by word and by deed, as true witnesses of Christ.
- How does our child prepare for Confirmation?
- How do I prepare as an adult? What is the RCIA program?
The Sacraments of Healing
Penance (Reconciliation or Confession)
Through Penance, the faithful obtain pardon from the mercy of God for the offence committed against Him and are reconciled with the Church, which they have wounded by their sins.
- When are Confessions heard at St. Paul’s?
- How do I make an appointment for Confession?
- What is an Examination of Conscience?
Anointing of the Sick
By the Anointing of the Sick and the prayer of her priests the whole Church commends the sick to the suffering and glorified Lord, asking that He may lighten their suffering and save them.
- How do I contact a priest in an emergency?
The Sacraments at the service of communion and the mission of the faithful
Holy Orders
Through Holy Orders, those called by God are appointed to feed the Church in Christ’s name with the word and the grace of God.
- Who do I speak with about a vocation to the priesthood or religious life?
- What is the Permanent Diaconate Program?
Matrimony
In Matrimony, Christian spouses reflect the unity and fruitful love which exists between Christ and His Church, and help each other to attain to holiness in their married life and in the rearing and education of their children.
- What steps do we take to marry in the Catholic Church?
- When does the Marriage Preparation Course run?
