This year we will be delving into the Creed as we break it down into various parts (God the Father, Creation, life & death of Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Church, the Saints, Mary). 

Our next meeting is 7 - 8:30pm on Monday, Apr 19th

4/19/21: Fire Inside

• Mary’s perfection should not alienate us because Mary wants us to share in her perfect connection to the Holy Spirit.
• When Mary said, “yes” to being Jesus’ mother, she said, “yes” to being our mother too. She has been a mother for the Church.
• Everything Mary experienced, good or bad, she pondered in her heart with the Spirit. One step toward being like Mary is to offer our experiences to the Holy Spirit like she did.
• Scriptural Rosary (3rd Joyful Mystery)

What we covered so far:
3/29/21: Oxygen

• We are called by God to achieve holiness through a specific state of life, or vocation.
• Consecrated life is when a man or a woman makes a permanent decision to live a life of poverty, chastity (celibacy), and obedience. (CCC 914-915)
• Your vocation is a part of the grand plan God has for your life; a plan that will bring you the greatest happiness. (Jeremiah 29:11)

3/22/21: Life In The Fire

• Church on a Mission handout

3/15/21: Everlasting

• The Church is united as one. All of the Catholic churches around the world are a part of the one Church. (CCC 813-816)
• The Church is holy because Jesus is holy. Jesus is always present in the Church and the Catholic Church has the fullness of salvation. (CCC 823-830)
• The Church is Catholic, or “universal,” and recognizes the goodness of and some similarities with other religions, but holds that the fullness of the truth remains in the Catholic Church. (CCC 843-846)
• The Church is apostolic, which means that she was founded on the apostles. (CCC 857)

3/8/21:::Kindling

3/1/21:: Circles of Care

• Grade 6 (doing grade 7-8 closing prayer)
• Grades 7-8 (grade 7 will do same activity as grade 8)

2/15/21:: Ignition

• The Holy Spirit has been at work with the Father and the Son since the beginning of time and continues to work with them until the end of time. (CCC 702)
• Just before Christ died on the cross, He promised that the Holy Spirit would come to be with us forever to teach us, to remind us of what He said, and to help us bear witness to Him in the world. (CCC 729-730)
• We are called to share our faith in the normal circumstances of our life: at school, at home with our family, and with our friends.
• Handout - My Response to the Holy Spirit

2/8/21:: Eternal Kingdom

The Edge Night begins with a fun Gather game where the youth are setup to be waiting for someone to bring them a treat all night and then they proceed to play a fun active game. The Proclaim leads the youth through what will happen at the end of the world, the Last Judgment, and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The Break gives the youth a chance to discuss the teaching, and during the Send they pray a decade of the rosary, focusing on the Ascension of Jesus. The Edge Night ends with the Core Member who they were waiting for finally coming in with their treat.

• Handout (for Send)

2/1/21: A Legacy

• Death is a reality of life. We will all die at some point in time, and none of us know when that will be. Death is the end of our earthly life — it is a natural event, but it is also the consequence of sin. (CCC 1001-1008)
• At the moment of our death we will be judged by all the actions of our life, this is called particular judgment, and we will go either to heaven, hell, or Purgatory. (CCC 1021-1022)
• We, in the Church, are also given every advantage to help us to get to heaven; through the sacraments we have all the grace we need to live a life with Christ now and to choose Him in this life.

1/25/21: Triumphant

• Jesus was dead for two days before He rose on the third day, but even during those days Jesus was at work. After His Death and before His Resurrection, He descended into hell.
• The Resurrection of Jesus is the crowning truth of our faith, meaning that it changed everything. Jesus proved to us that He is God, that He is all powerful, and that He did in fact come to save us from our sins and death. (CCC 638, 651-655)
• After spending 40 days with His disciples and appearing to countless people, Jesus ascended into heaven.

1/11/21: Defeated

• From the beginning of Jesus’ public life He was misunderstood, He was different, and a lot of people found His teachings to be difficult and offensive; because of this they sought to destroy Him. (CCC 574-586)
• God loves us so much that He was willing to die for us, He was willing to give the greatest sacrifice of His very life to save us — all of us. There is not a single person who has lived or ever will live for whom Christ did not suffer and die. (CCC 605)
• Jesus was obedient to the will of the Father to the point of being killed. His obedience saves us from our sins. His obedience makes up for all of humanity’s disobedience. (CCC 612)

Nicene  & Apostles' Creeds