“Faith in Action” (Hands and Feet)
Session Overview for Catechists
Catechist Summary * Slides
- Track A: Monday 1/22/2024, 6:45-8 p.m.
- Track B: Wednesday 1/24/2024 and Friday 1/26/2024 in Religion class
Icebreaker (5 min.)
Discuss journal pages 36-37 from homework journaling.
Opening Prayer (5 min.)
“Do Something” by Matthew West
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3IrwujyAJ4
Sent to Serve (10 min)
See slides presented by Ms. Hohner (or Mr. Fix in Religion during the week).
handout: Two Feet of Service and Justice graphic
Reflection on Service (25 min.)
worksheet: Reflection on My Service
worksheet: Two Feet of Service and Justice worksheet
optional application for Fr. Jim Loving Service Award Application
Bring service packets to the prayer table turn-in basket.
Service Project: Valentine Cards for Nursing Home (25 min.)
Students will receive materials to make a nice card for elderly persons living in Balmoral Nursing Home.
Students joining remotely from home should make a Valentine Card for a family member who may feel lonely or sad.
Confirmation Rite Explained (15 min.)
Textbook p. 88-90, or an old Confirmation Mass booklet p. 5-7
- Presentation of Candidates by Pastor
- Homily by Bishop
- Renewal of Baptism Promises by Candidates
- Laying on of Hands by Bishop over the Candidates
- Anointing with Chrism by Bishop of each Candidate
Scripture Exploration: Anointing with Oil and Laying on of Hands (25 min.)
Each table will look up two Scripture verses, one for Anointing with Oil, and one for Laying on of Hands. Discuss each passage and what the symbols of anointing and laying on of hands meant to the people experiencing these signs. Use the hand outlines to record your answers.
- Anointing with Oil:
- EITHER Numbers 27:15-23
- OR Acts of the Apostles 19:1-6
- Laying on of Hands:
- EITHER Leviticus 8:10-12
- OR 1 Samuel 9:26-10:1
Prayer Ritual (10 min)
Blessing using the Prayer of St. Teresa of Avila
Christ has no body now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are his body.
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now but yours. May almighty God bless us all + in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
Closing & Dismissal (5 min)
HOMEWORK
- Retreat II this Friday, February 10 for all students
- 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., beginning at Parish Center and ending at Church
- Do textbook pages 88-90
- Homework due at next class session
- Track A Monday 2/13
- Track B Tuesday 2/21 and Friday 2/24 (because of a day off of school on Friday 2/17)
- Turn in late Confirmation Name reflection and/or Letter to the Pastor – can be done digitally!