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Sunday, September 29, 2019

6th

Grade

26th

Sunday in Ordinary Time

Gospel Reading: Luke 16:19-31

LITURGICAL YEAR / FEAST DAYS

CATHOLIC TRADITION

FEAST DAYS & CELEBRATIONS

September 29 – Holy Archangels

October 1 – St. Therese of the Child Jesus

October 2 – Holy Guardian Angels

October 4 – St. Francis of Assisi

Learn more about the Saints:

http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/b

yname.asp

Provided for you (see below)

Classroom Supply Bin – in your classroom

Handbook Bin

Pink Emergency Contact Folder

Class Folder which contains:

o Attendance sheet

o A copy of the session plan

Pflaum pamphlets for 9/29

Squishy ball for highs and lows

Projector

“Common Good” worksheet

Bibles

Bible Scavenger Hunt worksheets

Archangels worksheet

Important things to know for this week! The pages below have a new look to them!

Please take a moment to read the additional document on the blog, “Updated Session Plan Format”.

This is also the week that everyone will have a “Handbook Bin” in their classroom. We do ask your

help that at the end of your session, you bring the “Handbook Bins” back to the coordinator desk.

In part of this week’s session we will introduce Catholic Social Teaching. We will use the following

video in class “CST in 3 minutes”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELyLdMlFdzA

In addition we will focus on the term “The Common Good”. Please use this video as a resource to

help aid the discussion and worksheet for exploring “The Common Good” (this is for your reference

–we will not be showing this during the session)

o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J47IwCEUrtE

o We have attached a transcript of this video at the end of the session.

Since this week the universal Church recognizes both the Archangels and our Guardian Angels, we

have two great – but short – articles on angels at the end of these session notes.

Objectives: Discuss the Gospel and Catholic social teaching

Review Bible literacy

Additional Activities – detailed descriptions can be found on the last pages.

Archangels – who they are and how they help us

Session Notes for September 29, 2019

Gathering & Share Experiences

We will have sticker nametags for the children to use this week – this will be the last

week for these!

We will have a squishy ball to be passed around the class. When someone receives the

ball, they name one high and one low from the past week and then hand the ball to the

next person.

As you explore the “Share Experiences” section, consider:

Encouraging the children to help you create the prayer space.

Encouraging the children to look up saints whose memorials are celebrated on the other

days of October, but remember we do not assign homework.

For the drama on pages 2-3, please use the catechists and teens to read this week. The

personalities and capabilities of the children will come out over the next few months and

you can begin to invite them to take part.

Discover Gospel & Doctrine

As you explore the “Discover Gospel & Doctrine” section, consider:

Before reading the Gospel, ask the children: If you had a hundred dollars, what would

you do with it? What about a million dollars?

o Write answers on the board.

o Read the Gospel and discuss the “Think” questions.

o Revisit the hundred and million dollar questions.

Skip page 5, but encourage the children to look at it at home to see how Catholic social

teaching goes all the way back to the Old Testament

For your personal reference, read pages 5 and 51 of “What the Church Believes and

Teaches,” but don’t pass out the handbook.

Show the video titled “Catholic Social Teaching in 3 minutes” on the projector provided

for you.

o Have a guided classroom discussion about the Common Good with the aid of the

worksheet provided.

Live the Gospel

As you explore the “Live the Gospel” section, consider:

Use pages 6-7 to talk more in depth about Luke.

Divide the children into pairs or groups of three. Each group should have its own Bible

for a Bible scavenger hunt.

o Instruct the children not to open their Bibles while you distribute the Bible

Scavenger Hunt worksheets (see end of session notes). Tell them that the first

group to answer all five questions correctly will be the winner, and then give them

the signal to begin!

o Answers: 1) 9; 2) 3; 3) Titus; 4) Luke; 5) Gabriel

Clean-up & Closing Prayer

Close class by gathering again around the prayer table to pray the Sign of the Cross and

the closing prayer in the teaching guide. You might forgo splitting the class into groups.

o Consider incorporating the Prayer to St. Michael in your closing prayer.

End of Class

All children should be picked up by a parent before you leave your classroom today. .

We know your time is valuable so we ask that if you still have children in your classroom

ten minutes after dismissal, bring them to the coordinator’s table so that we can get them

to their parents.

Please put away prayer table items at each session.

Please put all class materials into the classroom bins and move the bins back to the

location where you found them at the beginning of class.

Make sure all trash is cleaned up and put in the classroom trash cans.

All classroom furniture should be put back into the original locations before you leave.

If you have any extra materials from class, please place those back in your mailbox at

the coordinator’s table along with the attendance sheet from your class.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

These activities can be incorporated into the session where they fit best for your classroom

dynamic.

We will have a sheet for the children to fill in while you read the following description of

the archangels:

o One of the ways God shows love and concern for us is through His angels. These

heavenly spirits are sent into the lives of people who need protection. The three

angels mentioned by name in Scripture are called archangels.

o One of these archangels is Michael. His name means “Who is like God?”

Michael is sometimes called the “Mighty Prince of Angels.” He guards the

Church and watches over it. According to Revelation, Michael led the heavenly

hosts in battle against Lucifer and the bad angels. Artists often draw Michael as

strong, young, and wearing armor. People pray to Michael to help them in times

of temptation.

o Gabriel is another archangel. His name means “God is my hero.” Sometimes

Gabriel is pictured delivering a message from God. In the Old Testament, he told

the prophet Daniel about Jesus’ coming as the Savior. Gabriel also announced to

Mary that she would be the mother of Jesus. Gabriel told Zechariah that his wife,

Elizabeth, would have a son named John. This was John the Baptist, who later

baptized Jesus in the Jordan River. Postal workers, who also deliver messages,

have Gabriel as their patron saint. People often turn to Gabriel when trying to do

God’s will.

Archangels

o A third archangel is Raphael. Raphael traveled on a journey with Tobias, the son

of Tobit, to collect a debt. Tobit was blind. Raphael cured Tobit of his blindness

with the gall of a fish. Artists often show Raphael with Tobit and a fish

somewhere in the picture. The name Raphael means “God has healed.” People

pray to Raphael in times of sickness.

Catholic Social Teaching - Common Good Transcript At the foundation of Catholic Social Teaching is the concept of the "common good.”

Here is a definition drawn from Pope St. John XXIII and quoted in the Vatican II document, Gaudium et Spes: the common good is "the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily."

By common we mean all people. To pursue the common good is to work towards the greatest good for all persons, not the greatest good for the greatest number and certainly not the greatest good for only a specific group of people. There is a difference between the good for a majority of people and the good for all people.

One example that is sometimes used to illustrate the common good is a sports team. The common good of a team is to win, or maybe to protect the integrity of the game. Certainly, a team wants individual players to perform well and to improve, but ultimately the common good of the team is to win. This sometimes requires star players to make sacrifices in order for the team to work together to win.

Then, of course, there is the role of the coach in a sports team. The coach must protect the common good of the team (that goal of winning) not just the individual players and their individual goods.

Likewise, it is the role of the state to defend and promote the common good of civil society and its citizens.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes three essential elements of the common good:

1. Rights: The common good presupposes respect for the person as such. The public authories (government) must respect and protect the rights of the human person. In other words: respect people. 2. Needs (Prosperity): The common good requires the social well-being and development of the group itself. Public authorities should make accessible what is needed to lead a truly human life, for example: food, clothing, health, work, education and culture, information, and the right to establish a family. In other words: help people. 3. Peace: The common good requires peace. Public authority should ensure a morally acceptable means of security and defense of its people. In other words: protect people.

In addition, however, we also pursue a Universal Common Good.

The world today is increasingly interderpendent, meaning, we all rely on other countries for our own well-being. Though we may live in different parts of the world, we are all a part of one human family and, therefore, we seek a universal common good.

This means that nations must also help humans who are not from their country. This is why the Church works toward assisting refugees and migrants who are displaced from their homes. Jesus taught the Golden Rule to his disciples: "Do to others whatever you would have them do to you" (Mt 7:12). From this law is drawn the great wisdom of the common good. To seek the common good is to seek to fulfill Jesus' command to do unto others as we would have them do unto us.

Bible Scavenger Hunt

1. According to 1 Samuel 17:4, Goliath is over _______ feet tall.

2. Read that many verses in that chapter of Acts. For how many days does Saul (soon to be

called Paul) remain blind?

3. Read that verse of Galatians 2. Who is Paul’s Greek companion?

4. Read verses 23-24 of the letter directly after that letter. Which of Paul’s co-workers in

prison is mentioned last?

5. Go to that man’s Gospel and read chapter 1, verses 11-19. Who foretells the birth of

John the Baptist?

The first group to answer all 5 questions is the winner!