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Kid President - How to Change the World (a work in progress)
The video talks about how we can change the world in a positive way.
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Lord's Prayer Drama
This video is a dramatization that helps explain the meaning of the different parts of the Lord's Prayer.
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Children Pray the Lord's Prayer
This video is an example of the video you can create with the children for an additional activity.
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The Parables of Jesus 6 - The Prodigal Son
This video is an animated retelling of the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
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Empathizing (Religion in the Modern World)
This article provides several suggestions of ways to help students reflect on their experiences with people from different forms of religion in the modern world.
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Empathizing (Islam)
This handout provides several suggestions to help students draw connections between Islam and Christianity.
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Empathizing (Shinto)
This article provides several possible ideas of ways to help students see, experience, and better understand the Shinto religion.
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Empathizing (Zen Buddhism)
This short article provides questions, reflections, and suggestions to help students empathize with Zen Buddhism.
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Empathizing (Taoism)
This short article provides questions, reflections, and suggestions to help students empathize with Taoism.
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Worldviews: Religions and Their Relatives
This article explores two examples of modern worldviews and how they different from traditional religions.
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What Harm Is in Our Sun Dance?
This short article provides the point of view of a Blackfoot Indian about the illegalization of the Sun Dance.
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Facts About Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS
This article gives information about common STDs and AIDS.
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What Can a Person Do?
This article gives several suggestions of how an individual can bring about distributive justice.
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Letters in Paul's Day
An article that discusses the format of Paul’s letters and how they are different from letters today.
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In Mary's Voice
A reading that tells the story of Mary’s relationship with Jesus through her perspective.
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Human Rights
Several articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Ignatian Discernment of Spirits
An article that breaks down the differences between good and evil spirits.
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What Do Sisters Do?
An article that discusses the roles and responsibilities of religious sisters.
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“To Brother”: A Personal Story
An article written by Br. Armand Alcazar FSC, who discusses his view of his vocation as a verb, “to brother”, or “brothering” in teaching and community life.
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How to Teach Biblical Research
An article on how to teach students to conduct biblical research.
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Principles of Catholic Social Teaching for Business Ethics
An article on the principles of Catholic social teaching for business ethics.
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Critical Questioning Method of Engaging with Texts
This article is from the Living in Christ Series. It discusses methods for encouraging students to engage texts they are reading on a deeper level to benefit their learning and the classroom dialogue.
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Using a Wiki for Group Projects
This article is part of the Living in Christ Series. It discusses the use of Wikis for classroom group projects, including some suggestions and caveats.
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Reading Notes and Questions for Student Book Articles 9-12
This reading guide is part of the Living in Christ Series. Students can use it while reading other articles from the LIC Series to take important notes and answer significant questions.
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New Testament References to Eternal Life
This handout is part of the Living in Christ Series. It lists several passages in which Eternal Life is referenced in the New Testament. Students can reflect on these passages and answer questions about them.
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Catechist Tip Sheet 3: Effective Story Telling
Handout that Catechists attending Session need to print out/can use. Resource
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Catechist Tip Sheet 2: Active Learning and Faith Formation
Handout that Catechists attending Session need to print out/can use. Resource
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Program aims to get youth excited about Bible
Young people in the diocese are getting excited about Scripture and it's all part of a national effort called "Yes! Youth Engaging Scripture." YES is a Catholic teen-to-teen Bible sharing concept and to date, some 1,800 young people have been …
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Catholic Youth and the Bible: Moving from Biblical Literacy to Biblical Spirituality
Developing one's biblical literacy As a college student back in the mid-seventies, I was invited to be part of an ecumenical student Bible study. Born and raised Catholic, I don't think I had cracked open a Bible more than two …
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Dance: An Awakening
Ms. Sawaya Lamb teaches dance at Judge Memorial Catholic High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Wagoner, a former technical director at Judge Memorial Catholic High School, is now assistant principal at Saint Vincent School in Salt Lake City. …
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Using Literature in Theology Classes
Editor's note: The author of our feature article, Kathleen Hodapp, was one of the participants in last summer's workshop "The Catholic High School As Faith Community," held here in Winona, Minnesota, as well as on the East Coast and the …
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Service and Justice
We are standing on the brink, and our bishops are urging us to jump. Many of us don't know where we'll end up, and we aren't sure whether we'll land in one piece. Yet the sense of urgency is building, …
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A Thousand Teenagers Singing at Mass?
Every August, despite our enthusiasm to bring fresh ideas to our classrooms and curriculum, the same question lingers for us as we plan for another year of all-school liturgies: How do we get a thousand teenagers to sing at Mass? …
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A One-Day Retreat on Service in the Inner City
Our sophomore class day retreat focuses on finding spirituality in the inner city. It is a kind of "urban plunge" experience within a spiritual framework, and students go on this retreat during the same semester that they take a social …
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Leading Students to Hermitage:
Editor's note: A few months ago I met (by mail and phone) Sr. Mary Farrell, SC, who has taught at Saint Peter's High School in New Brunswick, New Jersey, for thirty-six years. Much of that time, she taught French and …
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Growing as a Faith Community
Over the past nine years as a campus minister and theology teacher at Saint John's Jesuit High School in Toledo, Ohio, I have witnessed and been part of the growth of our school toward the ideal of being a Christian …
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Once Upon A Time: Using Student-Generated Stories in Religion Classes
Religion classes should be interesting, if not compelling, and they can be if what is interesting is determined by the students. This, of course, is not a new approach. Learner-centered educational theories have been popular for decades. Using story as …
