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Life Issues Sample Lesson
A sample lesson of the Life Issues from Connect: Bringing Faith to Life parish faith formation program.
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Reviewing Live Jesus in Our Hearts Curriculum ? Start here
Learning Objectives for All Courses Revelation and the Old Testament Jesus Christ and The New Testament The Paschal Mystery and the Gospels The Church Foundations and Mission Sacraments and God's Grace Morality and God's Love Teacher Resources Primary …
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Using Scripture
There was a time when many Catholics felt discouraged from reading Sacred Scripture for fear of misinterpreting it. Today, the Church encourages regular use of the Bible and even serious study of it among all Catholics. Scripture plays a critical …
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Helping Young Adolescents Pay Attention
Catechists working with young adolescents face the challenge of capturing and keeping their students’ attention during sessions. A wandering mind and a short attention span is natural during adolescence. In addition, some students have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention …
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Effective Group Management
Effective group management is grounded in positive relationships of mutual respect between teachers and students and among students. Viewing young people in a positive light requires dispelling stereotypes that portray them as uncontrollable, disrespectful, and rude. When classes for students …
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Effective Storytelling
Stories are often the best way to capture and convey the power of deep truths and significant relationships. Consider how people are enamored when someone tells the story of meeting and falling in love with their spouse or recalls the …
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Active Learning and Faith Formation
Experience is the best teacher. Once you learn to ride a bike, you never forget—not because you read about it, but because you did it. It is difficult to forget something learned through experience. People tend to learn least through …
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Developmental Characteristics of Young Adolescents
Adolescence is a critical time of identity formation. With the onset of puberty comes an explosion of growth of many kinds: physical, intellectual, emotional, social, moral, and spiritual. Understanding the nature and scope of adolescent development and responding appropriately requires …
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Using Scripture
There was a time when many Catholics felt discouraged from reading Sacred Scripture for fear of misinterpreting it. Today, the Church encourages regular use of the Bible and even serious study of it among all Catholics. Scripture plays a critical …
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Helping Young Adolescents Pay Attention
Teachers working with young adolescents face the challenge of capturing and keeping their students’ attention during sessions. A wandering mind and a short attention span is natural during adolescence. In addition, some students have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention …
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Effective Group Management
Effective group management is grounded in positive relationships of mutual respect between teachers and students and among students. Viewing young people in a positive light requires dispelling stereotypes that portray them as uncontrollable, disrespectful, and rude. When classes for students …
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Effective Storytelling
Stories are often the best way to capture and convey the power of deep truths and significant relationships. Consider how people are enamored when someone tells the story of meeting and falling in love with their spouse or recalls the …
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Active Learning and Faith Formation
Experience is the best teacher. Once you learn to ride a bike, you never forget—not because you read about it, but because you did it. It is difficult to forget something learned through experience. People tend to learn least through …
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Developmental Characteristics of Young Adolescents
Adolescence is a critical time of identity formation. With the onset of puberty comes an explosion of growth of many kinds: physical, intellectual, emotional, social, moral, and spiritual. Understanding the nature and scope of adolescent development and responding appropriately requires …
