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• A Greek composite word meaning originally a public duty, a service to the state undertaken by a citizen.

• The special gift of those who, in the Church of God, follow with a pure intention the ecclesiastical profession of the evangelical counsels. This term focuses on committees and associations related to encouraging vocations to the priesthood.

• A portion of a diocese under the authority of a priest legitimately appointed to secure the helps of religion for the faithful dwelling therein.

• The Indian Residential Schools were a network of "residential" (boarding) schools for Native Canadians (First Nations or "Indians"; Métis and Inuit). Funded by the Canadian government's Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and administered by Christian churches.

• The various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature, and dance.

• The process of communicating through radio, television, newsletters, newspapers, websites and social media.

• Women who have entered religious life and belong to a community of consecrated women.

Use for: Aboriginal

• Justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society.

• A large burial ground, especially one not in a churchyard.

Use for: WYD

• World Youth Day (WYD) is an event for young people organized by the Roman Catholic Church. World Youth Day was initiated by Pope John Paul II in 1985.

• Stewardship is an ethic that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources.

• Journeys made to some place with the purpose of venerating it, or in order to ask there for supernatural aid, or to discharge some religious obligation.

Use for: Transitional Deacons, Permanent Deacons, Permanent Diaconate

• An ordained minister of an order ranking below that of priest.

Use for: The Holy Father

• The bishop of Rome, successor of St. Peter, chief of the whole Church, and the Vicar of Christ on earth.

• Visits of the Holy Father to Canada, specifically Edmonton.