ahijado

ahijada

godson

goddaughter

baptism font

(think "sink")

novio

novia

groom

bride

vows

(think "promises")

dama de honor

las damas

maid of honor

bridesmaids

burial

(think "en tierra" - in earth)

grave

(think "tomb")

hearse

(carro...)

tombstone

(lapiz... writing on the tomb)

last rites

(executor of a will)

enterrar

verb - to bury

(en tierra... in earth, or in english - to enter earth)

verb - to lament

to mourn

arzobispo

saint

or holy

nun

(monje is a monk)

abbot

("Hey Abbot!"... Abbot and Costello :) )

disciple

bishop

(you can almost rearrange the letters and guess this one minus "h"!)

priest

(Jesus is The Priest who cures ALL.)

pope

(not to be confused with your dad or your lunch side order)

monk

(monja is a nun)

steeple

(where the "campanas" are... bells)

pulpit

(if you accent this wrong, you are talking about a baby octopus!)

vestry

(a part/area of the church)

Good Friday

Christmas Eve

(don't say "buena noche" which means goodnight!)

oracion

verb - to bless

(the benediction of the service is the final blessing)

carol

(christmas carols)

congregation

"the faithful"

consecrated wafer

(ummm... yummy)

gospel

(The Word, the Good News, the contents of the Bible)

halo

(literally the ring around something, as in the arreola of the breast)

heathen or

pagan

hell

(inferno)

herejia

hereje

heresy

heretic

holy water

(water blessing)

reflexive verb - to kneel

( a rodillas - to your knees)

ofertorio

ofrenda

offertory

offering

parish

(parocial school... the school run by the parish of the Catholic church)

piedad

piadoso

piety

pious

pecado

pecadores

sins

sinners (people)

rezar

orar

verbs - to pray

(orar is more common)

vestments

(sacred vessels used for communion, etc.)