Chapter 20 Questions & Vocab on Sacraments of Vocation

1. What is the difference between discerning one’s vocation and deciding upon a career?
2. What can one do to increase his or her ability to discern the will of God? What are some of the obstacles we encounter in trying to do that?
3. What is the real vocation crisis facing the Church today?
4. What is the two-fold purpose of marriage?
5. What three characteristics must be in place for one to enter into a sacramental marriage?
6. What are the responsibilities of each of the three ranks of Holy Orders?
7. How is an annulment different from a divorce?
8. In what way is the family a “domestic church”?

Vocation

Ordination Rite

Marriage (Matrimony)

Priesthood

Holy Orders

Unitive

Procreative

Natural Family Planning

Contraception

Vows

Discernment

Permanence

Fruitfulness

Exclusiveness 

Annulment