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1. GROWING UP CATHOLIC:CHARACTER ANDFAITHSister Kieran Sawyer, SSNDLA Religious Education Conference March, 2014

2. This PowerPoint can be found on my website. www.sisterkieransawyer.org

3. Character and Faith • What does it mean to be a person of faith? • What does it mean to be a person of character? • Can you be A without being B? • Can you be B without being A?

4. Character has to do with being good. To be persons of characterwe have to • Know what is good • Want to do what is good • Do what is good

5. Faith has to do with loving and being loved. To be persons of faithwe have to • Know who we are and Whose we are • Know that we have been created for love by Someone who loves us • Know why we should be good

6. What is faith?

7. Personal relationship with God Shared faith of the living community Formal faith of the institutional Church

8. Personal relationship with God Awareness TRUST Response LOYALITY

9. Shared faith of the living community (church small c) • Values • Morals • Attitudes • Priorities • Meanings • Beliefs • Expectations BELONGING

10. Formal faith of the institutional Church (capital C) • Scripture, tradition • Sacraments • Liturgy, prayer forms • Doctrine, dogma • Commandments • Morality • Government structures • Institutions ALLEGIANCE CITIZENSHIP

11. My goal as a Religious Educators • Help children grow as persons -- children of God who know who they are -- persons of character who know, want, do what is right • Help children grow as Christians -- develop a personal relationship with Jesus and his Father -- belong in a living community of Christians • Help children grow as Catholics -- celebrate Eucharist and other sacraments meaningfully -- be committed members of a Catholic parish -- know the factual data that supports their faith

12. My goal in creating lesson plans for middle school children/teens • Open their minds • Open their hearts • Teach them something • Deepen their faith in Jesus and his church

13. My goal during this session Share with you some of my favorite lesson plans and teaching techniques

14. Holy Eucharist: the Living Presence of Jesus Sister Kieran Sawyer, SSND Center for Ministry Development, 2013 Youth Ministry Access, Middle School

15. DT TRJ

16. Jessie Joy Rees born April 8, 1999 died January 5, 2012 Jessie’s Joy Jars http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=3791

17. The Jessie Story • one person • an idea, a message, a mission • people who love the person and believe in the mission • a system • remembering the person and the mission • involvement, enthusiasm, commitment • the whole world

18. The Jesus Story

19. Do this to remember me.

20. Jessie Story / Jesus Story • one person • an idea • people who love and believe • a foundation • remembering Jessie • involvement, enthusiasm, commitment • 50,000+++ Joy Jars • one person • a mission • people who love and believe • the church • remembering Jesus • involvement, enthusiasm, commitment • 2,200,000,000 Christians

21. Remembering Jessie Celebration Report of the Rees Foundation -- 2012 http://www.negu.org/events/2012-recap/

22. Remembering Jesus ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

23. DT TRJ Do this to remember Jesus.

24. What difference would it make if each of us could rememberthat Jesus is alive and present ??? HOME PLAYGROUND FRIENDSHIP GROUP CLASSROOM

25. EACH PERSON the GATHERING HOLY EUCHARIST THE LIVING PRESENCE OF JESUS BREAD and WINE (transubstantiation) PRIEST WORD PEOPLE IN NEED

26. Do THIS to remember Jesus: • go to Mass every week, BE there • have a positive attitude – open mind, open heart • really listen to the readings and homily • follow the missalette • sing, think about the words of the song • recite responses and prayers • offer the sign of peace, mean it • receive Jesus in communion, love him • pray for all the people in church

27. FEEDBACK • Did the lesson hold your attention? • Did you learn something? • Will it help you to get more out of Mass? • Will it help you to be a better Christian?

28. The lesson on Eucharist is offered to you FREE by Youth Ministry Access. Go to www.sisterkieransawyer.org >Publications >Youth Ministry Access >Middle School Series on Sacraments >Eucharist: We Celebrate the Living Presence of Jesus • Choose: PDF, Word, Ppt

29. RECONCILIATION: WE CELEBRATE REPENTANCE and FORGIVENESS Sister Kieran Sawyer, SSND Center for Ministry Development, 2013 Youth Ministry Access, Middle School

30. The lesson on Reconciliation can be found on Youth Ministry Access (Sorry, this one isn’t free.) The lesson doesn’t have a power point; I created this one just for you.

31. BECAUSE I LOVE YOUby Max Lucado • Shaddai • The village • The forest • The wall • The hole • The choice • Getting lost • The cry for help • The staff

42. BECAUSE I LOVE YOUby Max Lucado • Shaddai • The village • The forest • The wall • The hole • The choice • Getting lost • The cry for help • The staff

45. Reconciliation vocabulary • absolution • act of contrition • commandments • conscience • contrition • examination of conscience • faith • grace • justify or rationalize • mercy • penance • purpose of amendment • sin • mortal sin • venial sin • Reconciliation, Penance, Confession • repentance • temptation • vices • virtues

46. Guided meditation

47. Extend the Session Bible Study – Forgiveness Passages • MT 6: 14-15 LK 7: 47-48 • MT 9: 6-8 LK 15: 5-7 • MT 18: 21-22 LK 23: 34 • MK 11: 25 JN 8: 10-11 • LK 6: 36-37

48. Guide to the Individual Celebration of The Sacrament of Reconciliation • I remember 7. I receive absolution • I reflect 8. I give thanks • I admit 6. I pray for forgiveness • I confess 9. I do penance • I listen 10. I remember

49. Examination of Conscience • I am the Lord your God, you shall not have false gods before me. • I am your God who made you, who loves you, and who gives you life. Nothing should be more important to you than your relationship with me. • Turning away from God, failure to pray, showing no interest in God and religion, choosing “false gods” over the true God.(False gods in today’s world might be: money, fame, power, popularity, sex, sports, grades, freedom, success – anything that I consider more important than God.)

50. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. • I am your God who honors you and trusts you with the gifts of intelligence and free will. Trust, respect, and honor me. Never speak my name except in love. • Swearing, using God’s name unlovingly, showing disrespect for God and the people, places, and things dedicated to God.