tntt basic knowledge

What is the mission of HT?

To build the kids' faith

How can a HT complete the mission?

They themselves must have faith

How can a HT build his own faith?

He must study catechism and practice what he learns

How can studying catechism and practicing what he learns build a HT's faith?

Because catechism teaches us about faith.
- Catechism is divided into four parts:
1. The Apostles' Creed - to know
2. The sacraments - to serve
3. The Commandments - to love
4. The prayer in the life of faith

What are the duties of HT?

To guide and to educate Doan Sinh

How does a HT lead Doan Sinh?

According to Phong Trao's guidelines

What is the main ingredient which makes a HT successful?

Love

What are the mission statements of Phong Trao?

To train the youth to become the best person and the best Christian so that they can build the society and spread the Good News.

What is the factor which is required in order to be called the best Christian?

Sanctifying grace

What is the ultimate goal?

To help the youth to stay away from sin and become holy (saints)

So what is the job of HT?

To live a holy life and to help Doan Sinh to live a holy life (produce saints)

Base on which foundations does Phong Trao use to train Doan Sinh?

Bible and Tradition

Base on which foundations does Phong Trao use to train Doan Sinh?

The word of God in the Bible and the teachings of the Church

Who is Thieu Nhi's idol?

Jesus in the Eucharist is the source, the center, and the idol of life

What are the objectives of Phong Trao?

1. To live the Word of God and to unite with Jesus in the Eucharist through the life of prayer, of Holy Communion, of sacrifice, and of apostolic works
2. To love and honor Mary as the Mother of Christ
3. To honor and imitate the Vietnamese Martyrs
4. To love and obey the Pope
5. To improve oneself and preserve the Vietnamese culture and traditions

How can a HT unite with God?

By living the Eucharistic Day

How can a HT show his love to Mary in a practical way?

By reciting the daily Rosary

How can a HT show his love for the Pope?

By praying for him every day

What the are the main signs which show that a Catholic is on the right path?

He must love and worship God; he must love and honor Mary; and he must love and obey the Pope

Which are the practical works that Phong Trao wants its members to do according to its 10 rules?

1. Morning Offering
2. Daily communion and visitation of the Eucharist
3. Sacrifice
4. Good example
5. Obedience
6. Dignity in words and deeds
7. Generous hear
8. Integrity in words and deeds
9. Fulfillment of the duty
10. Spiritual bouquet before night offerring

What is Phong Trao's best and most famous method of training Doan Sinh?

Living the Eucharist Day

Name the 10 methods of training

Natural methods
1. Team work
2. Steps by steps - used in CTTT
3. Enter the Desert
4. Activities
5. Meeting
Spiritual Methods
(Bible)
6. Sharing the Bible
7. Bible time frame
8. Bible Environment
(Eucharist)
9. Living the Eucharist Day
10. Eucharist Hour

What is the Eucharistic Day?

It is a day one lives in close union with God, especially with Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, the center of Christian life

What is the purpose of living the Eucharistic Day?

To live a day in the graces of God; the Eucharistic Day is a method that helps us to progress to sainthood through the practice of spiritual flower bouquet

What is the Spiritual Bouquet?

The Spiritual Bouquet is a method to promote and to evaluate the tasks of the Eucharistic Day

How can a HT fulfill 90% of his duty?

He must live the Eucharistic Day and show his kids how to live it

Name three things that are most needed to live a Eucharistic Day

Morning offering, daily Mass, and daily communion and daily spiritual communion, and evening offering

What is the purpose of morning offering?

To thank God for the night, to consecrate our day to the Almighty God through the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Mother of God.

What is the peak of the Eucharistic Day?

The Holy Mass and the Holy Communion

What is the purpose of evening offering?

To thank God for the day we live and to ask God to bless our night of sleep

What is the most important thing in night offering?

Reflection and perfect contrition

Who is the center of the Bible?

Jesus Christ

Name the two parts of the Bible

Old Testament and New Testament

What is the Old Testament about?

The salvation work of God through the history and activity of God's chosen people

What is the New Testament about?

The salvation work of God through the history and activity as well as the teaching of Jesus

How many books are there in the Bible?

73

What is the name given to the first 5 books of the Bible?

Torah or the books of Law

Name the first 5 books of the Bible

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

If you cannot read all the books in the Old Testament, which one do you need to read to understand about the salvation work of God?

Psalms

If you cannot read all the books in the New Testament, which one do you need to read to understand about the salvation work of God?

4 Gospels

Name the 27 books of the New Testament?

Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation

How should we read the Bible?

Daily reading, read with faith, understand literally and contextually, read with humility

What is sacred Scripture?

God's Holy Truth in written form

What is sacred Tradition?

Unwritten truths about faith and morals

What is Divine Revelation?

It is nothing other than the written and unwritten truths revealed by God

What is the Deposit of Faith?

Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture constitute one inseparable Sacred Deposit of Faith

How are the Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition accepted and venerated by the Church?

With the same sense of loyalty and reverence

What is Magisterium?

Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, which make up this one "sacred deposit" are safeguarded and defended by the Sacred Magisterium (the teaching authority of the Church), whose job it is to guarantee the authenticity of the message while at the same time remaining its servant

What does public revelation end?

Public revelation ceased with Christ and the apostles and evangelists who recorded his teachings

What is the Didache?

The Lord's Instruction to the Gentiles through the Twelve Apostles

Name 2 things in the Didache?

The celebration of the Eucharist on Sunday (the Lord's day) rather than on the Sabbath and the forgiveness of sin through confession

How is liturgy handed on?

By Sacred Tradition

What is a dogma?

There are doctrines of our Catholic faith that were contained in divine revelation only implicitly. And for that reason they became obligatory dogmas only after the passing of centuries.

What does the development of a doctrine mean?

The development of a doctrine does not mean a changing or abandoning of a doctrine originally taught, but rather the growth of the Church's understanding of it.

Name some of the developments of doctrine

1. Official professions of faith, from the Apostles' Creed (circa A.D. 120) and Nicene Creed (325) to the Credo of the People of God by Pope Paul VI (1968)
2. The official teachings of the 21 ecumenical councils of the Church, from Nicea I (325-381) to Vatican II (1962-65)
3. The writings of Church Fathers and doctors
4. Papal documents
5. Sacred Scripture
6. Sacred liturgy
7. and even Christian art that portrays what we believed and how we worshiped over the centuries

Name 8 Holy men who have been called Fathers of the Church

St. Athanasius, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory Nazianzen, St. John Chrysostom, St. Abrose, St. Augustine, St. Jerome, St. Gregory the Great

Name 4 important documents of the Church

1. Dogmatic Constitution Verbum Dei
2. Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium
3. Constitution Sacred Liturgy
4. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium Et Spes

What many ecumenical councils are there?

21

What Is the last ecumenical council?

Vatican 2

Why do we live on earth?

To know, to serve, to love God and others, together to build a good society, to have eternal happiness in the next life

What does the Catholic Church teach us?

The Catholic Church teaches us Who God is, how He loves us, and what we must do in reply to His love for us

Name the three mysteries of the Catholic Church

1. The mystery of the Holy Trinity
2. The Incarnation
3. The Redemption

What are the duties which Jesus gave to the Church?

To teach, to sanctify and to govern the faithful in spiritual matters

What are the duties of the faithful to the Church?

The faithful must love, obey, and defend the Church, especially participate with the clergy in the building of the Church and of faith.

According to which signs do we know the true Church?

According to these four signs: one, holy, catholic, and apostolic

Name the four special gifts God gave to Mary

The gifts of: Immaculate Conception, Mother of God, perpetual Virgin, assumption of body and soul

How do we know the will of God?

By these four things: Natural law imprinted in people's heart; the ten commandments of God given on the mount of Sinai; the teaching of God in the Bible, especially the commandment of love of the Gospels; the teaching and laws of the Church

What kinds of sins does Baptism erase?

Original and actual sin

What is the effect of Baptism on punishment?

Clears all punishments

What are other effects of Baptism?

Makes us Christian, makes us God's children, makes us heirs of heaven

Who can perform Baptism?

Ordinary: Bishop - Priest - Deacon. In case of emergency: Anyone of reason

Name the 3 kinds of Baptism?

By desire, by blood, and by water

What are the promises of Baptism?

Deny devils and stay away from sin, profess the faith and keep the commandments

What are the adult's dispositions in receiving Baptism?

Willing to receive, having faith in Christ, true sorrow for sin, renounce devil

What are the effects of Reconciliation?

Forgive sin after baptism. Remit eternal punishment. Remit part of temporal punishment.

Can a priest refuse or postpone absolution?

Must and does refuse if penitent is not rightly disposed. Postpone for the sake of penitent's better preparation.

Why does one need to confess sins?

Sins committed secretly must be known in order to be forgiven. God wills that way when establishing sacrament

Name the 5 steps of confession

Examination of conscience, sorrow for sin, resolution to amend, confession, penance

Which steps are not important?

Sorrow for sin and resolution to amend

What are the things you ask the Holy Spirit in preparing for your confession?

Light to know sin and understand guilt - Grace to detest sin - Courage to confess - Strength to keep resolution

How do you check your sin?

10 commandments - 7 Precepts of the Church - 7 capital sins or duties of state of life

How is sin divided?

Sin we inherit, called original sin; and sin we commit ourselves, called actual sin. Actual sin is sub-divided into greater sins, called mortal; and lesser sins, called venial.

What is actual sin?

Any willful thought, word, deed, or omission contrary to the law of God

Name the conditions of mortal sin

Grievous matter, sufficient reflection, full consent of the will

Name the conditions of venial sin

A slight offense against the law of God in matters of less importance

How does a mortal sin become venial sin?

Sin committed in matters of great importance without sufficient reflection or full consent of the will

How does a venial sin become mortal sin?

Slight offenses committed through defiant contempt for God or His law - When slight offenses are followed by very evil consequences, which we foresee in committing them.

How does one know which sin is venial or mortal?

From Holy Scripture - From the teaching of the Church - From the writings of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church

What are the effects of venial sin?

The lessening of the love of God in our heart - The making us less worthy of His help - And the weakening of the power to resist mortal sin

What are the effects of mortal sin?

Deprives us of spiritual life, which is sanctifying grace - Brings everlasting death and damnation on the soul

What is sanctifying grace?

The life of God in our soul

What are the chief sources of sin?

They are the 7 capital sins: Pride, Covetousness, Lust, Anger, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth

Why are they called capital sins?

They rule over our other sins and are the causes of them - They are predominant sins or ruling passions into which we fall most frequently and which we find it hardest to resist

Which are the three sins that seem to cause most evil in the world?

Drunkenness, Dishonesty, Impurity

Name the virtues which are opposed to the seven capital sins

Humility is opposed to pride, Generosity to covetousness, Chasity to lust, Meekness to anger, Temperance to gluttony, Brotherly love to envy, Diligence to sloth

What are the faults in preparing for confession?

Too much in examination but little in true sorrow, recall every circumstance but none in means to avoid sin, earnest preparation but not truly on need of amendment

Name the 4 occasions of sin

Near occasion \= through which we always fall
Remote occasion \= through which we sometimes fall
Voluntary occasion \= those we can avoid
Involuntary occasion \= those we can't avoid

How must sorrow be?

Interior: from the heart
Supernatural: by grace (motives from faith, not by natural motive)
Universal: for all mortal sins without exception
Sovereign: for the love of God rather than for the fear of evils

Name the 2 kinds of contrition. What are their effects?

Perfect contrition (because of offending God): Sin pardoned - No actual communion until confession - One condition of perfect contrition is that sinner must go to confession as soon as possible
Imperfect contrition/attrition (because of fear of losing heaven and deserve hell or because sin is so hateful in itself): Sin not pardoned (must go to confession for sin to be forgiven) - Sufficient for worthy confession

What sins are bound to confess?

Mortal sin