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| Question | Answer |
| Pentecost | The day the Church was born. |
| Pentecost | The day the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and conferred on them the gifts necessary for them |
| Three distinct events that led to the Birth of the Church | 1. The appointment of Peter as head of the Church 2. When Jesus asked Peter to feed His sheep. 3. Day of Pentecost |
| Christ and the Holy Spirit | The birth and growth of the Church is largely due to them. |
| Simon | Old name of Peter "the rock" |
| Tend | meaning to govern, guard and attend |
| Wind | symbolizes the life-giving breath of God |
| Fire | gives the apostles "gift of tongues" |
| gift of tongues | the ability to speak different languages of different peoples |
| Confirmation | the time where we receive the Holy Spirit |
| Gifts of the Holy Spirit | Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Knowledge, Fortitude, Piety, Fear of the Lord. |
| W | helps us to see the world in its true light and to value more the things of heaven |
| Understanding | helps us to grasp better the truths of our Catholic faith. |
| Counsel | helps us to see and choose those actions that is most pleasing to God's eyes and are the best for our salvation |
| Knowledge | points out to us the path to follow and the dangers to avoid in our journey to God's Kingdom. |
| Fortitude | gives us courage and strength to overcome temptation and difficulties |
| Piety | helps us to embrace all that is part of God's service because of our confidence in Him. |
| Fear of the Lord | helps us realize that to offend God is the greatest of all evils. |
| How can we get to know Jesus? | 1.Read the Bible. 2. Listen to the priest during Mass. 3.Pray for the grace to love Jesus above anyone or anything. 4. Spread Jesus' message of Love. |
| Saint Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Moran | Many admired her sweet and peaceful character. extremely good and obedient, generous compassionate towards the poor. |
| The Good Shepherd | Jesus |
| Messiah | the title of Jesus declared by Peter |
| Holy Spirit | the giverof many gifts |
| gust of wind then as tongues of fire | appearance of the Holy Spirit as He appears to the apostles |
| Joseph (also called Barnabas) meaning son of encouragement | sold his property and gave the money to the apostles for the needs of Jesus' followers |
| Holy Spirit | gift of God sent to complete Jesus' work. |
| How to show that the Holy Spirit is working within us. | 1. being generous 2. Sharing our time 3. Being considerate and understanding 4. Serving the community 5. Spreading the message of Jesus |
| St. Andrew Kim Taigon | first native born Catholic of Korea, one of the thousands of martyrs who died for the faith in Korea. Tortured and beheaded in Seoul while trying to smuggle missionaries into Korea. |
| missionaries | men and women, lay or religious who devote their time and talent to spread the message of salvation |
| Cyprus and Asia Minor | 2 places in the first journey where Paul and Barnabas set off and proclaimed the Word of God there. |
| Elymas | the magician that opposed Paul and Barnabas and tried to turn the governor against them. |
| Paul's second journey | Asia Minor, Macedonia and Greece |
| Silas | companion of Paul in his second journey |
| Ephesus | the place where he spent three years |
| Jews and Gentiles-> | people to whom Paul preached the good news |
| Athens | place where Paul finds highly educated people |
| Holy Spirit | -principal agent of evangelization -first gift to the Church |
| Ways to bring the fullness of Jesus Christ and His words to others | 1. Doing acts of charity 2. Participating actively in the Eucharistic celebration |
| Saint Mary Bernard (Verena) Butler | -devotion to the Eucharist would form the foundation of her spirituality - believed that it is possible to unite contemplation and action |
| evangelization | fundamental mission of the Church. activity of the Church which seeks to spread the Good News of God's love |
| Malta | place where Paul and the soldiers stayed after their ship wreck. |
| Emperor Nero | the emperor who ordered to kill Paul |
| Acts of the Apostles | book that documents the missionary journeys of Paul and the dangers he faced in these journeys. |
| fish (ICHTHUS) | secret symbol used by Christians to guard against Romans spies. |
| I | Iesous (Jesus) |
| CH | Christos (Christ) |
| TH | Theou (God) |
| U | Yios (Son) |
| S | Soter (Savior) |
| Ichthus | meant Jesus Christ, God's Son, our Savior |
| dove | symbol of peace |
| anchor | symbol of hope |
| phoenix | symbol of resurrection |
| Chi-Rho symbol | it consists of two Greek letters, the initial of Christ - CH. In Greek, it appears as PX. |
| Holy Spirit | it empowers the Church to accomplish its mission. |
| Emperor Constantine | the emperor whose efforts became the reason why Christianity became the dominant religion in the Roman Empire. |
| How do we show respect and understanding? | 1. Respect other people's property. 2. Respect the privacy of a person. 3. Learn to forgive. Respect the opinions and ideas of others. |
| Saint Martin de Porres | the black saint. a saint that was laughed at and teased but never complained about the way people treated him. Assisted the poor. Patron saint of social justice. |
| Catacombs | hiding place of the early Christians |
| heresies | these are beliefs that go against the official teachings of the Church promoted by baptized Christians. |
| Chi-Rho | initial letters of Christ |
| Vision | the one Apostle John has when he was a very old man. |
| Book of Revelation | the book where john foretold, the many problems the Church is facing today. |
| Way of poverty and obedience, of service and of self-sacrifice | the road Christ Himself walked. |
| ways to heed God's call to love | 1. we avoid being thoughtless and selfish. 2. We go through a process of purification. 3. We work for peace and justice. 4. we need to be generous and charitable. 5. we support the work of missionaries. |
| St. Augustine of Hippo | - a saint who used to be a very sinful man. a rich man and well-educated man. - Doctor or Teacher of the Church and the patrons of theologians. |
| Book of Revelation | the last book in the Bible which contains the visions of Saint John. |
| St. Narcisa Moran | the Ecuadorian saint who had compassion towards the poor |
| St. Mary Bernard butler | Laid foundation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Sinners |
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