September 2020 GIFT – Family Session
Outline of Today’s Session • Welcome and Opening Prayer • Overview of this year’s new format • Introduce the Year’s theme: God is Love • Trivia, Music, Stretch break • Breakout Rooms with small groups • Overview of Home Kit Resources • Closing Prayer
Opening Prayer Loving God, Our Father, Today we gather to celebrate a new beginning, The beginning of a new catechetical year. Open our hearts and our minds to your Word, To your Son, to your Spirit, And to one other. Help us grow in wisdom and love of you As we journey throughout this year With our parish family. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Overview of Sessions • Once a month – online only through December • Activities in the home kit for each month • Some to be complete before or used during the session • Some activities for between sessions • CatholicBrain.com online platform for additional resources • Login information coming this week, directly from CatholicBrain.com
Year Theme: God Is Love • Deacon Chris’ Video (starts at 2:30, first part it the intro to adult C2C groups)
God is Love Image • In your home kit, there was a blank page with a “God is Love” title • As a family create at drawing/collage with what God is Love” means to your family • Add to it throughout the year as we learn new things at each session
Trivia 1. On what day, do we celebrate Jesus’ birthday? 2. How many books are there in the New Testament of the Bible? 3. In the creation story in the book of Genesis, on what day did God create the sun, moon, and stars? 4. On what Sunday does the new church year begin? 5. How old was Jesus when he was baptized by John and started his preaching ministry? 6. Who are the 3 persons of the Trinity and what prayer do we say to honor them?
Trivia 1. Christmas, December 25 2. 27 3. 4 1 st Sunday of Advent 4. 5. 30 6. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; The Sign of the Cross
Saint of the Month: Saint Teresa of Calcutta “Mother Teresa” Could you become a saint? Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu had a life similar to you. She started out as a school teacher and just wanted to help people. And her passion grew exponentially…with the help of Jesus. He called on her and she responded. Feast Day: September 5 • Patronage: World Youth Day, Missionaries of Charity, • & Archdiocese of Calcutta Born: 1910 in Macedonia, just north of Greece • Died: 1997 • Canonized: September 4, 2016 • Awarded Nobel Peace Prize In 1979, at age of 69 • “for the glory of God and in the name of the poor” •
Saint of the Month: Saint Teresa of Calcutta “Mother Teresa” Joined the Institute of Blessed Virgin Mary, known as the Sisters of • Loreto in Ireland (age 18) Sent to Calcutta, India to teach at St. Mary’s School for girls; became • known at Mother Teresa, and became school’s principal During a train ride to her annual retreat, she • received “inspiration from Jesus for His thirst for love for the poorest of the poor” (age 36) When she returned to Calcutta, she went to • the slums, to care for the sick, hungry, and dying people. Then, some of her former students joined her…and then hundreds, then thousands helped her Later, she sent her sisters to other parts of India, then all around the • world – eventually with 4,000 members, 610 locations in 123 countries https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5611
Saint of the Month: Saint Teresa of Calcutta “Mother Teresa” • She is famous for her hundreds of great sayings. She focused on doing the little things correctly, then the big things are easier. “Let us always meet each other with smile, • for the smile is the beginning of love.” “It’s not how much we give but how much • love we put into giving.” “God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only • requires that you try.” “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one • ever come to you without leaving happier.” https://www.goalcast.com/2017/04/10/top-20-most-inspiring-mother-teresa-quotes
Closing Prayer 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, love is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
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