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November 30
Advent I
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December
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Advent III
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December 25
Christmas
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January
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Mary,
Mother of God
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January
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Baptism of Jesus
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Catechetical Resources
focusing on the Sunday Readings:
Proclaiming
Faith
Clipart and Text from Fr. Lonsdale
First
Sunday of Advent
Second Sunday of Advent
Third Sunday of Advent
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Christmas
Feast of the Holy Family
Mary, Mother of God
Epiphany
Baptism of Jesus
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The following are some of the online resources
available on Advent.
Celebrate Advent / Christmas - Sharing Christmas with Others
- A beautifully made web site from the for young children with
stories, crafts, and an advent calendar. A great Pauline Christmas
website... Check out the flash audio enhanced story book....
Advent
& Christmas
quotations - These 30+ quotations from various sources
were collected by Fr. Brian Cavanaugh, TOR.
Advent and Christmas Devotions - This page from the CatholicMom.com
web site contains a listing of various web sites containing
useful resources. (no longer available)
Family Prayers
for the Advent Season: The Advent Wreath - Offers a prayer
of blessing for the Advent wreath, prayers for each week of
Advent, and an excerpt from the Directory
on Popular Piety and the Liturgy on Advent.
Advent
and Christmas Crafts and Activities For Children - Various
craft projects for Advent
Church Library - Art Catalog - Official Website of The United
Methodist Church - A very nice collection of public domain clipart
under the following headings:
* Nativity Images
* Angels
* Bells
* Candles
* Trees, Wreaths & Holly
* Text Banners
* Miscellaneous Images
Advent
to Epiphany: Celebrating the Christmas Season - From the
Saint Anthony Messenger web site - " Prepare for Christmas
with Advent wreath and Advent calendar activities, along with
information about St. Nicholas, Advent prayers, and more."
Catholic Catechist Online: Advent and Christmas - A good list
of links to useful resources. (no longer available)
Catholic Online
- Catholic Life - The Season of Advent - Contains the
collects for Advent, the readings for each day during Advent,
and an article on Saint Nicholas.
Catholic
Traditions for Advent and Christmas - an article by Michaelann
Martin - How can families better live the spirit of Advent
and Christmas in their homes?
Christmas Tree Blessing for the Family at Advent from Catholicmom.com
(no longer available)
Devotion
- Prayers - Advent Wreath Prayers - From the web site of
Saint Charles Borromeo Parish.
The
Liturgical Season of Advent - by Fr. William Saunders -
How did the celebration of Advent come about?
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Publishing - The US Council
of Catholic Bishops has made available a number of resources
on its web sites: Blessing for the Advent Wreath (in pdf format),
for the Christmas Tree (in pdf format);2003
Advent Resource Supplement (pdf) - "This extension
of the resource, Advent 2003: Celebrate Christ’s Coming
to Establish Peace on Earth, offers various ways to use the
resource during and after the Advent season"; and Advent
2003: Celebrate Christ's Coming to Establish Peace on Earth
- " This resource is offered as a seasonal aid for prayer
and reflection about the social justice message of the Sunday
gospels. It provides elements for individuals and groups to
develop their own prayer, study, and reflection opportunities
for use in parishes,schools, families, social justice committees,
small faith-sharing circles, and other settings.
Advent
Wreath Prayers - Prayers for the weeks of Advent
Mary
Page Advent Calendar: - A Collection of Resources - Rev.
Bertrand Buby, SM, Hebrew Testament Reflections, O'Antiphons,
Masses for Advent from the Collection of Masses in Honor of
the Blessed Virgin Mary .
" Mary Page would like to journey through Advent with you!
Join us as we explore the progressively unfolding wonder of
the Incarnation day by day."
Celebrating
Christmas As if the Earth
Were really the place where the Word became flesh - from
an environmental justice perspective.
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Various articles and
resources on Advent and Christmas are available on the Domestic.Church.com
web site:
Celebrating
Advent - by Posie McPhee
Christmas
Traditions - by Shonnie Scarola
Origins of Christmas Traditions by Shonnie Scarola, Part
One, Part
Two, Part
Three.
Celebrating
with Advent Hymns - by Kelly Beck
Advent
Wreath Prayers - Brief prayers for each week of Advent.
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My Friend Magazine
- The Catholic Magazine for Kids - Click on : Daily 2003 Advent
Calendar.
Prayers and Readings for Advent - By Bass Mitchell
Advent
- Christmas Resources 2003 - Prayers for each week of Advent,
other rituals and articles.
Crafts
- Various templates for Advent Wreaths and other Christmas related
crafts from first-school.com.
The
Christmas Story Advent Coloring Book - 24 coloring pages with
quotations from Luke (first 15 pages) and Matthew (last 9 pages)
to reinforce the Christmas story.
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Cyberfaith, the web
site of William H. Sadlier, Inc. offers a number of activities
for Advent and Christmas;
An
Advent Adventure - an Advent adventure for nine to eleven-year-olds.
The activity can be done very effectively outdoors.
We
Journey at Christmas - This prayer service encourages the
youngsters to live in such a way that they will show others
how to find Jesus.
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Celebrate Christmas - Gather the children around a manger
and tell them the Christmas story. Invite the children to sing
"Silent Night" or another familiar Christmas carol
Help the children to use the pieces on this site to make a Christmas
card for someone special.
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Celebration of Peace: Christmas - This exercise gives us
a unique chance to connect the beauty of each sunrise with Christmas.
The way that the prayer talks of the change from darkness into
light can stretch the youngsters' spiritual awareness of Jesus
in their lives.
A
Christmas Meditation - Invite your young people to participate
in meditative prayer. Encourage them to use their imagination
when responding to the gospel story. This activity might appeal
to youngsters between the ages of eight and ten.
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Christmas Thank You - Give the youngsters an opportunity
to write a thank you to Jesus for all of the gifts he has given
to us.
A
Dream Come True -- Christmas - Invite your ten to twelve-year-olds
to focus on Saint Joseph during the following Christmas reflection.
Then give them the experience of centering contemplatively on
the name of Jesus.
We
Celebrate Advent - Explain to the children that Advent is
a time to prepare the way for Jesus to come into our hearts
in a special way at Christmas. Help them to complete each prayer
with their own personal responses.
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Web site reviews and listings of online resources
on Advent and Christmas resources are also available on the
Resources for Catholic Educators web site at:
Web site Reviews - Advent
Web
site - Christmas
Listing
of Resources - Advent
Listing
of Resources - Christmas
Saint
Nicholas
From Ignatius Press:
Christmas Videos
Christmas Videos for Children
Christmas Music
Christmas Book
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Advent and Christmas Stories - by Rob Neves
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Stories
that help young children understand the Gospels. The four wonderful
stories below can be useful during the Advent and Christmas Season.
| He’s
Coming Back - Luke 21:25-36
Prepare
the Way of the Lord -
Luke 3:1-6
What
should We do to get Ready? - Luke 3:7-18
The
Big Plan - Luke 21:25-36
Click here for information on recordings
of these stories and more by Rob Neves.
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The challenge of sharing
the words of a different time, written in different place,
left in different language and describing a different world
can be intimidating. It helps to understand that the people
in the Bible were real just like you and I, and we have
many things in common. The approach I have developed for
sharing the "Good News" allows children to hear
the Word in context and make real meaning for their lives
today.· In this approach we look at the teaching
style of Christ (as described in the Gospels) and use it
to wrap the concepts, scripture passages or lessons as part
of the fabric of a story -- Rob Neves
“How Would Jesus Tell the
Story?”
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Upcoming Conferences
& Forums
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Marygrove to Host National Education Conference
to Mark the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
Detroit, MI--Marygrove College announced that it
will kick off a year-long series of events, which will culminate
in a three-day national conference to focus on the status of education
since Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka. "Revitalizing
the Purpose and Spirit of Education: The Imprint of Brown v. the
Board of Education" will host educational leaders from throughout
the country who will explore educational standards since Brown,
and the needs of schools, teachers, and students in the next 50
years. "There is a great deal of debate about the strides
students have made since the Brown decision," said Alfred
Cooke, Ph.D., dean of education. "We hope to provide a thought-provoking
forum to discuss these differing perspectives, and help develop
a sense of what the future educational landscape can look like."
The series marks the 50th anniversary of the May 17, 1954, U.S.
Supreme Court decision, which ended federally sanctioned racial
segregation in the public schools by ruling unanimously that separate
educational facilities are inherently unequal. A groundbreaking
case, Brown not only overturned the precedent of Plessy v. Ferguson
(1896), which had declared "separate but equal facilities"
constitutional, but also provided the legal foundation of the
Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
The conference will take place October 1 - 3, 2004 and is under
the sponsorship of Marygrove College Graduate Studies, the Education
Unit, the Master in the Art of Teaching Program, and Undergraduate
Studies, Office of Alumni Relations, and Continuing Education.
Marygrove College is a Catholic, liberal arts college located
on 53 park-like acres in one of Detroit's oldest residential neighborhoods.
Offering more than 35 programs, Marygrove is widely recognized
for its teaching, social work, art, music and dance, undergraduate,
and graduate programs.
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Did You Forget Me?
A pious man, who had reached the age of 105,
suddenly stopped going to synagogue. Alarmed by the old fellow's
absence after so many years of faithful attendance, the Rabbi
went to see him. He found him in excellent health, so the Rabbi
asked, "How come after all these years we don't see you
at services anymore?"
The old man lowered his voice. "I'll tell you, Rabbi,"
he whispered. "When I got to be 90, I expected God to take
me any day. But then I got to be 95, then 100, then 105. So,
I figured that God is very busy and must've forgotten about
me, and I don't want to remind Him!"
Wrong Department
A woman was sitting next to a priest on a plane when a terrible
storm broke out. "Can't you do something about that awful
lightning?" she demanded.
"I'm sorry," the priest answered, "I'm in sales,
not management."
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