{"id":840,"date":"2025-07-26T08:11:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T07:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmarywellingborough.org\/?page_id=840"},"modified":"2026-02-15T20:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:15:01","slug":"sacraments-and-life-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stmarywellingborough.org\/?page_id=840","title":{"rendered":"Sacraments and Life Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-69e15a80e40c679b5047fc40bf52a40a wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#164e89\">Sacraments are things of the Church which are holy.&nbsp; The Church of England prayer book describes a sacrament as &#8216;<strong>an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace<\/strong>&#8216;.&nbsp; The Church teaches that there are seven sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony. These sacraments &#8216;touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life; they give birth and increase, healing and mission to the Christian&#8217;s life of faith.&#8217; Use the links below to find out more about Sacraments,&nbsp;what to do&nbsp;if you would like to have a child baptised, get married at St Mary&#8217;s Church or find out more about the Christian faith and belief.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/stmarywellingborough.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Fr-Lee-Ordination-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-793\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.500017387070974;width:444px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stmarywellingborough.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Fr-Lee-Ordination-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stmarywellingborough.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Fr-Lee-Ordination-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-50106ee448e18d089eeb14d9f1e90023\" style=\"color:#164e89\">Baptism&nbsp;(Christening)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9bd9171cf3c836444f489e17c39f9e24\" style=\"color:#164e89\">Matrimony (Marriage)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-99aa9e4c2bec1132a9ea744e6bf1439f\" style=\"color:#164e89\">Confirmation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5b6fb77b3dfbc7117b54a4b24f0bd387\" style=\"color:#164e89\">Reconciliation (Confession)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b3bd70505145ce0800de31a0af644fb9\" style=\"color:#164e89\">Anointing of the Sick<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-cb2d1f2e3912927ab43144a24c3f8abc\" style=\"color:#164e89\">Holy Orders (Ordination) &amp; Christian Vocation to Ministry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d2f7ece741f0414773b1792a9598c853\" style=\"color:#164e89\">The Eucharist (Mass, Holy Communion)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2c7d25295f27d9e42eaf351c4b656080 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#164e89\">The Church also ministers to the community&nbsp;at other&nbsp;stages of natural life&nbsp;which often mirror&nbsp;stages of&nbsp;our spiritual lives.&nbsp; Many people will look for the help and comfort of the Church at times of bereavement, anxiety, stress, relationship breakdown and other events within life which cause pain and difficulty. Please do contact Fr Robert, one of our assistant priests or members of our congregation if you would like to talk to someone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StMarysChurchWellingborough\/?locale=en_GB\">Facebook Page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacraments are things of the Church which are holy.&nbsp; The Church of England prayer book describes a sacrament as &#8216;an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace&#8216;.&nbsp; The Church teaches that there are seven sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony. 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