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 Unit Activities & Answer Key
 
Is that a fact?: A.D., Anno Domini, "in the year of Our Lord" marks the time since the birth of Christ. Prior to that, dates are observed as B.C., "before Christ." Now, modern biblical scholarship has determined that Jesus was actually born before A.D. Those who originally calculated the birth of the historical Jesus were off between four to six years. A more accurate understanding resulted from scholarship involving the reign of King Herod the Great. So, Jesus was born about six B.C.!
Extend the activities for each concept presented in Blest Are We with the following Ideas.
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In Blest Are We, Level 6, pages 8-10 (Parish Edition), viii-ix (School Edition) clearly show how to find passages in the Bible. Use this as a guide to help you lead children through a search for specific passages. Provide each child, or small group, with a Bible.
• Select an Old Testament passage, such as Genesis 1:31. Ask children to find the passage to learn how God felt after creating the heavens and earth, the animals and people within it.
• Select a New Testament passage, such as Luke 11:1-4 to learn how the Lord’s Prayer came about.
• You could also allow children to select a passage that they would like to share with the group. Have them give the Book, Chapter and Verse. If everyone has the same Bible edition, they could also provide the page number. Discuss together their selection.
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• Discuss the identities of the three Persons in one God. Ask for examples of how the young people visualize God the Father and Creator, God the Son and Redeemer, God the Holy Spirit and Sanctifier.
• Point out that each of the persons of the Trinity are equal to each other and demonstrate this by drawing symbols of the Trinity on the chalkboard. You might include a three-leafed clover, a triangle, or interlocked circles.
• Encourage the youngsters to suggest other possible symbols that would show the equality of the three persons. |
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• Discuss the people that make up the leadership of the Catholic Church.
• Begin with the pope. Can participants name the pope? What do they know about him?
• If participants do not know the name of the local bishop, give them his name and provide some additional information about him. Has the bishop visited your parish recently, perhaps for a Confirmation ceremony? Clearly identify the bishop as the shepherd of the local flock, the diocese.
• How much do participants know about the pastor of their parish? Discuss together some of the ways their pastor helps to make the parish one, holy, catholic and apostolic.
• Does your parish have one or more deacons to assist in parish ministry? Provide their names and ask how participants have witnessed them serving the parish in liturgy and other ministries.
• Lay leadership is also a vital ministry within the Church. Can participants name some of the roles lay leaders have in the parish? Do they know these leaders by name? How do these ministers help make the parish one, holy, catholic, and apostolic?
• Discuss the roles of all parishioners. Note how they differ – roles of parents, children, teachers, catechists, and others.
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• Are participants familiar with Mary’s feast days during the liturgical year? Find out how many can name January 1 as celebrating Mary’s motherhood; August 15 as her Assumption; September 8 as observing her birthday; September 12, remembering her as Our Lady of Guadalupe; November 21, observing the Presentation of Mary as a child in the Temple; and December 8 as celebrating her Immaculate Conception.
• Refer participants to Blest Are We's online liturgical calendar to learn more about these observances and to find even more of them.
• On All Saints’ Day, November 1, we remember all people who have died in grace but do not have a special day named for them. Encourage participants to find their patron/name saint. Discuss their findings.
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School Edition: |
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Grade 4 |
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Grade 6 |
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Pages 3-4, 7, 27, 39-40, 115, 127, 201, 211, 214, 356, 358, 367, 373, 380
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Pages 6,40, 42-48, 119, 122, 143, 145, 151, 198, 246, 266, 356, 368
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Pages x-xi, 12, 65-66, 99, 130-131, 135, 155, 202, 233, 242-243, 259, 284, 356-357, 364
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Trinity |
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Pages 7, 63, 121, 143, 292, 358
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Pages 19, 95-96, 99, 119, 175, 358
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Pages 233, 358
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Catholic Church |
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Pages 24, 74, 121, 143, 174-175, 183, 188-189, 208, 228-229, 239-240, 264, 292, 312, 359-361, 372-373, 376
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Pages 16, 22, 39, 62, 71, 74, 99, 116, 139, 175, 199, 227-228, 240, 358-360, 374
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Pages 117, 119, 134, 148, 189, 356, 358-360, 363, 367, 373-374
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Mary & The Saints |
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Pages 8, 31, 34, 36, 60, 63, 66, 96, 100, 116, 120-121, 151-152, 154-155, 174, 184, 190, 196, 216, 228, 231, 234, 244-245, 248, 252, 254, 267-268, 284, 290, 292, 320, 322, 326-345, 356, 358-359, 376
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Pages 20, 39, 41, 46-48, 52, 120, 134, 142, 178-179, 187, 191, 230-233, 235, 246, 290, 326-335, 340-345
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Pages 7-8, 34-35, 48, 75-76, 90-92, 100, 122, 234-235, 242-245, 254, 291-292, 326-328, 330-345, 358, 360, 364, 367-368
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Level 4 |
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Level 6 |
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Bible |
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Pages 16-17, 161-162, 232-233 |
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Pages 8, 16, 97-98, 232-233 |
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Pages 4-10, 232-233 |
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Trinity |
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Pages 17, 97, 234 |
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Pages 25, 77-78, 81, 83, 234 |
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Page 234 |
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Catholic Church |
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Pages 17, 64-65, 136, 175, 235 |
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Pages 4, 21-23, 57, 81, 109, 174, 235 |
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Pages 33, 57, 95, 235, 250 |
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Mary & The Saints |
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Pages 120-121, 188, 217-218, 227-228, 235 |
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Pages 41-43, 225-228, 236 |
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Pages 17-18, 44, 179, 218, 225-228, 236, 254 |
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