A Love Relationship

It is paramount to our faith that we personally develop a love relationship with our Lord Jesus, not simply a theoretical or an intellectual understanding of religion. The Church is our primary dispenser of nourishment for that relationship.

Anchored in the creeds and sacraments

The faith of Christian Catholics is anchored in the historic Creeds and Sacraments of the Church. The clergy and the laity have no doubt that our faith, as confessed in the creeds, is real, true, and accurate. We believe that the Church must nourish and sustain the faith by its devoted defense of that Creedal faith. The instant the Creedal faith is compromised, we cease to be Catholic Christians, and we enter into a new age of distortions. There simply can be no compromise in the belief in God or in His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, or the Holy Spirit, nor can there be any doubt as to the importance of the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

A forgiven people

We rejoice that we are truly members of the communion of saints, that we are forgiven, and that we have eternal life in Christ Jesus. We believe that the seven sacraments were instituted by our Lord and that the sacraments are life giving, comforting expressions of love from God to His people. The Holy Spirit, through the sacraments, is visible and discernibly active in our lives and through the sacraments, the grace of Christ Jesus is given to us by the Holy Spirit. By grace and faith we are sealed as Christ’s own, thereby, we are fed, forgiven, cleansed, and made victorious.

Baptism and the Holy Eucharist

Our Church recognizes that all the sacraments are of equal importance, but a very special devotion is given to the Holy Eucharist and Baptism. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sin and the Holy Eucharist (Mass) as our supreme act of communal worship. The Mass was given its form by the Apostles, and we celebrate it now in its current form.