Category Archives: Paschal Mystery

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Heroes: Witness of the Saints and Martyrs, Purpose of Sacrifice and Suffering

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal of this night is for teens to understand the role of the saints and martyrs as holy examples of living and powerful intercessors. This night will help them to understand why suffering, sacrifice, and even death is an important part of the lives of the saints. Finally, this night will show how each teen is called to sainthood. Life Night at a Glance: Based on the popular TV show “Heroes”, this night looks at how the heroes of our faith, the saints and martyrs, are

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Go Fish: Discipleship, Call to Holiness

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this night is to help teens hear God’s call to discipleship and holiness. This night will also help them understand what it means to be a follower of Christ through practical applications such as prayer and service. Life Night at a Glance: This night brings the Paschal Mystery theme to a very practical level for the teens. This night is about the universal call to holiness and discipleship and how we are called to “drop our nets” and follow Christ on his terms,

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Coming Attractions: Eternal Life, Judgment

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this night is to help teens understand the Catholic view on heaven, hell, and purgatory, as well as how to live a life worthy of heaven. Life Night at a Glance: Many of the questions teens have about their faith involves the afterlife. This Life Night will seek to answer some of those questions as well as encourage and inspire them to live today in a manner worthy of heaven. The night is built around the idea of a guided tour of the afterlife. The tour starts

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Heart of Mystery: Paschal Mystery Explained

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this night is to explain the central mystery of our faith – the Paschal Mystery. It will also help teens understand how their salvation was won through Christ’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection. Life Night at a Glance: This Life Night is the pinnacle of the semester and the subject is the pinnacle of our faith. The challenge is to get your teens to approach the truth of their salvation with new eyes and a new heart. It is designed to look and feel different

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Trust Me…The Promise of a Messiah

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal of this night is to show how all of the Old Testament points to and waits for the promise of the Messiah. This night will also show that God is trustworthy in his promises, and help teens place their trust in the promises of God. Life Night at a Glance: No matter how hard we try to avoid it, we have all experienced our trust being broken by someone close to us. This night looks at God’s promises in the Old Testament and will help the teens trust that God is faithful

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Retro: Original Glory and Original Sin

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this night is to have teens understand that God’s original plan for humanity as reflected in creation was lost as a consequence to the sin of Adam and Eve. The teens will also see how the effects of original sin impact their lives even now. Life Night at a Glance: This Life Night sets the stage for the entire semester on Paschal Mystery. Before we can look at how salvation was won for us, we must know why we need a savior! The night starts with a fun game

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Life Teen Curriculum Guide 03: Paschal Mystery

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This book is the third in the series and breaks open the topic of the Paschal Mystery and Salvation. In this book you will find 7 Life Nights that break open this topic for your teens in dynamic and relevant ways. What you will not find is the issue and social Life Nights that used to be included in the LNPG books. You can now find those types of nights in the resource called Spotlight, which is also in your Life Support box. This Curriculum Guide includes: Retro: Original Glory and Original

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Big Brother, Big Sister

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal of this Night is to show the teens how they are a part of the communion of saints – our holy family of faith – and that God has placed a call to each and every one of them to pursue holiness and sainthood. Life Night at a Glance: This Night is a great night in which the teenagers will realize the big brothers and big sisters that they truly have in the communion of saints. The Night starts with a crazy matching game where the teens will be asked to match the saint

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Saving Graces

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal of this Night is to show teens in a tangible way what the Resurrection means for us today: what Jesus accomplished in the Resurrection and the power of the Resurrection still available to us in our daily lives. Life Night at a Glance: This LIFE Night is a spoof of the popular TLC show entitled “Trading Spaces” where people swap rooms and redecorate each other’s rooms overnight. The relationship to the Resurrection is that through the Resurrection our whole life

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Signal Strength

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal of this Night is to tie all of the semester’s talks on prayer and service to a point of culmination for the teens and lead them to a deeper recognition of the basic call in their lives to be holy. Life Night at a Glance: There has never been such a “connected” generation than that which we minister to weekly. In the last couple of years, the amount of cell phones at LIFE Night, has increased from just a few, to almost every teen, regardless of financial status.