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The Sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Catholic Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us.  The visible rites by which the sacraments are celebrated signify and make present the graces prosper to each sacrament.  They bear fruit in those who receive them with the required dispositions.

The Catholic Church celebrates the sacraments as a priestly community structured by the baptismal priesthood and the priesthood of ordained ministers.

The Holy Spirit prepares the faithful for the sacraments by the Word of God and the faith which welcomes that word in well-disposed hearts.  Thus the sacraments strengthen the faith and express it.

The fruit of sacramental life is both personal and ecclesial.  For every one of the faithful on the one hand, this fruit is life for God in Christ Jesus; for the Church, on the other, it is an increase in charity and in her mission of witness.

*Chapters 1131-1134 Catechism of Catholic Church

Holy Sacraments 

  1. Baptism
  2. Confirmation
  3. Penance
  4. Holy Eucharist
  5. Marriage
  6. Holy Orders
  7. Anointing