8. CALLED TO LOVE AND TO WITNESS
You can see that when people want to live in the spirit of jesus, their lives are changed, they then want to happily share anything they own or receive.
as a leader, you are also expected to share all those gifts that you have received from god.
In the world we live in everything has it's own place and time. We have a calender, please list the months in correct order below:
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We can also divide the year differently:
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The birthday of my parents, grandpa and grandma, my brothers and sisters, friends are noted in our calenders.
Our new year starts on 1 ……….
In the Church we also have a calender: the liturgical year, which contains all the important and less important feasts. The Church's liturgical year doesn't start on the 1st of January.
First we will list the most important feasts of the liturgical year. Please note what we celebrate on these days:
Christmas:
Easter:
Ascension:
Pentecost:
Christmas has a fixed date, namely:
The other feasts are always on a different day.
When we celebrate a big feast, we should prepare it well.
The preparation period before Christmas is called ADVENT
Advent contains four Sundays, in church we can see the Advent wreath with four candles. Every week a candle is lit.
The preparation period before Easter contains six Sundays and is called LENT. Lent starts on ASH WEDNESDAY. The last week of Lent has a special name: HOLY WEEK. In Holy Week there are a couple of days with their own special name. What do we celebrate on those days? Please explain!
PALM SUNDAY:
MAUNDY THURSDAY:
GOOD FRIDAY:
EASTER SATURDAY:
EASTER:
Throughout the year we celebrate different feasts. Some are more important than the other. Almost everyday the Church celebrates a feast day or memorial of a Saint of some sort.
We celebrate St. Lidwina of Schiedam, on of our patron saints, on 14th June and St. Gerard Majella on 16th October. On 13th June we celebrate St. Anthony of Padua and on 9th October St. Dionysius. On 6th December we celebrate St. Nicholas of Myra. On 19th March we celebrate St. Josef and on 4th of October St. Francis of Assisi.
All Saints day is on 1th November. All Souls day is on 2nd November and we commorate the souls of all the faithful departed.
On 6th January is the feast of Epiphany. The Mother of God has many feastdays:
Her birth is commemorated on 8th September, the day the Angel Gabriel messaged her that she would become the Mother of God is on 25th March, Mary's Immaculate Conception is 8th December, the Assumption is 15h August and Candlemass is 2nd February. With these feastdays we can compile quite a calender.
Advent: First Sundaay, end nov./start dec.
Second Sunday
Third Sunday
Fourth Sunday
Christmas 25 December
New Year 01 January
Epiphany 06 January
Ash Wednesday
Lent First Sunday
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter Saturday
Easter
Ascension 40 days after Easter
Pentecost 50 days after Easter
Feast of the Holy Trinity
Feast of Corpus Christi
Assumption of Mary 15 August
All Saints 01 November
All Souls 02 November
Christ the King last Sunday of the Church's liturgical year
THE CHURCH.
The church is a building. We have old churches, big churches and small churches.
But when we use the word 'church', we usually mean something different. What could it be?
All over the world, christians gather on Sundays and Solemnities in church buildings.
Who is in charge of the Church?
In charge of the whole Church is ………., he is also the bishop of Rome. What is his name?
As his coworkers he has:
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They don't all live in Rome, but are spread all over the world, also in our country.
In the Netherlands the management of the Roman Catholic Church is divided in 7 parts. Such a part is called……………………….
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To which diocese belongs our church?..............................
Leading a diocese is a……….
What is the name of our bishop?...........................
The bishop doesn't work alone, but he has employees who help him spread the Good Message of Jesus, to baptise children, and to celebrate Masses.
How do you call the employees?................................
What is the name of our parish?…………………………………………………….
The name of our church is:……………………………………………….
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS SEVEN SACRAMENTS
Assignment:
On the next page you can find a short description of each sacrament. Find the right description and link it to the correct sacrament.
Each description has a letter, use that to link them to the sacraments.
De katholieke kerk kent zeven sacramenten:
1. Baptism _____
2. Confirmation _____
3. Confession _____
4. Eucharist _____
5. Matrimony _____
6. Holy Orders _____
7. Anointing of the Sick _____
M Sometimes people are called by Jesus to conform their whole lives to the Gospel and to continue the work of the Apostles.
C The Message of the Gospel is spread across the entire world. Directly after birth people can become a part of the Church.
R Every person makes mistakes. But you can repent! By confessing your sins and receive forgiveness of God.
A Sometimes people are suffering from illness or they are close to death. Also then the Church provides help in this sacrament.
I Jesus instituted the Holy Mass at the Last Supper. He gave His own Body and Blood to His disciples. They on their turn gave us the Mass. We receive the Body and Blood of Jesus in this sacrament.
H Renewing the world like Jesus wanted is not easy. If you choose to join the path, you should confirm your intentions and act according to your promises.
S Two people who want to spend their lives together can witness of Gods love for us.
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