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Seeking to Live the Good News CATECHIST BOOK – YEAR 3 CATECHIST Seeking to Live YEAR the Good News 3 CATECHIST BOOK Seeking to Live the Good News Catechist Book Year 3 Published by the Catholic Education Office Melbourne James Goold House, 228 Victoria Parade East Melbourne Victoria 3002 www.ceomelb.catholic.edu.au © Copyright Reserved 2012 All rights reserved. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process, or any other exclusive right exercised without the permission of the Catholic Education Office Melbourne. Catechists may reproduce the appendices for their students’ use. This Catechist Book is a companion to Seeking to Live the Good News Student Workbook, Year 3. Lessons 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 have been adapted from Preparing to Receive the Sacrament of Penance, 2nd Edition, 2009, James Goold House Publications, Melbourne. Used with permission. Editor Mr Stephen Elder Writers Natalie Ballinger School Adviser, Catholic Education Office Melbourne Jacinta Bibby Pastoral Associate and Catechist Coordinator Kaye Clancy Education Officer, Catholic Education Office Melbourne Sharon Freeman Education Officer, Catholic Education Office Melbourne Catherine Place Education Officer, Catholic Education Office Melbourne Rose-Mary Serong Catechist and Teacher Librarian Kay Whelan Catechist Coordinator and Teacher Photography: Sharon Freeman (page 5 and 175), Jean-Christophe Benoist; Over the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey, London, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ File:WestminsterAbbey-Martyrs.jpg photo: (page 142) Illustrations: Kay Whelan (pages 75 and 76), Sharon Freeman (page 123) All other artwork: Nova Development Corporation 2004, Art Explosion Image Library, Calabasas, CA. ISBN 978-0-86407-422-5 Nihil Obstat: Reverend Gerard Diamond MA (Oxon), LSS, DTheol. Diocesan Censor Imprimatur: Most Reverend Les Tomlinson DD Titular Bishop of Siniti Vicar General Date: 13 December 2011 The Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur are official declarations that a book or pamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error. No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur agree with the contents, opinions or statements expressed. They do not necessarily signify that the work is approved as a basic text for catechetical instruction. Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................... iii Lessons 1. Made in God’s Image .............................................................................................................................................. 1 Appendix 1a: Prayer Focus ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Appendix 1b: The First Five Days of Creation ......................................................................................................... 6 Appendix 1c: Recording Sheet ............................................................................................................................... 9 2. We Live in Community ............................................................................................................................................ 10 Appendix 2a: Bingo ................................................................................................................................................ 14 Appendix 2b: My Reconciliation Book ................................................................................................................. 15 Appendix 2c: Venn Diagram ................................................................................................................................. 17 3. People Tell Me About God .................................................................................................................................... 18 4. Lent ........................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Appendix 4a: The Temptation of Jesus ................................................................................................................. 27 Appendix 4b: Questions about The Temptation of Jesus ................................................................................... 28 5. I Can Make Choices ............................................................................................................................................... 29 6. My Choices Affect Others ...................................................................................................................................... 32 7. Special Times in Jesus’ Life ..................................................................................................................................... 36 Appendix 7a: A Liturgical Calendar ..................................................................................................................... 40 Appendix 7b: Stories from Jesus’ Life .................................................................................................................... 41 8. Easter ........................................................................................................................................................................ 48 Appendix 8a: The Road to Emmaus Script .......................................................................................................... 53 i Appendix 8b: Puppets for Telling the Emmaus Story ........................................................................................... 55 Appendix 8c: Answers to Word Activity ............................................................................................................... 56 9. Jesus Helps Us to Choose Good ............................................................................................................................ 57 Appendix 9: Meditation ......................................................................................................................................... 60 10. I Can Forgive ........................................................................................................................................................... 61 Appendix 10: Answers to the Decoding Activity ................................................................................................. 65 11. I am Forgiven .......................................................................................................................................................... 66 12. The Prodigal Father ................................................................................................................................................. 70 Appendix 12a: The Prodigal Father ...................................................................................................................... 74 Appendix 12b: Puppets .......................................................................................................................................... 75 13. We Grow in a Reconciling Family ......................................................................................................................... 77 Appendix 13: Solution to Crossword ..................................................................................................................... 80 14. The Sacrament of Penance ................................................................................................................................... 81 15. Preparing for the Sacrament of Penance ........................................................................................................... 86 16. Pentecost ................................................................................................................................................................. 89 Appendix 16a: The Coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost ............................................................................... 94 Appendix 16b: Flame Templates ........................................................................................................................... 95 17. Our Parish ................................................................................................................................................................. 96 SEEKING TO LIVE THE GOOD NEWS (YEAR 3) CATECHIST BOOK 18. The Priest – Minister of the Word ............................................................................................................................ 99 Appendix 18: The Good Shepherd ..................................................................................................................... 102 19. We Praise God’s Goodness in Creation ............................................................................................................. 103 Appendix 19: Responding to God’s Creation ................................................................................................... 107 20. Jesus’ Life and Teaching ...................................................................................................................................... 109 Appendix 20a: Jesus is Found in the Temple ..................................................................................................... 113 Appendix 20b: Answer for the Break-the-Code Activity .................................................................................