Category Archives: Social Justice

Life Night

On Loan

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal of this night is to help the teens understand how our faith calls us to care and protect the environment, and recognize it as a reflection of who God is. Finally this night will challenge the teens to live as faithful stewards of God’s creation. Life Night at a Glance: When you see a beautiful sunset, it is hard to deny that God exists. This Life Night explores our call as God’s people to care for the environment. The night begins with the teens working together

Life Night

Poor Me

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Goal for the Life Night: Based off of Christ’s own ministry, The Church teaches a preferential option and love for the poor. Using the 10th commandment as a foundation this Life Night will help the teens understand the true purpose of wealth and material goods. This Life Night will also help humanize the plight of the poor and the homeless. Life Night at a Glance: In His public ministry, Jesus spent a lot of time talking about and visiting the poor. He Himself was born into poverty! So what’s

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The Home Front

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Goal for the Life Night: This Life Night will explore the social dimensions of the sixth, eighth and ninth commandments. This night will help the teens identify the sins and lies that create a culture of death in the way they view themselves, their families and other relationships. Finally, this Life Night will help the teens understand their role in promoting and defending the culture of life. Life Night at a Glance: We all live in a world that has distorted the truth of who God has created us to

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Global Village

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Goal for the Life Night: This Life Night will explore the social dimensions of the fourth and fifth commandments. The goal for this night is for the teens to be aware of the factors that destroy the culture of life on the global level. Finally, this Life Night will show how acting locally can have a global impact. Life Night at a Glance: Through the gift of technology and media, we are truly a global village. We cannot pretend not to know about the strife, war and poverty around the world. We turn

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Domino Effect

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Goal for the Life Night: This night will help teens understand that their actions, either positive or negative, have an impact on the world around them. In particular this night will help teens understand the concept of solidarity and social sin. This night will give the teens concrete ways to practice solidarity in their own lives. Life Night at a Glance: This night focuses on how sin has a social effect on the world around us. It is important for the teens to understand how every action they commit

Life Night

Vita Nox

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this Life Night is to help the teens understand the history and development of the Catholic Church’s social teaching. This night will also help the teens rethink why each of us is called to be an advocate for Social Justice. Finally, this night will also reveal how prayer and relationship with God is foundational to our ability to treat others with dignity and respect. Life Night at a Glance: “Vita Nox” is “Life Night” in Latin. The social teaching

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Attitude Check

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal of this night is to introduce the semester on Social Justice and the social dimension of God’s love for his children by exploring the social dimension of the Beatitudes. Life Night at a Glance: This Life Night is the first night of the Social Justice semester. Before talking about specific issues of social justice, the teens must first know what God desires for his children. This night will explore the ideas of happiness, community and the role of the Beatitudes

Life Night

Gimme Your Digits

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal of this Night is to bring to life the universal call every Christian has to love and serve others Life Night at a Glance: This Night is a great night that focuses on our universal call to love and serve others. The Night starts with a fun matching game based on Emoticons that teens are so used to using when emailing or Instant Messaging their friends. The teaching focuses on Christ’s invitation to serve others as the way to recreate His image and likeness on earth.

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Ultrasound

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Goal for the Life Night:
The goal is to present the truth about the value and dignity of the human person and therefore the sanctity of human life. Life Night at a Glance: The title “Ultrasound” was chosen because when a child is in the womb the ultrasound is the only voice they have. The “Ultrasound”, although silent, screams of life inside the womb of a woman. The Night is designed to give a voice to those that the world pretends have none. Great resource for this night is www.abortionfacts.com.

Life Night

Filthy Rich

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal of this night is to present the Catholic teaching on the use of contraception/birth control and the need for us to live in trusting obedience to the Wisdom of God and the Church. Life Night at a Glance: At first glance, many people might be too intimidated to execute this night or mistakenly feel that it does not affect our teens. Do not allow the fullness of the Church’s teaching on this subject to go unshared. Young men and women need the Church’s truth regarding