Category Archives: Sacraments

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Vacation Bible School: Pentateuch

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Goal of this Life Night The goal of this Life Night is to give teens an overview of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, and to demonstrate how they prefigure and help us understand Christ. About this Life Night This Life Night utilizes imagery teenagers will be familiar with from children’s Bible stories in order to challenge them to a deeper understanding of Sacred Scripture, especially the Pentateuch. The first five books of the Bible can be difficult to understand, and

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Tweeting #Jesus: The New Testament

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Goal of this Life Night The goal of this Life Night is to introduce teens to the New Testament Epistles and explain why they were important to the early Church and are important to our faith today. It will challenge teens to imitate the boldness of the writers in their own communication with others. About this Life Night This Life Night focuses on the message of hope and encouragement found in the Epistles. Teens will learn more about the call to preach the Gospel with their lives – making

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Life Teen Curriculum Guide 13: Sacraments

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This book covers the Sacraments. In the first Curriculum Guide on this topic we broke open each of the seven sacraments individually. In this second Curriculum Guide on the sacraments, you will find Life Nights that focus on the sacraments in relation to one another. The semester will also take a deeper look at challenges to the sacraments as well as the importance of living sacramental grace on a daily basis. When planning your semester, we recommend that you look through both Sacrament Curriculum

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More Than Meets the Eye: Sacramentals

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Goal of this Life Night: The goal of this night is for teens to recognize sacramentals and be able to distinguish between the seven sacraments and the many sacramentals. The night will also expose teens to a variety of sacramentals so that they will be more aware of them and their deeper meaning when they see them. About this Life Night: Historically, the Church has made the assumption that children are seeing the sights, sounds and symbols of our faith in their daily lives. faith formation or religious

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Full-Filled: Living Sacramental Grace

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Goal of this Life Night: The goal of this night is to encourage teens to live out the sacramental grace that each baptized Christian has. This is a very practical night where we as a community will be challenged to recognize our call to bring God’s grace into the world through the sacraments. The sacraments give us power and the actual grace that we need to overcome evil and spread God’s goodness. About this Life Night: This night will begin with a fun relay where the teens will use different

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Alpha Omega: The Sacrament of Initiation

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Goal of the Life Night: The goal of this Life Night is to teach about the three Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Communion and Confirmation. The Life Night will also emphasize the importance of initiation and being fully part of the Catholic family. About This Night: Using an “initiation” theme, this Life Night will explore the Sacraments of Initiation. The night will begin with a few small group activities that resemble adapted fraternity games. After a teaching on the three Sacrament of

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At Your Service: The Sacraments at the Service of Communion

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Goal of this Life Night: The goal for this Life Night is to have teens understand the Sacraments of matrimony and Holy Orders as Sacraments at the Service of Communion and to encourage teens to begin living the self-giving love encouraged by these sacraments. About this Life Night: Two weeks before the Life Night, invite all the married parents of teens as well as any priests or deacons at your parish to come for the end of the Life Night. Send out wedding-style invitations requesting the honor

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Follow the Recipe: The Visible and Invisible Reality of the Sacraments

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Goal of this Life Night: The goal of this night is to explain that the seven sacraments are not only spiritual but also very physical. These physical elements are called matter and form. The teens will have the opportunity to explore the matter and form of each sacrament and what the significance is for each sacrament. About this Life Night: This Life Night will start out by gathering the teens and showing them how certain forms of prayer are appropriate or not appropriate depending on the situation.

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Rise & Walk: The Sacraments of Healing

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Goal of this Life Night: The goal of this night is to understand the power of the Sacraments of Healing both spiritually and physically. God is not only our loving father but He is also the divine Physician that desires to heal our brokenness and make us whole. About this Life Night: This night will be broken into two segments each with the same parts; part one will focus on the Sacrament of Reconciliation and part two will cover the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. The whole night will be

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Picture Perfect: The Sacramental Nature of the Church

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Goal of this Life Night: The goal of this night is to introduce the new semester on the Sacraments to the teens. The night will help teens understand why the Sacraments were given to the Church. About this Life Night: This Life Night kicks off the semester on the Sacraments. It is a fun way to get the teens involved in learning more about the Sacraments. The night will begin with the teens and Core members getting to know each other better while participat- ing in a photo scavenger hunt. The teaching