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Loaves and Fishes: A Game of Feeding Others
A game that involves reading Scripture passages, answering questions, and making your way through a maze.
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Exploring the Healing Miracles
Read one of the following accounts of healing, and then answer the questions below.
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"It's All about God" Versus "It's All about Me"
Look up the Kingdom of God Scripture passage(s), and summarize the main idea in the story or saying in the “It’s All about God” column. Under the other column for that same passage, write how someone writing from an “It’s …
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Kingdom of God Readings
A list of readings from the Gospel of Matthew about the Kingdom of God.
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Jesus the Good Shepherd
Locate the following passages in the Bible. Write each verse on the lines provided.
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Reflecting on the Lord's Prayer
Next to each phrase from the Lord’s Prayer, write another version of the phrase, using more current language or simply putting the words in a different way.
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Jesus, the Expert on Prayer
Read the Gospel passages below, and write a summary statement or two about what Jesus tells us about prayer.
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John, Chapter 17: Praying for Others
Brainstorm personal family issues that are of concern to you as well as any issues that may be troubling your friends. Using the outline below as a guide, write a personal intercessory prayer in the blank space.
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Human Rights and the Life of Jesus
Match the events in Jesus’ life outlined below with the articles from the United Nations documents “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” and “United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child,” outlined on the handout “Human Rights” (Document #: TX003012), …
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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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The Birth of Jesus
A fill in the blank worksheet from the birth narrative of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.
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The Woman
An image where both an old woman and a young woman can be seen depending on the viewer’s perspective.
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Extraordinary Blessings
Look up the following passages in the Book of Ruth and briefly explain how one person blesses another in these verses. (There may be more than one blessing going on at one time!)
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The Life of Moses: A Chronology
Number the following events in the correct chronological order. After each event, note the chapter and verse from Exodus that describes the event.
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Proverbs from A to Z
Write proverbs, enough to fill twenty-six lines. The proverbs should address the problems and questions of people like you. Craft your proverbs carefully so that each line begins with the appropriate letter. (A longer proverb might take up several letters …
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Dilemma Decisions
A worksheet with tough decisions students may be faced with in their lives.
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Shapes of Support
Like Job we all need friends and family members to whom we can turn in our times of pain and sorrow. Fortunately our support comes in all shapes and sizes! Use these fill-in-the-blank statements to think about the people to …
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The Suffering of Job
A worksheet with questions about how the book of Job applies to the students’ lives.
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The Patriarch Family Tree
A fill in the blank family tree of several generations of people in the Old Testament.
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Promises
Describe the kind of promises that are made in the following areas, giving several examples for each one.
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Negative Speak
Fill in these blanks to create sentences that could relate to a modern-day situation—either your own or someone else’s.
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Gideon and God: A Dialogue
Read each Scripture passage as stated and then fill in Gideon’s response from the passage.
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Defining the Boundaries
Cut out each section below. In the space provided next to each element, number them in order of the importance they have to the people in your group, with 1 being most important and 8 being least important. Next to …
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Purim People: Heroes by Choice and Chance
A worksheet that has students list the qualities of a hero by using the letters from the word Purim.
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Questions about Elisha
An activity in the form of a talk show, Good Morning Israel, about the death of Elisha and interviewing people who came in contact with him.
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Getting to Know God
A worksheet for students to list the places they go to pray to God, listen to God, talk to God, and wait for God.
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Measuring Up David and Goliath
A worksheet where students fill in a chart using the story of David and Goliath as well as answering questions.
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All about Aaron
A matching worksheet about items and people that relate to Aaron in the Old Testament.
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The Fig Leaves of My Life
A craft activity where students cut out a fig leaf and draw or write the ways that they hide who they really are.
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Why Sacramental Marriage?
A series of short questions on Sacramental Marriage to discuss with a group, or personally respond to.
Pope Saint John XXIII (1881-1963)
He was born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli in Italy. Later he became known as "Good Pope John." During his lifetime, the world experienced two World Wars, the rise of communism, and the Holocaust. In the Church, there was fear of the …
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Comparing and Contrasting the Three Degrees of Holy Orders
A chart that compares and contrasts the specific qualities of bishops, priests, and deacons.
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Our Beliefs about Eternal Life
Use the information found in articles 32 and 33 of the student book to complete this worksheet.
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God’s Covenants with Our Ancestors of Faith
An activity where students are asked to work in groups to locate Scripture passages that show God’s Covenants with our ancestors of faith.
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The Format of the Pauline Letters
An outline of the features that the Pauline letters have in common.
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Two Kinds of Writing: The Catholic Letters and the Book of Revelation
A homework assignment on the Catholic Letters and the Book of Revelation using sentence completion, true or false, and short answer questions.
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Continuity between the Old and New Testaments
A worksheet on the connection between the Old and New Testaments.
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The Exodus
An assignment on the Exodus, comprised of fill-in-the-blank and short answer questions.
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Prayer 101 An Introduction
An introduction to prayer from "The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth" Teacher Guide.
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What Is Prayer
A worksheet, found in “The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth” Teacher Guide, that is based on students’ current understanding and experience with prayer.
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The Cardinal Virtues
A handout on defining the Cardinal Virtues and describing how a person who exhibits the Cardinal Virtues acts.
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A Biblical and Symbolic Look at the Sacraments of Healing and the Sacraments at the Service of Communion
A worksheet that takes a biblical and symbolic look at the Sacraments of Healing and the Sacraments at the Service of Communion.
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Sacraments as Privileged Encounters with Jesus Christ
A worksheet that looks at the seven Sacraments.
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Three Scriptural Images of the Church
An activity where students are asked to respond to each of the items for each of the three scriptural images of the Church.
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Could I Walk in Your Shoes?
A survey that will help students consider how difficult it might be to walk in the shoes of another person who may be quite different from them.
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Telling a Story of Baptism
A homework assignment on telling a story of Baptism, from Section 4 Part 3 of “Jesus Christ: God’s Love Made Visible.”
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Comparing Gospel Accounts of the Same Event, from Section 2 Part 2 of "Jesus Christ: God's Love Made Visible"
A worksheet on comparing Gospel accounts of the same event.
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The Tradition of the Ancient Israelite Priesthood and the Letter to the Hebrews.
A chart on the traditions of the ancient Israelite priesthood with applications and interpretations in the Letter to the Hebrews.
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The Book of Revelation: Message to a Persecuted Community
A PowerPoint presentation on how the message of the Book of Revelation pertains to a persecuted Christian community.
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Paul's Response to the Early Christian Communities
A group assignment on Paul’s response to the early Christian communities.
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Old Testament Themes and Images in John's Prologue
A worksheet on the Old Testament themes and images in the prologue of the Gospel of John.
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The Gospel of John: Myths and Facts
A worksheet on the myths and facts of the Gospel of John.
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The Reign of God in the Gospel of Luke
A group worksheet on how the Reign of God is presented in the Gospel of Luke.
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Symbols in the Book of Revelation
A reference sheet for the symbols that are used in the Book of Revelation.
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Major Points in the Epistles
A group exercise on the major points in the Epistles, which addresses faith versus works, unity, Gentile Christians, the pre-eminence of Christ, and Christian living.
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What Do You Know about Acts?
A word puzzle that challenges students’ knowledge about the Acts of the Apostles.
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Luke's Understanding of Jesus
A worksheet where students use scripture passages from the Gospel of Luke to discover Luke’s understanding of Jesus.
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Covenant, from “The Catholic Youth Bible” Old Testament Teacher Guide
A worksheet that uses certain Scripture passages to describe covenants, from “The Catholic Youth Bible” Old Testament Teacher Guide.
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Statements from the Catechism on the Sacraments at the Service of Communion
Several passages from the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the Sacraments at the Service of Communion that students can cut apart to use as study tools.
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Reconciliation
An article on the celebration of the Sacrament of reconciliation in the past and in the present.
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The Anointing of the Sick
A reading on the Sacrament of anointing of the sick, with a discussion of how the Sacrament was viewed in the past and how it is viewed today.
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The Rite of Penance and Reconciliation
A document outlining the Rite of Penance and Reconciliation.
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Scriptural Background for the Sacraments of Healing
Several Scripture passages that act as Scriptural background for the Sacraments of healing.
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Stories of Reconciliation and Healing
An activity where students use the spaces provided to write a description of a true story that illustrates forgiveness, reconciliation, or healing.
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Is Your Life a Eucharistic Journey?
A worksheet where students are asked to reflect on the relationship between their faith journey and the celebration of the Eucharist.
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The Eucharist A Sacrificial Offering and Transformational Event
Nine questions pertaining to the Eucharist that can be cut apart and used as study aids.
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The Eucharist in the Scriptures
A worksheet on the numerous accounts of the Eucharist in the Scriptures.
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Babette's Feast
A worksheet on “Babette’s Feast”, from “The Sacraments: Encounters with Christ.”
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What's in a Name? The Dynamism of the Eucharist
A PowerPoint presentation on the dynamism of the Eucharist.
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If I Ruled the World
A worksheet that asks students to think about how they would solve different social justice issues if they ruled the world.
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Mirror Exercise
An exercise that encourages students to reflect on how they are different from others, and how they can respectfully respond to these differences.
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Sabbath Reflection Grid
An organizational grid to help students reflect on how they spent their Sabbath.
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The Rite of Confirmation
A worksheet on the Rite of Confirmation, with blank spaces for students to write down important information.
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Confirmation East and West
A chart where students can compare and contrast Confirmation in the Eastern Catholic Church and the Western Catholic Church.
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Personal Experiences of Confirmation
Short answer questions on students’ personal experiences of confirmation.
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The Sacrament of Confirmation
A PowerPoint presentation on the Sacrament of Confirmation.
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Reflecting on the Meaning of Infant Baptism
A worksheet focused on reflecting on the meaning of infant Baptism.
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The Conversion of Saint Augustine
A reading on the Conversion of Saint Augustine, with excerpts from “Confessions and Enchiridion.”
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The Sacraments Seven Ways of Experiencing Christ
This chart contains a concise overview of each of the Seven Sacraments. Some information is left out for students to fill in.
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The Structure of the Liturgy
A PowerPoint presentation on the structure of the Liturgy.
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Preassessment of My Knowledge of the Church's Liturgy
A preassessment of knowledge on the Church's Liturgy.
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Temptations and Grace
Quotations and questions dealing with temptations and grace, from "Christian Morality: Our Response to God's Love."
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Celebrating Marriage
A worksheet dealing with the rite of the Sacrament of Matrimony, from "Christian Morality: Our Response to God's Love."
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The Fourth Commandment and The Ten Commandments
A worksheet regarding the Ten Commandments, especially the Fourth Commandment, from "Christian Morality: Our Response to God's Love."
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Mysteries of the Church: EUCHARIST
A documentary that provides: 1) A theological basis for the Eucharist, 2) An explanation of precisely what transpires during the Eucharist, 3) The process by which the bread of the Eucharist is created and 4) An instance of a Eucharistic …
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Mysteries of the Church: AFTERLIFE
This documentary discusses conceptions of the afterlife and explains the historical basis for and characteristics of heaven, hell, and purgatory.
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The Holy Spirit
This article is part of the Living in Christ Series. It offers a brief introduction to the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit.
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Paul, the Missionary Adventurer: The Comic Book Version
This resource is part of the Living in Christ Series. It is a project idea for students to create a comic book/graphic novel about Paul's adventures in the Acts of the Apostles.
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New Testament Images of Church
A worksheet where students are asked to read select Scripture passages and summarize what they say about New Testament images of Church.
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The Last Supper - PowerPoint
This PowerPoint is part of the Living in Christ Series. Students can participate and enter into the scene of the Last Supper through images and acting.
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The Eucharistic Prayers
This article is part of the Living in Christ Series. It discusses the Eucharistic prayers historically, theologically, spiritually, pastorally, devotionally, liturgically, cosmically and celestially.
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Resurrection: Past and Present Reality
This article is part of the Living in Christ Series. It discusses the significance of the Resurrection, including how it was viewed in ancient Judaism, in the time of Jesus and the early Christians, and its importance for Christians today.
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Symbols of Baptism
This activity is part of the Living in Christ Series. It invites students to reflect on the significance of key symbols used in baptism.
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Interview Questions about Your Baptism
This activity is part of the Living in Christ Series. Students ask the provided to questions to adults who can tell them about the details of that student's baptism. A reflection on the significance of the sacrament is done at …
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The Lectionary
This article is part of the Living in Christ Series. It discussese the lectionary and the liturgical year of the Catholic Church.
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What Is the Incarnation? - PowerPoint
This PowerPoint is part of the Living in Christ Series. Using scripture and the Catechism, this resources discusses what the Incarnation is and why it is important in Christianity.
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The New American Bible (NAB)
This website, run by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, is the official and only online source for the New American Bible translation. It does not have a good search (concordance) feature but it does have podcasts and videos.
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Mary of Nazareth
This article is from the Living in Christ Series. It offers a great introduction and overview of Mary through scripture and tradition, including Marian liturgical feasts and theological teachings and doctrines.
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Introduction to the Letters
This article is part of the Living in Christ Series. It offers an introduction to the letters of the New Testament, including information on the genre, the Pauline and Deutero-Pauline Letters, and the organization of the New Testament.
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The Acts of the Apostles
This article is part of the Living in Christ Series. It serves as an introduction to the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament, including its structure, writer, themes, and background.
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The Prophets
This article is part of the Living in Christ Series. It uses Scripture to discuss the role of a prophet as a spokesperson for God in the Old Testament.
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Getting to Know Mary
This activity is part of the Living in Christ Series. Students must find various scripture passages regarding Mary and reflect on questions about her life and personality.
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Mysteries: the 7 sacraments
The 7 Sacraments of the Catholic Church. What is a sacrament and what does it do? Is it just a symbol or is it a vehicle to transmit God's Grace? Find out on this episode of Mysteries of the Church.
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Fr. Barron Comments on the Real Presence
Another part of a video series from Wordonfire.org. Father Barron will be commenting on subjects from modern day culture, and how Catholics know Jesus is present in the Blessed Sacrament. For more visit http://www.wordonfire.org/
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The Sacraments at the Service of Communion: Holy Orders and Matrimony
This session from Catechetical Sessions on Liturgy and the Sacraments invites participants to consider the unique ways in which ordained ministers and married people serve the people of God, responsibilities that are presented in the vows they take in either …
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Lasallian Meditation on Saint Paul
June 30: Saint Paul 140.1 First Point The most admirable trait in Saint Paul is his all-embracing and ardent zeal, which he first showed by defending the faith of Moses, in which he had been very well instructed.1 Because he …
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Saint Paul: Interview and Worksheet
Interview with Paul This interview with Paul is from Breakthrough! The Bible for Young Catholics. On this colorful page, Paul explains his ministry and his legacy. Worksheet about Paul On this worksheet from the Student Activities Workbook for Breakthrough!: An …
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Paul: Missionary
[Paul] had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles. (Acts of the Apostles 14:27) Known as the apostle to the Gentiles (non-Jews), Paul was a leader in taking the Gospel message beyond Israel. With his trusted companions--Barnabas, John Mark, …
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Assumption of Mary - Mary as a Disciple
Begin an exploration of Mary as the first disciple by explaining the word disciple, which means "follower, or one who believes in the teachings of a leader." Invite the students to examine the ways that Mary was a …
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Adonai Shalom
Adonai Shalom “Lord of Peace” Adonai Shalom Lord, let there be peace in my heart, so that it may be open to feel love, kindness, and goodness. Adonai Shalom Lord, let there be peace in my life, so that I …
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Teaching the Rite Way
Mix a little ancient Chinese with some fifth century Latin and you have "the rite thing" for teaching sacraments. Let me explain. I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand. --Ancient Chinese proverb …
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The Book of Revelation:
The Book of Revelation is not so intimidating once you understand what the author was up to. Are Catholics afraid of the book of Revelation? Do our minds become confused when we hear all those sevens and l2's, and all …
