The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition ... the unity of the three sacraments of Christian initiation. In the Latin Church this sacrament is administered when ...

is a Catholic belief that the bread and the wine become the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ. Children prepare for their First Holy Communion in school but the sacrament takes place in church and ...

The archdiocese stated that Archbishop Timothy Broglio performed the sacraments of initiation ... Hayward’s initiation into ...

Lent is the season when catechumens prepare for the Sacraments of Initiation and the Church prepares to welcome ... How are they likely to make the Catholic Church increasingly catholic, not merely ...

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism ...

Catechism of the Catholic Church 1542 Holy Orders differs from other sacraments as it has three separate stages. It can only be given by a man who has himself undertaken all three rites and has ...