The Sacraments

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The Sacraments

• The Sacraments of Initiation Batpism,
  Confirmation and First Communion

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Nov. 2nd All Souls Day

• November is traditionally the month we pray for
  the Holy Souls
• Eternal rest grant unto them oh Lord and let
  perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls
  and all the souls of the faithful departed rest
  in peace. Amen

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Tough Issues

• Sexuality CCC 2331 -2400
• The Creation of the World. The relationship of
  Science/Religion. The issue of Evolution.
  (Readers Guide to themes in the Catechism 4)
• The existence of evil. The existence of
  suffering. (Readers Guide to themes in the
  Catechism 5)

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Tough Issues (contd)

• The Role of Women in the Church
• Purgatory
• The Culture of Life vs. The Culture of Death
  issues such as contraception, abortion and
  suicide
• Stem cell research and other science related
  issues

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ESSAY ASSIGNMENT

• In the Catechism of the Catholic Church read
  Section One, The Sacramental Economy (paragraphs
  1076 to 1134) Also read in the Luke E. Heart
  Series Catholic Worship Section 2 Introduction
  to the Sacraments Section 3 Baptism and
  Confirmation /or the Booklets on Reconciliation
  and Eucharist. (kofc.org)
• In essay form, using the above resources and the
  discussion from class, outline in detail
• what a Sacrament is and
• then choose either Reconciliation, Eucharist or
  Confirmation and explain why it is considered a
  Sacrament, and
• what are the particular characteristics and
  effects of the sacrament you have chosen.
• Basically you are demonstrating an
  understanding of the readings and class
  discussion and applying them to one of the
  Sacraments you could possibly be teaching.
• Approximate length 1500 words
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Reflection Paper (Cancelled)

• Choosing your own grade level, (primary, junior,
  intermediate or senior), select one of the
  sacraments and explain how you would go about
  teaching an introductory class on the sacraments.

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Two developments recently

• 1) One very sad Bishop Lahey
• 2) One very encouraging permission for
  Anglicans to enter to Church.

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• Last week the homily focussed on the four
  lessons of discipleship. And the third lesson of
  discipleship that I mentioned last week was about
  scandal. True disciples of Jesus are careful
  about giving scandal.
• Well, we have had a terrible scandal this past
  week. Its been hard to hold our heads up as
  Catholics this past week. Im sure you all have
  heard the horrible news of Bishop Raymond Lahey
  of Antigonish being charged with possession and
  importation of child pornography.

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• I think we will all agree with Archbishop Anthony
  Mancini of Halifax when he was questioned by a
  reporter at a press conference. He simply said
  that he has been completely thrown by it. He said
  I am shocked and saddened by this devastating
  news. The Archbishop, who has been temporarily
  placed in charge of Bishop Laheys former
  diocese, then went on to say, It is a shame, a
  shame for him, (referring to Bishop Lahey) and
  for me and for all of us who are trying to do the
  best we can. It is difficult to deal with, to
  struggle on when our credibility takes another
  shot.

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• The following are selections of a letter that
  Archbishop Mancini read to the priests and people
  of the Diocese of Antigonish. (see
  antigonishdiocese.com)
• Good Afternoon ................ I have come to be
  with you in the midst of this sadness, pain and
  anxiety.  I come with what I have, that is, my
  care and my concern.  It is in this sense that I
  understand the shepherding role that I am asked
  to exercise here. Let me first speak to those
  victims of past sexual abuse and to all for whom
  this news rekindles past pain. 

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• These recent revelations take on the character of
  victimization.  I wish it were not so.  This is
  not what our community of faith is supposed to be
  about......
• I am well aware that everyone is in shock.  I am
  concerned with all who are trying to find any
  meaning in this devastation.  I do not have the
  solution to this problem, or the capacity to take
  away the pain, or the means to erase this
  tragedy. It may be that some would wish for a
  quick solution to the problems we are facing, but
  all that I know is that whatever the solution may
  be, it will be

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• a matter of collaboration and faith, and we all
  must do our part.
• I have come today to meet with the priests and
  diocesan personnel, to reach out to all and to
  attempt to ensure that all will be cared for as
  best we can.  It is important to recognize that
  we are standing in a place of brokenness and
  vulnerability right now.  In these very early
  days, we need to begin to look forward, not to
  escape this pain but to look at how we are being
  called to be the community of faith at this
  time.  This calls for a great deal of hope, and
  belief that we do

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• not do any of this alone. We are all in this
  together.
• I want to encourage the priests to gather with
  each other, that they may help one another to
  come to the greater appreciation that they are
  brothers in Christ, and so find the strength to
  continue in the ministry entrusted to them. 
  Also, I want to encourage parishioners to draw on
  each others faith as you carry this painful
  burden and grieve for the losses that we are
  experiencing.  If you can, bring this burden to
  the parish Eucharist, where we bring all

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• our troubles.  This is how we can continue to be
  the community of faith for and with one another
  in these times.
• I am committed in spite of everything that has
  happened to try to help us all get to another
  place, more reflective of the Gospel we are
  about.  This can be an opportunity for all of us
  to rediscover what it is to be the community of
  faith, to realize what the root of our faith
  really is, and how each of us helps to share the
  faith. 

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• We are going through a very painful contemporary
  experience of the mystery of our Faith, which is
  all about Passion and Death yes, but it is also
  about the promise of Resurrection, without which
  we have no future.  So I call on you to be
  hopeful because we believe in new life and new
  possibilities. Archbishop Anthony Mancini
• The comments I have personally heard is that this
  is a terrible betrayal. Hes a bishop  And that
  is very true. This is very sinful on many, many
  levels.

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• First, his own personal action is sinful. He has
  reduced the people in the photographs to objects.
  No one should be treated as an object.
• It is sinful towards the victims of sexual abuse.
  Viewing any pornography is abusive. It makes
  those in the pictures, especially if they are
  children, victims of abuse.
• Many people will find it hard to practice their
  faith because of this scandal. And so he has
  destroyed the faith of many, many people. I
  remember when I worked at KGH

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• I would come across people who had been away from
  the Church for years. Some expressed that they
  just couldnt practice when they heard of cases
  like this one. They just found it too hard.
  What could I say to that? My response to them
  was I am so sorry that choices or actions of
  some of my brother priests have understandably
  damaged your faith.
• This scandal has planted seeds of suspicion
  against all priests. It has damaged our
  credibility and trust in us. I was reading a
  blog that asked

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• Why are all priests pedophiles? I can assure
  you we are not. In fact per capita the number is
  far less than the general population. That being
  said, even one case is terribly sinful and
  terribly scandalous.
• Some blame celibacy. If priests could just get
  married. Its a very naïve comment. What does
  that say about marriage? Someone who worked in
  corrections responded I see a good number of
  pedophiles in my work and most of them are
  married and have children. So to blame celibacy
  is way too simplistic.

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• Some blame the media and ask why do these events
  get front page banner headlines? I dont blame
  the media. Its true the media doesnt report in
  a sensational way scandals in other faiths, that
  Im assured do exist there by my non-Catholic
  friends. The media sensationalizes Catholic
  priests and bishops when they fall because it is
  a scandal. It is sinful. They are holding us to
  the truth. They are holding us to the standard
  that we uphold and that we should be upholding
  ourselves. So when one falls we should be taken
  to task. So I do not blame the media.

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• What do we do about this? When people point and
  accuse us and say that Catholicism must be wrong
  because of this we must humbly admit that one of
  our shepherds has indeed sinned and sinned
  terribly. As Archbishop Mancini said we must
  focus on the truth at the core of our faith.
  Jesus Christ. Bishop Lahey failed in his
  discipleship of Jesus and his shepherding of his
  diocese. We condemn the failure. We do not
  condemn him. We need to pray for him. We need
  to pray for all who have been victimized by this.
  

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• Those in the pictures and each one of us who, by
  association as Catholics, have been victimized.
•  There was a full expose on As it Happens on CBC
  radio. Barbara Budd read a very insightful
  honest email that had been sent in to her show
  It said
• Given the spotted history the Catholic Church
  has with dealing with child abuse, I anticipated
  your interview with Father Abbas (who is the
  spokesman for the Diocese of Anitgonish) would be
  rife with slick, evasive, stock responses that
  spokespeople are want

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• to give when their organizations have been
  challenged. What I heard turned that expectation
  on its head. What I heard was a man who was as
  genuinely saddened and shaken as he claimed he
  was. And yet humble enough to neither blindly
  defend nor pass judgment. I applaud the choice
  of Father Abbas, or the Church as it were, to
  respond unscripted. The sincere pain in his voice
  was enough to convince me that the Church is
  changing with the times to a more humane and
  appropriate reaction to the monstrous acts
  committed within its walls. Email from Tracy
  Lothian Redden.

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• Indeed these are monstrous acts. Each one of us
  is genuinely saddened. Each one of us is
  genuinely shaken. We have all experienced the
  pain that was heard in Father Abbas voice. Yet
  like the author of the email said we must be
  humble enough not to blindly defend what is
  indefensible, nor to pass judgment.
• In the gospel of John Jesus turned to the men who
  were going to stone the woman caught in adultery
  and said Let he who is without sin cast the
  first stone. This is a time for self
  examination as a Church.

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• As we can see Bishop Laheys personal sinfulness
  has damaged the entire Church, the entire Body of
  Christ. This is true of our own personal
  sinfulness as well.
• How do we respond? As Ive said before. We must
  beat the devil at his own game. So now is not
  the time to back off from prayers but actually
  redouble them. Pray for victims of abuse of any
  kind, for healing and reconciliation. Pray for
  the people of the diocese of Antigonish imagine
  what they are going through. Pray for Archbishop
  Mancini who has had this thrust upon him.

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• Pray for Bishop Lahey and all those who struggle
  with internet pornography. Pray for all those in
  positions of leadership in the church. Pray for
  all your priests. And pray for yourselves and
  all those whose faith has been severely
  challenged by this scandal.
• It is sometimes very hard to have faith and hope
  when standing in the shadow of the cross. But
  above all dont let your faith hope be shaken.
  There are no crosses without Resurrections.

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• So we turn to the intercession of the Blessed
  Virgin Mary. We turn to St. John the Evangelist,
  St. Philomena and all the saints to intercede for
  the strength and humility we all will need at
  this time.

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The Sacraments

• Curriculum Resources
• And
• The Sacraments of Initiation

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General Thoughts

• The Sacraments are powers that comes forth
  from the Body of Christ (Luke 517, 619 846),
  which is ever-living and life-giving. They are
  actions of the Holy Spirit at work in his Body,
  the Church. They are the masterworks of God in
  the new and everlasting covenant. (CCC 1116)

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General Thoughts (contd)

• Luke 517 On one of those days, as he was
  teaching there were Pharisees, and teachers of
  the law sitting by, who had come from Galilee and
  Judea and from Jerusalem and the power of the
  Lord was with Him to heal. 18 And behold, men
  were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed,
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General Thoughts (contd)

• Luke 619 And all the crowd sought to touch him,
  for power came forth from him and healed them
  all. (Sermon on the Plain)
• Luke 846 But Jesus said, Some one touched me
  for I perceive that power has gone forth from
  me. (Woman with haemorrhages for twelve years)

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• Sacraments dispense the same power of Christ
  that he dispensed in his healing when he was here
  among us.

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General Thoughts (contd)

• The mysteries of Christs life are the
  foundations of what he would henceforth dispense
  in the sacraments, through the ministers of his
  Church, for what was visible in our Saviour has
  passed over into his mysteries. (St. Leo the
  Great) CCC 1115

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The Sacramental Principle

• John 1415-18 If you love me you will keep my
  commandments. And I will pray to the Father, and
  he will give you another Counsellor, to be with
  you for ever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the
  world cannot receive, because it neither sees him
  nor knows him you know him, for he dwells with
  you, and will be in you. I will not leave you
  desolate I will come to you.

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The Trinity

• The Love between the Father and the Son is so
  dynamic it is actually a third person, the Holy
  Spirit.

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What is a Sacrament?

• 1. A Sacred sign
• 2. Instituted by Christ (directly or indirectly)
• 3. To give grace
• 4. Entrusted to the Church (CCC 1131)

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A Sacred Sign

• Most signs give directions. Point to
  something else
• Sacraments are signs that actually do
  what they indicate i.e.
• Efficacious signs
• which also instruct

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ANOTHER DEFINITION

• An external visible sign of an Eternal
  invisible reality.

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• BAPTISM
• Water, the visible sign is poured.
• The Words N. I baptize you in the name of the
  Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
  Amen.
• The invisible reality that is taking place is
  that the Holy Spirit is being poured into the
  persons soul. The Trinity is taking up
  residence within the person being baptized in the
  person of Gods Love, The Holy Spirit.

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TO GIVE GRACE

• Grace is the undeserved gift of God. It is the
  Love of the Father and the Son poured forth into
  the recipient of the Sacrament

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The Purpose of the Sacraments is

• 1) To sanctify humankind
• 2) To build up the Body of Christ
• 3) To give worship to God. (CCC 1123)

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Instituted by Christ(directly or indirectly)

• It is instituted by Christ and is His action.
  Christ is not only present as the origin of the
  sacrament two thousand years ago, but, is really
  present and active in them now. Thus the
  sacraments do not merely signify grace but they
  actually give grace. He is active in each
  sacrament in order to communicate the grace which
  each signifies

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• This has to do with the fact that
• Christ is eternal, dwelling in the now.
• He has no past, He has no future, He is now.
• I AM

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• I The Sacraments of Initiation Baptism,
  Confirmation and Eucharist
• 2 The Sacraments of Healing Reconciliation
  (confession) and The Sacrament of the Sick.
• 3 The Sacraments of Service Matrimony and Holy
  Orders diaconate, priesthood, episcopacy
  (bishop)

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Baptism
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Baptism

• Sacred Sign
• Pouring of Water
• 2) Instituted by Christ (and entrusted to the
  Church)
• Matthew 2819 Go therefore and make disciples
  of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of
  the Father and the son and the Holy Spirit,
  teaching them to observe all that I commanded
  you and I am with you always, even to the end of
  the age.
• To give Grace
• A) Washing clean of original sin and personal
  sin
• B) Becoming an adoptive son/daughter of God
• C) Becoming a member of the Body of Christ, the
  Church and thus sharers in the Churchs mission.

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Indelible mark

• CCC 1304
• Baptism and Confirmation (and Holy Orders) are
  given only once, for they imprint on the soul an
  indelible spiritual mark, the character, which
  is the sign that Jesus Christ has marked a
  Christian with the seal of His Spirit by clothing
  the Christian with power from on high so they may
  be His witnesses.

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Duties and responsibilities that come with being
a recipient of the Sacraments.

• CCC 1270
• Reborn as sons/daughters of God, the baptized
  must profess before all humankind the faith they
  have received from God through the Church and
  participate in the apostolic and missionary
  activity of the People of God.

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Is baptism necessary for salvation?

• 1) Baptism is necessary for salvation. The Lord
  himself affirms this John 35 Truly, truly, I
  say to you, unless one is born of water and the
  Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
• Sacramental baptism is not the only kind of
  baptism
• 2) Baptism of blood
• 3) The Baptism of desire
• 4) Baptism of implicit desire. Every one who is
  ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his
  Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of
  God in accordance with his understanding of it,
  can be saved.
• 5) unbaptized infants

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WHO CAN BAPTIZE?

• 1) Normally it is a bishop, priest or deacon
• 2) Special circumstances. Anyone can baptize
  as long as they are doing what the Church intends
  and they pour water and use the words N. I
  baptize you in the name of the Father and the
  Son and the Holy Spirit.

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Why do we have the Sacraments at all?

• Baptism restores our likeness to God
• Other Sacraments either strengthen us
  or restore us to that baptismal state.
• Eucharist and Confirmation strengthen for
  daily life in Christ
• Reconciliation (Confession) and The
  Sacrament of the Sick restore baptismal state
  when lost
• Holy Marriage and Holy Orders gives special
  graces to live that particular vocation.

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Baptismal Liturgy

• Prayer while clothing with the White Garment
• N. , you have become a new creation, and have
  clothed yourselves in Christ. See in this white
  garment the outward sign of your Christian
  dignity. With your family and friends to help you
  by word and example, bring that dignity unstained
  into the everlasting life of heaven.

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Baptismal Liturgy

• While giving the Lighted Candle
• Receive the Light of Christ. Parents and
  Godparents, this light is entrusted to you to be
  kept burning brightly. These children of yours
  have been enlightened by Christ. They are to
  walk always as children of the light. May they
  keep the flame of faith alive in their hearts.
  When the Lord comes, may they go out to meet him
  with all the saints in the heavenly kingdom.

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• Joe Christian

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Lesson Plan

• Objective to introduce the Sacraments.
• Outline the four aspects of what makes a
  sacrament.
• Ask what are the sacraments and supplement those
  they dont know.

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Lesson Plan (contd)

• Break into seven groups and assign each one a
  sacrament. (This could work by assigning each
  group the same sacrament as well.) Ask them to
  take the four aspects and how that fits their
  individual sacrament. Give them the Scriptural
  citations that apply to each.
• Demonstrate the Joe Christian prop.

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CONFIRMATION
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Curriculum Resources

• Depending on which diocese you are teaching in
  you could be teaching Confirmation at Grade two
  with Reconciliation and holy Communion
• Or at any of grades 5, 6, 7 or 8.
• It depends on the preference of the
  bishop/diocese and the custom in particular
  schools.

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Curriculum Resources

• 1) We Celebrate Confirmation by Father William
  J. Koplik and Joan Brady, published by Silver
  Burdett Ginn, Morristown, New Jersey.
• 2) Stand by Me Year 8 In the Born in the Spirit
  Catechetical Program
• Unit 1 We believe in the Holy Spirit
• Each unit begins with
• Outcomes
• Key concepts
• Resources
• Paragraph citations to the Catechism of the
  Catholic Church

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Curriculum Resources

• Come Spirit of God Confirmation preparation for
  Young Children by Margaret Beck and Catherine
  Ecker.

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Confirmation

• Sacred Sign
• Laying on of hands by the bishop and the words
  Be sealed with the Holy Spirit
• 2) Instituted by Christ (and entrusted to the
  Church)
• a) John 1415-18 If you love me you will keep
  my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and
  he will give you another Counselor, to be with
  you for ever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the
  world cannot receive, because it neither sees him
  nor knows him you know him, for he dwells with
  you, and will be in you. I will not leave you
  desolate I will come to you.
• b) Pentecost Acts of the Apostles 2
• To give Grace
• Strengthening the grace of baptism
  
• Strength to live the gospel visibly in ones
  life.

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Grace received in the gifts of the Holy Spirit

• Seven gifts
• Wisdom and understanding, right judgment and
  courage, knowledge and reverence, and holy fear
  in the Lords presence (Isaiah 112) (CCC1303)
• Nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit
• Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
  goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and
  self-control. (Galatians 522-24)

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Curriculum Resources for First Holy Communion

• We belong to the Lord Jesus Year 2 of the Born
  in the Spirit Catechetical Program

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Curriculum Resources for First Reconciliation

• We belong to the Lord Jesus Year 2 of the Born
  in the Spirit Catechetical Program
• Call to Celebrate Reconciliation by Harcourt
  Religion Publishers, 2007
• Reconciliation Services with Children 18 Prayer
  Services to Celebrate Gods Forgiveness by Gwen
  Costello, Twenty Third Publications, Mystic,
  Conneticut.

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ESSAY ASSIGNMENT

• In the Catechism of the Catholic Church read
  Section One, The Sacramental Economy (paragraphs
  1076 to 1134) Also read in the Luke E. Heart
  Series Catholic Worship Section 2 Introduction
  to the Sacraments Section 3 Baptism and
  Confirmation /or the Booklets on Reconciliation
  and Eucharist. (kofc.org)
• In essay form, using the above resources and the
  discussion from class, outline in detail
• what a Sacrament is and
• then choose either Reconciliation, Eucharist or
  Confirmation and explain why it is considered a
  Sacrament, and
• what are the particular characteristics and
  effects of the sacrament you have chosen.
• Basically you are demonstrating an
  understanding of the readings and class
  discussion and applying them to one of the
  Sacraments you could possibly be teaching.
• Approximate length 1500 words
  stjohnsgananoque.ca