Hi. This is Marvin Morales, i hope this slide will help you as speaker of pre cana seminar. this is only a basic christian doctine of the church

1. CONFIRMATION AND PRE-
CANA SEMINAR

2. TWO PARTS:
CONFIRMATION SEMINAR:
FOUR BASIC PRAYERS
SEVEN SACRAMENTS
PRE-CANA SEMINAR:
BASIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SACRAMENT
OF MATRIMONY

5. WHEN DID THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
ORIGINATE?
• THE SIGN OF THE CROSS IS A VERY ANCIENT PRACTICE
AND PRAYER. WE DON'T HAVE ANY INDICATION OF IT IN
SCRIPTURE, BUT ST. BASIL IN THE FOURTH CENTURY SAID
THAT WE LEARNED THE SIGN FROM THE TIME OF THE
APOSTLES AND THAT IT WAS ADMINISTERED IN
BAPTISMS. SOME SCHOLARS INTERPRET ST. PAUL'S
SAYING THAT HE BEARS THE MARKS OF CHRIST ON HIS
BODY, IN GALATIANS 6:17, AS HIS REFERRING TO THE

10. THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS

11. BAPTISM

12. WHAT IS BAPTISM?
HOLY BAPTISM IS THE BASIS OF THE WHOLE
CHRISTIAN LIFE, THE GATEWAY TO LIFE IN THE
SPIRIT (VITAE SPIRITUALIS IANUA),4 AND THE DOOR WHICH
GIVES ACCESS TO THE OTHER SACRAMENTS. THROUGH
BAPTISM WE ARE FREED FROM SIN AND REBORN AS SONS
OF GOD; WE BECOME MEMBERS OF CHRIST, ARE
INCORPORATED INTO THE CHURCH AND MADE SHARERS
IN HER MISSION: "BAPTISM IS THE SACRAMENT OF
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13. THE GRACE OF BAPTISM
• FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS . . .
• "A NEW CREATURE“
• INCORPORATED INTO THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST
• THE SACRAMENTAL BOND OF THE UNITY OF CHRISTIANS
• AN INDELIBLE SPIRITUAL MARK . . .

14. CONFIRMATION

15. THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
BAPTISM, THE EUCHARIST, AND THE SACRAMENT OF
CONFIRMATION TOGETHER CONSTITUTE THE "SACRAMENTS OF
CHRISTIAN INITIATION," WHOSE UNITY MUST BE
SAFEGUARDED. IT MUST BE EXPLAINED TO THE FAITHFUL THAT
THE RECEPTION OF THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION IS
NECESSARY FOR THE COMPLETION OF BAPTISMAL
GRACE.89 FOR "BY THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION, [THE
BAPTIZED] ARE MORE PERFECTLY BOUND TO THE CHURCH AND
ARE ENRICHED WITH A SPECIAL STRENGTH OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT. HENCE THEY ARE, AS TRUE WITNESSES OF CHRIST,
MORE STRICTLY OBLIGED TO SPREAD AND DEFEND THE FAITH

16. THE EFFECTS OF CONFIRMATION
• IT IS EVIDENT FROM ITS CELEBRATION THAT THE EFFECT OF THE SACRAMENT
OF CONFIRMATION IS THE SPECIAL OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AS ONCE
GRANTED TO THE APOSTLES ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST.
• FROM THIS FACT, CONFIRMATION BRINGS AN INCREASE AND DEEPENING OF
BAPTISMAL GRACE:
- IT ROOTS US MORE DEEPLY IN THE DIVINE FILIATION WHICH MAKES US CRY,
"ABBA! FATHER!";117
- IT UNITES US MORE FIRMLY TO CHRIST;
- IT INCREASES THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US;
- IT RENDERS OUR BOND WITH THE CHURCH MORE PERFECT;118
- IT GIVES US A SPECIAL STRENGTH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO SPREAD AND
DEFEND THE FAITH BY WORD AND ACTION AS TRUE WITNESSES OF CHRIST, TO
CONFESS THE NAME OF CHRIST BOLDLY, AND NEVER TO BE ASHAMED OF THE

17. RECONCILIATION

18. WHAT IS RECONCILIATION
• ALL SINS WERE COMMITTED SINCE BAPTISM OR
LAST RECONCILIATION IS FORGIVEN.

19. BIBLE VERSE OF THE FOUNDATION OF
RECONCILIATION

20. PROCESS OF CONFESSING OUR SINS
1. EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
2. GO TO THE PRIEST
3. PRAY THE PENANCE THAT THE PRIEST GAVE TO
YOU
4. HAVE A FIRM RESOLUTION NEVER TO DO THAT
AGAIN

21. EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE

22. EUCHARIST

23. HOLY ORDERS

24. ANOINTING OF THE SICK

25. PRE CANA SEMINAR