Category Archives: Creed

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Facing the Final Judgment: Eternity

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Goal of this Edge Night The goal of this Edge Night is to help youth understand what the Catholic Church teaches regarding our final judgment and eternal life. Edge Night at a Glance This night will help the youth to realize the importance of the decisions we make today and the importance they bear on our final judgment. The night is meant to draw youth in repentance and help them realize that they make choices every day to draw nearer or further from Christ. Our Catholic tradition teaches

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Creative Righting: Creation and the Fall

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Goal of this Edge Night The goal of this Edge Night is for the middle school youth to understand how creation is an expression of God’s love. The youth will also discuss humanity’s fall and our need for redemption. Edge Night at a Glance The creation story in Genesis is not a science book or a history book. In fact, the Bible is not a science or history book in general. The creation story — creation of man and his subsequent fall from grace — is less about how, or even the “what, where,

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Free Lunch: Salvation and Grace

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Goal of this Edge Night The goal of this Edge Night is to help the middle school youth understand how we are saved and the role of grace in their lives. Edge Night at a Glance This Edge Night seeks to help the middle school youth understand our salvation and the role grace plays in our life. Grace is a free, undeserved gift of God’s love to us. Salvation and grace are not something we can earn. We receive salvation through the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is in Baptism

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Yes, Mother: Mary, Mother of God

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Goal of this Edge Night The goal of this Edge Night is to give a better understanding of Mary as Mother of God and its implications for the middle school youth and their faith. Edge Night at a Glance As Catholics, we refer to Mary as the Mother of God. Since Jesus was fully human and fully divine, we cannot separate the two and just call Mary the Mother of Jesus. Rather, she is Mother of God because we can never remove the divinity of Jesus from His person. Mary is truly the Mother of God.

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Edge Semester Planning Guide 09: Creed

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Mysterious Love: The Trinity

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Goal of this Edge Night The goal of this Edge Night is to help the middle school youth understand the Trinity and that it shows us that God is Love. Edge Night at a Glance The Trinity — God three in one — is a mystery of faith. Although the Trinity is a deep mystery, we can seek to understand it with our greatest human ability. As Catholic-Christians, we believe in a triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity teaches us that God is love. The Trinity is a communion of three

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The Great Trilogy: Paschal Mystery

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Goal of this Edge Night The goal of this Edge Night is to help the middle school youth understand and apply the Paschal Mystery to their lives. Edge Night at a Glance This Edge Night will break down the three parts of the Paschal Mystery: Jesus’ Passion, His Death, and Resurrection (Jesus’ Ascension will be addressed in a separate Edge night). The Paschal Mystery is the central mystery of our redemption; it is here where God’s plan to save His people is accomplished through Jesus’ suffering

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Rise Up: The Ascension

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Goal of this Edge Night The goal of this Edge Night is to help the middle school youth understand the Ascension and how each of them is called to carry out Jesus’ mission on earth. Edge Night at a Glance The Ascension of Jesus takes place forty days after His Resurrection. The Ascension is when Jesus ascends into Heaven to be seated at the right hand of His Father. He gives His disciples the final command to “Go make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19) and then returns to the

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Back to Narnia: The Gift of Faith

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The goal of this Edge Night is to help the middle school youth understand that faith is a personal act. When we profess what we believe, we
are putting our faith in something that is real: in events that have already occurred, in promises that will be fulfilled and in a God who is personally in love with us.

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Edge Semester Planning Guide: Creed

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This current book covers The Creed. In this semester, we are presenting an overview of the Nicene and Apostle’s Creed. While each of these Edge Nights is about an aspect of our Catholic faith, it is designed to follow the Creed and help the youth to better understand what we pray each week at Mass. This would be a great opportunity to get each middle school youth a copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. As the youth learn about God the Father, Jesus, Mary, the saints, etc. they can turn