SERIES TITLE: Sacraments

February 9

Through the Sacraments, Christ unites us to Himself most perfectly and makes us

temples of the Holy Spirit in the midst of the world.

SCHEDULE

10:30am Catechist prayer and check– in. Catechist room set up. Join East/West welcome

Toni or Jen: one will lead and one will be in East/West Room welcoming families

10:50 am Welcome/Announcements/Game <—— Note New Time!

11:10am Calculated Disengagement: ADORATION

Jen or Toni will lead the children and parents

-Worship Song and/or guidance on how to be with Jesus

11:20 Head to class rooms

11:30 Small Groups Begin

12:30 Finished

*Be sure to review your lessons thoroughly so that they flow well and you have time for each

section. There is much to get through so please prepare!

Class Title: Sacraments

Proclamation: Through the Sacraments, Christ unites us to Himself most perfectly and

makes us temples of the Holy Spirit in the midst of the world.

February 9

11am—12:30

Teaching point: Jesus, through his Church, uses His creation to draw us into His life.

Symbols used to point to something greater:

K-1:

3-4: Draw creative pictures that describe the words below. Remember, you cannot use words!

Love, Joy, Sadness, Mom Dad Anger

God uses the visible world to show us Him

Examples:

Creation story– God shows his creative glory by everything that he created. He created all of it for us!

Genesis 2: 7 God makes man out of the dirt

Genesis 14:18-20 Melchizedek the priest used bread and wine and blessed Abraham.

John 9: 1-7 Jesus uses clay to heal the man born blind

Luke 22, 14-20 Jesus uses bread and wine at the last supper.

Also Jesus used stories about people to help them learn about the Kingdom of God:

Matthew 13:3-9 and 18-23. Read the story and ask them to draw a picture of what they heard.

GAME!

February 9

11am—12:30

Give them signs sheet. What does this sign represent? Does it make you do what it represents?

*It came from a book. It has a no parking sign, a wash your hands sign, be careful don’t slip sign

and a recycle sign. I have them printed and ready to go.

God uses signs in the sacraments that both tell us what is supposed to happen and then it

happens.

For instance, in Baptism, we use water. What does water do? It washes dirt away, it helps life

grow, it quenches our thirst. In Baptism, Holy Water washes our sins away, it helps us grow in

the life of Christ because we have been washed clean and given entrance into the life of Christ,

the Church and the life of Christ quenches our thirst to be loved. Water is both the symbol and

the effect of Baptism. It symbolizes these things AND it does these things.

Sacramental Signs:

Show other sacramental signs. What signs to they see? What are the signs making happen?

Baptism—water, person is baptized

Confirmation—Bishop anoints with oil, person is Confirmed

Holy Eucharist—bread and wine become Jesus’ body and blood which fed and strengthen us

Reconciliation—you say the words of your sins and you hear the words of absolution from the

priests: your sins are forgiven.

Healing—anointing of the sick brings Christ’s healing power

Marriage—love between one man and one woman in marriage, and their vows to each other

helps them grow closer to Christ and build a family that lives for Christ. Children are the visible

sign of their love.

Holy Orders—the very person of the priest is used and become in the person of Christ “in

persona Christi”. He serves as Christ serves. His ordination makes him Christ to us.

February 9

11am—12:30

Disposition and Reality

In each Sacrament Christ gives himself to us. The Sacraments are the most direct way we expe-

rience Christ in our lives. They are meant to change us.

Drop rock in a bucket of water. Did the rock change? No. It got wet but it did not change.

The Sacraments really have an effect but for the Sacraments to make us more like Jesus we

need to be like this sponge

Drop dry sponge into water. Did the sponge change? How did it change?

When you experience a Sacrament, Jesus’s love and ministry is really there, but it won’t force us

to cooperate. For the Sacraments to change us, we need to be like that sponge, ready to let God

make us more like him. Be open to the Sacraments!

What can we do to get ready for Mass and be ready to hear everything, pray and receive Jesus

at Mass? How can we make our hearts most open? What activities could we do?

What can we do to get ready to go to Reconciliation? What are some activities that can help us

be open to God’s forgiving love? (this one might be harder. Ideas could be: be aware of when

we have hurt someone else, or disobeyed mom and dad, at the end of our day think about the

ways we chose God and the times we did not choose God. When we prepare for Reconciliation,

doing an examination of Conscience which means what are the things I tend to do more often

that are sins? What don’t I do that I should do? )

Teaching point: The Mass : Everything flows to and out of the Mass

1. God Himself found men’s worship of Him pleasing or unpleasing. He was pleased with Abel’s

sacrifice but not that of his brother, Cain

In the course of time Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit of the ground,4while

Abel, for his part, brought the fatty portion* of the firstlings of his flock. The LORD looked with fa-

vor on Abel and his offering (Genesis 4:3-5)

2. God was pleased with Noah’s offering and he instructed Abraham to make an offering of his

son Isaac. In Exodus 19, God established a way for the Israelites to worship Him and in His 10

Commandments he tells us to “Keep the Sabbath Day Holy”.

Talk—or draw: What is your favorite toy? What do you do you make sure your favorite toy is

ready to play with?

When we really love something, we play with it often and we take good care of it. When we real-

ly love someone, we like to spend time with them.

Who do we love? Who do we love to spend time with?

Who loves us the most? What could we do to spend time with the person who loves us the

most? Jesus loves us the most and wants us to put everything aside for him. He comes first and

then everyone and everything can be loved and enjoyed after Him.

February 9

11am—12:30

Proclamation: Through the Sacraments, Christ unites us to Himself most

perfectly and makes us temples of the Holy Spirit in the midst of the world.

Proclamation: Through the Sacraments, Christ unites us to Himself most

perfectly and makes us temples of the Holy Spirit in the midst of the world.

Teaching point: Beginning to learn about the Church: What is in a Church?

(next meeting we will go through all of the parts of the Mass)

The Mass

Things in the Church to help us celebrate Mass– the following pages have pictures and activities

that I will print out for you and the students.

See attached “What will I see in a Catholic Church”. I did not use ALL of their things, so use it to

help you with the pictures I have. And not all of the pictures I included are in this additional docu-

ment, but I did label things for you in an identical page after the pages for the students.

I am going to print out Page 4 “A typical Church layout” for you and the students so that they can

color or identify the parts of a Church.

Because our Church is set up slightly different, do you want me to draw our Church and label it

for you or can you do this and explain it? Let me know.

After you are done with the pictures, do a closing prayer.

Closing Prayer: Jesus thank you for the 7 Sacraments and that you give them to us to help us

become more like you. Help us to always be open to the graces that come from the Sacraments

so that we can be your light and love to the world. Amen!

February 9

11am—12:30

February 9

11am—12:30

February 9

11am—12:30

Chalice Monstrance Cruets

Pyx Paten Ciborium

Altar Cloth Candles

Find these things and put the number next to them

(or an arrow pointing to them)

1. The Tabernacle

2. The Crucifix

3. The Altar

4. The Presider’s Chair

5. The Altar Candles

6. The Sacramentary (hint, its an open book!)

7. The missal stand

8. The credence table

9. Where the Altar Servers sit

10.The Sanctuary (the whole space!)

Can you name these things that are in our Church?

Can you name these things that are in our Church?

The Roman Missal

The prayers that the Priest says

The Ambo

Bells

Rung at the Consecration

Baptismal Candle

Holy Water or Baptismal font

Always take holy water and make the sign

of the cross to remember your Baptism

Sanctuary Lamp

(indicates that Jesus is present)

A few things that priests and deacons wear

Alb

Always white and always

worn under the chasuble.

Stole

A priest will wear a purple stole

when he hears confessions

Chasuble

The color changes with

the Liturgical seasons

Deacon’s Stole

A deacon’s stole is always

worn sideways

Proclamation: Through the Sacraments, Christ

unites us to Himself most perfectly and makes us

temples of the Holy Spirit in the midst of the world.

February 9

11am—12:30