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Kid President - How to Change the World (a work in progress)

The video talks about how we can change the world in a positive way.

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Lord's Prayer Drama

This video is a dramatization that helps explain the meaning of the different parts of the Lord's Prayer.

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To Know Another

An individual worksheet where students rank the importance of discovering specific types of information about another person

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Handout: Psalm 23

An adaptation of Psalm 23 to be used in prayer or reflection

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Isaiah: The Peaceable Kingdom Is Coming!

This handout offers a brief look at the use of Isaiah’s visions of the kingdom during Advent.

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For Love Is Stronger than Death

A reading of the Resurrection story from Luke's Gospel.

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Who Is Your God?

This handout presents a list of different definitions and identities for God. Students are asked to choose ones that resonate with them.

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Our Culture, Our Selves

This handout asks students to rank a list of items in life and society according to their importance.

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Communication in My Family

This handout helps students to explore the communication and relationship they have with their parents by asking a series of reflective questions for students to answer.

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Telling Our Body's Story

This handout helps teens reflect on their body image and the influences on their attitudes towards their bodies.

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Relationships in Marriage

This handout presents numerous questions about healthy, life-long marriages for students to think about and answer.

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Cases to Examine: Changing Roles

This handout presents several real-life family situations about which students must evaluate and make a decision.

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Cases to Examine: Parenting Dilemmas

This handout provides several examples of parenting dilemmas. Students are to read the situations, choose a course of action, and explain their thoughts.

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Paths to Marriage

This handout gives a brief explanation for several types of relationships that end in marriage. Students are then asked to evaluate the reading and complete a journal prompt.

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Cases to Examine: Dealing with Conflict

This handout provides three situations for students to read and evaluate. Students must give a suggestion for how to respond to the conflict in each scenario based on the strategies in the book.

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Perspectives on Sex

This handout provides several comments from teenagers about sex. It can be used as a discussion starter or writing prompt.

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Three Perspectives on Drugs

This handout provides three different comments from teens about their drug and alcohol usage. This can be used as a discussion starter.

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Grandpa and Tim

Read the following story and be prepared to discuss it in class.

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Saint Joan of Arc: A Brief Biography

A biography of Saint Joan of Arc.

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The Eucharist in Mathari Valley

In 1986, Fr. Jim Notebaart flew to Nairobi, Kenya, to live and work as a missioner. Years later, he told an audience in the United States about an experience of Eucharist as transformation. Read this story and, on a separate …

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Lazarus and the Rich Man: A Sequel

Characters: Reader, Narrator, Servant, Levi, Hannah, Isaiah, Simeon.

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, sets the international standard for human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has thirty articles. The following list paraphrases and summarizes the articles from …

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Prayer Is...

Read the following descriptions of prayer by various authors. Choose one description that best fits how you see prayer. Or formulate your own description using a couple of these.

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Seeing with Faith, Acting in Faith

Read the two pieces of writing below thoughtfully and carefully.

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"In the Beginning Was the Word"

The Incarnation, a core doctrine of Christianity, states that in Jesus Christ, God became fully human while remaining fully divine. In the Gospel of John, chapter 1, verses 1 through 18, we see one of the earliest expressions of that …

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"The Dance of Love"

The story of the Dance of Love.

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Hearing the Voice of God

A personal story about tuning out the noise and tuning in to God through prayer and quiet reflection.

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Touching the Lives of Others

A personal story about the mission and ministry of those in consecrated life.

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Ministering with Joy

A personal story about the joy and fulfillment of answering God’s call.

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The Gift of Commitment

A personal story about the joy of commitment in marriage.

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Recognizing the Presence of God

A personal story about recognizing the presence of God, and answering his call with confidence and joy.

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Celebrating Life: The Human Person and the Rules of God

A personal story about the life affirming ‘yeses’ within the Church.

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The Gift of Catholic Education: A Treasure to Inherit

A personal story about Catholic education.

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Unity Under Christ

A personal story about being open in sharing our faith and receiving the faith of others.

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The Holy Spirit Is Always at Work

A personal story about the constant work of the Holy Spirit.

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Striving and Competing for God

A personal story about striving to attain eternal life.

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Faith Alive

A personal story about God’s call to serve others.

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Prayer in the Zone

A personal story about praying while 'in the zone.'

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Love in Humble Service

A personal story about showing love through humble service.

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Bad News Becomes Good

A personal story about the Parable of the Fig Tree from the Gospel of Luke.

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Use Your Imagination

A personal story about experiencing the stories of the New Testament in new ways through imagination.

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God Leads Us to Action

A personal story about leading a just life every day.

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Make a Connection with People in Need

A personal story about having a spirit of solidarity with those in need.

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Defending a Friend's Dignity

A personal story about defending the dignity of others.

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Putting the Circle in Action

A personal story about using the circle of social action.

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What are you Called to do?

A personal story about actively living out the principles of social justice.

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The Wise Old Man on the Porch

A personal story about seeing the Church as a wise elder sitting on a porch.

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It's Never Too Late to Claim Chastity

A personal story about how it’s never too late to recommit to chastity.

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Following God's Will

A personal story about achieving good things by following God’s Will.

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Our Commitment to God

A personal story about being committed to God.

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Obedience to God's Will: Our Greatest Happiness

A personal story about how rules are created out of love and how obedience to those rules ensures lasting happiness.

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Fall in Love With God

A personal story about being intentional about our Christian discipleship.

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Is God Calling Me?

A personal story about discerning God’s call.

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Find the Source of Salvation

A personal story about the mission of the Church to share the good news of salvation with others.

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Around the World in More Than Eighty Days

Let’s take a glance around the globe to see some of the missionary efforts that began during the Fifteenth through Seventeenth centuries.

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Belief and Violence: The Crusades

A reading about the Crusades.

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Islam: Historical Orgins

Islam began almost two thousand years after the start of Judaism and more than six hundred years after Christianity. In fact, Islam, which goes back to the seventh century, began in support of the monotheism of these two religions, and …

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The East-West Split

Looking back over the first 1500 years of Church history, the picture is not one of perfect harmony. Political conflicts, religious controversies, invasions, and condemnations created sometimes occasional, sometimes lasting rifts. For the Eastern Church and the Latin Church, the …

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The Divinity of Jesus: An Early Christian Debate

A reading about the early Christian debate over the divinity of Jesus.

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Handout: Morally Good or Morally Suspect

For each situation, determine whether the action is right, neutral, or wrong; whether the intent is good or not good; and whether the circumstances allow you to decide freely or keep you from deciding freely.

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Handout: Being Catholic

Being Catholic: Beliefs, Practices, and Attitudes.

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Key Concepts Underlying Catholic Social Teaching

Catholic social justice teachings are based on some key concepts. By applying these concepts to different social issues, the Church makes judgments about the correct direction to follow. In this lesson we look briefly at the following four key concepts, …

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Building the Table of the Lord

Descriptions of the Eucharist as the source and summit of Christian life, thanksgiving, memorial sacrifice, and the presence of Christ.

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Fourteen Effects of Baptism

A list of the fourteen effects of Baptism.

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The Holy Trinity

Descriptions of each person of the trinity.

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Phillip's Story

The story of Phillip, an eight-year-old boy with down syndrome.

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Beliefs Practices and Attitudes

The beliefs, practices, and attitudes of the Catholic faith.

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Aquinas’s Five Proofs for the Existence of God

The Summa Theologica is a famous work written by Saint Thomas Aquinas between AD 1265 and 1274. It is divided into three main parts and presents reasoning for almost all core Christian beliefs. The Summa Theologica is well known for …

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Resurrection Passages

Several Resurrection passages from Scripture.

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Passion Passages

Scripture passages from all four Gospels on the Passion of Jesus Christ.

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Scripture Passages on Morality

A collection of Scripture passages focused on morality.

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Paul's Cultural Context

A reading on Paul’s cultural context.

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Formation of the Canon

An article on the formation of the Canon.

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The Gettysburg Address

A copy of the Gettysburg Address.

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Old and New Testament Passages

A chart showing the similarities between Scripture passages in the Old Testament and Scripture passages in the New Testament.

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Symbols in the Book of Revelation

A reference sheet for the symbols that are used in the Book of Revelation.

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Imaginary First-Century Letters

Two imaginary first-century letters that describe the difficulties of staying faithful to the teachings of Jesus in a culture that rejects them.

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Historical Genre Stations, from “The Catholic Youth Bible” Old Testament Teacher Guide

An activity where students read certain Scripture passages and look for illustrations of community and identity, from “The Catholic Youth Bible” Old Testament Teacher Guide.

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Using Final Performance Tasks to Assess Understanding

A reading on using final performance tasks in the classroom to assess students' understanding.

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God's Story Plotline 4: Reconciliation

A reading on why God, whose love in unlimited, constantly picks out special groups.

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The Anointing of the Sick

A reading on the Sacrament of anointing of the sick, with a discussion of how the Sacrament was viewed in the past and how it is viewed today.

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All Are One in Christ Jesus

Several Scripture passages that show that all are one in Christ Jesus.

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The Disciples on the Road to Emmaus

A scriptural excerpt from Luke 24:13-35.

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Thomas Merton and Nonviolence

A reading on Thomas Merton and nonviolence.

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Confirmation

A reading on the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Catholic Church.

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Principles of Catholic Social Teaching

A reading on the principles of Catholic social teaching.

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The Conversion of Saint Augustine

A reading on the Conversion of Saint Augustine, with excerpts from “Confessions and Enchiridion.”

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The Biblical Foundation of Justice

A reading on the Biblical foundation of justice.

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The Parable of Juan and the Fishbowl

This story is part of the Living in Christ Series. It is a modern day parable that illustrates the necessity and perfection of the Incarnation. There is a PowerPoint that corresponds as a visual aid to the story.