May 9, 2021

Small Lived Experiences of the Faith
Based on Signs of Life by Scott Hahn

This Week's Focus:
May 9 (6th Sunday of Easter)

Theme:  Guardian Angels & Pilgrimages
Chapters in the Book:  5 & 31 (pages 43-48 & 203-207)  

Sunday Readings:  ENGLISH     SPANISH

No Videos or Handouts available.
The diocesan component has concluded for this academic year.

Tami Maurer, Coordinator of Religious Education
Grades K-2
Video:  Religious Ed - Grade 1 Catechism - Your Guardian Angel
Activity & Craft:  Guardian Angel Craft from Karen's Adventures in Mommyland

Grades 3-5
Video:  Catholic Teaching on Guardian Angels
Activities & Crafts:  10 Ways to Celebrate the Feast of the Guardian Angels from Catholic Icing

Grades 6-8
Video:  Catholic Teaching on Guardian Angels
Activities & Crafts:  10 Ways to Celebrate the Feast of the Guardian Angels from Catholic Icing

Chad Grube, Director of Adult Faith Formation & Evangelization

"Dear friends, the Lord is ever close and active in humanity’s history and accompanies us with the unique presence of his Angels, whom today the Church venerates as 'Guardian Angels', that is, ministers of the divine care for every human being. From the beginning until the hour of death, human life is surrounded by their constant protection. And the Angels encircle the august Queen of Victories, the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary, who, on the first Sunday of October, at this very moment, receives the fervent supplication from the Shrine of Pompeii and from the whole world that evil may be defeated and God’s goodness revealed in its fullness."

            -- Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus Message on October 2, 2011

Resources

• Resources on FORMED
  • Angels Explained-What You Show Know about the Nine Choirs by Dr. Mark Miravalle (AUDIO)
  • Angels by Ven. Fulton J. Sheen (VIDEO)
  • Angels and Demons - What Do We Really Know about Them by Peter Kreeft (EBOOK)
  • Angels:  God's Messengers with Dr. Timothy Gray & Dr. Elizabeth Klein (part of FORMED Live!)
  • Powers and Dominions:  Angels, Demons, & Spiritual Warfare (VIDEO)
  • Daily Reflections - October 2 - Feast of the Guardian Angels (VIDEO)
  • On Pilgrimage with Father Emil Kapaun (VIDEO)
  • Pilgrimage of the Heart (part of FORMED Daily)
  • To Be a Pilgrim (VIDEO)
  • The Faithful Traveler in the United States - East Coast Shrines with Diana von Glahn (VIDEO series)
     
• Outside Resources
  • Catechesis on the Angels - Wednesday Audiences of St. John Paul II
  • Guardian Angels by Jimmy Akin on Catholic Answers
  • Do Guardian Angels Have Names? by Tim Staples on Catholic Answers
  • Church Teaching on Guardian Angels by Jimmy Akin on Catholic Answers
  • Mother Angelica Live - Angels
  • Homily for the Feast of the Guardian Angels by Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia, FI
  • One Thing Your Guardian Angel Wants You to Do by Fr. Mark Goring, CC
  • All About Guardian Angels with Fr. Mark-Mary, CFR & Fr. Malachy, CFR
  • Do You Know Your Guardian Angel? by Dr. Mark Miravalle
  • The Nine Choirs of Angels by Dr. Mark Miravalle
  • Angels by Mike Aquilina
  • Angels Are a Part of Our Everyday Lives (Homily) by Fr. Jonathan Meyer
  • EWTN Live - The Holy Angels by Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ & Fr. Prusakiewicz, CSMA
  • What is a Catholic Pilgrimage? from Franciscan Media
  • Why Do Catholics Go on Pilgrimage? by Steve Ray
  • Mother Angelica Live - Pilgrimage & Journey
  • The Camino Pilgrimage (A Daily Journal of Pilgrims on the Camino - on Busted Halo)
  • If You're a Christian, You're a Pilgrim - So Go on Pilgrimage by Fr. Dwight Longenecker
  • Classic Catholic Pilgrimage Sites for Your Bucket List by Zelda Caldwell
  • What is the Point of Pilgrimage? by Deborah Castellano Lubov
  • Holy Land Pilgrimage Guidelines from USCCB
  • Address during the Rite of the Pilgrim - Given by St. John Paul II in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela on August 19, 1989