1st Grade - Miscellaneous
Who loves us even more than our own parents?
God
We listen and talk with this person when we pray.
God
Who is made in the image and likeness of God and has immortal souls?
We are.
Why should you obey your father and mother?
Jesus lived a life of obedience, both to His Heavenly Father and His earthly parents. Since God the Father is the one who gave our parents authority over us, when we obey them, we are obeying Him.
What do you know about St. Elizabeth Ann Seton?
She converted to Catholocism because she believed in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and because she took comfort in knowing that the Blessed Virgin Mary was her mother in Heaven.
She converted to Catholicism and her family rejected her because of it.
She started the first free American Catholic parish school and the first American religious order for women called the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph
This woman brought Jesus into the world.
Mary
Where should we be when we pray?
Anywhere!
What gives us the ability to choose between good and evil?
Free will
What is the beginning point of your journey points and the end point?
Ending: Eternal life in heaven
What do you know about St. Paul Miki and Companions?
Son of Japanese military leader
Heroically followed the example of Jesus.
Refused to deny Jesus even if it meant dying the way he did (on a cross by a lance)
Who is Jesus?
Fully human, fully God, loved everyone, died for our sins.
What prayer did Jesus teach us how to pray?
The Our Father
A habit to do good.
What did Jesus do to His disciples to show them he loved them, cared for them, and wanted to serve them?
Washed their feet on Holy Thursday at the Last Supper
Who is St. Katharine Drexel?
Came from wealthy parents
Through caring for her stepmother, she learned the importance of taking care of people and that money couldn't prevent suffering
Entered the Sisters of Mercy in Pittsburgh, PA; shocked society because she gave up millions to the poor
Who is the Holy Trinity?
Three persons in one...
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit
Who is a role model for how to pray? (Hint: It's a woman)
Mary, Jesus' mother
What are the precepts of the church?
Must attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation.
Must confess our sins to a priest at least once a year.
We must receive Jesus in the Eucharist at least once during the Easter season.
We must observe the days of abstinence and fast - Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
We must contribute to the support of the church.
Name as many Spiritual Works of Mercy as you can.
Instruct the ignorant
Counsel the doubtful
Admonish sinners
Bear wrongs patiently
Forgive offenses willingly
Comfort the afflicted
Pray for the living and the dead
Who is St. Lucy?
She died for her faith in Sicily, Italy.
Had her eyes gouged out because she was Christian and was bringing food to those in catacombs (where Christians hid from Roman persecution)
Dove, flame, wind
Name as many types of prayer as you can.
Blessing & adoration
Praise
Petition
Intercession
Thanksgiving
What are the Cardinal Virtues?
Prudence - allows us to know and recognize the good on an eternal perspective
Justice - helps us choose coorectly how we are to use and share the things of this world
Temperance - allows us to live our lives in moderation so as not be enslaved to our passions
Fortitude - gives us strength against temptation, and helps us overcome fear, even fear of death, in order to have a moral life.
Name as many Corporal Works of Mercy as you can.
Feed the Hungry
Give drink to the thirsty
Clothe the naked
Shelter the homeless
Visit the sick
Visit the imprisoned
Bury the dead
Who is St. Mary Alacoque?
Born in France
She preferred silence, penance, and praying to Jesus in front of the Blessed Sacrament to childhood games.
Brother wanted her to get married but Jesus truly wanted her to be a nun and he appeared to her at a ball