4 PILLARS of the

CATHOLIC CHURCH
1. CREED
Profession of faith – believing the
Truths of Our Catholic Faith
2. The 7 SACRAMENTS
Celebration of the Christian
Mysteries – Celebrating our faith
through the Sacraments
3. The 10 COMMANDMENTS
Life in Christ – Living our faith
through the Moral Life.
4. The LORD’s PRAYER
Christian Prayer – Experiencing our
Faith; Relationship with God.
The LORD’s PRAYER

“Our Father”
Model of all prayers
A -DORATION
C -ONTRITION
T-HANKSGIVING

S -UPPLICATION
 The TEN COMMANDMENTS
1."I am the Lord your God you shall not have
strange Gods before me" (Ex 20:2-6, Deut 5:6-
10)
2."You shall not take the name ofthe Lord
your God in vain" (Ex 20:7-8, Deut 5:11-12)
3."Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day"(Ex
20:8-11, Deut 5:12-15)
 The TEN COMMANDMENTS
4."Honor your father and your mother" (Ex 20:12,Deut
5:16)
5."You shall not kill" (Ex 20:13, Deut 5:17)
6. "You shall not commit adultery" (Ex 20:14, Deut5:18)
7. "You shall not steal" (Ex 20:15, Deut 5:19)
8. "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor" (Ex20:16,
Deut 5:20)
9. "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife" (Ex 20:17, Deut5:21)
10. "You shall not covet your neighbor's goods" (Ex 20:17, Deut5:21)
TWO GREATESTCOMMANDMENTS

• Love God with all your heart,

with all your mind and with all
your soul.
• Love others as you love yourself
 SUMMARY of
COMMANDMENTS

• Love one another as I have loved

you.
- Jesus -
The CREED
 4 MARKS of theCHURCH
• ONE – unity in diversity
• HOLY – sanctified by the Holy
Spirit through Christ its Head
• CATHOLIC – universal
• APOSTOLIC – built on the
foundation of theApostles
7 SACRAMENTS
 SACRAMENT
• A visible sign of an invisible
reality, instituted by Christ to
give grace.
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'slife
of faith.
THE SACRAMENT of INITIATION
• Baptism
• Confirmation
• Eucharist
Foundation of
Christian Life
 BAPTISM
• 1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the
whole Christian life, the gateway to life
in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua), and
the door which gives access to the other
sacraments. Through Baptism we are
freed from sin and reborn as sons of
God; we become members of Christ,
are incorporated into the Church and
made sharers in her mission.
• Baptism is God's most beautiful and magnificent
gift. . .
We call it gift, grace, anointing, enlightenment,
garment of immortality, bath of rebirth, seal. It is
called gift because it is conferred on those whobring
nothing of their own; grace since it is given even to
the guilty; Baptism because sin is buried in the
water; anointing for it is priestly and royal as are
those who are anointed; enlightenment because it
radiates light; clothing since it veilsour
shame; bath because it washes; and seal as it isour
guard and the sign of God'sLordship.
 GRACE OF BAPTISM
• For the forgiveness of sins . ..
• "A newcreature“
• Incorporated into the Church, the
Body of Christ
• The sacramental bond of the unity
of Christians
• An indelible spiritual mark . ..
 CONFIRMATION
• 1285 - the reception of the sacrament of
Confirmation is necessary for the completion
of baptismal grace. For "by the sacrament of
Confirmation, [the baptized] are more
perfectly bound to the Church and are
enriched with a special strength of the Holy
Spirit. Hence they are, as true witnesses of
Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and
defend the faith by word anddeed."
• 1316 Confirmation perfects Baptismal
grace; it is the sacrament which gives
the Holy Spirit in order to root us more
deeply in the divine filiation,
incorporate us more firmly into Christ,
strengthen our bond with the Church,
associate us more closely with her
mission, and help us bear witness to the
Christian faith in words accompaniedby
deeds.
 THE EFFECTS OF CONFIRMATION
1303 From this fact, Confirmation brings an increase and
deepening of baptismal grace:
-it roots us more deeply in the divine filiation which makes
us cry, "Abba! Father!";
-it unites us more firmly toChrist;
-it increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us;
-it renders our bond withthe Church more perfect;
-it gives us a special strength of the Holy Spirit to spread
and defend the faith by word and action as true witnesses
of Christ, to confess the name ofChrist boldly, and never to
be ashamed of the Cross:
 HOLY EUCHARIST
• 1322 The holy Eucharist completes
Christian initiation.
• 1324 Source and Summit of ChristianLife
Consecration – Heart of the Eucharistic
Celebration
Transubstantiation – turning of the bread
and wine into the Body and Blood of our
Lord Jesus Christ
 EFFECTS of HOLY EUCHARIST
• Union with Christ inLove
• Spiritual repast of thesoul
• Forgiveness of venial sin
and preservation from
mortal sin
• The pledge of our
resurrection
 SACRAMENTof HEALING
• 1421 The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our
souls and bodies, who forgave the sins of the
paralytic and restored him to bodily
health,3 has willed that his Church continue, in
the power of the Holy Spirit, his work of
healing and salvation, even among her own
members
 Sacrament of Penance and
Reconciliation
• 1486 The forgiveness of sins committed
after Baptism
• Also called the sacrament of conversion,
confession, penance.

Sin – Turning away from God

 EFFECTS
-reconciliation with God by which the penitent
recovers grace;
-reconciliation with the Church;
-remission of the eternal punishment incurredby
mortal sins;
-remission, at least in part, of temporal punishments
resulting from sin;
-peace and serenity of conscience, andspiritual
consolation;
-an increase of spiritual strength for theChristian
battle.
 Anointing of theSick
• Also called Extreme Unction
• Given to those who are very sick thatcan’t go
to church anymore. (not only given to the
dying)
Viaticum – holy communion given to anyone
who are at the age of reason when they are in
danger of death
 EFFECTS
• - the uniting of the sick person to the passion of
Christ, for his own good and that of the whole
Church;
-the strengthening, peace, and courage to
endure in a Christian manner the sufferingsof
illness or old age;
-the forgiveness of sins, if the sick person was
not able to obtain it through the sacrament of
Penance;
-the restoration of health, if it is conducive to
the salvation of hissoul;
-the preparation for passing over toeternal life.
 SACRAMENT of VOCATION
• THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF
COMMUNION
• 1534 directed towards the salvation of
others; if they contribute as well to
personal salvation, it is through service
toothers that they do so. They confer a
particular mission in the Church and
serve to build up the People of God.
 HOLYORDERS
• 1591 The whole Church is a priestly people. Through
Baptism all the faithful share in the priesthood of Christ.
This participation is called the "common priesthood of the
faithful." Based on this common priesthood and ordered to
its service, there exists another participation in themission
of Christ: the ministry conferred by the sacrament of Holy
Orders, where the task is to serve in the name and in the
person of Christ the Head in the midst of the community.
• 1592 The ministerial priesthood differs in essence from the
common priesthood of the faithful because it confers a
sacred power for the service of the faithful. The ordained
ministers exercise their service for the People of God by
teaching (munus docendi), divine worship (munus
liturgicum) and pastoral governance (munus regendi).
MARRIAGE – Sacrament of Love
•1660 The marriage covenant, by which a man
and a woman form with each other an intimate
communion of life and love, has been founded
and endowed with its own special laws by the
Creator. By its very nature it is ordered to the
good of the couple, as well as to the generation
and education of children. Christ the Lord raised
marriage between the baptized to the dignity of
a sacrament (cf. CIC, can. 1055 § 1; cf. GS 48 § 1).
MARRIAGE – Sacrament of Love
• 1666 The Christian home is the place
where children receive the first
proclamation of the faith. For this
reason the family home is rightlycalled
"the domestic church," a communityof
grace and prayer, a school of human
virtues and of Christiancharity.