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FAMILY CATECHESIS Lesson 1/ Catequesis Familiar Lección 1

Updated: Jan 2


Parte Uno . CREEMOS



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ALL FAMILIES: Write or draw responses to these questions in your journals:


What is the purpose of our Family Catechesis?


Sample answers:


To offer our families the opportunity to learn and practice a NEW WAY OF LIFE that God created for us to live every moment of every day. We are learning how to truly live fulfilling lives in God's Kingdom, now and forever.


(Our Almighty God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit created us out of DIVINE LOVE.

God gave us the gift of Faith to receive and TRUST this LOVE and to respond in LOVE.......)



WHAT does FAITH in GOD mean to you?

Sample answers:


FAITH: The gift God gives us to believe and trust in him from deep inside of our souls. God invites us to receive this gift and choose to believe and trust him.


God loves us so much. He gave all of us this special gift of Faith that helps us want to obediently follow God and His WORD with all our hearts, so we can be with him forever.

For God loved us so much that he gave his only Son to die for our sins in our place, so that everyone who believes in him may not die, but have eternal life (in His Kingdom of Heaven) John 3:16. God sent His Son into the world to be our SAVIOR.

With this gift of FAITH growing in us, we TRUST that God is always with us to guide us and provide for us.

From the Bible: By faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called by God to go to a place where he was to receive an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was to go. " and became the Father of many nations. (See Genesis 12:1-4)

How does God REVEAL himself to YOU?


#1 WAY: In the PERSON of Jesus Christ, the Son of God John 1:1, 14, 16-18.

BIBLE

PRAYER

MASS: Weekly Readings, Holy Communion

CATECHISM: FAITH FORMATION SESSIONS

FAMILY GATHERING at Home:

SHARING with Godparents

Study of SAINTS

SERVING OTHERS

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HOMEWORK FOR FAMILY and GODPARENTS/SPONSORS:


PONDER: HOW DEEP IS YOUR FAITH? How will you as a family group seek to deepen your FAITH? (Commit to specific plan: see options above)


Review: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__PX.HTM


ADVANCED ASSIGNMENT for YEAR 2 Families


FAITH and REVELATION

Fe y Revelación


Describe beloved people you know who have a deep FAITH in Jesus as Lord and Savior.

  1. What comes naturally from their heart of love for God?

  2. How do they act toward God and others?

Describe a las personas amadas que conoces que tienen una FE profunda en Jesús como Señor y Salvador.

¿Qué surge naturalmente de su corazón de amor por Dios?

¿Cómo actúan hacia Dios y hacia los demás?


What are you willing to do with Gods GRACE (help) to deepen your faith?

¿Qué estás dispuesto a hacer con la GRACIA (ayuda) de Dios para profundizar tu fe?


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Para sus diarios:

QUÉ significa FE en DIOS (en Jesús como Señor y Salvador) para ti

Ejemplo: Dios nos ama tanto. Él nos dio a todos este regalo especial de Fe que nos ayuda a querer seguir obedientemente a Dios y Su PALABRA con todo nuestro corazón, para que podamos estar con él para siempre.

Ejemplo: Porque tanto nos amó Dios que dio a su Hijo unigénito para que muriera por nuestros pecados en nuestro lugar, para que todo aquel que en él cree no muera, mas tenga vida eterna (en Su Reino de los Cielos) Juan 3:16. Dios envió a Su Hijo al mundo para ser nuestro SALVADOR.

Ejemplo: Con este don de FE creciendo en nosotros, CONFIAMOS en que Dios siempre está con nosotros para guiarnos y proveernos.

Ejemplo de la Biblia: Por la fe, Abraham obedeció cuando fue llamado por Dios para ir a un lugar donde iba a recibir una herencia, y salió sin saber a dónde ir. (Ver Génesis 12:1-4)

¿Cómo se REVELA Dios a USTED?

CAMINO #1: En la PERSONA de Jesucristo, el Hijo de Dios Juan 1:1, 14, 16-18.

BIBLIA:

ORACIÓN

MISA: Lecturas Semanales, Sagrada Comunión

CATECISMO: SESIONES DE FORMACIÓN EN LA FE

REUNIÓN FAMILIAR en Casa:

COMPARTIENDO con los Padrinos

Estudio de SANTOS

SERVIR A OTROS

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TAREA PARA FAMILIARES y PADRINOS/PATROCINADORES:


PONDERAR: ¿CUÁN PROFUNDA ES TU FE? ¿Cómo buscarán ustedes como grupo familiar profundizar su FE? (Comprometerse con un plan específico: consulte las opciones anteriores)

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BE SURE TO TAKE YOUR JOURNALS TO MASS AND HAVE THE DEACON DATE AND SIGN OFF ON YOUR NOTES FOR WEEKLY MASS ATTENDANCE! Take notes on what you hear from God during the Mass! ¡ASEGÚRESE DE LLEVAR SUS DIARIOS A LA MISA Y TENER LA FECHA DEL DIÁCONO Y FIRMAR SUS NOTAS PARA LA ASISTENCIA SEMANAL A LA MISA! ¡Toma notas sobre lo que escuchas de Dios durante la Misa!


Por favor, vea la traducción al español a continuación.

Here are the essential STEPS to follow when you meet as a family.Estos son los pasos esenciales a seguir cuando se reúnen en familia:

  1. Begin with prayer: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.


Almighty God, we ask you to open our minds, hearts, and souls to receive all that you will teach us through your grace and the power of your Holy Spirit in us today. AMEN


2. Review WHAT WE BELIEVE from the Our Catholic Identity

workbooks at the various levels. (See examples of what

children and youth might be learning at the various

levels._


3. Read Our Catholic Tradition for each level. This section will

help you learn about the lives of holy people and the special

practices of the Catholic faith.

4. Complete the ACTIVITY for each lesson. These activities will

help you practice what you are learning. CHOOSE the right

ASSIGNMENT for each child.


5. Say the Glory BE prayer....thanking God in Three Persons

for inviting us to part of God's Kingdom now and forever:


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 be w world without end. AMEN


6. End the Family Group time with the Lord's Prayer:


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, (SINS) as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, AMEN


7. SHARE what you are learning with family and friends.


8. Write the Faith Vocabulary words in bold type in each lesson

in your journal. (See definitions in the glossary at the end of

the book.).

example: FAITH: a theological virtue (thinking and acting naturally like Jesus)

invitation to believe and trust in him and our obedient response to that invitation.

example: REVELATION: God making his saving plan known to us.


EXAMPLES of what children might be learning:


Level 1:

  1. God the Father Almighty is the creator of Heaven and Earth

  2. God LOVES us and cares for us.

  3. God created you to KNOW, LOVE, and SERVE him.

  4. Everything God made is good.

Level 2

  1. There is only One God.

  2. There are Three Persons in God: God the Father,God the Son, and, God the Holy Spirit

  3. We call the Three Persons in God: the Holy Trinity

  4. We call God the Father Almighty.

  5. He is the Creator.

  6. He loves us and cares for us.

  7. God created everything that is good.

  8. God created us with a body and a soul. This gives us the ability to know, to love, and to serve God.

Level 3-4

  1. There are Three Persons in One God. The Three Persons are God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. We call the Three Persons in God the Holy Trinity

  2. God the Father is the First Person of the Holy Trinity.

  3. At Mass we pray in the Nicene Creed, I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

  4. God created everything out of love. God created each of us in his image. We share in God’s own life and love. God created each of us with a body and a soul. We are children of God.

  5. We come to know God in the beauty of creation.

  6. We come to know God in the Bible.

  7. The life of Jesus tells us about God.

  8. The Church teaches us about God, who is All-holy.

  9. The Church helps us know, love, and serve God.

Level 5:

  1. Faith is a gift from God.

  2. Faith is God’s invitation to trust and believe in him.

  3. It is also our response to that invitation.

  4. At Mass we join with our parish community and profess our faith. We pray the Nicene Creed aloud. We begin,

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. (Listen carefully to the words at mass or follow along on your Worship Aid: St Francis-vista.og


v. What do we mean when we say that we believe in God?

  1. To believe in someone means to have faith in or to put our TRUST in someone.

  2. We can also believe something because of the trustworthiness and truthfulness of the person who shares it with us.