What is the most important choice you
have had to make in your life so far ?
What could have helped you to make
that choice with more confidence ?
Sacraments of Vocation
• To describe the Sacraments
of Marriage and Holy Orders
• To explain how these
Sacraments show God’s love
and care
• To evaluate which vocation is
more demanding on your
faith life
In what ways
are getting
married, and
taking Holy
Orders
(becoming a
priest) similar ?
Holy Orders
• Vows
– Obedience
– Chastity (faithfulness to
God , no sex.)
• Promise to serve God
and care for others in
any way appropriate
• Lifelong Commitment,
until death
Marriage
• Vows
– Obedience to each other
– Faithfulness to each other
(sex only with each other.)
– Promise to serve and
care for each other in all
situations (sickness, health,
richer, poorer)
• Lifelong Commitment,
until death.
1. Explain 3 differences between Holy Orders and Marriage.
2. Which vocation do you think is harder ? Give a good reason for your
answer.
***What kind of help from God do you think each vocation needs ?
The Sacrament
Choose one sacrament. Answer the questions using
your information sheet on that Sacrament.
• Of Holy Orders
1. How does taking Holy Orders
make your life different from
“the world”?
2. What is the purpose of taking
Holy Orders ?
3. What are the 3 types of
ministers in Holy Orders ?
4. Why is celebrating the Eucharist
the most important thing
someone in Holy Orders can do?
5. What happens in the ceremony
of Holy Orders ?
6. How does receiving the
Sacrament change a person ?
• Of Marriage
1. Who can take the Sacrament of
Marriage ?
2. Who “invented” marriage ?
3. Who is it who bestows the
Sacrament of Marriage ?
4. What do the coupe vow
publically?
5. What difference does taking
the Sacrament of Marriage
make to the couple? Describe 5
effects.
Class Quiz
Choose someone. Ask them which Sacrament they did,
then ask them a question on “their” Sacrament.
• Of Holy Orders
1. How does taking Holy Orders
make your life different from
“the world”?
2. What is the purpose of taking
Holy Orders ?
3. What are the 3 types of
ministers in Holy Orders ?
4. Why is celebrating the Eucharist
the most important thing
someone in Holy Orders can do?
5. What happens in the ceremony
of Holy Orders ?
6. How does receiving the
Sacrament change a person ?
• Of Marriage
1. Who can take the Sacrament of
Marriage ?
2. Who “invented” marriage ?
3. Who is it who bestows the
Sacrament of Marriage ?
4. What do the coupe vow
publically?
5. What difference does taking
the Sacrament of Marriage
make to the couple? Describe 5
effects.
Which vocation sound more
interesting ?