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Lesson 4: Creator of Heaven and Earth part 1

God created all things – visible and invisible. The most important creatures God made are human beings and angels. **** Read Lesson 4 Creation and Angels in the St. Joseph Baltimore Catechism book #2 ***** Humans Soul and body Humans are creatures composed of body and soul made to the image and likeness of God.Continue reading “Lesson 4: Creator of Heaven and Earth part 1”

Lesson 3: Sacramental Learning

What is a Sacrament? During sacramental learning weeks we will cover lessons that pertain to sacramental preparation. We have one child in the first year of Confirmation preparation and this will be a main focus; thinking about Confirmation. Our lessons will be varied and not necessarily align with our parish’s lesson plans for the sacramentalContinue reading “Lesson 3: Sacramental Learning”

Catechism Bulletin Board

This bulletin board came about through need. One: the need for the children to have something visual to see and Two: as parents we needed to have focus to keep us consistent in teaching. As we journey through the year for Family Faith Formation we determined that to provide supplemental lessons to our children atContinue reading “Catechism Bulletin Board”

Lesson 2: God the Father Almighty

The Holy Trinity is 3 Divine Persons in one God. God the Father is the first person of the Holy Trinity. HOLY TRINITY 3 eternal persons with equal power Father —————————-> Creator Son ———————————–> Savior Holy Spirit ——————————> Sanctifier (makes you holy) God’s life in us is SANCTIFYING GRACE the life of the Holy TrinityContinue reading “Lesson 2: God the Father Almighty”

Lesson 1: I Believe

Apostles Creed This year in the 2023-24 Family Faith Formation we will study the Apostles Creed. We will take words or lines of the prayer and dive deeper into learning the significance of this prayer. In the first pages of your notebook you will glue the 3 printouts of prayers. You will then glue toContinue reading “Lesson 1: I Believe”

Oral Tradition

Introduction This year in the 2023-2024 Family Faith Formation we will study the Apostles Creed. In conjunction with the in person classes our family attends at our Parish we will be creating supplemental lessons for our children. This year we have a first year Conformation student and a non-sacramental grade school student (fourth grade level)Continue reading “Oral Tradition”

Lesson Building

For the past few weeks this has been my dining room table. Piles of books and papers. Several mugs of coffee constant distractions and general disorganization. I do not have a designated work space in our home I have to carve out a spot on the dining room table. I try to set up 2Continue reading “Lesson Building”

Parish Visit

Saint Joseph Catholic Church Dayton, Ohio We attended the Assumption of Mary noon Mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dayton, Ohio. A holy day of obligation for Catholics this mass was full of a wide variety of people. Many families, elderly, and from what I determined given this church’s location inside the city, peopleContinue reading “Parish Visit”

Parish Visit

Saint Joseph Catholic Church Hays, Kansas We have been on vacation visiting family in Colorado for the past week. There we spent time enjoying the outdoors and all the wonders of Colorado with family. After stopping by a few more National Parks in Colorado we began our return journey back East to Virginia. On SaturdayContinue reading “Parish Visit”

Parish Visit

Sacred Heart Catholic Church Colby, Kansas Traveling as a family cross-country means we make time to find a church to attend on Sunday morning. We were heading to Colorado to visit family for a long needed vacation. Day two of our drive put us in Colby, Kansas for the night. We began our day withContinue reading “Parish Visit”