November 6, 2013 Age 6 / 1 st Grade Promise Session: 32 nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel Theme: Jesus Promises Us and Eternal Life with God Provided for you: Gospel coloring sheet Additional Activities: Birthday Saint Cards Pflaum Session Pamphlet to go home: November 10th, 32 nd Sunday in Ordinary Time AND November 17 th, 33 rd Sunday in Ordinary Time LITURGICAL YEAR / FEAST DAYS CATHOLIC TRADITION WEEKLY READINGS 29 th Sunday in Ordinary Time/World Mission Sunday Weekly readings and discussion: http://www.loyolapress.com/sundayconnection.htm SAINTS 11/4: Saint Charles Borreomeo 11/9: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica 11/1: All Saints Day Learn more about the Saints: http://www.americancatholic.org/features /Saints/byname.asp Session Notes: Loyola Press Sunday Connection (found below) has a good activity this week for reinforcing the gospel message. Let me know via the catechist communication form if you d like to do this activity. There is no PSR class next Wednesday, November 13 th. We will be holding our Catechist Training Day on Sunday, November 10 th from 9:00am 10:15am and 10:45am 12:00pm. You all received a email newsletter with the RSVP form. This session will provide information on the certification process. Since there is no class on November 13 th and, please send home 2 Pflaum pamphlets this week, November 10 th and 17 th. UPON REQUEST we can supply your class with Birthday Saint Cards. A sample is found on the following page. These are folded cards that are personalized for each child in your class. We find the Saint whose Feast Day is closest to each child s birthday. This request must be submitted by noon on Friday, November 1 st in order to have time for us to make the cards. A LOOK AHEAD 11/13 NO PSR 11/20 Feast of Christ the King 11/27 NO PSR
32 nd Sunday of Ordinary Time he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.
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Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C November 10, 2013 Gospel Reading Jesus answers a question from some Sadducees about the resurrection of the dead. (short form Luke 20:27, 34-38) Making the Connection (Grades 1, 2, and 3) Young children may not have had much experience with death and dying. We can begin to introduce them to the mysteries of our faith, especially those concerning death and resurrection, by using experiences and things with which they are familiar. Materials Needed Items made from wood (sheet of paper, a pencil, wooden toy, stick) Picture of a tree Preparation for Sunday Scripture Readings 1. Show the group items made from wood such as a sheet of paper, a pencil, a picture of or toy wooden table, a picture of or toy wooden canoe, a stick (firewood), or any other items you may have available. Then show them a tree or a picture of one. 2. Ask: In order for a tree to live, what sort of things does it need?(water, soil, sunlight) When a tree is cut down and used as firewood or to make any of these items, does it still need water, soil, and sunlight? Emphasize the point with a series of questions with obvious answers. Use questions such as: Does this pencil need water and sunlight? What about this wood toy? Say: Once it is dead, it has a new purpose. 3. Say: In the Gospel this week, Jesus tells us that after we die, we also will not need the same things we did when we were alive. Instead, we will have a new and different life with Christ. 4. Read the short form of today's Gospel, Luke 20:27, 34-38. Discuss what things might be different after we die including those things mentioned in the Gospel that we will not get married or die ever again. 5. Ask the children how this makes them feel. There may be a number of responses, but try to emphasize the good news that even after we die, we will continue to have a relationship with God and that this will be wonderful and beyond our imaginations. 6. Conclude in prayer together by praying today's Psalm or by praying for those who have died.
The Parable of the Widow and the Unjust Judge 29 th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C Luke 18:1-8