Holy Orders is a sacrament of service and communication that confers ordination, allowing men to act in the person of Christ. It requires baptized males of excellent character who have an interior and exterior call, are properly trained, and meet the age requirement of 24. The sacrament is normally celebrated at Sunday mass, where the candidate has hands laid upon him and a prayer is said asking God for the gifts of proper ministry. Pope John Paul II believed Holy Orders provided personal fulfillment by allowing men to go forth and bear fruit through their vocation.

1. Chapter 16 :Holy OrdersKayla Greer

2. Catechism Reference! “Christ is the source of all priesthood: the priest of the old law was a figure of Christ, and the priest of the new law acts in the person of Christ.” (CCC 1548)

3. Type Of Sacrament! Holy Orders is a Sacrament of the Service Of Communication.

4. Minister of Holy OrdersMinster of Holy Orders is a validly ordained bishop. Even bishops can trace his ordination and his ability to transmit the sacrament of holy orders directly back the apostles in an unbroken line of succession.

5. Celebration Of The Sacrament Celebration of this sacrament welcome many lay people and is normally celebrated at Sunday mass. They lay their hands on the man about to be ordained and says a prayer asking God for the outpouring gift of the spirit to give the gifts of proper ministry for the person being ordained.

6. Requirements!Be baptized male of excellent character. This follows the decision of Jesus, who chose only men apostles.Have an interior and exterior callHave necessary knowledge of the nature of Holy Orders.Be the proper age. Current set at 24 years.Have a commitment to lifelong celibacy, except of deacons who can marry before but not after being ordainedStudy theology and be otherwise trained in his profession, in respect to his proper office.

7. Pope John Paul II“ A vocation is a mystery of divine election: You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go bear fruit that your fruit should abide”Pope John Paul II was close to the sacrament because he believed it will give men “ a personal fulfillment”