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ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF NELSON

HOLY CHILD PARISH

Box 369, 14010 Rosedale Avenue, Summerland, BC V0H 1Z0

summerland@nelsondiocese.org 250-494-3110

SACRAMENTS

The Sacraments of Christ
Sacraments are "powers that come forth" from the Body of Christ, which is ever-living and life-giving. They are actions of the Holy Spirit at work in his Body, the Church. They are "the masterworks of God" in the new and everlasting covenant.
— Catholic Catechism 1116

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Baptism

Baptism is the foundation of the Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit, and to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as children of God. We become members of the one Body of Christ - the Church, the People of God - and the Church’s mission becomes our mission.
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Reconciliation

God, rich in mercy, longing for our return to right relationship, offers grace to choose repentance, confession, reconciliation, penance. We can pray for this grace for ourselves and for others, a grace that allows sorrow to rise up in our hearts and a new choice to make relationships right in the future.
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Eucharist

For the People of God, the Eucharist is at the heart of their life as church. It is here that we experience the presence of Christ in the Word, in the breaking of the Bread and in one another.
We remember and make present Christ’s Passover from life, through death, to new life. .
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Confirmation

The sacrament of Confirmation builds on the baptismal grace, and is received only once, strengthening the recipients in the power of the Spirit, so that they may deepen their life as disciples of Jesus and witnesses to his life and the gospel.
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Anointing of the Sick

During His public life Jesus identified Himself with the sick and suffering, and much of his ministry was dedicated to miracles of healing and forgiveness. His compassion for the sick continues in the life and ministry of the Church, particularly in the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.
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Holy Matrimony

The sacrament of Matrimony signifies the union of Christ and the Church. It gives spouses the grace to love each other with the love with which Christ has loved his Church; the grace of the sacrament thus perfects the human love of the spouses, strengthens their indissoluble unity, and sanctifies them on the way to eternal life.
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Holy Orders

The sacrament of Holy Orders is conferred by the laying on of hands followed by a solemn prayer of consecration asking God to grant the ordinand the graces of the Holy Spirit required for his ministry. Ordination imprints an indelible sacramental character.
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Sacraments at Holy Child

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