November 29, 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: Intro to Advent
Activity: A Paper Advent Wreath
Activity: Bible Verses Countdown to Christmas
Grades 3-5
Video: All about Advent
Activity: Advent Calendar Chain
Grades 6-8
Video: Advent--More than a Chocolate Calender
Activity: Prayers, Bible Stories, Activities & Resources for Each Week of Advent -
GOING DEEPER:SUGGESTIONS & LINKS FOR EVERYONE
Chad Grube, Director of Adult Faith Formation & Evangelization
"Awake, mankind! For your sake God has become a man. Awake, you who sleep, rise up from the dead, and Christ will enlighten you. I tell you again: for your sake, God became man."-- Sermon from St. Augustine
Resources
- Outside Resources
- The True Meaning of Advent by Fr. Mike Schmitz (VIDEO)
- Bishop Barron on the Spirituality of Advent (VIDEO)
- Three Comings of the Lord by St. Bernard of Clairvaux
- History of Advent
- Advent in 2 Minutes from Busted Halo (VIDEO)
- Resources from FORMED
- Advent (PROGRAM - 4 episodes)
- Advent--Rethinking the Season by Dr. Tim Gray (AUDIO)
- Prepare the Way of the King by Dr. Scott Hahn (AUDIO)
- Advent Reflections--Preparing for the Birth of Our Savior by Dr. Tim Gray (25 short VIDEOS)
- A Journey through Advent Cycle B by Bishop Robert Barron (AUDIO)
- Come, Lord Jesus: Meditation on the Art of Waiting by Mother Mary Francis (AUDIOBOOK)
- Come, Lord Jesus: Meditation on the Art of Waiting by Mother Mary Francis (BOOK)
- The Blessing of Christmas by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (BOOK)
- The Story of the Nativity: The Truth of Christmas (MOVIE)
- Brother Francis: The Days of Advent (VIDEO)
- Kristoph and the First Christmas Tree: A Legend of St. Boniface (MOVIE)
- Nicholas: The Boy Who Became Santa (MOVIE)
- The Story of Christmas (AUDIODRAMA)
- The King is Born: A Collection of Christmas Praises in Song (AUDIO)
- Outside Resources
