Homework Due 10/3

 Hello kids!  Guess what?  My children brought home a respiratory virus from school and my throat is really sore and not up for making a class video.  I did record a video about Mary/Rosary back in 2020 during the early days of the pandemic that will have to do this week, even though I wanted to do a lesson specifically for you guys.  

In this video you need to focus on minutes 3:00 - 8:00, which is focused on the history of the Rosary.  A "rosary" is an enclosed rose garden.  Maybe you've heard of an orangery?  It's just like that but with roses, not oranges.  The name of the Rosary - the grouping of prayer beads that we use to pray to Mary - comes from Mary being associated with the rose flower.  More details in the video.  Keep an ear out for St. Dominic - he is credited for giving the Church the more modern version of the Rosary that we pray to this day.  He lived in the 13th century (1200s).  He founded a religious teaching order, the Dominicans.  They wear a large Rosary on their left hip, in place of a sword.  During that period, swords were common for knights to fight.  The Rosary was the Dominican mens' "sword"!  The Rosary is a very powerful prayer, to be sure.  

You can watch the entire video if you like, but the parts about the Old Testament Covenants and Mary being the Ark of the New Covenant are probably not going to make sense to you yet - that deep dive into Salvation History and the Sacraments will be covered in RCIT2, next year. 

We are covering the Sorrowful and Glorious mysteries of the Rosary this week.  Same format as last week - look up in your Bible and put them in order. 

LINK to HOMEWORK due 10/3

Also, please remember that we learned about St. Therese of Lisieux this past week.  Canonized saints are those people who lived holy lives and also went through a process by the Church (usually takes many years) of vetting, miracles associated with their intercessions (when people pray asking them to ask Jesus on their behalf), etc.  All the saints we learn about in class are CANONIZED saints.  This does not mean there aren't a lot of unknown saints in Heaven.  Many people have lived holy lives of love and service and have passed from this life to the next quietly.   

We use the saints as guiding lights for our path to Heaven.  Think of them like lantern posts that light the way.  They are all unique and used their God given talents and lives in lots of different ways.   We are ALL called to be saints.  We are all made in the likeness and image of God, but we are all different too.  

Remember that all the windows above the Rosary windows in the sanctuary at Holy Trinity are of canonized saints.  When they designed the church they purposely put them up high so we'd have to "look up" to them.  

BRING A QUOTE OF ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX TO CLASS TO SHARE.  

Looking forward to seeing you all next week!  

Homework Due 9/26

 1) Watch weekly class video for instructions: 

Rosary Prayers: 

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be

thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,

on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our

daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we

forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us

not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Hail Mary 

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.  Blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.  Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.  Amen. 

Glory Be

Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.  As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall ever be, world without end.  

Fatima Prayer

O My Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those who are in most need of Thy mercy.

2) HOMEWORK  CLICK on this link to get to your Scripture/Rosary homework.  PRINT IT.   

You will be looking up the Scripture passages in the Bible and finding out what each passage is about and then write it out beside the Scripture notation on the worksheet.   Then, after you have them all, you will write the correct number of the mystery beside your notes.  

For instance, if the first Scripture you look up is about the birth of Christ, you will write a number *3* beside your brief notes.   Use the below to help you number them correctly.  

Joyful Mysteries in correct order: 

1) Annunciation 

2) Visitation 

3) Nativity of Our Lord 

4) Presentation in the Temple 

5) Finding Jesus in the Temple 

Luminous Mysteries in correct order: 

1) Baptism of Jesus

2) First Public Miracle of Turning Water into Wine (Wedding Feast at Cana)

3) Proclamation of the Kingdom 

4) Transfiguration 

5) Institution of the Eucharist (Last Supper) 

3) Watch this 4 minute video about our saint of the week, Padre Pio: 

Be prepared to come to class able to tell me (I will call on a random student) which two virtues Fr. Mike says are the two most important marks of St. Padre Pio's holiness.   Write them down on your note card/paper with your Padre Pio quote that you chose to share in class.  

*Every single week you will be required to bring in a quote to share of a saint we studied the week before.  

Homework Due 9/19

GOOGLE DRIVE LINK TO ALL DOCUMENTS FOR THIS CLASS 

Also, your saint quotes for this week are St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross/Edith Stein OR St. John Vianney.  LOOK UP A QUOTE, copy it out, be ready. to share in class.  Choose one saint/one quote.  

Welcome to my class!

Google Drive Folder - All class documents will be here

Student Video 

Parent Video 

Youcat:  Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church 

Prove It! Catholic Teen Bible 

*Both will be provided by the Faith Formation program/Holy Trinity