MARY AND THE SAINTS

RCIA October 22, 2019 Group Discussion Briefly share about your family –Close to your parents/siblings? –Special family traditions? –How important is family? My Big Fat Catholic Family

•Brothers and sisters in Christ •Extended family Called to Holiness

•Saint •Sanctus: from Latin meaning “to make holy”

•What does it mean to be holy? •How can we be holy? What is a Saint? I Need a Hero! •Saints are heroes •Hall of Fame of the •The saints didn’t just try to avoid sin; they chose virtue •Like a family member gives us directions to their home, the saints give us directions in life. What Saints Do For Us

Busted Halo: “How Does the Catholic Church Declare Official Saints?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUGRdpRJWYA Saints of the Past

St. Nicholas St. Cecelia

St. Francis of Assissi St. Anthony

St. Patrick

St. Joseph St. Monica

St. Anne St. Augustine

St. Lucy

St. Stephen St. Michael the Archangel More Recent Saints St. Juniperro Serra St. Maximillian Kolbe St. Katharine Drexel

St. Pope John Paul II

St. Theresa of Lisieux St. Teresa of Calcutta St. Pope John XXIII

St. Maria Goretti St. Kateri Tekakwitha St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Most Recently Canonized Saints

St. John Newman St. Marguerite Bays St. Giuseppina Vannini 1801-1890 1815-1879 1859-1911

St. Mariam Mankidiyan St. Dulce Pontes 1876-1926 1914-1992 Table Discussion • What is your relationship with your Mother?

• Have you ever connected with someone who was “like a mother” to you? There’s Something About Mary

• • Mother of • Disciple • Encouraged ’ first miracle • Assumption • Apparitions • Fatima, Guadalupe, Lourdes Queen of Heaven

• Honor and respect

• Pray through her, NOT to her Our Path to Jesus

• Mary and the Saints lead us to Christ • Help us become holy and point us towards God • Help us lead saintly lives