This document provides a brief overview of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church: Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, and Matrimony. For each sacrament, there is a short description of between 2-4 sentences explaining the purpose and significance of that sacrament. The document is presented as a table of contents with page numbers and section titles for each sacrament followed by the short descriptive text.

1. SACRAMENTS
Sarah Allen

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Baptism: Pg. 3 Extreme Unction: Pg. 7
Confirmation: Pg. 4 Orders: Pg. 8
Holy Eucharist: Pg. 5 Matrimony: Pg. 9
Penance: Pg. 6

3. BAPTISM
Baptism is the purification of
the soul by being dipped in
water. It cleans the person being
baptized and allows him or her
to be anointed with sacred
chrism.

4. CONFIRMATION
During confirmation, the Holy
Spirit is sent by Jesus to lay a
hand upon the forehead of the
recipient and give to them the
seven gifts of the Holy Spirit:
wisdom, understanding, counsel,
fortitude, knowledge, piety, and
fear of the Lord.

5. HOLY EUCHARIST
The Eucharist is the symbolic
Last Supper of Jesus Christ.
Those participating in it eat
wheat bread and drink grape
whine, which the priest
consecrates so that they become
the body and blood of Christ.

6. PENANCE
Also known as Confession, it
involves three steps: the
penitent's contrition or sorrow
for his sins, the actual confession
to a priest and absolution, and
then penance or restitution for
his sins.

7. EXTREME UNCTION
Otherwise known as the
Anointing of the Sick, this is a
ritual given to seriously ill
Christians to help them to accept
sickness as a purifying cross sent
by God and give them the grace
even to accept death if that is
God's will.

8. ORDERS
The Holy Orders are when
someone devotes their life to
God by becoming a brother,
nun, deacon, priest, bishop,
cardinal, or even the pope.

9. MATRIMONY
Matrimony, or marriage, is the
holy, natural union between two
(or more) people. The basic goal
of marriage is to create children
and, in some cases, create a
political or social alliance.

10. WORK CITED
"The Seven Sacraments." jesuschristsavior.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct
2011. <http://www.jesuschristsavior.net/Sacraments.html>.