HOLY ORDERS

HOLY ORDERS

• A profession for male Catholics
• Embodies entire life
• Important and influential leaders in community
• Sacrament of service at the service of communion

TRAINING PROCESS

• Years of preparation before ordination
• Men must first go to seminary for five years of education
• Two years of plilosophy
• Three years of theology
• At least one year of holding position of deacon

RITUAL OF THE SACRAMENT

• Celebration part of sacrament
• Form
• The words spoken "Grant, we pray..."
• Matter
• Laying on of the anointed hands on the person being ordained

VOWS OF THE PRIESTHOOD

• Vow of chastity
• Vow of obedience
• Depending on if religious or diocesan
• Vow of poverty

POLICE ACADEMY

POLICE ACADEMY

• The second to last step before graduation
• Feild training follows
• Men and women are allowed

MANY INDIVIDUAL HOURS OF TRAINING

• Major ones:
• Firearm skills - 60hr
• Self defense - 44hr
• First aid- 24 hr
• Emergency vehicle operations - 36hr

POLICE ACADEMY

COMPARISONS

• Both are training processes for future professions
• Both create inspirational leaders in the community
• Both promote peace and strive for stability
• Both have rules and regulations to follow
• Both can use the power of words to effect people

COMPARISONS

• Priests -
• Must be deacons for one year
• Officers -
• Must do field training following the academy

NAVY SEALS

BACKGROUND

• Elite force of naval soldiers
• Founded in 1962 by president John F. Kennedy
• Conduct small-unit high-impact missions
• Were created to go where larger forces could not
• All terrain - land, air, and water

SEAL TRAINING

• Top military force in America
• Rigorous training course
• Peak physical condition
• Years of preparing
• Leads up to a one week course

MEANT TO CHALLENCE

COMPARISONS

• Priests and seals are specially trained for career
• More elite group
• Priests - out of lay people, ministers, and deacons
• Seals - military soldiers and navy
• The "top of the class"

COMPARISONS

• Seal training -
• Tests a person's mental and physical strength
• Holy orders -
• Tests a person's mental and spiritual strength

UNIQUE

HOLY ORDERS

• Unique among other sacraments
• Brings people closer to God
• Leads people to a more complete life

UNIQUENESS

• Takes males of the catholic faith and makes them deciles of God
• Ordains priests - leaders of the religious communities
• Responsibility to lead the lay people of the church:
• - To God
• - To a good moral life

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• Gives ordinary men:
• - power to forgive sin in the name of God
• - power to consecrate the Eucherist
• - power to essentially be the mediator for God