Catholic Religious Education Instructors all over the world come visit and share stories of your classroom experiences and adventures in faith. I know I always want to find new, creative and meaningful lesson plan ideas to reach out to the class and bring them closer in relationship to Christ.
Lent is a time for not giving up so much as thinking differently- putting Christ #1 in your life and maybe not the other stuff (work stress and distractions like FaceBook, TV videos,) that pull us away from what matters most.....
and isn't Lent a call to pray more and seek out God's wisdom for our life?
Deuteronomy 10:18-19 – “For the
Lord your God...loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing.
You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of
Egypt.”
I am asking for volunteers to tutor refugees from Burma. My student's name is Ta Mwe Paw and she comes from a Karen Village that was destroyed many years ago. Ta spent almost her whole life in a Thailand refugee resettlement camp. Remember the Thai people do not like the Karen people. She is the happiest, most joyful, hopeful person I know. Can you imagine living in a settlement camp most of your life and away from your family and home?
This is a long video and there are many on You Tube about Burma. The new government dictatorship has changed the name of the country but it is still known as Burma. I will post some pictures of Ta that I have on my phone. I am currently helping her buy a house. I went with her family to every meeting with the bank and Housing Resources. I even was there at he first house inspection.
Catholic Charities only asks for an hour or so of your time and you DO NOT have to be a teacher. Most of the refugees speak some English and your job is to facilitate speaking correctly, identifying pictures and textbooks and literature are there in the classroom for your use.You can use the copier to print out your own lesson plans.
We meet in the Catholic Charities office on 60th and North Avenue.
60th Street Office
2021 North 60th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53208
414-771-2881
You can set your own time with your student.
Here is the contact information for the
Director of Volunteer Services at Catholic Charities Milwaukee
January is always a time for new beginnings and RESOLUTIONS to change old habits and begin new ones. I challenged my students to fill out a time sheet for a 24 hour day and list their time spent in school, sleep, eating, activities, schoolwork, (Face Book, texting, TV, video games) and finally prayer or time spent with the Lord. I listed all the responses on the board and the amount of Internet-TV time was almost 4.0 hours, but prayer time only amounted to Max(10 minutes) and the Least (1.5) minutes.
At least ONE student said that he would pray during a sport activity--that is something.
Does this seem unusual--or what if you, as a parent, did the same survey?? How much time does the parent spend in prayer?
I am lucky that I attend a Bible Study at St. Francis Borgia every Thursday for an hour. I also drive my daughter to school everyday and we pray the Rosary on the way in the car--amazing how easy it is to recite almost the whole Rosary in the short 10 minute drive to school. Do you as a parent bless your teen as the head out to school???
The Great Adventure Bible Study with Rick Cavens suggests a prayer form Numbers : The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace." Numbers 6:24-26
"May the Lord Bless You and Keep You... (Irish blessing prayer). He also asks the study participants to relate out lives to the lives of the Israelites in Exodus, and Numbers, Judges, Ruth---where did the older generation go wrong in mentoring to their children? Why did the tribes of Israel fall into sin, worship idols of Baal, Molech and indulge in so much depravity and sexual sin?
Did these Old Testament parents teach the Law of Moses and the prophets to their children diligently??"Teach them to your children; about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you get up" Deuteronomy 11: 1
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (KJV) Ephesians 6:4
How did God judge these sinful parents and their children?
In I Samuel, what was the punishment to Eli and his depraved sexually immoral sons?The death of Eli and his two sons (shortly to be described in1 Samuel 4) is a clear word of warning about the high price parents pay for failing to heed God’s instructions to them regarding the rearing of their children. We must take this text most seriously and strive to understand what God says to us here about the awesome task of raising our children.http://bible.org/seriespage/samuel
What are the parallels today with the Old Testament teachings?
Why does our 21st Century lifestyle clutter the day with activities and leave no private, special time for prayer? What are the Consequences of a nonexistent prayer life?
What are the parallels today with the Old Testament teachings?
Why does our 21st Century lifestyle clutter the day with activities and leave no private, special time for prayer? What are the Consequences of a nonexistent prayer life? Deuteronomy 4:9“Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children’s children—
I personally struggle to make time for nighttime prayers with my daughter and I even have an alarm on my cell phone called "Prayer Time" with its own ring tone at 10:00 PM.
My January vow is to include more than the Rosary and include 2 verses from the Bible chapter I study for Bible class.
I may be able to remember all the details of the Book of Ruth, the great grandmother of Jesus--but does my child? Whose responsibility is it "to train up the child in the way that she may go and when she is old will not depart from it?"
I don't have all the answers-- help me out with a comment or post......
There are cascading waterfalls but the orphans never get to go to the beach maybe Cathleen will take them!
Beaches are beautiful
Resort Beach at St Lucia but Cathleen will be on the Poor Side with poverty and poor housing and orphans
http://youtu.be/o8OOcmfl2PUCathleen leaves January 4th to St. Lucia for the Good News Project--This Catholic volunteer organization helps the people there and builds homes, helps the Sisters at the orphanage and ministers to children and families--Cathleen is fulfilling her faith ... in Jesus.
Wouldn't it be great if St. Francis Borgia teens could go to!
http://youtu.be/2ouGAFbw2Eg
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Handel's Messiah--
The sound is Magnificent -One of the Best on You Tube--And He shall Reign For Ever and Ever.... King of Kings...Hallelujah!!!
