Glosario

A fifth-century bishop and missionary to what is now Scotland. Feast day: Sept. 16.

A midday prayer service, part of the Daily Office.

A trainee in a religious order or community who typically has already trained as a postulant.

Period of training of novices in a monastery or religious community.

A female member of a religious order typically living a vowed life of poverty, chastity, and obedience in community.

A Cheyenne warrior and spiritual leader also known as O-kuh-ha-tuh and Making Medicine, Oakerhater was ordained deacon in 1881 and was a missionary to the Cheyenne Nation of Oklahoma in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Feast day: Sept. 1.

A lay person who maintains a close committed relationship with a religious community, without taking full religious vows.

An offering, generally of money, symbolizing the offering of ourselves, our lives, and our labor to Christ.

The portion of the Eucharist when the bread and wine is ceremonially placed on the altar. A collection of money customarily is presented at the same time.

Person who leads the Daily Office or another church service.