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Planning a Prayer Service for Class

Planning a Catholic Prayer Service (with a Simple Format and Outline)

The following article is an expanded excerpt from chapter 3 of Christ in the Classroom: Lesson Planning for the Heart and Mind, which describes various ways to use meditation and prayer in class to help students make personal connections to Christ through what they are learning. The goal of planning a prayer service for class is…

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The Lord's Prayer Lesson Plan

The Lord’s Prayer Lesson Plan

Use this lesson plan to teach about the meaning of each part of the Lord’s Prayer (the Our Father). Students will learn the meaning of the prayer and apply it to their lives so that praying it becomes more meaningful and not mindless and memorized. This lesson plan format is based on the Lectio Divina…

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The Lord’s Prayer Worksheets from The Religion Teacher

Our students recite the Lord’s Prayer so frequently in our classes that it can start to lose its meaning over time. Every once in awhile it helps to pause and reflect on what we pray in the Lord’s Prayer. Using the worksheets in this collection, your students will add meaning to the words of the…

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A Prayer After a Tragedy

A Prayer Service After a Tragedy

How do we teach after a tragedy? What is the best way to pray for the victims of a tragedy? People respond in so many different ways. Our students may not know how to respond especially if the tragedy affected them personally or affected their community. Our goal in the wake of a tragedy is…

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School-wide Prayer: Tips for Making an Impact

Every Catholic school I know gathers together to pray in some way beyond the celebration of Mass. In grade schools especially, there are many times throughout the day that students and faculty stop and pray in unison. The challenge is making sure these public prayers do not become so routine that students and teachers lose touch with the deeper meaning…

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A Teacher's Prayer

A Teacher’s Prayer

TEACHER’S PRAYER Heavenly Father, Enable me to teach WISDOM,For I help to shape the mind. Equip me to teach with TRUTH,For I help to shape the conscience. Encourage me to teach with VISION,For I help to shape the future. Empower me to teach with LOVE,For I help to shape the world. AMEN. Adelaida (Adelle), a…

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The Angelus Prayer

The Angelus Prayer for Children

Since Advent of last year I have had an incredible experience praying the Angelus every day. At first I started praying it at noon each day. Then I added it to my morning prayer routine. Now, I have reminders set in my phone for 6:00 a.m., noon, and 6:00 p.m. to tell me that it…

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Holy Week Prayer Services

Holy Week Prayer Services

There are a number of great Holy Week prayer services for kids that religion teachers and catechists can use in class the week before Easter. We should all use this time, known as the Triduum, as a special week of preparation for the joys of Easter with particular focus on preparing our hearts with the…

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Day 7: Improve One Prayer Habit

In today’s 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator exercise we will make prayer not just something we do now and then, but  a habitual part of our day. Just as married couples tell each other “I love you” every day, we too will come up with ways to connect with the God who…

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Vocations Prayer Service

Prayer Service for Vocations

Mid-January of every year in the United States is declared National Vocations Awareness Week by the USCCB to coincide with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Why is this week so important? From the USCCB website: “National Vocation Awareness Week gives dioceses and parishes across the country a chance to promote vocations through prayer…

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