What we believe

We know and believe that the Catholic Church was established by Jesus Christ and teaches the fullness of Christian truth. The Catholic Church bases her teaching upon one source: The Word of God. This divine revelation is transmitted in two ways: through Scripture and through apostolic tradition. Many assume that only apostolic writings are the word of God. However, according to Scripture, their oral transmission is also considered the word of God (e.g., 1 Thess 2:13, 2 Tim. 2:2, and 1 Peter 1:25).

We acknowledge that the Catholic Church, with the Pope at its head, is the infallible teaching authority of that truth through the Magisterium, which relies on both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.

In faithful submission to the Gospel, our beloved Pope, the teaching Magisterium of the Church, and our local Ordinary,