Catechism 101:

BASIC CATECHISM AND

THE SACRAMENT OF
CONFIRMATION
SPEAKER:
“Teacher
Mark”
Opening
Prayer
 Nicaean Creed
I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of
heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son

of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from
God, Light from Light, true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
 Nicaean Creed
For us men and for our salvation he came down
from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was
incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius

Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and
rose again on the third day in accordance with
the Scriptures.
 Nicaean Creed
He ascended into heaven and is
seated at the right hand of the
Father. He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead and
his kingdom will have no end.
 Nicaean Creed
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the
giver of life, who proceeds from the
Father and the Son, who with the
Father and the Son is adored and
glorified, who has spoken through
the prophets.
 Nicaean Creed
And one, holy, catholic and
apostolic Church. I confess one
baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the
resurrection of the dead and the life
of the world to come. Amen.
Topics:
1. A Short Catechism
2. Sacrament of
Confirmation
 GOD  
Who is God?
- God is the one perfect Being, Creator of heaven
and earth. See CCC 200, 279.
- God is truth and God is love. See CCC 215, 221.
Has God always existed?
Yes, God always has been and always will be; He
is the uncreated, eternal Being. See CCC 213.
 The Trinity
The Trinity is three equal
Persons in one God, really
distinct from each other: the
Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit, each of whom is
fully God. See CCC 253-254.
 The Trinity
Yet each of the persons of the
Godhead is distinct in his
primary function in relating to
the world through creation
and redemption: The Father
plans, the Son executes and the
Spirit applies
CREATOR REDEMER

SANCTIFIER
 The Trinity
God, the Father is the
great architect of
creation, redemption
and consummation, who
plans, direct and sends.
 The Trinity
God, the Son obeys the Father,
accomplishes redemption,
and with the Father sends the
Holy Spirit to apply the work
he has begun.
In all things he glorifies the
Father.
 The Trinity
God the Holy Spirit brings
the completion the work
planned by the Father and
begun by the Son. In all
things he work to glorify the
Son
 CREATION, THE FALL,
AND SIN
The creation of God
- Our world was created by God from nothingness, and
all of creation is therefore good. See CCC 338-339.
- God created us, male and female, in His image and
likeness, which means we are capable of self-knowledge,
self, possession, and freely giving ourselves and entering
into communion with other persons. See CCC 355, 357.
Why did God make us?
God put us in this world to know to love, and to serve
Him, and so to come to paradise. See CCC 1721.
 CREATION, THE FALL,
AND SIN
What is "original justice?"
Original justice is the state in which our first parents, Adam
and Eve, were created in intimacy with God and in harmony
within themselves, with each other, and with all of creation.
See CCC 375-376.
How was original justice lost?
Adam and Eve, tempted by the devil, lost their trust in God
and disobeyed him. Through this "original sin," they lost
their intimacy with God, the soul's control of the body was
lost, the harmony between men and women was destroyed,
creation became alien and hostile to mankind. See CCC 397,
400.
 CREATION, THE FALL,
AND SIN
What are the consequences of original
sin?
All the descendants of Adam and Eve,
deprived of original justice, are prone to
sin and subject to suffering and death. The
inclination to sin is called
"concupiscence," and is evidence of our
wounded nature. See CCC 402, 404, 1264.
 CREATION, THE FALL,
AND SIN
Does this mean that God
abandoned us?
No, God did not abandon us. He
immediately promised a
Redeemer Who would restore us
to His favor and provide us with
the grace needed to win the battle
with evil. See CCC 410.
 CREATION, THE FALL,
AND SIN
Does this mean that God abandoned us?
No, God did not abandon us. He immediately
promised a Redeemer Who would restore us to His
favor and provide us with the grace needed to win
the battle with evil. See CCC 410.
Why did God let Adam and Eve sin?
God created man to freely choose to love and
respect Him; and because He could draw forth
some greater good from the evil of original sin, He
permitted Adam and Eve to fall. See CCC 396, 412.
 CREATION, THE FALL,
AND SIN
What is sin?
- Sin is an offense against reason, truth,
and right conscience; it is a failure in
genuine love for God and neighbor
caused by a perverse attachment to
certain goods. See CCC 1849-1850. 
 OUR REDEMPTION
Who is Jesus Christ?
- Jesus Christ is the Second Person of the
Trinity, that is, the Son of God made man. See
CCC 422.
- The Son of God became man to save us, that
is, to redeem us from sin. See CCC 430.
- Incarnation- By the power of the Holy
Spirit, in the pure womb of the Virgin Mary,
the Son of God was made man.. See CCC
456.
 OUR REDEMPTION
Who is Mary?
From all eternity God chose for the
mother of his Son a young Jewish
virgin, who He asked to freely
cooperate in His plan of salvation.
She is called the Mother of God
because Jesus, her Son, is the Son of
God made man. See CCC 488, 495.
 OUR REDEMPTION
What is the Virgin Birth?
The action of God through the
power of the Holy Spirit was
responsible for the conception of
Jesus, so Jesus had no human father.
The Church teaches that Mary
remained virgin when she gave birth
and throughout her lifetime. See
CCC 496, 499.
OUR REDEMPTION
What is the Immaculate
Conception?
The Church teaches that, from the
first moment of Mary's life, by the
grace of God and the redeeming
merits of her Son, she was
preserved from original sin because
she was to become the mother of
the Redeemer. See CCC 490-492.
OUR REDEMPTION
What was Jesus' mission?
Jesus came:
1) to save us by reconciling us with
God,
2) so that we might know God's love,
3) to be our model of holiness,
4) to make us partakers of the divine
nature. See CCC 457-460.
 OUR REDEMPTION
Why did Jesus have to suffer and
die?
Jesus suffered and died for our sins.
Because our sins, which offend
God, are punishable by death, Jesus,
in an act of God's supreme love for
us, took on our sins and thus
reconciled us with the Father. See
CCC 601-604
 OUR REDEMPTION
What is the Resurrection and why
is it important?
Three days after His death and
burial, Jesus through His own power
as God returned to life in His
glorified body, confirming
everything He had taught and had
claimed about His divinity. See
CCC 645, 649, 651.
 OUR REDEMPTION
What is the significance of Jesus'
Ascension?
Jesus entered Heaven so that we may
live in hope of one day being with Him
forever, as High Priest intercedes
constantly for us as our mediator with
the Father, and assures us of the
permanent outpouring of the Holy
Spirit. See CCC 662, 666-667.
 OUR REDEMPTION
•. What is the Assumption?
The Church teaches that, at
the end of her life, Mary was
taken up to heaven, body
and soul, as a singular
participation in her Son's
Resurrection. See CCC 966.
 THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE
CHURCH
• The mission of Jesus is brought to
completion in His Church, brought into
being with the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit on Pentecost ten days after Jesus'
Ascension. The Church is sent to
announce, bear witness, make present,
and spread the mystery of the
communion of the Holy Trinity. See
CCC 732, 737-738. 
 THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE
CHURCH
The Church:
- instituted by Christ,
- the People of God
- the Mystical Body of Christ
- the Temple of the Holy Spirit.
Its first purpose is to be the sign and instrument
of the inner union of men with God;
it is also the sign and instrument of the unity of the
human race for the salvation of all. See CCC 775-776,
781, 788-791.
 THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE
CHURCH
•The four marks, or
characteristics, of the Church:
•ONE,
•HOLY,
•CATHOLIC,
•APOSTOLIC.
 THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE
CHURCH
• The Church was founded by Jesus on
twelve Apostles, who were the
Church's first bishops. Their
successors, as chief pastors of the
Church, teach, sanctify, and govern
the faithful entrusted to them.
• See CCC 880, 886, 888, 893, 894.
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE
CHURCH

Archbishop Socrates B. Bishop Fidelis B.

Villegas, DD Layog, DD
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE
CHURCH

Pope Francis
 THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE
CHURCH
• The Pope, successor to St. Peter as the
Bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the
entire Church and has full, supreme, and
universal power over the entire Church.
Christ has endowed the Pope with the gift
of infallibility when in the exercise of his
office he teaches on faith and morals. See
CCC 882, 890-891.
GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS 
•The sacraments are
efficacious signs of grace,
instituted by Christ and
entrusted to the Church, by
which divine life is dispensed
to us. See CCC 1131.
GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS 
•What is grace?
Grace is the free and undeserved
help that God gives us to respond to
His call to become children of God
and ultimately partakers of the
divine nature; thus, it is a
participation in the life of God. See
CCC 1996-1997
GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS 
SACRAMENTS
Baptism
Confirmation
Holy Eucharist
Penance and Reconciliation
Anointing of the Sick
Holy Orders
Matrimony
GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS 
What are the effects of Baptism?
Through Baptism we are freed from
sin, original and any personal sins,
and reborn as sons of God,
incorporated into Christ's Body, the
Church, and made sharers in her
mission. See CCC 1213, 1263.
GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS 
What is the Eucharist and what are its
effects?
- The Eucharist is bread and wine that, by
the words of Christ and the invocation of
the Holy Spirit, become Jesus’ Body and
Blood in the unbloody re-presentation of
the one sacrifice of Calvary called the
Mass. (Transubstantiation)
GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS 
-Worthy reception of the
Eucharist strengthens our union
with Christ and His Church,
separates us from sin, commits us
to the poor, and is a pledge of
future glory. See CCC 1333,
1367, 1391-1397, 1405.
GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS 
What are the effects of Confirmation?
- By Confirmation, baptismal grace is increased
and deepened,
- roots us more deeply as God’s sons,
- unites us more firmly to Christ,
- increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us, makes
our bond with the Church more perfect,
- and gives us the special strength of the Holy
Spirit to spread and defend the Faith by word and
action. See CCC 1303.
GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS 
•Who may receive the sacrament
of Confirmation?
Any baptized Catholic not yet
confirmed may receive the
sacrament. In the Western Church
(the Latin Rite), it is most often
conferred after the age of
discretion. See CCC 1306-1307.
GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS 
How is the sacrament of Confirmation
conferred?
The sacrament is conferred through the
anointing with sacred chrism (perfumed oil
previously consecrated by the bishop) on the
forehead by the laying on of the bishop's
hand, and the words, “Be sealed with the
Gift of the Holy Spirit.” See CCC 1289,
1300.
GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS 
What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit?

Wisdom
Understanding
Counsel
Fortitude
Knowledge
Piety
Fear of the Lord.
GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS 
The twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit are
perfections that He forms in us as the first
fruits of eternal glory:
charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, generosity, gentleness,
faithfulness, modesty, self-control, and
chastity.