Use these 20-45 minute activities to help your students see how Catholic teaching applies to the real world.
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Use these 20-45 minute activities to help your students see how Catholic teaching applies to the real world.
Teaching with Current Events: The March for Life - January 2018
The recent 45th annual March for Life gives us an opportunity to consider Church teaching on abortion and the right to life for all people and reflect on whether and how our society protects or fails to protect the most vulnerable.
Teaching with Current Events: How Should Men and Women Treat Each Other - December 2017
The news has been dominated lately with accusations and confessions of sexual misconduct and harassment. These events give us the chance to explore important questions about what makes a good and virtuous relationship between men and women.
The 100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima - October 2017
At the height of World War I, when Portuguese farmers were devastated by the horrors of war, miraculous events occurred in 1917 in an obscure agricultural town: Fatima. This eLesson offers the chance to explore Our Lady’s message for the whole world.
Natural Disasters: Why Doesn’t God Stop Them? How Should We Respond? - September 2017
Why does God allow events like hurricanes and earthquakes to take place when He could stop them? How should we respond when they happen? This lesson explores these topics and invites students to practice the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.
The Most Important Reasons Why Life is Worth it - May 2017
In this month's eLesson, students will consider Catholic teaching about the beauty and dignity of human life, what it means to be made in the image and likeness of God, the question of sin, suffering, and evil, and the Catholic understanding of suicide.