May Family Faith Formation @ Home Plan
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Theme: Pentecost & Holy Spirit
Bible Verse for Memorization:
Practice daily the Bible verse as a family --perhaps read it before dinner with your dinner prayer. Slowly try to memorize it and make it a fun game:0)
"You will be baptized with the Holy Spirit." -Jesus (Acts 1: 5)
Incorporating Jesus into Daily Family Life Suggestions
Incorporate a time to pray together as a family each night:
1) Start with the sign of the cross
2) Read the Bible verse for memorization a few times with hand motions for memorizing
3) Each Sunday, read either the upcoming Gospel or the Gospel of the day as a family and practice Lectio Divina style reading. This is a practice of using your imagination to enter into the story and let the Holy Spirit bring it to life for you so you can encounter God in His word.
You can check out an article about Lectio Divina with kids here.
4) Watch one of the videos for kids below together and discuss it answer questions or play a fun trivia game based on what you watched
1) Start with the sign of the cross
2) Read the Bible verse for memorization a few times with hand motions for memorizing
3) Each Sunday, read either the upcoming Gospel or the Gospel of the day as a family and practice Lectio Divina style reading. This is a practice of using your imagination to enter into the story and let the Holy Spirit bring it to life for you so you can encounter God in His word.
You can check out an article about Lectio Divina with kids here.
4) Watch one of the videos for kids below together and discuss it answer questions or play a fun trivia game based on what you watched
Make sure you Sign Up for your FREE Formed.org -- Subscription (you will need to set it up and be signed in before being able to click and easily access many of the resources below
For Parents for May
Above you can watch an episode of the Wild Goose Series, that Amy mentioned. This one is on the Baptism in the Spirit. There are actually 13 episodes. You can watch them on youtube, or on formed.org -- click below for formed.org and make sure you are signed in first to be able to access the link!
Powerful Documentary about Healing & Prophecy in the Catholic Church -- you will encounter God as you watch this! Great for teenagers or middle schoolers to watch with parents too!
PLUS! There's also a ton of parenting for the faith resources and just general adult faith formation, youth formation videos and resources on the General Resource Page -- click the button below to see!
For First Communion --Supplemental to First Communion specific HW on Topic of Holy Spirit (for coordination with Parent topic of the month).
For Preschoolers and Toddlers During May
First Communion Prep for May
All First Communion Homework was handed out in your child's folder this month. If you have any questions or cannot find the forms, please feel free to email peggy@vincentcatholic.org
*Please also be sure that you are going to Mass every Sunday or Saturday vigil and have your child write down one thing that sticks out to them in their journal -- this will be the confirmation that they are regularly attending Mass each weekend to fulfill the requirement next year (even during the summer when we do not meet for Family Faith Formation, please have your child keep their Mass journal--just one word or phrase that stuck out to them and the date of the Mass).
*Please also be sure that you are going to Mass every Sunday or Saturday vigil and have your child write down one thing that sticks out to them in their journal -- this will be the confirmation that they are regularly attending Mass each weekend to fulfill the requirement next year (even during the summer when we do not meet for Family Faith Formation, please have your child keep their Mass journal--just one word or phrase that stuck out to them and the date of the Mass).
If you haven't yet filled out the medical release waiver & Turned in, please bring the below form in January or scan and attach to peggy@vincentcatholic.org
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