Recollection talk relationship family and friends

NOTRE DAME OF GREATER MANILAGREADE 7 – RECOLLECTION

July 22, 2014

-a bird’s

eye view.

1. Recall

- past experiences,

- events,

- relationships with people & with God

3 Rs in Order to Have a

Fruitful Recollection

2. Reflect

- Their impact/effects in us

- The insights, realizations & lessons that we gained from those experiences

• What have I done to my life in the past 12

or 13 years or so ?

• What makes me happy?

• What makes me sad?

• What do I really want with my life ?

• What gives meaning to my life ?

• Where am I going ?

3. Renew

- set new direction ,

- define our personal vision;

- what we intend to achieve in life

- commit ourselves to the needed shift in orientation, lifestyle, attitudes, values that we think had not been helpful in our journey

This Requires SILENCE

SCHEDULE7:00 a.m Introduction7:30 Orientation7:45 Session 19:00 Break9:30 Ice breaker9:45 Session 211:30 Session 312:00 p.m. Lunch1:15 Ice Breaker/Orientation 1:30 Eucharistic Adoration/Sacrament of

Reconciliation3:00 Holy Eucharist

Relationship [n]

the way in which two or more people, groups, countries, etc., talk to, behave toward, and deal with each other; a special kind of connection;…

What are the parents doing for their young?

What ’nests’ do human parents provide for their babies?

What else do human babies need from their parents?

What do young children need?

Lion cubs learn to catch their prey from their parents - what do young children learn from theirs?

Birds cannot become independent until they can fly - what must young children learn and experience to become independent of their parents?

What are my earliest memories with my parents?

What is a family?

What is the real state of the family today?

What is the bible saying

about the family?

Family is of divine origin and purpose

Gen 2: 21-22Matthew 19:4-6

Ex 20:12 Prov 1:8

What will you do to preserve the closeness

in your family?

What are the problems that confront your family?

HOW Do you value your family?

Lets watch this!

Video 1 Father’s Love

Video 2 Mother’s Love

May isang anak na gustong iligawang kanyang INA sa gubat dahil sasakit nitong wala nang lunas at pagod na rin siyang mag-alaga dito, Ipinasan niya ang kanyang INA hanggang makarating sakasuluksulukan ng Gubat, ngunitnapansin niya na pinuputol ngkanyang INA ang bawat sanga ngPunong madaanan nila, tinanongnang Anak kung bakit niya ginagawaito, sagot ng INA – ”Pinuputol ko angsanga dahil ayaw kong maligaw ka sapag uwi moanak”

Video

Friends for life!

What do we mean by friendship?

Why do we need friends?

What happens to people who do not have friends?

Fun

1. I like people whena they are fun to be withb they always agree with mec they include me as one of their group

2. I choose as friends peoplea with whom I can get my own wayb with whom I can be myselfc whose good opinion I want

3 The best way of keeping a friendship isa shutting out everyone elseb always doing what my friend wantsc keeping confidences

4 Being good friends with a person of the opposite sex meansa kissing and cuddling a lotb being honest with each otherc always trying to please him/her

5 I am guided by my friendsa always, in what I wear, whether or not I can afford itb sometimes, in what I do, whether or not I think it is rightc never when I think what they suggest is wrong

RESULT

VIDEO

ACTIVITIESAffirmation

House of Friendship

Handle with Care

HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP

1. Left Wall : Decorate the wall. Use colored papers as bricks. On each brick, write the values or qualities they think that will bring friendship with others.

2. Right Wall: Decorate the wall. Use colored papers as bricks. On each brick, fill in with values and qualities their friends bring to them.

3. Roof: Decorate the roof. Using colored papers as decoration, write on each piece of paper values that protect friendship from outside forces.

4. Every house has doors and windows. What are they for? The assigned group should consider whether theirs are going to be open or closed? Why? Ask them to write over the page of the window and door why they want to keep them closed or open or even sometimes one and sometimes the other with an explanation.

5. Rain: What damages friendship? Draw droplets of rain coming onto the roof and name each one as things which can cause damage to friendship.

Write your name

Your friend’s values

thoughtfulness

respect

Your values

insincerity gossip

trust

love

Closed door

/open door?Why?

Friendship is a fragile thing.

What breaks friendship?

What are the best ways to mend broken friendship?

REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

Video 3

Video 4

Ang tunay na kaibigan ay…

Complete the sentence. Write your answer on the colored paper and post it on the designated place.

Session 3

VIDEO

What God wishes for us is…

Video

Video

VIDEO

In silence, we shall offer our symbols to God, praying that we may strengthen our relationship and friendship with Him, through our brothers and sisters, our parents, our teachers. We pray too that we may have a heart, like that of St. Eugene de Mazenod, who invites us to be cooperators in Jesus’ mission to proclaim the Good News to the poor and the most abandoned.

ClosingPrayer

SACRAMENT OR RECONCILIATION

• +• BLESS ME FATHER, FOR I HAVE SINNED.• MY LAST CONFESSION WAS _____.• THESE ARE MY SINS ___, THAT’S ALL FATHER.• WAIT FOR THE PENANCE.• GET OUT OF THE CONFESSION ROOM• PRAY THE ACT OF CONTRITION AND YOUR

PENANCE• TEAR THE PAPER WHERE YOU WROTE YOUR SINS.

THROW IT INTO THE POT.