Church History
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Chapter J: Major Events in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Students order important events from the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Chapter F: Church Father Unscramble
Unscramble the names of the Church Fathers below. Then, under each unscrambled name, write one important contribution that the Church Father made to the Church.
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The Mission of the Church
Jesus has just risen from the tomb. Although you and all the other Christians are overjoyed, you now have to decide what to do. You are one of the followers who has been with Jesus for more than two years. …
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Revelation, Sacred Scripture, and Tradition
Using the information in chapter 1 of The Catholic Connections Handbook, find the word or words described in the clues below. Fill in the blank spaces below each clue. Then, use the letters from the numbered spaces to fill in …
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Chapter 23 Activity: How Much Do You Know about the Church?
The descriptions below relate to the Church, present and past. Write the word or name from the box that matches each description. Some words will be used more than once.
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Developments after the Second Vatican Council
A list of developments made after the Second Vatican Council that can be cut out.
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 7
The final performance task options for Unit 7 of Church History: Apostolic Times to Today. The options include creating a children’s book about the Catholic Church in the United States, or creating a PowerPoint presentation about the Catholic Church in …
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Chapter 15 Activities
Activities for Chapter 15 The Last Things, including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.
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Chapter 14 Activities
Activities for Chapter 14 The Organization of the Catholic Church, including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.
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Chapter 13 Activities
Activities for Chapter 13 The Mission of the Catholic Church, including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.
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Chapter 4 Activities
Activities for Chapter 4 Faith, including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.
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Chapter 2 Activities
Activities for Chapter 2 Knowing God: Reason and Revelation, including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.
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Chapter 1 Activities
Activities for Chapter 1: Being Catholic, including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.
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Handout: Scripture in the Mass
Find the biblical passages assigned to you, and then write on the line the words from the Mass that refer to or echo the passage.
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Lesson 15 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 15, The Last Things.
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Lesson 14 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 14, The Organization of The Catholic Church
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Lesson 13 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 13, The Mission of the Catholic Church.
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Lesson 12 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 12, The Holy Spirit.
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Lesson 11 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 11, Jesus’ Resurrection.
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Lesson 10 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 10, Jesus’ Death.
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Lesson 9 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 9, Jesus’ Message and Mission.
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Lesson 8 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 8, Jesus Christ: True God and True Man.
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Lesson 7 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 7, The Promise of a Messiah.
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Lesson 6 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 6, The Human Person.
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Lesson 5 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 5, God our Father.
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Lesson 3 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 3, The Bible’s Big Picture.
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Lesson 2 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 2, Knowing God: Reason and Revelation.
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Catholic / catholic
A worksheet that visually explores the differences between Catholic and catholic.
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Researching the Role of the Magisterium
Several strips of paper that may come in handy when researching the role of the Magisterium.
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Where Does the Church Say…?
A chart outlining different types of Church documents, the author and audience of each particular document, and what’s in each document.
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Who? What? When? Where? How? in the Local Diocese
An activity where students are asked to locate information about their local diocese.
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My Charisms
A worksheet where students are asked about ordinary charisms and religious charisms.
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Gifts of Holy Spirit
A worksheet where students are asked to explain each of the seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit and then compose a short essay on instances where the gifts helped them out in difficult situations.
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Marks of the Church
A chart that students are asked to fill in with at least two examples of ways the Church models the four marks of the Church, and at least two examples of ways they model the four marks of the Church.
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Five Models of the Church
An activity where students are given a chart containing the meanings, strengths, and limitations of each of the five models of the Church and asked to answer related questions.
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The Two Pentecosts
A chart used to draw parallels between the feasts of Shavuot and Christian Pentecost.
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 2
This resource is part of the Living in Christ Series. It offers ideas for assessing students who have recently learned about the Church, especially the birth of the Church at Pentecost.
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The List of Popes
https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 5
This resource is part of the Living in Christ Series. It offers various project ideas for students who have recently studied the Paschal Mystery, especially the birth of the Church at Pentecost, the descent of the Holy Spirit, and the …
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The Development of Catholic Trinitarian Theology
This handout is part of the Living in Christ Series. Students can fill in the blanks to learn or review key concepts about the development of Trinitarian theology.
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Vocabulary Review
This review is part of the Living in Christ Series. Students may use it to review key theological terms.
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A Christmas Legend: The Birth of Jesus and Gift Giving
Session Overview: This 2-hour session is designed to use role-playing skills for a presentation to an audience. Scripture: This session is based on Luke 2:1-20. Read the Scripture passage to the young people after the role-play, "Christmas Legend," has been …