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The goal of this Edge Night is to help the middle school youth understand that morality is not about following a set of rules, but rather it is a response to God’s call for us to be in a relationship with Him.
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This current book covers Sacred Scripture. In this semester, we are presenting an overview of the books of Scripture, how they were written and how to read it. The middle school youth will have the opportunity to become familiar with the Bible and be exposed to several ways of praying Scripture. We strongly recommend that you have the youth bring a Bible each week or find a ministry at your parish that may be willing to purchase a Bible for each youth. Our hope is that by the end of this semester, your middle school youth will feel more comfortable with reading the Scriptures frequently.
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Objective: The middle school youth will take a deeper look into the serious topic of depression and how this is manifested in their lives. The sessions will also help the middle school youth to seek Jesus Christ to help them, as well as their friends and family when they experience depression. Overview: The middle school years is a difficult time for the majority of adolescents. Their bodies are changing, their friends are exploring different crowds, school tends to get more difficult and they
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Objective: The middle school youth will come to an understanding that we need to be spiritually poor in order to better follow Jesus. Overview: Poverty is a serious problem in our society. Homelessness, unemployment, underemployment, hunger and the lack of access to necessary medical care are problems the poor encounter. As Catholics, we recognize these issues and try to assist our less fortunate brothers and sisters in their struggle for a better life. We donate to charities, give of our time
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Objective: The middle school youth will come to a greater understanding of the Season of Advent and what Catholics do in preparation for Christmas and the Second Coming of Christ. Overview: Luke 3:3-6 states: “And he (John) went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every
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Objective: The middle school youth will receive a basic overview of the Theology of the Body and learn the importance of living a pure and chaste life. Overview: Between September 1979 and November 1984, Pope John Paul II gave 129 short talks about love and the human person, which would become known as the “Theology of the Body” (TOB). This study of how God reveals himself through the human body covered topics such as the Sacrament of Matrimony, sexuality, love, chastity and many others. It
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Objective: The middle school youth will come to a deeper understanding of the Church’s teaching on divorce and how to deal with its consequences in their lives. Overview: In today’s culture, divorce has become a norm. The majority of middle school youth come from families affected by divorce. This night will help teens understand that the Church is very clear on the issue of divorce. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: Divorce is a grave offense against the natural law. It claims
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Objective: The goal of this night is to look at the advantages and disadvantages of many of today’s technological advances, especially those in communication, and to encourage the middle school youth to use these forms of technology in the right ways. Overview: Advances in technology over the past 20 years have provided us with many new forms of communication, easy access to all sorts of information, and more efficient and effective ways of doing a variety of things. However, it has also changed
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Objective: The middle school youth will develop a deeper awareness of the season of Lent; its traditions and significance to the spiritual life of a Christian. Overview: The Lenten season is one of sacrifice, almsgiving, prayer and fasting. Few of our modern middle school youth are accustomed to these things, nor do most of them know the significance of the Lenten Christian practices. Lent is a time to shed all that interferes with our relationship with God. It is a time of change: a change of