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CST 101 | Call to Family, Community, and Participation
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CST 101 | Option for the Poor and Vulnerable
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Kid President - How to Change the World (a work in progress)
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The Body of Christ
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CST 101 | Life and Dignity of the Human Person
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CST 101 | Care for God's Creation
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Pope Francis Joins Religious Leaders of Different Faiths, in Fight against Modern Slavery
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Don’t Laugh at Me

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Mercenary, Slave, or Disciple
Students identify their motivation for doing good deeds before reflecting on the role of grace in their lives.
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Consider the Lilies
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St. Teresa's Prayer
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Open the Eyes of My Heart
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Let Faith Arise
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Do This in Memory

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The Two Feet of Service and Justice
This chart provides students space to create examples of acts of charity and social justice for several real-life situations.

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Reflections on Poverty in America
This handout provides a series of Scripture passages and real-life accounts to help students reflect on poverty in America.

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Married Couple Interview
This handout provides the outline for an interview of a married couple.

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Dear Millie and Mike
This handout provides several real-life situations that teens might encounter. Students are challenged to respond to the situations and give advice to other teens.

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The Roles of Men and Women on TV: True to Life or Not?
This handout provides questions for students to answer as they observe the roles of men and women on TV.

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Fair Trade
This worksheet provides questions for students to answer as they research and learn about the Fair Trade Movement.

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Extra! Extra!
Students read two “news articles” and evaluate the morality of each by answering a series of questions.

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Music to My Ears
Students evaluate a contemporary piece of music based on several different categories of violence and disrespect.

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Ways to Respect Life
This worksheet challenges students to think about how they can value the dignity of life on a day-to-day basis.

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Justice in the World
This worksheet challenges students to think about how the teachings about Justice from the Bishops of the World apply to their daily lives.

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Teachings from the Catechism
This worksheet challenges students to think about how the teachings from the Catechism on the fourth commandment apply to their daily lives.

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Which Way Shall We Go?
This handout provides a chart for students to list activities that are best to do on Sunday and those that should be saved for other days of the week.

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A Doctrinal Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt to find important Church doctrines, teachings and beliefs in the Catechism.

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The Transfiguration of Jesus
This worksheet helps students to read Scripture passages, answer questions about, and understand the importance of the Transfiguration of Jesus.
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Song/video "Lord, I Need You"

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Lead Me Not into Temptation
This handout presents different roles for students to act out from a real-life theft situation

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The Bible’s Practical Moral Advice
This worksheet guides students as they look up Scripture passages that give moral advice.

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Beatitudes Strips
A list of the Beatitudes organized to be cut into strips for a class activity.

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Exodus, Chapters 19–20
This handout provides a note-taking guide while reading chapters 19-20 from Exodus.
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Here I Am, Lord (Nature Scenes)
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The Face of Christ (Black & White)
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Come to the Water
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching?
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Words
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Saint Mother Teresa—Inspiring ‘Everyone, Everywhere,’
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What Is Social Justice?
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Voices of Youth on Social Justice
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Wrecking Ball
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Song/video "Man in the Mirror"
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"Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow"
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Crystalina’s Testimony (Part 1)—Love or Lust?
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Hold Me
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Servant Song
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Song "You Are Near"
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Hey, World
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Hope in Front of Me
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Live Like That
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Speak Life
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Seek Ye First
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Song "Word of God Speak"
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Video "God Speaks to Man: The Oldest Revelation"
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Song/video "God of Wonders”
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Ask Me
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Hey, World
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The Color of Love
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Here I Am, Lord
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Precepts of the Church
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What Are Sins?
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Holy Choices: Good Decision Making
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The Cardinal Virtues, Part 4: Courage
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The Cardinal Virtues, Part 3: Temperance
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The Cardinal Virtues, Part 2: Justice
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The Cardinal Virtues, Part 1: Prudence
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Help Me Find It
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The Sermon on the Mount and the Lord’s Prayer
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The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
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The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
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What Is Faith?
This PowerPoint accompanies Unit 5, Chapter 13, by discussing more deeply the meaning of faith and its connection to religion and belief.
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Jesus Reveals Our Inherent Dignity
<p>This PowerPoint accompanies Unit 4, Chapter 10, by discussing the inherent dignity of all life as shown to us by Jesus.</p>

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Lesson Plan for Lesson 32
A lesson plan for lesson 32 in The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth: Catechist Guide. In this lesson students explore what it means to use virtues and grace to live a moral life.

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Lesson Plan for Lesson 31
A lesson plan for lesson 31 in The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth: Catechist Guide. In this lesson students explore what it means to respect truth.

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Lesson Plan for Lesson 30
A lesson plan for lesson 30 in The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth: Catechist Guide. In this lesson students explore what it means to respect material goods.

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Lesson Plan for Lesson 29
A lesson plan for lesson 29 in The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth: Catechist Guide. In this lesson students explore what it means to respect the sexuality of ourselves and others.

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Lesson Plan for Lesson 28
A lesson plan for lesson 28 in The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth: Catechist Guide. In this lesson students explore what it means to truly respect life.

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Lesson Plan for Lesson 27
A lesson plan for lesson 27 in The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth: Catechist Guide.

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Lesson Plan for Lesson 26
A lesson plan for lesson 26 in The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth: Catechist Guide.

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Lesson Plan for Lesson 25
A lesson plan for lesson 25 in The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth: Catechist Guide.

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Lesson Plan for Lesson 23
A lesson plan for lesson 23 in The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth: Catechist Guide.

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The Consequences of Moral Decisions
This handout examines how actions, attitudes, and decisions affect ourselves and the people around us

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When To Keep Things Confidential
After reading several pieces of information that might be shared by a friend, students decide which should be kept confidential and which might be shared with others.

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Please Help
This is a writing prompt to help students reflect on what it is like to be a virgin in society today.

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Facts About Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS
This article gives information about common STDs and AIDS.

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Questionnaire on Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS
This handout provides a list of True/False statements about sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS.

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Role-play: "I'm Pregnant"
This handout provides two role-play situations in which a couple has discovered they are pregnant.

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Opinionnaire on Gender Roles (Part 2)
Students share their opinions in response to a series of statements about gender roles in society.

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Opinionnaire on Gender Roles (Part 1)
Students share their opinions in response to a series of statements about gender roles in society.

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Attitudes About Sexuality
This handout presents a series of statements about sexuality. Students are to indicate their level of agreement or disagreement with each.

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How Do I Know That I Am Fully Alive?
This handout asks students to rank statements according to their beliefs about what it means to be fully alive.

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Cases to Examine: Dealing with Conflict
This handout provides three situations for students to read and evaluate. Students must give a suggestion for how to respond to the conflict in each scenario based on the strategies in the book.

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Cases to Examine: Is This Euthanasia?
This handout provides three situations for students to read and evaluate. Students must decide if the story shows an example of Euthanasia.

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The Ending is Yours
This handout provides the beginning of a story about a teen who is about to break up with his girlfriend. Students are to complete the story following teacher instructions.

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Cases to Examine: Self-respect
This handout provides three situations where teenagers are not fully respecting themselves. Students read the situations and respond with suggestions that demonstrate more self-respect.

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Role-plays: Kindness and Truth
This handout provides two role-play situations for students to practice open, honest communication in a kind, truthful way.

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TV Truth: Keeping a Record
This handout provides a chart to help students keep track of the types of truths and lies portrayed on TV.

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An Inventory on Money Matters
This handout provides a chart to help students keep track of their expenditures during one week

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Perspectives on Sex
This handout provides several comments from teenagers about sex. It can be used as a discussion starter or writing prompt.

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Pushed Once Too Often
This handout presents a story about drug pushing in a school community. Students are challenged to reflect on several questions regarding the situation.

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Cases to Examine: Conscience and Guilt
Read the following cases. For each one, fill in the words that describe what kind of conscience and what kind of guilt the person has. Then write a sentence or two of advice that you would give to that person.

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The LISTEN Model
Briefly describe below a moral dilemma that an individual might face. For each section of the LISTEN process, fill in one or more things a person facing this dilemma might need to consider.

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Which Principles Apply?
he following moral principles (described in the text on pages 58–59) can be considered basic or foundational: a. Do good; avoid evil. b. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. c. The end does not justify …

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Getting to Know My Parents' Views
This checklist will help you identify how well you understand your parents’ (or guardians’) views on moral issues and whether you think that your parents understand your views on moral issues.

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"O Lord, You Have Searched Me and Known Me"
Spend a few moments quietly asking God to help you see clearly and honestly into your heart and mind as you begin this examination of conscience. Write your responses to the questions below. No one will collect this handout.

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Karma Marga: "The Path of Works"
For each of the following actions, write a selfish motivation and a selfless motivation. Responses have been supplied for the first action as examples.

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Correlation to Curriculum Framework
Correlation to Curriculum Framework Course VI: Life in Jesus Christ from Christian Morality: Our Response to God’s Love.

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Correlation to Curriculum Framework
Correlation to Curriculum Framework Course III: The Mission of Jesus Christ (The Paschal Mystery) from The Paschal Mystery: Christ’s Mission of Salvation.

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Correlation to Curriculum Framework
Correlation to Curriculum Framework Course IV: Jesus Christ’s Mission Continues in the Church from The Church: Christ in the World Today.

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Making Good Decisions
Chapters 38 and 39 of The Catholic Connections Handbook discuss the basic teachings about Christian morality. After reading or reviewing these chapters, complete the crossword.

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The Human Person
Below are five statements, written in code, about the human person. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a symbol. The same symbol represents the same letter in all statements. Review chapter 7 in The Catholic Connections Handbook, then …
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What is Catholic Social Teaching?

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Chapter 44 Summary: Respecting Sexuality
A nice summary of the Sixth and Ninth Commandments, and how God wants us to conduct ourselves in sexual matters.

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Chapter 43 Activity: Keeping the Seventh, Eighth, and Tenth Commandments
Students are asked to list 10 practical ways to keep the 7th, 8th, and 10th Commandments.

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Chapter 43 Summary: Respecting Truth and Property
A summary of Chapter 43, Respecting Truth and Property from the Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition.

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Chapter 42 Activity: Ways to Respect Life
Every day you have numerous opportunities to show respect for God’s work of creation in yourself and in other people. Respecting life means protecting oneself and others from harm, but it also means valuing life in everyday ways. The following …

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Chapter 42 Summary: Respecting Life
A summary of Chapter 42, Respecting Life from the Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition.

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Chapter 41 Summary: Honoring Family
A summary of Chapter 41, Honoring Family from the Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition.

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Chapter 40 Activity: First Three Commandments Crossword
Complete the following crossword puzzle to review what you have learned.

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Chapter 39 Activity: Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide
It’s not always easy to choose to do what is right, but if you listen to your conscience, you will usually know what choice you should make. For each of the following items, describe the choice you should make. Include …

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Chapter 39 Summary: Moral Decision Making
A summary of Chapter 39, Moral Decision Making from the Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition.

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Chapter 38 Activity: How Do I Make Moral Decisions?
When you have a difficult moral decision to make, how do you go about figuring out what you should do? Do you talk with your friends or a parent or other adult, or do you pray about it? For some …

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Chapter 38 Summary: Living the Moral Life
A summary of Chapter 38, Living the Moral Life from the Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition.

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Chapter 37 Activity: Living the Beatitudes
For each beatitude, write down how you live it in your own life.

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Chapter 24 Activity: Choosing Heaven Scenarios
How to respond in various life issues situations.

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Chapter 21 Activity: Living Discipleship
Living as a follower of Christ is easier at certain times than at others. For example, when a group of friends wants to do something that you know is wrong and goes against Jesus’ teachings, it can be difficult to …

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Life Issues B Activity: WWYD (What Would You Do?) Role-Playing Scenarios
How you would respond to different life issue scenarios.

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Chapter 14 Activity: Jesus Heals
Match column A with column B to complete the sentences about Jesus’ healing ministry.

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Chapter 13 Activity: Picturing the Kingdom of God
In Sacred Scripture, Jesus teaches about the Kingdom of God. Although the Kingdom of God will reach its fullness in Heaven, we can strive to build it on earth. On the lines below, describe what you imagine the Kingdom of …

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Chapter 8 Activity: Living the Ten Commandments
When God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses, he gave his Law to all people. The Ten Commandments give us a summary of how we are to live. The following tablets contain the Ten Commandments, with an example of how …
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Celebrating Life: The Human Person and the Rules of God
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Bad News Becomes Good
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It's Never Too Late to Claim Chastity
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Obedience to God's Will: Our Greatest Happiness
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Chapter 32
A PowerPoint presentation with information from The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition Chapter 32, The Moral Life.
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Chapter 31
A PowerPoint presentation with information from The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition Chapter 31, Respecting Truth.
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Chapter 30
A PowerPoint presentation with information from The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition Chapter 30, Respecting Material Goods.
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Chapter 29
A PowerPoint presentation with information from The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition Chapter 29, Respecting Sexuality.
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Chapter 28: In-Depth
A PowerPoint presentation with information from The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition Chapter 28, Life Issues: War.
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Chapter 27
A PowerPoint presentation with information from The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition Chapter 27, Honoring Family.
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Chapter 25
A PowerPoint presentation with information from The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition Chapter 25, Sources of Moral Truth.
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Chapter 23
A PowerPoint presentation with information from The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition Chapter 23, Introduction to Christian Morality.
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Chapter 15
A PowerPoint on The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition Chapter 15, The Last Things.
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Chapter 6
A PowerPoint on The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition Chapter 6, The Human Person.

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Chapter 32 Activities
Activities for Chapter 32 The Moral Life including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.

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Chapter 31 Activities
Activities for Chapter 31 Respecting Truth including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.

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Chapter 30 Activities
Activities for Chapter 30 Respecting Material Goods including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.

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Chapter 29 Activities
Activities for Chapter 29 Respecting Sexuality including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.

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Chapter 28 Activities
Activities for Chapter 28 Respecting Life including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.

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Chapter 27 Activities
Activities for Chapter 27 Honoring Family including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.

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Chapter 26 Activities
Activities for Chapter 26 Honoring God including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.

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Chapter 25 Activities
Activities for Chapter 25 Sources of Moral Truth including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.

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Chapter 23 Activities
Activities for Chapter 23 Introduction to Christian Morality including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.

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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 7 Activities
Activities for Chapter 7 The Promise of a Messiah, including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.

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Chapter 6 Activities
Activities for Chapter 6 The Human Person, including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.

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Living in a Material World
A worksheet where students are asked to rank items on their necessity for living a happy life.

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Handout: Key Concepts Underlying Catholic Social Justice Teachings
Catholic social teaching is based on some key concepts. By applying these concepts to different social issues, the Church makes judgments about the correct direction to follow.

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Handout: Morally Good or Morally Suspect
For each situation, determine whether the action is right, neutral, or wrong; whether the intent is good or not good; and whether the circumstances allow you to decide freely or keep you from deciding freely.

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Called to Share the Mission of Jesus
Questions about how we can imitate Jesus’ example in the way we interact with others.

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Lesson 32 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 32, The Moral Life.

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Lesson 31 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 31, Respecting Truth.

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Living in a Material World
Consider the following list of things. Which of them is necessary for you to have in order to be happy? Place a check mark in front of each one you feel is necessary.

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Lesson 30 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 30, Respecting Material Goods.

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Lesson 29 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 29, Respecting Sexuality.

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Lesson 28 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 28, Respecting Life.

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Lesson 27 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 27, Honoring God.

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Lesson 26 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 26, Honoring God.

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Lesson 25 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 25, Sources of Moral Truth.

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Key Concepts Underlying Catholic Social Teaching
Catholic social justice teachings are based on some key concepts. By applying these concepts to different social issues, the Church makes judgments about the correct direction to follow. In this lesson we look briefly at the following four key concepts, …

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Morally Good or Morally Suspect
For each situation, determine whether the action itself is good, neutral, or bad; whether the intent is good; and whether the circumstances keep the person who is considering the action from acting freely.

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Lesson 23 Summary
The lesson learning objectives and content summary for Lesson 23, Introduction to Christian Morality.

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A Living Sign of Hope
We believe that because we are transformed by faith in the Risen Jesus, his presence in the world becomes more visible through us. Read the following statements that are based on Jesus’ teachings, and then answer the questions that follow. …

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How and Why Do People Suffer?
In the boxes below, give examples for each type of suffering, and respond to the questions that follow.

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Core Beliefs Practices and Attitudes of the Catholic Faith
Each statement below is a core belief of the Catholic faith. Choose a symbol (“I get it,” “I’m unsure,” or “I don’t get it”) that best reflects your understanding of each belief. Then briefly explain what you might know about …

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What Do I Know about the Catholic Faith
In the time allotted for this exercise, answer each question to the best of your knowledge. Each set of questions corresponds to the units you will study in this course and represents content you will cover in more detail in …

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Dilemma Decisions
A worksheet with tough decisions students may be faced with in their lives.

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Ignatian Discernment of Spirits
An article that breaks down the differences between good and evil spirits.

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Being versus Doing
A scripture passage from the Gospel of Luke about Martha and Mary is read along with a commentary, and is followed by large group discussion questions.

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What Will God Call Me to Do
A reflection worksheet and class discussion on the video Gang Busters: One Man’s Mission to Stop Bullets by Creating Jobs.
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Marriage: A Call to Fruitfulness
A PowerPoint about marriage, children, natural family planning, in vitro fertilization, and abortion.

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Family Life
A worksheet with questions about the meaning of the family, the responsibilities of parents, the domestic Church, as well as the influence parents have on their children in their moral and spiritual development.

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Vocabulary for Unit 4
A vocabulary list from unit 4 that defines the words abortion, annulment, chastity, contraception, convalidation, disparity of a cult, dispensation, family of origin, in vitro fertilization, mixed marriage, and natural family planning.
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