THE CHURCH AND DISCIPLESHIP

 

The Leader of the Catholic Church throughout the world is the P_________.  Our present pope is Pope B_______________.

 

The pastor is the head of a P_________.  Our present pastor is Father R______.

 

The B_________ or the A___________ is the head of the diocese.  Our present Archbishop of Newark is Archbishop John J. Myers.

 

In the Church we do acts of service.  We collect food and clothing so we can fulfill Jesus' commandments to L________.

 

A s_________ is a person the Church honors because he or she is holy.  To be holy is to do God's w____, to act the way that God wants us to act and live.  People who give up their lives for God are called m_________.  They die for their faith.

 

All baptized people are called to b_________ in God.

 

All are called to care for the world by p________ and r_______ it.

 

Sin is when we say or do something that is contrary to God's Law.  Sin o_________ God.  We make the wrong choice when we sin and we need to ask God's forgiveness in the sacrament of R__________.

 

The common good and the dignity of all people are at the center of Catholic s________ t________ on justice.

 

We b______ to the C_____ so we can worship God in a community, because we accept the Church's beliefs and because we can serve others.

 

Catholic means u_________; all people of all cultures are welcome in our Church.  People of different cultures express their faith in different ways, song, art, etc.  That is how they experience God in their own way of life.

 

All of us, by virtue of our B__________ are called to be active in the Church.  None of us should be sitting back and doing nothing.

 

By the example of our good life and works, we participate in the Church's mission to e_________, which is to live and spread the Gospel message by our lives.  This is how we build the K_______ of G___ that Jesus always spoke about.

 

The C___________ of S_________ that we profess our belief in at Mass in the Creed is that we are united to all believers, both living and dead who form the Body of Christ.

 

The L_________ seasons have different colors:  P______ is used during Lent, the season before Easter when we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus.  P_______ is a sign of the penitence of Lent.  G_______ is used for ordinary time, when there are no major liturgical seasons.  A violet/blue purple is used for A______, the season before Christmas.

 

When we say that the Catholic Church is M__________, we mean that Catholics must share the Good News with others.

 

The call to D__________ is our call to follow Jesus Christ faithfully and to share in His mission, joy and sufferings.

 

T_________ is what we call passing down the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church.  The pope and the bishops have the highest teaching authority in the Church.

 

E___________ is the movement toward unity among all Christian Churches.  This was very much a part of the last Ecumenical council, called the Second Vatican Council or V_________.  Many changes happened at the last Council, for example how we celebrate Penance.  But never is there a change in the teaching on what we believe on matters of faith and morals.

 

M___________ is what we call the church's office that teaches us on matters of faith and morals.

 

When we speak about following one's c_________, we mean the ability to judge what is right and wrong, or moral life.

 

It is important to have a good c_________ so we can make the right decisions.  Our d ________ in life should be founded on doing what is correct according to God's moral law, God's grace, and the voice of a well-formed conscience.

 

Morally, we believe as Catholics that life begins at conception and should be respected through all the stages and ages of a person's life.  When a person takes the life of an unborn child, an a_________, they sin against God's moral law.

 

R_______ l____ also includes not harming our bodies by taking illegal drugs and substances.

 

We must always remember that even when we sin, God still loves us and is there for us.  We believe in a caring, loving and f_________ God.     

 

The saint from the 1200‘s whose scholastic work "Summa Theologiae" organized and clarified thinking on many religious topics is St. T_________ A_______.

 

The saint who was the first head of the Church was St. P______.

 

God has asked us to care for the world by r________ it.