Sacrament of

Holy Orders
Diocesan 12th Summer Catechetical Program
Basic Formation for New Volunteer Catechists
April 8-12, 2019
St. Vincent de Paul College Seminary
Tie-a-knot!
 Lk 22:19-20
19
Then He took the bread, said the
blessing, broke it, and gave it to
them, saying, “This is my body,
which will be given for you; do
this in memory of me.”
 Lk 22:19-20
20
And likewise, the cup after they
had eaten, saying, “This is the
new covenant in my blood, which
will be shed for you.”
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Scriptures
Commentary
he confers his priestly power in a special way upon certain
men to provide spiritual leaders for the people of God.
“God calls you to
make definitive
choices, and He has
a plan for each of
you: to discover that
plan and to respond
to your vocation is to
move toward
Our Three Fold Mission

Prophet
Priest
King
The Priesthood in the O.T

Tribe of Levi
 Sacrament of Holy Orders
The Sacrament through which the
mission entrusted by Christ to his
apostles continues to be exercised
in the Church until the end of
time: thus it is the sacrament of
apostolic ministry. It includes
three degrees: episcopate,
presbyterate, and diaconate (CCC
The Three Degrees of this Sacrament

Episcopate
Fullness of
the Sacrament
of Holy Orders
The Three Degrees of this Sacrament

Presbyterate
Co-
workers of
bishops
The Three Degrees of this Sacrament

Diaconate
In order to
serve.
Essential Rite
Bishop’s imposition of hands on the
head of the ordinand and in the
bishop’s specific consecratory prayer
asking God for the outpouring of the
Holy Spirit and his gifts proper to the
ministry to which the candidate is
being ordained (CCC 1573).
Effects of the Sacrament
Special grace from the
Holy Spirit

Indelible Spiritual
Character
 ACTIVITY: BUZZ SESSION with a TWIST
- Difficulties in Teaching the Sacrament
of Holy Orders
- Difficulties/Challenges in becoming a
Catechist