November 1, 2020
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DIOCESAN CONNECTION(HOME IN FAITH)
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FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN: CRAFTS, ACTIVITIES, & OTHER SUGGESTIONS
Tami Maurer, Coordinator of Religious Education
Grades K-2
Video: All Saints' Day for Kids
Activity: Games, Activity Sheets, Coloring Pages, Art Ideas & Recipes related to celebrating All Saints' Day
Other: Try learning about a new saint. Have your child dress up as that saint and share a little video of what they learned, so we can post it on our Facebook pages. Send to tmaurer@saintjoan.org.
Grades 3-5
Video: All Saints' Day
Activity: Games, Activity Sheets, Coloring Pages, Art Ideas & Recipes related to celebrating All Saints' Day
Resource: All Saints' Day Mini-Book
Other: Try learning about a new saint. Have your child dress up as that saint and share a little video of what they learned, so we can post it on our Facebook pages. Send to tmaurer@saintjoan.org. -
GOING DEEPER:SUGGESTIONS & LINKS FOR EVERYONE
Chad Grube, Director of Adult Faith Formation & Evangelization
“In honoring particular saints, we honor the source of their virtue -- Christ himself. We must never approach a saint in a superstitious manner. Saints can and do help us, but they do so as the channels of God's grace and mercy”
-- from The How-to Book of Catholic Devotions by Mike Aquilina & Regis J. Flaherty
Resources- Relics: The Sanctity of the Saints by Dr. Brandt Pietre
- Catholic Relics by Bishop Robert Barron
- The Three Classes of Relics from Catholic Answers
- Roman Catacombs of San Callisto (a short virtual tour & documentary)
- Relic Shrine in Maria Stein, OH Second largest collection of relics in the United States and only 2 hours away (due east on 26 and just across the Ohio-Indiana border)
- Patron Saints for various topics & Countries
- Things from FORMED:
- Symbolon-Faith Explained (VIDEO)
- Catholic Answers Ready Reasons (VIDEO)
- Holiness is Always in Season (AUDIO)
- Answering Common Objections (AUDIO)
- How to Be Holy (BOOK)
- Married Saints & Blesseds (BOOK)
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LINKS TO PRIOR WEEKS
