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November
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November 19, 2009 |
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Dear ,
Thanksgiving is here and one of our favorite holidays. It is a time to count our blessings, reflect on the abundance of God's gifts and celebrate a holiday of gratutude.
We hope you have had a chance to take a tour of the new website. We have a new feature called the "Educator's Exchange" where you can post ideas, seek advice and share best practices. We seek your suggestions for groups and topics and hope this will become a lively dynamic resource center for you.
We have an exciting line-up of new resources for you in this issue. Please see the listing at the left for great tools to support your work in living the gospel and passing on the faith. Don't miss our newsletter archive - all the latest resources in one place for you!
Peace,
Sr. Katherine Feely, SND
The Education for Justice Team
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Thanksgiving Prayer Service
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 We lift up grateful hearts...
This two-page prayer service is a reflection on gratitude and the places of blessing in our lives. Prayer service includes scripture readings, reflection, litany of thanks and closing prayer.
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PowerPoint Reflection on Gratitude
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 Praying the Psalms of Gratitude
This 15-slide reflection offers psalm reflections on gratitude and God's abundant generosity. Photo images are overlayed with quotes from the psalms. Select your own instrumental music to accompany the slides.
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"Caritas in Veritate" - The 'Logic of Gift"
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 The Principle of Gratuitousness
In the encyclical, "Caritas in Veritate", Pope Benedict XVI explores the 'Logic of Gift' and the principle of gratuitousness. This principle runs through other social encyclicals and receives more extensive development in this document. This three-page resource explains this principle and includes quotes from the encyclical to illustrate, reflect upon and discuss. Pope Benedict grounds his understanding of this principle first in the gift of love which is God's nature.
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Integrating CST across the Curriculum
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 Planning Worksheet - "How To"
This four-page resource is an integration planning worksheet to help in your creation, design and planning of interdisciplinary lessons and Catholic social teaching. Planning worksheets can be used by an individual teacher, a pair or team, or even by whole departments. For additional resources, see our "Interdisciplinary resource" tab under the "Catholic Social Teaching" menu bar.
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Advent Resource Guide
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 Preparing the Way...
A handy reference list of great resources for celebrating the season of Advent. This guide saves you time in searching the website. This two-page resource includes a list of our most popular Advent materials and includes prayers, reflections, activities, prayer services, conscious consumer guides and service-learning suggestions and more.
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Sunday Lectionary Reflection
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The Word Becomes Flesh
The Sunday Lectionary Reflections by Fr. John Bucki, S.J., provide an excellent resource for personal or communal reflection on the Word as well as ideas for homily preparation. Each reflection includes a list of the readings, quotes for reflection, connections to Catholic Social Teaching, Prayers of the Faithful/Petitions, links for action and more. For this week's reflection, follow the link below.
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