Know your Faith
There are many aspects to understanding and living our faith. "Know your Faith" is a collection of useful reference links to help anyone interested in furthering or refreshing their knowledge of our basic faith.
There are two large areas that have been grouped together for presentation purpose:
- Catholic Social Teaching: this is an essential and important part of Catholic faith. It is a very large area and encompasses many aspects of how we should conduct our daily lives. It is only covered here by providing two well known sources below - which provide many detailed links for further reading.
- Sacraments: they are also covered in its own Section on this website (see Left Menu). But for convenience, they are also listed here together with other sources.
With your help, we hope to grow this section over time. If there is a topic you are interested in learning more about or a link you think others would find useful, please email us at webmaster@olphtoronto.com. We will consider them in consultation with our pastor.
Abstinence
www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=80
Beatification and Canonization
www.newadvent.org/cathen/02364b.htm
Becoming Catholic & Returning to Faith
www.beginningcatholic.com
Catechism of the Catholic Church
www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/ccc_toc.htm
Catholic Social Teaching
www.osjspm.org/catholic_social_teaching.aspx - Office of Social Justice (Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis)
www.osjspm.org/files/officeforsocialjustice/files/Catholic%20Social%20Teachings%201%20page.pdf - Ten Key Principles of Catholic Social Teaching
www.shc.edu/theolibrary/justice.htm - Spring Hill Jesuit College (Alabama)
Celebration of Mass
www.sjy.org/Church/exp_mass.asp
http://catholic-resources.org/ChurchDocs/Mass.htm
Creeds: Summary of Faith
www.beginningcatholic.com/tenets-of-catholicism.html
Dedication
www.newadvent.org/cathen/04673a.htm
Good Friday
www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=5260
Grace
www.newadvent.org/cathen/06689a.htm
Holy Water
www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=12221
How to Pray
www.beginningcatholic.com/how-to-pray.html
http://landru.i-link-2.net/shnyves/prayer.html
Lent and Fasting
www.catholic.org/featured/headline.php?ID=180"
Morality
www.beginningcatholic.com/catholic-morality.html
www.newadvent.org/cathen/10559a.htm
Palm Sunday
www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=8924
Penance
www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=9130
The Pope
www.newadvent.org/cathen/12260a.htm
Purgatory
www.beginningcatholic.com/catholic-purgatory.html
Prayers
www.catholic.com/library/Common_Catholic_Prayers.asp
www.beliefnet.com/ep/catholic-prayer.asp
The Rosary
www.beginningcatholic.com/how-to-pray-the-rosary.html
Sacraments
www.beginningcatholic.com/sacraments.html
- Anointing of the Sick
- Confirmation
- Confession/Reconciliation
- Holy Eucharist
- Holy Orders
- Marriage
Sign of the Cross & Little Sign of the Cross
www.wf-f.org/SignofCross.html
www.newadvent.org/cathen/13785a.htm
Sin
www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=10849
Veneration of the Cross
www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=5260