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General Info: Catechesis of the Good Shepherd &
Grade K-1 Traditional
Classroom
Separate for Our Lady of Jasna
Gora and Our Lady of the Rosary
Duration: Two Year Program
Grades: K-1
Our Lady of the Rosary Parish________________________________
When: Sundays Time:
10:00-11:00 p.m. Mass: 9:00
Where: The Rosary Church
1 Cross St.,
Clinton
Grade K-1
Traditional Classroom:
Benziger – “In Christ” - uses
a variety of techniques to teach the children their
prayers and faith
Our Lady of Jasna Gora Parish_______________________________
When: Sundays Time: 9:15-10:30 p.m. Mass:
10:30
Where: St. Mary's School
128 Franklin St.,
Clinton
Grade K-1 (2 options)
Our Lady of
Jasna Gora 9:00-10:15 Sundays
The Catechesis of the Good
Shepherd is an approach to the religious formation
of children. It is rooted in the Bible, the liturgy of
the church, and the educational principles of Maria
Montessori. Children gather in an "atrium," a room
prepared for them, which contains simple yet beautiful
materials that they use.
You may
be wondering how these materials help the religious life
of children? If an adult hears a beautiful passage from
the Bible, the adult might take a Bible, find the
passage, and read it slowly again and again. He or she
may think deeply about the words and perhaps speak to
God in a thankful or hopeful prayer. But a little child,
too young to read, needs another way. In an atrium the
child can ponder a biblical passage or a prayer from the
liturgy by taking the material for that text and working
with it - placing wood figures of sheep in a sheepfold
of the Good Shepherd, setting sculpted apostles around a
Last Supper table, or preparing a small altar with the
furnishings used for the Eucharist. Older children who
do read often copy parables from the Bible, lay in order
written prayers from the rite of baptism, or label a
long time line showing the history of the kingdom of
God.
Level I ages 3-6 album
contains presentations which will introduce your child
to the essentials of the Mass including the items used
at Mass and essential prayers and gestures. Also
included in this album are presentations for the six
parables of the Kingdom, four presentations on Baptism,
the infancy narratives, the symbols for Advent,
Christmas, Lent and Easter, and four simple lessons on
geography. Your child will create his own notebook with
meaningful follow-up works, symbol tracing, paste-ups,
and drawings, and will become familiar with the love and
meaning of Jesus our Good Shepherd, who names each of us
as a member of His flock on our Baptism day.
Grade K-1 Traditional
Classroom
Our Lady of the Rosary 9:45 – 11:00 a.m.
Benziger – “In Christ” - uses
a variety of techniques to teach the children their
prayers and faith.
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