Vocations Semester Final

Natural Law

Moral law that can be understood through our use of intellect and reason

Idolatry

Worship of false Gods

Covenant

A personal, solemn promise of faithful love that involves mutual commutments and creates a sacred relationship

Nuptial

Related to marriage ceremony

Annulment

Virtue by which people are able to successfully and healthfully integrate their sexuality into their total person

Chasity

The virtue by which people are able to successfully and healthfully integrate their sexuality into their total person; recognized as one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit

Convalidation

Wedding ceremony in which a couple in a civil marriage have their marital union recognized and blessed by the Church

Dispensation

Special permission to depart from the usual requirements in a given circumstance

Disparity of Cult

Marriage between a baptized Catholic and a non-baptized person (hint-cult)

Mixed marriage

Marriage between a Catholic and a baptized non-Catholic (hint-mixed)

Agape

Unconditional love; charity

Beatitudes

Jesus' teachings that describe the actions and attitudes we should have as Christians

Charism

A special gift or grace of the Holy Spirit given for the benefit and building up of the Church

Paschal Mystery

The work of salvation accomplished through Jesus' Passion, death, Resurrection, and Ascension

Tradition

The process of passing on the Gospel message

Vocation

A call from God to all members of the Church to embrace holiness. Specifically, a call to ordained ministry, vowed religious life, Christian married life, a consecrated single life

Evangelize

To share the "good news" of the Paschal Mystery with the world

Laity

All members of the Church except ordained ministers

Apostolate

The Christian persons activity that fulfills the apostolic nature of the whole church when working to extend the Kingdoms of Christ to the world

Spiritual director

A priest or other person who is knowledgeable about faith and helps others to grow in their relationship with God

Apostolic Succession

The passing on of apostolic preaching and authority from the Apostles directly to all the Bishops

Archbishop

The head of an archdiocese and also bears responsibility for a neighboring diocese

Sanctify

To make holy

Diocese

A regional community of believers, who commonly gather in parishes, under the leadership of a bishop

Magisterium

The Church's living teaching office

Holy see

The seat of the central admission of the whole Church under the leadership of the Pope

Seminary

A school established for the formation of future priests is a __________

Providence

The guidance, material goods, and care provided by God that is sufficient to meet our needs

Liturgy of the hours

The Church's official, public, daily prayer

Presbyrate

Priests as a group, especially within a diocese are known as the ___________

Ascetic

Pertains to a spirtitual discipline in which a person lives a strict life of simplicity and self denial

Breviary (hint-book)

A prayer book that contains the prayers for the Liturgy hours

Eremitic

Relating to the life of a hermit, characterized by solicitude and self denial

Mendicant

Orders rely on charity for support

Eschatological (hint-end of times)

The last things, Last Judgement, particular judgement, resurrection of the body, Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory

Evangelical Counsels (hint-religious life)

Represents a call to strive for spirtitual perfection through a life marked by a commitment to chastity, poverty and obedience

Cenobitic

Monastic life lived in community rather than life in solitude

Consecrated life

A special vocation in the Church in which men and women freely offer themselves to Christ in response to a call from God through the Holy Spirit

Religious Community

A group of men or women religious who are joined by a common charism

Corporal Works

Charitable works that respond to people's physical needs and show respect for human dignity