Spirit of Truth, Home Edition > Grade 4 > Unit 7
Lesson 32: Saintly Dinner Party
The saints give numerous examples of just how rich and varied the call to holiness looks among the members of the Church.
Spirit of Truth, Home Edition > Grade 4 > Unit 7
Lesson 33: My Saintly Vocation
Vocations, or calls to various states of life, are not something received only by a select few. Rather, God calls each and every one of us to be holy.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course VI > Unit 5
Chapter 17: Other Helps
The Holy Spirit, dwelling within us, gives us gifts to help guide us through life and ultimately achieve supernatural happiness.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course VI > Unit 1
Chapter 3: Our Response to God's Plan
Living a life of holiness as a disciple of Christ requires us to live a life of witness to Him by sharing with the world our love for Christ by our words and actions.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course IV > Unit 4
Chapter 11: The Visible Structure of the Church
The visible structure of the Church is a hierarchical communion: the pope is the successor to St. Peter and the Vicar of Christ, and bishops are the successors to the Apostles.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course D > Unit 1
Chapter 2: The Personal Call
A vocation is God’s call to a particular and permanent state in life in direct service to another person or the Church. These vocations are marriage, ordained priesthood, and consecrated religious life.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course D > Unit 2
Chapter 3: Serve One Another
Every vocation must be lived in communion with others because it is a sign of God’s love and mercy towards us.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course D > Unit 4
Chapter 11: The Nature of Holy Orders
The priesthood is a calling to serve the Church in imitation of Christ Himself, even to the Cross.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course D > Unit 4
Chapter 12: The Celebration of Holy Orders
Discernment of a vocation to the priesthood requires that a man develop his relationship with God through prayer, frequent reception of the Sacraments, the help of a vocations director, and typically six years of study including at a seminary.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course D > Unit 5
Chapter 14: The Nature and Forms of Consecrated Life
Everyone who enters consecrated life takes solemn vows that bind them to the practices of poverty, chastity, and obedience, in the imitation of Christ.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course D > Unit 5
Chapter 15: Preparing for the Consecrated Vocation
A person prepares for a vocation of consecrated religious life by developing a habit of prayer, by receiving the Sacraments frequently, and by forming chaste relationships and friendships.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course B > Unit 3
Chapter 7: Reform and Revival
Learning was revived in Western Europe and accelerated around 1100 when the first universities were founded.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course B > Unit 4
Chapter 11: The Council of Trent and the Counter-Reformation
The Council of Trent reaffirmed and again definitively established some of the principles that the Catholic Church had always taught such as the true sacrifice of the Mass, Christs Real Presence in the Eucharist through Transubstantiation, the canon of Scripture, and that we are justified by the grace of God, our good works also merit grace, and that grace is communicated through the Sacraments.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course B > Unit 2
Chapter 4: The Church Keeps the Light Burning
In the West, the civilizing influence of the growing monasteries formed villages around them, and many Catholic bishops emerged as the only real leaders in what was left of the former Empire.
A Family of Faith > Volume 2 > April
Lesson 12: Holy Orders
In this lesson we learn about the Sacrament of Holy Orders, one of the sacraments directed toward the service of others. The Sacrament of Holy Orders is the continuation of Christ’s priesthood, which He bestowed upon His Apostles. We will come to understand the three orders of this Sacrament; the signs and effects of the Sacrament; and the form and minister of the Sacrament of Holy Orders.
