Compulsory Scripture
Unit Content 1
Galatians 3:26-27 Clothed in Christ
1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Spiritual Gifts
Romans 12:4-8 One Body, Many Parts
Unit Content 2
John 13:12-17 Jesus Washes His Disciples Feet
1 Peter 3:8-9 Doing Right
Unit Content 3
1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Spiritual Gifts
Storytelling
Unit Content 2
Mark 12:41-44 The Widow’s Gift
Church Documents
Catechism of the Catholic Church
189 – The first ‘profession of faith’ is made during Baptism. The symbol of faith is first and foremost the baptismal creed. Since Baptism is given ‘in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit’. The truths of faith professed during Baptism are articulated in terms of their reference to the three persons of the Holy Trinity.
197 – As on the day of our Baptism, when our whole life was entrusted to the ‘standard of teaching’, let us embrace the Creed of our life-giving faith. To say the Credo with faith is to enter into communion with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and also with the whole Church which transmits the faith to us and in whose midst we believe: This Creed is the spiritual seal, our heart’s meditation and an ever- present guardian; it is, unquestionably, the treasure of our soul. [St Ambrose]
828 – By canonizing some of the faithful, i.e., by solemnly pro claiming that they practiced heroic virtue and lived in fidelity to God’s grace, the Church recognizes the power of the Spirit of holiness within her and sustains the hope of believers by proposing the saints to them as models and intercessors. “The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church’s history.” Indeed, “holiness is the hidden source and infallible measure of her apostolic activity and missionary zeal.”
962 – “We believe in the communion of all the faithful of Christ, those who are pilgrims on earth, the dead who are being purified, and the blessed in heaven, all together forming one Church; and we believe that in this communion, the merciful love of God and his saints is always [attentive] to our prayers” (Paul VI, CPG # 30).
2013 – “All Christians in any state or walk of life are called to the fullness of Christian life and to the perfection of charity.” All are called to holiness: “Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” In order to reach this perfection the faithful should use the strength dealt out to them by Christ’s gift, so that . . . doing the will of the Father in everything, they may wholeheartedly devote themselves to the glory of God and to the service of their neighbour. Thus the holiness of the People of God will grow in fruitful abundance, as is clearly shown in the history of the Church through the lives of so many saints
2017 – The grace of the Holy Spirit confers upon us the righteousness of God. Uniting us by faith and Baptism to the Passion and Resurrection of Christ, the Spirit makes us sharers in his life.
1267 – Baptism makes us members of the Body of Christ: “Therefore . . . we are members one of another.”71 Baptism incorporates us into the Church. From the baptismal fonts is born the one People of God of the New Covenant, which transcends all the natural or human limits of nations, cultures, races, and sexes: “For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.”
1278 – The essential rite of Baptism consists in immersing the candidate in water or pouring water on his head, while pronouncing the invocation of the Most Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
2030 – It is in the Church, in communion with all the baptised, that the Christian fulfills his vocation. From the Church he receives the Word of God containing the teachings of “the law of Christ.” From the Church he receives the grace of the sacraments that sustains him on the “way.” From the Church he learns the example of holiness and recognizes its model and source in the all-holy Virgin Mary; he discerns it in the authentic witness of those who live it; he discovers it in the spiritual tradition and long history of the saints who have gone before him and whom the liturgy celebrates in the rhythms of the sanctoral cycle.
1285 – Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the ‘sacraments of Christian initiation,’ whose unity must be safeguarded. It must be explained to the faithful that the reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace. For ‘by the sacrament of Confirmation, [the baptized] are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed.’
KWL
Unit Content 1
KWL Book 3
- Chapter 10 Welcomed into the Life of God’s Family p76
- Chapter 10 The Rite of Baptism p79-80
- Chapter 8 Living the Gospel, St Vincent de Paul p64-65
Unit Content 3
KWL Book 3
- Chapter 9 Mary, Mother of the Church p68-69,
- Chapter 8 Saint Vincent de Paul p64,
- Chapter 6 Saint Francis Xavier p48,
- Chapter 1 Saint Patrick p8
KWL Book 4 Chapter 9 Living the Gospel p71
KWL Book 3 Chapter 8 Litany p63
Prayer
Prayers of Tradition
Litany of Saints
