Canonization
The first step to becoming a Saint
What is living a holy life?
The patron saint of love who healed prisoners
Who is St. Valentine?
When your class is doing a project on families and parents, Tommy brings in a blurry photo of his mother working in a factory line. He tells the class that his mom works very long hours, doesn’t get a lot of vacation, and says she is not making enough money for the work she is doing. Katie makes fun of Tommy, saying his mom is “working a useless job” and that “it serves her right to not be making money!”
What might you say to Katie? & What CST would you try to teach her?
Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers
You shall not oppress the poor or vulnerable. God will hear their cry.
Exodus 22:20-26 represents this CST
What is Option for the Poor and Vulnerable?
Where saints go after death
What is heaven?
Must generally be performed twice through intercession
What is a miracle?
The saint who used a shamrock to teach the trinity
Who is St. Patrick?
Marisol does not like having classroom meetings, and never follows the cornerstones. When asked why, she responds that she just wants to live by herself and doesn’t care about community. When people in her community are struggling, Marisol ignores them, and wishes she didn’t have to deal with it.
What might you say to Marisol? & What CST would you be demonstrating?
Call to Family, Community, and Participation
God made the heavens and the earth and it was good.
Genesis 1:1-31 represents this CST
What is Care for God’s Creation?
Who God calls to be saints
What is everyone?
Originally known as Saul, his feast day is next week
Who is St. Paul?
Kai has a medical condition where he doesn’t have any hair. His classmates tease him and taunt him, saying he shouldn’t come to school and call him a “turtle.” When it is time to pick groups in class, nobody picks him and when he is assigned to a group, the kids say, “is he even human?”
What might you say to Kai? & What CST would you be practicing?
Life and Dignity of the Human Person
This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you.
John 15:12-17 represents this CST
What is Call to Family, Community, and Participation?
What is the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want?
What is a martyr?
She lead her army into battle and died at 19
Who is St. Joan of Arc?
In class, Kelly is learning about homelessness and violence that is happening to children and youth in New York. Since she lives in Washington, DC, she says she shouldn’t think about things that are happening to New York and that they don’t matter to us.
What might you say to Kelly? & What CST is she lacking?
Solidarity
God rests on the seventh day.
Genesis 2:1-3 represents this CST
What is Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers?
Prisoner, princess, mother, military leader, carpenter, priest, nun, deacon
What are people who can become saints?
The 5 benchmarks to sainthood
What is dying, investigation being opened, investigation being transferred to Rome, being declared venerable & being declared Blessed?
The patron saint of World Youth Day
Who is Pope John Paul II?
For Christmas, Jarod gets so many presents that he does not have anywhere to fit them in his room! He has so many presents that he doesn’t even remember to play with all of them. Jarod knows that at his church, there are many children who didn’t get very many presents for Christmas because they say so in his Religious Ed class.
What might you suggest to Jarod? & What CST should he follow?
Option for and with the Poor and Vulnerable
Just as you did it to the least of these, you did it to me.
Matthew 25: 31-46 represents this CST
What is Rights and Responsibilities?
The Priest who said our Mass today
Who is Fr. Riley?