Baptism is the initiation of a child or person into the Roman Catholic Church. Confirmation is celebrated once a year usually during the Easter Season. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is a process whereby adults who are not baptized or who have been baptized into another Christian faith, are initiated into the Roman Catholic tradition. Reconciliation is the sacrament through which sins are confessed and forgiven. Anointing of the Sick is the sacrament through which the extremely or hopelessly ill are blessed and their sins are forgiven before they depart from this world.
Marriage is the union of man and woman.
Holy Orders are the rites of Christian ordination. Ecclesiastical Feasts Feast Days, or Holy Days, are days that are celebrated in commemoration of the sacred mysteries and events recorded in the history of redemption, in memory of the Virgin Mother of Christ, or of His apostles, martyrs, and saints, by special services and rest from work. A feast not only celebrates an event or person, but also spiritual life in general. For example, during Lent a Roman Catholic may abstain from eating meat on Fridays. Patients should be asked if they have altered their diets in any manner in recognition of the Holy Days.