FAITH FUSION Gloria Shahin Foreword by Rev. Alfred McBride, O.Praem. The Subcommiee on Caechism, Unied Saes Conference of Caholic Bishops, has found docrinal conen of his manual, 2010, o be in conformiy wih Caechism of Caholic Church. www.faihfusion.com
Credis Docrinal Reviewer: Rev. Alfred McBride, O.Praem. Being Caholic Wrier/General Edior: David M. Dziena Caechis Background Wrier: Rev. George T.M. Hafemann Cover and Inerior Design, Phoo Research: Lindsey Riesen Suden Book Acknowledgmen Page Nihil Obsa Msgr. Michael Heinz, Ph.D. Censor Librorum Imprimaur Kevin C. Rhoades Bishop of For Wayne-Souh Bend January 28, 2010 Th e Nihil Obsa and Imprimaur are official declaraions ha a book or pamphle is free of docrinal and moral error. No implicaion is conained rein ha hose who have graned Nihil Obsa and Imprimaur agree wih conens, opinions, or saemens expressed. 2010, 2014 by Our Sunday Visior Publishing Division, Our Sunday Visior, Inc. All righs reserved. No par of his publicaion may be reproduced or ransmied in any form or by any means, elecronic or mechanical, including phoocopy, recording, or any informaion sorage and rerieval sysem, wihou permission in wriing from publisher. Wrie: Our Sunday Visior Publishing Division Our Sunday Visior, Inc. 200 Noll Plaza Huningon, Indiana 46750 1-800-348-2440 bookpermissions@osv.com Acknowledgmens Scripure exs used in his work are aken from New American Bible, copyrigh 1991, 1986, and 1970 by Confraerniy of Chrisian Docrine, Washingon, DC 20017 and are used by permission of copyrigh owner. All righs reserved. Excerps from Caechism of Caholic Church, second ediion, copyrigh 2000, Libreria Edirice Vaicana-Unied Saes Conference of Caholic Bishops, Washingon, DC 20017. Used wih permission. All righs reserved. Prined in Canada ISBN: 978-1-59276-654-3 Invenory No. X936 Cover Image: The Crosiers Illusraions no lised are from Shuersock Caechism cover couresy of USCCB. IMAGE CREDITS TABLE OF CONTENTS: Page 1: Shuersock op; Shane Johnson Illusraions middle; Th e Crosiers boom. Page 2: L.P. Wiman Limied op, boom; Shane Johnson Illusraions op lef; Shuersock op righ. Page 3: Bridgeman Ar Library op; Shane Johnson Illusraions op righ; Th e Crosiers op lef; Shuersock boom. Page 4: Shuersock op, op righ; Shane Johnson Illusraions op lef. Possession of his publicaion in prin forma does no enile users o conver his publicaion, or any porion of i, ino elecronic forma. If you have received se maerials as examinaion copies free of charge, Our Sunday Visior reains ile o se maerials and y may no be resold. Resale of examinaion copies is sricly prohibied and is illegal. CPSIA INFO Transconinenal Inerglobe Beauceville, Quebec, Canada February 2010 ISBN: 978-1-59276-593-5
Table of Conens Foreword...T7 Program Overview...T8 Pacing Guide...T14 Developmenal Characerisics of Young People...T15 An Inroducion o Caechism of Caholic Church... 9 Tes Your Faih IQ...11 The Profession of Faih Our Relaionship wih God Through Sacramens... 13 1 The Revelaion of God and Sacred Scripure... 17 The Guidance of Scripures Divine Revelaion Sain Jerome Lesson 1 Review 2 I Believe in God Far... 25 The Far Sends Holy Spiri God, Our Loving Far Sain Thomas Aquinas Lesson 2 Review 4 I Believe in Holy Spiri... 41 The Coming of Holy Spiri The Holy Spiri Shares in Jesus Mission Sain Carine of Sienna Lesson 4 Review 5 One Holy Caholic and Aposolic Church... 49 The Commissioning of Disciples The Church Founded by Jesus Chris Sain Peer Lesson 5 Review 3 I Believe in Jesus Chris, Only Son of God... 33 The Birh of Jesus Jesus: True God and True Man Sain John Bapis Lesson 3 Review 6 The Virgin Mary... 57 The Announcemen of Birh of Jesus Mary, Mor of God Sain Juan Diego Lesson 6 Review 7 Life Everlasing...65 The Judgmen of Naions We Believe in Everlasing Life Sain Thérèse of Lisieux Lesson 7 Review
Celebraing Chrisian Mysery Personal Prayer and Silence Communicaing wih God... 73 8 The Mass... 77 The Lord s Supper Jesus Chris in Eucharis Sain Padre Pio Lesson 8 Review 9 Sacramens of Chrisian Iniiaion...85 The Bapism of Jesus New Life in Chris Sain Francis Xavier Lesson 9 Review 10 Sacramens of Healing...93 The Woman Caugh in Adulery God Offers Us Forgiveness and Healing Pope Sain John Paul II Lesson 10 Review 11 Sacramens a Service of Communion...101 The Wedding a Cana Holy Orders and Marimony Sains Joachim and Anne Blessed Louis and Zélie Marin Lesson 11 Review 4
The Chrisian Life Liurgical Prayer... 109 12 Creaed in God s Image...113 16 The Ten Commandmens: God Creaes Humankind in His Own Image Creaed in Likeness of God Sain Marin de Porres Lesson 12 Review 13 The Fall of Man and Gif of God s Grace...121 The Fall of Adam and Eve The Fall from Grace Sain Augusine Lesson 13 Review Love Your Neighbor... 145 The Grea Commandmen Commandmens 4 10: Love of Neighbor Sain Kaeri Tekakwiha Lesson 16 Review 17 Living Beaiudes... 153 The Beaiudes Living Beaiudes Blessed Mor Teresa Lesson 17 Review 14 The Church as Mor and Teacher... 129 Jesus Gives Auhoriy o Church The Church, Mor and Teacher Pope Sain John XXIII Lesson 14 Review 15 The Ten Commandmens: Love Lord Your God...137 The Ten Commandmens Commandmens 1 3: Love of God Sain Andrew Kim Taegon Lesson 15 Review 5
Chrisian Prayer Chrisian Chariy in Acion... 161 18 Prayer in Chrisian Life...165 The Parable of Persisen Widow God Calls Us o Pray Sain Francis de Sales Lesson 18 Review 19 The Lord s Prayer...173 The Lord s Prayer Jesus Teaches Us o Pray Sain Elizabeh Ann Seon Lesson 19 Review 20 Enriching Chrisian Prayer: Sacramenals and Devoions...181 Jesus Teaches Abou Prayer and Almsgiving Enriching Prayer wih Sacramenals and Devoions Sain Francis of Assisi and Sain Dominic Lesson 20 Review Our Vocaion... 189 6 Docrine Review...191 CATHOLIC SOURCE BOOK Caholic Prayers and Devoions...195 Caholic Beliefs and Pracices...205 Vaican II...214 How o Read Bible...216 The Liurgical Year...218 Glossary...220 Index...222 Two-sided pullou poser feaures a imeline of Church hisory evens from birh of Jesus hrough elecion of Pope Francis, placed in conex of world hisory evens from desrucion of Temple in Jerusalem o elecion of firs AfricanAmerican U.S. presiden.
Foreword In reading Faih Fusion I kep saying o myself, wholeness, a buzzword from psychology, bu acually fulfilled in his user-friendly ex. I commend auhors for designing a apesry in rue renaissance syle insead of a narrow eaching ool. They seem o have forgoen nohing in hinking of ways o make Caholic eaching accessible and a relaionship wih Chris credible. Here you will find Scripure, Tradiion, liurgy, prayer, Church hisory, sains lives, Caholic cusoms, and ehnic sensiiviy presened in an inegraed manner. Woven ino se elemens are recurren forms of life applicaions: Wha does i mean o you? How does his make you a beer Caholic? How does his help you o wan bes for yourselves and ors? Readers will have lile chance o idly wonder over his or ha aspec of a eaching. Every lesson conains a sory of a sain, a pracice ha daes in caechesis from earlies days of Church. The power of a personal winess sory inspires and moivaes lisener o ac on eaching ha is illusraed and is effecively used in his ex. Everyone profis from a Cach-up or review of faih from ime o ime. This is especially rue when one is in ransiion, such as during Confirmaion preparaion, paricipaion in RCIA, and in high school youh minisry. Clear, direc, and challenging, his ex owns a simpliciy ha is admirable. Disilled wisdom always is. I was an excellen idea o use Compendium of Caechism of Caholic Church. A same ime i was imporan o give prominence o Scripure, which is missing in Compendium. The auhors wisely followed sequence of four pillars of Caechism of Caholic Church: Creed, Liurgy, Life in Chris, Prayer. These pillars lead learner o ponder faih believed, faih celebraed, faih in moral pracice, and faih prayed. This approach invies young people o hear voice of Far and see face of Chris and live in house of Church wih Holy Spiri. I gives m a map of life for his earh and goal of eernal life hereafer. Rev. Alfred McBride, O.Praem. T7
Faih Fusion Program Overview Suden Book Feaures Th e Faih Fusion suden book is srucured around weny core lessons, organized ino four unis. Each uni corresponds o one of four pillars of Caechism of Caholic Church. A hear of Faih Fusion lesson srucure is a balance beween Scripure and Tradiion, wo cenral elemens of our Caholic faih. Scripure Each lesson in Faih Fusion feaures a Scripure reading, aken from Lecionary and presened in is enirey. Tradiion Following Scripure reading, which presens Scripural basis o beliefs and eachings presened in lesson, young people learn Church docrine peraining o subjec of lesson. Key feaures of every lesson... The opening prayer uses Scripure or riual ex ha connecs o me of lesson. Reflecion quesions prepare young people for undersanding how key poins of a lesson apply o ir own lives. Each lesson feaures a complee reading from Lecionary ied o docrine augh in ha lesson. A full page of aciviies helps young people reflec on ways Scripure applies o ir lives, and ways o live is message. Key faih words are boldfaced and highlighed in ex and defined in a sidebar on page where y firs appear, as well as in glossary. Addiional key words are boldfaced in ex, indicaing ha words are defined in glossary. T8
Our Caholic Tradiion summarizes Church docrine and makes i accessible o young people and relevan o ir everyday lives. This Q&A feaure provides quick summaries of imporan docrine, and helps young people know abou imporan sources o which y can urn o learn abou Church eaching. Journaling aciviies encourage young people o reflec on how beliefs and eachings of our Caholic faih apply o ir own lives. Each lesson feaures a sain whose message embodies lesson s me. The sain s biography is presened in narraive form as well as hrough a sidebar feauring highlighs abou sain. The eaching abou a paricular sain wraps up wih an opporuniy for young people o learn from sain s example and hink abou ways y can live ou sain s example in ir own lives. Every lesson ends wih a prayer drawn from Scripure, sain s prayers, or radiional prayers of Church. T9
Or feaures include In Mass Provides a quick explanaion elling when in Liurgical Year lesson s Scripure is read a Mass. Sop and Think The young people will be insruced o choose from Scripure reading a phrase ha is paricularly meaningful for m and o reflec on is significance for ir own life. Caholic Cusoms The young people will learn abou popular as well as lesser known Caholic beliefs and cusoms, such as veneraion of relics and pracice of making pilgrimages. Calendar Connecion Key evens from Church hisory are augh hrough a simple descripion and highlighs of key facs. Caholic Social Teaching All seven Caholic Social Teachings are augh and explained, along wih wha i means o live m. Know I! Caholic signs and symbols common o our faih are described and explained. Each lesson ends wih a brief review o evaluae young people s undersanding of lesson s conen. The review feaures a combinaion of objecive quesions and essay quesions ha es undersanding as well as well as encourage reflecion on wha conen means in young people s lived experience. This special wo-page feaure ha precedes each uni and follows final uni provides excellen preparaion for Confirmaion candidaes, ye is applicable and relevan o anyone seeking o grow in faih. Being Caholic challenges young people o grow in ir relaionship wih God. Each Being Caholic spread allows opporuniy for journaling, encouraging young people o reflec on wha ir Caholic faih means o m and on ir relaionship wih God. T10
Supplemening core lessons in Faih Fusion is a Caholic Source Book providing informaion on key eachings and pracices of our Caholic faih. Following weny lessons young people will find: Docrine Review feauring fory objecive quesions organized ino hree pars o help young people recall key facs y have learned in lessons. Tradiional Prayers from Lord s Prayer o Angelus and insrucions on how o make a Holy Hour. The Rosary is given special aenion: sep-by-sep insrucions for how o pray his devoion are provided, and weny myseries are lised, as are days on which y should be prayed. Caholic Beliefs and Pracices feaures liss of key eachings and pracices of our faih, such as Ten Commandmens, Gifs of Holy Spiri, Theological Virues, and Holy Days of Obligaion. The Rie of Mass is also presened. How o Make an Examinaion of Conscience offers reflecion quesions relaed o each of Ten Commandmens, o help young people celebrae Sacramen of Reconciliaion. A summary of Pope Sain John Paul II s Theology of Body is presened in youh-friendly language wih an explanaion of wha i means for young people. How o Read Bible is a wo-page feaure ha briefly explains Books of Bible, liss each of seveny-hree books, and presens easy-o-follow seps for looking up Scripure passages. The Liurgical Year explains and summarizes cycle of Liurgical Year and Church seasons we observe and celebrae. A sidebar here also explains Church s hree-year cycle of liurgical readings. T11
Plus each book includes a pullou poser! Each book includes a Church hisory imeline pull ou poser, feauring key evens in 2,000- year hisory of our faih, from birh of Chris hrough elecion of our newes Pope. These Church hisory evens are mirrored agains evens from world hisory o help young people place m in a broader conex. The Church and Wesern Civilizaion complemens Church hisory imeline and presens highlighs of Church s conribuions o sociey hrough cenuries in fields such as educaion, science, and law and social jusice. FAITH FUSION www.faihfusion.com Visi faihfusion.com for links o supplemenal resources and suppor maerial, including music downloads, Lecionary links o Sunday readings, relevan Web sies and links, as well as exclusive conen from OSV Newsweekly. T12
Sar Liv ing Sacred Scripure Read aloud inroduco ry paragraph on page 42. Explain o group ha in oday s Scripure reading y will hear how Jesus promise o Aposles ha he would never leave m was fulfilled. Lesson The Reading Tell young people ha y will now hear a New Tesamen Scripure reading. Explain ha his passage from New Tesamen is one ha y would hear a Mass. To undersand ha Answers will vary bu migh srengh include from receiving Holy Spiri decision. o make a ough 4 Answers will Spiri open vary bu migh inclu ing or de Holy s minds ruhs of and hear Faih s o. Learning Goals Third Person Holy Spiri is While acknowledging uniqueness of Blessed Triniy. of Liurgy, you may wish o have in Spiri paricipaes Scripure read in a wayholy resembling Liurgy of Word work of salvaion. Accep all God s a Mass. reasonable Invie responses. a voluneer o sand and Holy Spiri coninues o build proclaim reading, and o conclude Church and make her holy. upby saying, The word of Lord. 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Sp is hrough God s i is hr mo iri ha M r our sal ough bir of Savio ary vaio n and h of Jesus r, and po As you reac ssible.) ha redem h pi end of each on his lesson, W hy do segmen of became revie we say meaning birw wih h youn a Peg peop of h hkey le learned. haof word e Chs ynecos ma procla Aposles urch?have (I wa rks were iming s ab o ba pize good ne le o begin n in his name ws of Jesus.) and Tips fo r er FYI Parish Minisries CAT ECH IST BAC KGROUN Dpar of inegral 42 Uni 1: The Profession of The Holy Spiri is an Faih Spiri is salvaion hisory. While n, i is wih acive in Old Tesame becoming Word Incarnaion, prepare for lesson paricipaion in Help young people Invie m flesh, ha Spiri s for quie reflecion. paramoun. 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Along wih quesions and answers o reinforce lesson conen, discussion poins and reinforcemen ideas are also included. The Guide also includes supplemenal conen in every lesson, o help caechis prepare for and enrich lesson. Supplemenal conen includes Scripure backgrounds, Liurgy backgrounds, Church hisory snapshos, Caholic Social Teaching and social jusice summaries, and much more. The Guide also conains hree addiional aciviies per lesson o engage young people and lead m o houghfully apply and reflec on wha y have learned. All Guide conen is presened in an easy-o-use wrap-around forma. The Guide s paginaion maches suden book page for page, wih eaching ex for all conen a poin of use. There is also an ACRE assessmen ool in each Your Turn lesson review. 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Your Turn &A Le Us Pray ACRE Connecion ns M usic Con n ec io Domain 6: Church Hisory: Pope Pius X and age of communion; U.S. Church and immigrans; resorai on of caechumenae; Vaican II; ecumenism; Pope Holy Spiri II; John in Paul Lesson 4: I Believe Sain Kaharin e Drexel; Bishop Oscar Romero ; Dorohy Day evangelizaion Incarnaion Avignon Church Accep all reasonabl The conen in his lesson correlaes o following objeciv es in Domain 1: God: Far, Son, and Holy Spiri: To know and undersa nd basic Caholic eaching abou God as Far, Son, and Holy Spiri Triniy: A commu niy of Three Persons in one indivisib le God and cenral mysery of faih God Holy Spiri: God s sancify ing power in life of Church More Abou Penecos Fire Accep all reasonabl e responses. e responses. ANSWER LOCATOR 47 A 1. p. 42 2. p. 45 3. p. 45 4. p. 44 5. p. 46 6. p. 44 B See page 46. Words from Cahol ic Faih Lieracy : Penecos, evangelizaion, Vaican Council II 48 Uni 1: The Professio n of Faih T13
Pacing Guide Once-a-Week Program Each lesson is designed o be compleed in eir a 60- or 90-minue session. If ime does no allow for a lesson o be compleed in a session, be sure o cover key poins presened in Learning Goals. You migh also wish o have young people complee lessons a home. The lesson pages are perforaed, so if you choose o keep suden book in class, pages can be easily removed. Presen Being Caholic feaure eir when i appears wihin book or consecuively over five weeks if i is being used as immediae sacramenal preparaion. Five-Day Program Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Afer opening prayer, read Live I Ou quesion(s) and invie group o wrie in ir journal or, if appropriae, share ir houghs hrough small group discussion. Read Bible Boos and Sacred Scripure. Then invie young people o respond o Scripure hrough Sar Living page. Read Our Caholic Tradiion and Caechism Q&A. Then invie young people o respond o docrine hrough Know and Believe. Read Sainly Profiles and invie young people o respond o message of sain sory hrough Make I Happen. Review wha young people have learned by presening Your Turn as an open book quiz or lesson review. Presen Being Caholic feaure eir when i appears wihin book or consecuively over five weeks if i is being used as immediae sacramenal preparaion. Two-Year Program Use Faih Fusion over a wo-year period as a supplemen o your regular religion exbook or sacramenal preparaion program. Presen one uni of Faih Fusion per semeser over wo years. Presen Being Caholic feaure eir when i appears wihin book or consecuively over five weeks if i is being used as immediae sacramenal preparaion. FAITH FUSION Visi faihfusion.com for addiional pacing guides, including how o use ex in conjuncion wih any sacramenal preparaion exbook or workbook. T14
Developmenal Characerisics of Young People Young adolescens are characerized by diversiy in ir developmenal sages; however, as a group, y reflec imporan developmenal characerisics ha are imporan o aend o in a caecheical seing. Inellecually, y display a wide range of individual inellecual developmen. are in a ransiion period from concree hinking o absrac hinking. prefer acive over passive learning experiences. prefer ineracion wih peers during learning aciviies. Morally, y are idealisic and wan o make world a beer place and become socially useful. are in ransiion from selfcenered moral reasoning o reasoning ha considers feelings and righs of ors. ofen show compassion for hose who are suffering and have special concern for animals and environmen. are moving from accepance of adul moral judgmens o developmen of ir own personal values, ending o embrace values consonan wih hose of ir parens. Physically, y experience rapid, irregular physical growh. undergo bodily changes ha may cause awkward, uncoordinaed movemens. have varying mauriy raes, wih girls ending o maure earlier han boys. experience reslessness and faigue due o hormonal changes, bu sill need physical aciviy. Emoionally, y experience mood swings, ofen wih peaks of inensiy and unpredicabiliy. are increasingly concerned abou peer accepance. are concerned wih many major socieal issues as personal value sysems develop. end o be self-conscious and highly sensiive o personal criicism. Socially, y have a srong need o belong o a group, wih peer approval becoming more imporan as adul approval decreases in imporance. are dependen on parenal beliefs and values, bu seek o make ir own decisions. are ofen inimidaed by new experiences wih groups of srangers. desire recogniion for ir accomplishmens and achievemens. Teaching Tip Wher you are an experienced eacher or a beginner, i s always imporan o keep in mind emoional and developmenal progress of young people you lead. Here are some pracical ips o help you in your work wih m. Young people are concerned wih social conformiy. Help m see value in nonconformiy when i suppors ir beliefs and values. Teasing and negaive peer pressure should be addressed firmly, and posiive resuls of cooperaion on group projecs and eam effors should be affirmed. Young people can learn effecively from one anor. Encourage m o each one anor wihin sessions hrough group projecs and or cooperaive approaches o compleing ir work. Paricipaion enables young people o learn more effecively. Allow opporuniy for m o share ir work and knowledge wih group by responding o quesions, sharing ir aciviy responses, and asking houghful quesions. T15
We Answer God s Call God of all faihfulness, you have made us in your image and likeness. You have called us by name o be your disciples and o serve you. You bless us wih your love in all circumsances of our lives. Send your Holy Spiri upon us ha we may be faihful o our bapismal promises and live and work oger for glory of your name. We ask his in name of Jesus Chris, our Lord. Amen. 8
An Inroducion o The Caechism of Caholic Church This book is based on Caechism of Caholic Church. Explain o young people ha hroughou coming year, y will learn imporan eachings of our Caholic faih, as y are augh and inerpreed by Church, and presened in Caechism. If you have a copy of Caechism, you may wish o show i o young people or circulae i among m so ha y may appreciae i as a angible and accessible resource. Invie a voluneer o read aloud firs four paragraphs on page 9. Ask: Wha does Caechism conain? ( ruhs of Faih, especially an explanaion of Creed, liurgy and Sacramens, Commandmens, and prayer) Wha is purpose of Caechism? (o help each faih, o clarify Church docrine, and o provide guidance on how faihful should live ir faih) Wha are sources of ruhs presened in Caechism? (Sacred Scripure and Church s Tradiion, handed on since ime of Aposles) Who commissioned curren Caechism? When was i published? (Pope Sain John Paul II; in 1992) 9
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b a Tes Your Faih IQ Invie young people o urn o page 11 and complee Tes Your Faih IQ quiz. Poin ou ha his quiz is jus for fun, and a way for m o see how much y know abou ir Caholic faih. Tell m ha y should no look ahead in book o ry o find answers for quesions y do no know. c d a Tell young people ha hroughou year, y will learn abou all opics covered in his quiz. You may wish o have group reake quiz a end of year o compare ir end-ofyear scores o curren resuls. d b b c d Answer Locaor The conen covered in his quiz will be augh in lessons, as follows: 1. b; Lesson 19 2. c; Lesson 2 3. d; Lesson 9 4. b; Lesson 5 5. c; Lesson 1 6. a; Lesson 3 7. a; Lesson 17 8. d; Lesson 4 9. b; Lesson 8 10. d; Lesson 10 11
Tes Your Faih IQ d a a a a d c b b c Answer Locaor 11. d; Lesson 20 12. a; Lesson 13 13. a; Lessons 15 and 16 14. b; Lesson 6 15. b; Lesson 14 16. a; Lesson 7 17. a; Lesson 12 18. d; Lesson 15 19. c; Lesson 18 20. c; Lesson 11 12