There are seven  sacraments of the Catholic Church. Sacraments are visible rites seen as signs and efficacious channels of the grace of God to all those who receive them with the proper disposition.

The sacraments are organized into three categories:

• the sacraments of initiation  (into  the Church, the body of Christ) consisting of Baptism, the Eucharist, and Confirmation;
• the sacraments of healing, consisting of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick;
• and the sacraments of service: Holy Orders and Matrimony.