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| chastity | a religious vow or promise to reach out in friendship to all people instead of seeking married and family life |
| Eucharist | the sacrament of the Body and the Blood of Christ |
| ecumenical council | meeting of Church leaders from all over the world to decide Church matters |
| Holy Orders | a sacrament of serrvice in which men promise to devote their lives to the Church as deacons, priests, or bishops |
| kingly office | what laypeople participate in when they strive to bring justice to the world and are involved in parish and diocesan councils |
| laity | baptized members of the Church who are not ordained |
| canonization | an official Church process by which a person is declared to have have lived a holy life of heroic virtue |
| obedience | a religious vow or promise to serve where one is needed by the Church |
| pope | the successor of St. Peter |
| poverty | a religious vow or promise not to own private property or to pursue financial gain in order to get rich |
| ecumenism | the effort to strive toward unity among all Christian peoples |
| priestly office | what laypeople participate in when they offer everything in life as a spiritual sacrifice to God through Jesus |
| prophetic office | what laypeople participate in when they teach others about God's kingdom through the example of their own lives |
| solidarity | seeing everyone--regardless of race, gender, country of origin, or religious preference--as our brother or sister |
| communion of saints | the entire assembly of Church members on Earth, in heaven, and in purgatory |
