MORAL VALUES

• Talking straight, being

Honesty genuine and ethical

• Taking accountability for results,

Courage being up front about mistakes
and taking considered risks.

• Treating people justly and

Fairness equitably

• Treating individuals
Respect with dignity

• Listening carefully to others,

Caring working together to achieve
goals

Trust • Keeping our promises

 MASS ETIQUETTE:
What to do and what to not do
when attending mass?
1. FAST – Do not eat any
food for one hour before the
mass starts. Drinking water is
allowed.
2. COME EARLY – Allow 10 –
15 mins of meditation before
Mass
3. DO NOT EAT – Eating is
not allowed during Mass
4. DRESS PROPERLY – This is
to show decency and honor
to God
5. NO PHONES – Phones
should be turned off
6. PARTICIPATE – Sing,
respond, listen, and pray
7. COMMUNE – Examine
conscience beforehand
8. THINK OF OTHERS –
Respect the pew and queue
9. BE STILL – Don’t be in a
hurry. Enjoy and feel God’s
presence and thank Him for
His graces
 How to Pray
Properly:
1. Show respect
2. Read from the
Bible
3. Thank God
4. Ask forgiveness
5. Ask for guidance
6. Pray for others
HOW TO MAKE A GOOD
CONFESSION:
1. Prepare
- Take some time to think over your
thoughts, words and actions
before going to confession
2. Welcome
- When you enter the confessional,
the priest will greet you and
perhaps say a short prayer or read
from Scripture
3. Begin with the Sign of the
Cross
- When the priest instructs you,
make the Sign of the Cross. He
may ask you the last time you
went to confession
4. Confess
- Tell the priest all of your sins
5. Agree to penance
- The priest may offer some words
of advice and will also suggest a
penance
6. Resolve to change
- Pray aloud an Act of Contrition.
7. Receive God’s Mercy
- The priest will pray the words of
absolution over you. When he is
done, respond, “Amen”.
8. Give thanks!
- The priest may offer a word of
praise for God’s mercy
9. Go in peace
- When the sacrament is
concluded, the priest will
dismiss you. “Go in
peace!”