Posted on 07/22/2010 5:57:02 AM PDT by NYer
Just follow the comments of St. Francis of Assisi, "Preach the Gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words."
The best witness you can give is living the Gospel in your own life.
Heck, I was even able to follow the Mass in Japanese! I had to ask my daughter what the priest was saying during his homily, though. ;o)
For his conversion. Is he signed up for the RCIA or Catholics Can Come Home classes?
Those look great! Thanks. I’m going to send it to our DRE.
WOW!!!!
The friend with whose family we were staying, went with us to Mass, because she was the only one who could navigate the Metro, and find the Church, which was off the main road. She asked me how I could tell what was going on, since I don’t speak Japanese. I told her the Mass was the same, all over the world, even if it is in the native language of the country in which it’s celebrated.
I agree with netmilsmom. The Seton religion series is excellent and extremely orthodox. The DRE at my older son’s former Catholic school (he just graduated) would literally give birth to a kitten if she was asked to use it.
My younger son is home schooled now, and we use Seton. Very impressive, and VERY Catholic.
Good luck,
Regards,
In our church and Scout troops, it seems like people are volunteering because they know it has to be done. Even if RE teachers don’t really know the Faith themselves, they use the materials and present it to the kids. I think you get a better result if you really know what you’re teaching at a deep level, but just putting out what’s in the curriculum is reasonably solid.
You do have to do some crafts and coloring with 6- to 8-year-old kids. There’s only so much lecture they can take, especially if they’ve been in school all day.
My mom was in early childhood education for years -- her usual pick-me-up for the kids was 'music and movement' -- playing round games, dancing, and singing. Everybody loved dancing with the parachute, but you have to go out to the playground to do that. Mom used an old Army surplus cargo chute . . . but I see it's gone all commercial now.
If we sat down and thought about it I bet we could come up with some good round games for Religious Ed.
I’ll be teaching 1st grade again this fall. Any suggestions for round games?
Good for you! The parents will probably squawk and complain but you definitely took the right approach. It takes a greatr deal of personal sacrifice to commit oneself to teaching religious education. Kudos, Suzi, for sharing the gift of yourself with these kids.
My old parish priest was transferred in May to become a convenor for three churches.
The first homily my new priest gave started with this line.
"In the musical production of Gigi, a young girl was preparing to attend her coming out party and the song they used to illustrate her fear was, Offer a Prayer for me."
Since that time I have been making the 35 minute trip every Saturday to attend my old priests new parish.
It is now my new parish.
Speaking of “volunteers”. What is the deal? If we can not celebrate the Holy Mass properly, what are the chances for CCD. The GIRM states the conditions for even using extraordinary ministers for Holy Communion. (Getting out by noon is not one of them.) In the acceptable but rare use of extraordinaries, the GIRM states the order of selection. I believe this order is correct: priest, deacon, acolyte, sister, parish men, parish women, but assuredly the parish women are last. The duty of the priest is to do the selecting respecting this order, but NOT to simply accept volunteers with a wave of the hand. I look around and see the numbers of men sitting through the Mass who are receiving from women.
Let me check my books. I remember one about Daniel in the lion’s den. “The old cow died” is NOT suitable for Religious Ed., although it’s fun to imitate a buzzard (at least we thought so).
I would throw in Bastiat’s The Law.
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I think you’re correct.
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