1. Recap from Last Week ● Sacraments ● 4 aspects of sacraments ● Incarnation ● Hypostatic Union ● Liturgy ● Sacramental Economy ● Signs Jesus used in the Gospels ● 4 markers of the Church

2. The Mission of the Church

3. The Church's Mission... ● To proclaim the Gospel to all people (Test) ● Read Matthew 28:19-20 ● “...to make [all of us] share in the communion between the Father and the Son in their Spirit of love.” CCC850

4. How is this accomplished???

5. “The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts”

6. Parts of the Church St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 12:14-20 states: ● “For the body is not one member.” ● “...God has placed the members...just as He desired.” ● “If they were all one member, where would the body be?” ● “...there are many members, but one body.”

7. Communion ● Between God and us ● Between the saints and us - communion of saints (on test) ● Between other Catholics ● Between people throughout the world

8. Human Solidarity

9. Human Solidarity cont...

10. ● The recognition that we are dependent upon one another. ● Not just linked through various social contracts and biology, but dependent on each other (test)

11. Where do I fit in???

12. Charism [care-ism] ● A God-given talent, gift, skill, or ability to each person for the good of everyone in the Church (p.19 MJITS)

13. For 10 Class Participation Points ● Think of something you are good at – a gift or talent you possess – then write down how you could apply it to the service of humankind. ● Turn in for points.

14. Father Lemaitre ● Belgian Priest ● First person to propose the “Big Bang” theory. ● 2 years before Edwin Hubble's paper on the expanding universe!