Category Archives: Catechetical Life Night

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Puzzled: The Most Holy Trinity

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Goal of this Life Night The goal of this night is to introduce teens to the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity. This night will explain the Church’s understanding of the Trinity that has been given to us through Divine Revelation. Finally, it will provide teens with an opportunity to pray and meditate on who God is and what He does in our personal lives as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. About this Life Night This Life Night begins with a game that will challenge partners to decipher the

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All Who Are Thirsty: Faith – Our Response to God

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Goal of this Life Night The goal of this night is to introduce teens to the virtue of faith and the need for their response to God’s invitation of love – a love made most clear in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ. About this Life Night This night centers around the story of the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4:5-42), and her response of faith when Christ asks her for a drink. Naturally, everything about this Life Night is about thirst! The Life Night begins with a fun game that

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A Royal Pain: Suffering

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Goal of this Life Night The goal of this Life Night is to help the teens recognize that, while we all experience suffering at some point, it does not have to be in vain. Because Jesus Christ became incarnate, He could unite Himself with our suffering and give it new meaning. Although suffering is never easy, it always offers an opportunity for grace to abound and for saints to rise up from the ashes. About this Life Night The night will show that, in Christ, suffering has a great meaning

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God, Give Me More . . . Now: Jesus Teaches Us How to Pray

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Goal of this Life Night The goal of this Life Night is to help the teens develop a closer relationship with Christ through prayer. This night will examine the importance of prayer in our lives in a world that demands so much from us. It will focus on the example that Jesus gave us by leading a life of prayer. About this Life Night This Life Night takes a closer look at the importance of prayer in our lives. It helps us grow closer in relationship to God. The night begins with a skit with

Emmanuel: The Incarnation & Hypostatic Union

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Goal of this Life Night This Life Night will help teenagers understand the two natures of Jesus Christ as fully human and fully divine. It will help teenagers understand that Jesus Christ shared in our human experience and, as a result, understands our lives and suffering. About this Life Night This Life Night focuses on the Incarnation and hypostatic union of Jesus Christ. It follows a Christmas theme and begins with a challenge to create a new “Life Teen Christmas Carol” between all

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Light Up Your Life: Jesus Teaches Us About Ourselves

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Goal of this Life Night The teens will understand that the light of Jesus Christ reveals who we are and our call to holiness. Understanding that growing in holiness means conforming ourselves to Christ, they will identify an area of their life that needs to be conformed to Christ. About this Life Night This Life Night provides the teens an opportunity to see how Jesus reveals to us who we called to be. It starts with a Gather game that pits light against darkness. The game leads into a

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Life Teen Curriculum Guide 17: Scripture

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The Heart of Catechesis From the very beginning, the Church’s missionary mandate has been to make disciples of all nations. This mandate was given to the Apostles directly from Christ. This same mission continues today to be the most central task of the Church. In Evangelii nuntiandi Pope Paul VI says, “Evangelizing is in fact the grace and vocation proper to the Church, her deepest identity. She exists in order to evangelize” (#14). Within this great vocation of evangelization, we find the

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Word of Mouth: Origins of the Bible

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Goal of this Life Night The goal of this night is to help the teens understand how the Bible came together. They will recognize that God used human authors to write down Scripture and see how reading and praying Scripture should be an important part of their every day lives. About this Life Night This Life Night begins with a friendly competition of guessing specific characters in the Bible. After, the night will move into a teaching that helps the teens understand how the Bible came together.

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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