We took a test today that covers what the 8th graders should know by the time they are confirmed. It was an open book test, if they remembered to bring their Bible and Catechism.
The students corrected their own tests and took them home. The purpose of this exercise was for both the students and the parents to know where a little more study about the Catholic faith might be needed.
Several teaching opportunities presented themselves during the discussion of the answers. These kids are smart, and they askd very good questions. Some of the questions were about:
- Scandal - our Catholic politicians' (bad) examples provided several good teaching points. (It might be a good idea to cover the definition of heresy, too.)
- The real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist
- Transsubstantiation vs Consubstantiation (we covered the concepts without using these words)
- Mortal sin vs venial sin
- Theological virtues (ask your student the definition of Faith - simply believing in God isn't enough, there's more)
- Cardinal virtues (hints to ask you students: Temperance, which includes chastity)
- Forgiveness of sins... ALL sins. Please cover this at home, too. God's mercy has no limits, but you won't be forgiven if you refuse his forgiveness.
BIG NOTE TO PARENTS: Several of the students have asked for us to have a class period for them to go to confession. I won't be able to fit this in the schedule any time soon. Please take your kids to confession. They are asking for a reason.
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Scroll down in this blog to the post about the 12 year old girl and the speech she gave.
Remember: "Prayer is the oxygen of the soul." - Padre Pio
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