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Practical Tips for Teaching Teens to Pray

By | July 21, 2009

A few months ago I took twelve of my teens to our Lenten Parish Mission to listen to a talk about the Holy Spirit and evangelization. I’ll never forget it. I was sitting in the front row at the end of the pew next to my teens. The speaker asked us to open up our Bibles to the book of Leviticus. I looked down the pew at my teenagers and they all had their Bibles with them, along with pens, highlighters and notebooks to take notes on the talk. As I looked down the row I saw that all of their Bibles

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Words Matter: Communicating the Importance of Confirmation

By | July 17, 2009

If you have been working with young people long enough, it is entirely possible that you have sat through a high school production of the musical Into the Woods. The closing song is a cautionary plea reminding us that Children Will Listen. The refrain reminds us: Careful the things you say Children will listen Careful the things you do Children will see and learn Children may not obey, but children will listen Children will look to you for which way to turn To learn what to be Careful before you

Life Night

Superhero University

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this night is to help the teens understand that living a life in Christ is a heroic calling. This night will point out to the teens all the tools God gives them to sustain a moral life, live heroically for Christ and to find their ultimate happiness with God in heaven. Life Night at a Glance: This night brings the semester on Catholic morality to a close. Hopefully the teens have come to see the Catholic moral teachings as a guide to true happiness. But undoubtedly,

Life Night

Life Teen Curriculum Guide 05: Sacraments

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This book is the fifth in the series and breaks open the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church. In this book you will find eight Life Nights that break open these sacred mysteries for your teens in creative and engaging 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: Graced: Introduction to

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Sacramentals

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 The middle school youth will come to a better understanding of the use and meaning of sacramentals, how they remind us of the Sacraments and keep us focused on God. Overview: According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “Sacramentals are sacred signs instituted by the Church. They prepare men to receive the fruit of the Sacraments and sanctify different circumstances of life” (1677). Sacramentals are closely tied to our liturgical ceremonies that come to us from the Catholic

Life Teen Retreat

Full Filled Retreat

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Theme and Goal of the Retreat This Life Teen Retreat resource entitled, Full Filled, is inspired by and based on the book, Blessed are the Bored in Spirit: A Young Catholic’s Search for Meaning by Mark Hart. While it’s not necessary to read the entire book before attempting this retreat, we do encourage the Core team to read it, or to at least read the specific chapters listed at the beginning of each session to get a feel for the approach to certain topics. At its most fundamental level,

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Family Traits

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Goal for the Life Night: Building on the first Night, the goal of this Night is to show how the Church itself is the first Sacrament. Teens will come to a greater understanding that through the Church, the very Life of God flows into our lives giving us the grace we need to follow Christ and participate with Him in the building of His Kingdom and the ongoing work of redemption, and ultimately to be with Him for all eternity. Life Night at a Glance: The evening begins with a game show entitled “What

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Road Work Ahead

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Goal of the Life Night: The goal is to give the teens the broad understanding of what a Sacrament is and the incredible power available to us in each individual Sacrament. Life Night at a Glance: Many Catholic teens don’t really know what sacraments are or understand what they are all about. But, the Catechism clearly states “the Church affirms that for believers the sacraments of the New Covenant are necessary for salvation” (CCC#1129). The sacraments are central to our life of grace. They are