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6:30 p.m.

Share Experiences

Carsten King

• Welcome and Review
  • Student leaders reviews the answers to the most recent set of Session Questions 
    • What is Hannah's Lunchbox?
    • What happens when Jesus tells the rich man what he must do to have eternal life?
    • What is Jesus calling us to do with our treasures in this Gospel story?
    • What is discipleship?
    • Whose death was a turning point in the life of Saint Oscar Romero?
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So What's Our Plan for Tonight!?! Measurable Goals and Objectives:

• Share Experiences Carsten King
  • Identify people in our life who care for us and those whom we serve
  • Explore problems migrant families face and how the Church calls us to respond

• Sunday Gospels with Correlation Activity Seminarian, Austin Young
  • Introduce characteristics of those who embody an attitude of service

• Discover the Gospel and Doctrine (Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition) Emerson "Emmy" Schaefer
  • Summarize what comprises the common good
  • Examine how we develop habits
  • Define and describe the Cardinal and Theological Virtue

• Live the Gospel Marshall Snyder
  • Recognize our rights and responsibilities toward one another
  • We can offer prayers to encourage ourselves and others to live out the call of humble service
  • Introduce Student Session Wrap-up Questions
  • Announcements
  • Closing Prayer
  • Invite students to begin and submit Wrap-up Questions

• So We Begin! Cover Activity 
  • Students are invited to begin Cover Activity independently, remaining in pew for next activity 
  • Identify one student from each TRG to share with the entire group before the Opening Prayer
    • Top two cover photos
    • Identify whose serves them
• Gathering Prayer
  • Gathering Prayer
    • Ask students to think about and be prepared to share one way they have served someone else in their family, parish family, school community or greater community in the past week. 
    • Identify one student from each TRG to share with the entire group before the Opening Prayer
    • After each person shares their answer to the above question, the group is invited to respond, "Thanks be to God.
      

• This Week's Article - Angels at the Border
  • The Church has always been a leader in welcoming migrants. The Catechism of the Catholic Church provides teaching about this (see Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2238-2243)
  • Catechist introduces the week's article, starting by introducing the Talk Questions first, with instructions about article's activity, pages 2 and 3
  • After introducing the Articles Activities, the Catechist, again,  reintroduces Talk Questions
  • And invites students to work independently to complete Talk Questions and prepare to share with peers within their TRG, page 3

6:50 p.m.

Sunday's Gospel with Correlation Activity*

Seminarian Austin Young

• Key Correlation Idea
  • Confirmation: Serving others 
    • A big part of preparation for the Confirmation is learning to recognize the needs of others and work toward filling those needs in response to our call to Christian service. 
    • Since the beginning of the Church, Christians have worked to care for the poor, the needy, the outcast, and the weak.
    • Part of living our faith is keeping our eyes and hearts open to see and respond to the needs of others.
• Sunday's Gospel
  • Catechist introduces Sunday's Gospel, and students complete Sunday Gospel Talk Questions, page 4.
• Question of the Week
  • Catechist introduces this week's Correlation Question of the Week
    • What is a need that you have seen and responded to through service to one another in the last 72 hours?

• Correlation Activity configures the approved and necessary curriculum for students preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis
• Beginning in Grade 7, students participate in the curriculum that prepares them to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.
  

6:57 p.m.
Gospel and Doctrine (Catechism of the Catholic Church)

Emerson "Emmy" Schaefer

• Church Assemblies
• Student Leader introduces the Talk Questions for the Connecting Gospel and Doctrine, page 4
• Student Leader also introduces the Information in What the Church Believes and Teaches identifying the key concepts from the lesson located in the Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition of the Catholic Church
• Student Leader reintroduces the Talk Questions for the Connecting Gospel and Doctrine, page 4
• TRG's are invited to gather in assigned meeting places throughout the church and continue with assigned activity and Talk Questions

• Review and discuss the Church Assemblies section introducing this week's Catholic Faith Word and complete the Our Catholic Faith questions
• Together, the TRG's complete the activity on page 4 and discuss talk questions
• Catechist will reintroduce the talk questions and students share findings with the entire class
• Catechists introduce what the catholic church believes and teaches (Our Catholic Faith)

• Catholic Faith Word
  • Catechist reads aloud the definition of the Catholic Faith Word giving examples of its concept and introduces the Our Catholic Faith Feature, Page 5

7:10 p.m. 
Living the Gospel 
Marshall Snyder

• Living the Gospel
  • What are our rights and duties toward one another?
    • Catechists introduces What Families Need feature, reading aloud the overview as well as the directions located on page 6
    • Students complete the activity and should be prepared to share with the whole group gathered
    • TRG's are invited to gather again in their assigned pews to share with the whole group gathered

• Announcements
  • October 20: World Mission Sunday - Pray: Loving God, we pray for missionaries who answer the call to serve. Amen.
  • October 22: Saint John Paul II - This Polish Pope spoke eight languages, visited 129 countries, and worked for peace in our world. Shot and wounded in1981, he forgave the man who tried to kill him. He started World Youth Day to gather young adults from all over the world.
  • October 24: Saint Anthony Mary Claret - A Spaniard born in 1807,  Anthony founded the Claretian orders of priests and nuns and served as Archbishop of Santiago, Cuba. Anthony took part in the First Vatican Council, served as spiritual counselor to Queen Isabella II of Spain, and supported the Catholic press.
  • Remember to discuss before Mass on Sunday as a family how you can show these signs of the Holy Spirit to others you meet

•  Closing Prayer
  • Clean up area; put missalettes and kneelers in place. 
  • Line up at the north wall for dismissal at 7:20 p.m.