Discover your gifts.
Explore your call
to serve.
God has given you gifts for the good of others. Take our free Catholic assessment to explore your charisms and find practical ways to share them.
Start the free assessment
Free assessment and results · About 20–30 minutes
No account needed
A clearer picture. A practical next step.
Explore how the Holy Spirit may be working through your experience, with guidance you can bring into prayer and everyday life.
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Your charism profile
See how your responses connect with different charisms.
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Scripture, reflection, and prayer
Understand the gifts and consider where you recognize them in your life.
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Practical ways to begin
Explore examples of service in your parish and beyond.
Gifts of the Spirit for the life of the Church.
Charisms are gifts of the Holy Spirit that help us bring Christ’s love to others and build up his Church. Teaching, encouragement, mercy, and practical service are among the ways these gifts can be expressed.
The assessment explores 23 charisms and offers a starting point for discerning your gifts. Discernment continues through prayer, experience, and guidance from people you trust and the Church itself.
Rooted in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 799–801
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Encouragement
Helping others find renewed hope, persevere, and grow in faith.
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Hospitality
Helping people feel welcomed, included, and at ease.
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Mercy
Responding to suffering with Christ’s compassion and attentive presence.
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Teaching
Helping a learner understand the faith and put it into practice.
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Administration
Coordinating people and resources so a shared purpose can be carried out.
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Apostleship
Helping people grow into Christian mission and carry its work forward.
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Caregiving
Offering dependable practical support for another person’s continuing burdens.
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Communication
Helping a message reach people in a form they can understand and respond to.
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Craftsmanship
Offering practiced creative skills through what you make, repair, or design.
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Discernment
Helping test spiritual impressions and recognize what leads toward Christ.
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Evangelization
Sharing the Gospel in ways that invite a personal response to Christ.
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Faith
Strengthening others to persevere in reliance on God’s goodness and promises.
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Generosity
Sharing time and resources with a readiness to respond to others’ needs.
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Healing
Bringing the needs of sick people to Christ in prayer for healing.
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Intercession
Sustaining prayer for the needs of others and the wider community.
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Knowledge
Seeking and connecting understanding that helps others know Christ and live their faith.
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Mission
Sharing Christ across boundaries of community, language, and culture.
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Musicianship
Offering music that helps others pray and participate in worship.
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Prophet
Offering words that call people toward Christ through consolation, encouragement, or challenge.
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Servant Leadership
Accompanying a group’s members as they grow in faith and responsibility.
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Service
Completing practical work that makes others’ participation and service possible.
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Trust
Looking to God’s power to act beyond what human effort alone can accomplish.
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Wisdom
Helping someone find a faithful way forward in their actual circumstances.
Explore Wisdom
Which gifts do you recognize in your life?
Take the assessment to explore how your experience connects with these charisms.
How the assessment works.
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Take the assessment.
Choose a saint companion, begin in prayer, and respond to 115 short statements about your life. Allow about 20–30 minutes, or save your progress and return later.
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Review your results.
See which charisms your responses suggest exploring. Learn about them through Scripture, reflection questions, and practical service ideas.
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Choose a way to serve.
Try a service idea that connects with your results. Talk with your parish, listen to feedback from the people you serve, and bring what you learn into prayer.
Put your gifts to work for others.
Your assessment is an invitation to put your gifts into practice. Offer encouragement to someone who is struggling, help another person learn, or lend a hand with a practical need.
Explore service ideas connected with your results. Talk with your parish, try a small step, and listen to feedback from the people you serve. Bring the experience to prayer and notice what bears fruit over time.
Learn from the saints.
We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses. The saints are cheering us as we follow Christ in our daily lives. Their lives show how the gifts of the Holy Spirit can become a blessing to others.
Learn how they lived their charisms, and find inspiration for putting your own gifts into practice. You’ll have a saint companion with you as you journey through the assessment.
Three example saints from the many you can choose.
A few things you may wonder.
Is the assessment really free?
Yes. Taking the assessment and viewing your results are free. You do not need an account.
How long does it take?
Allow about 20–30 minutes to respond to 115 short statements about your life. Take the time you need to reflect; there is no need to rush.
Do I have to finish it all at once?
No. Your responses are saved as you advance. Use Save & return later to keep your return link and pick up where you left off, on this device or another. Keep the link private: anyone with it can open and continue your unfinished assessment.
Is this a personality test?
No. It is a starting point for discerning how the Holy Spirit may be working through you to serve others.
- A personality trait describes a tendency in how you think, feel, and act, such as being outgoing or reserved.
- A charism is a gift of the Holy Spirit given especially for the good of others and the building up of the Church. Its focus is the good God brings to others through your service. A personality trait or natural ability does not by itself establish a charism.
- The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit strengthen our inner life with God, helping us grow in holiness and respond readily to his guidance. That spiritual strengthening also shapes how we love and serve others. Charisms are gifts of the same Holy Spirit, with a particular emphasis on serving others.
These gifts work together: growing closer to God and serving our neighbors belong to the same Christian life. Your results suggest charisms to explore through prayer, service, and feedback. They do not assign a personality type or measure your holiness.
Learn more: Catechism 799–801 , 1830–1831 , 2003 .
Will it tell me for certain which charisms I have?
Your responses suggest possibilities to explore. A score does not confirm a charism or measure holiness. Bring your results into prayer, service, and conversation with people you trust and the Church itself.
Can I return to my results or share them?
Yes. Keep your return link to revisit your results from this device or another. You can share your results link with anyone you choose, whether a friend, family member, spiritual director, or someone in your parish. Anyone with the link can view your results, so share it thoughtfully.
Is my assessment private?
Your answers and results are yours. We do not sell your assessment data. We do not share your personal results with a parish, diocese, or other organization for its own use unless you explicitly opt in.
Your answers to individual questions are not provided to those organizations, even if you choose to share your results. We may use combined, non-identifying information to understand charisms across a parish or diocese. Those summaries do not include individual answers or results, and must not identify anyone.
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