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                     Lesson Theme: Jesus invites us to his feast.
 Five-Day Lesson Pacing Guide
Note: This pacing guide suggests how to present the lesson over five days. Please adapt the lesson to suit your needs.
Day 1
Share Experiences
l GatheringSongl “Come,DoThisinMemoryofMe”(CD-1,#20) l Gathering Prayer (see page TG1-18)
l Cover Activity (page 1)
l Story l Who Can Belong? (page 2)
l Discuss the Know question related to the story.
l Activity l Stretch and Move
l Closing Prayer l Loving God, thank you for our friends. Help us to
welcome them. Amen. (Repeat.)
Day 2
Discover Gospel and Doctrine
l Gathering Prayer l Loving God, thank you for our friends. Help us to welcome them. Amen. (Repeat).
l Gospel Ritual l “Gospel Acclamation” (CD-2, #24) l Sunday Gospel l The Wedding Feast (page 3)
l Discuss the Know questions related to the Gospel. l Catholic Faith Word l Eucharist (page 4)
l Activity l Gospel Creative Drama
l Closing Prayer l Loving God, thank you for welcoming and
including us in your family. Amen. (Repeat.) Day 3
l Gathering Prayer l Loving God, thank you for welcoming and including us in your family. Amen. (Repeat.)
l Connecting Gospel and Doctrine (page 4)
Distribute the students’ What the Church Believes and
Teaches handbooks. Turn to page 20.
l Closing Prayer l Loving God, thank you for celebrations of love. Amen. (Repeat.)
Day 4
Live the Gospel
l Gathering Prayer l Loving God, thank you for celebrations of love. Amen. (Repeat.)
l Activity l Good News Activity Book, Activity #21
l Activity l Third Commandment (page 4)
l Activity l We Go to Mass Booklet (pages 1–4)
l Closing Prayer l Loving God, help us to always accept your
invitations. Amen. (Repeat.) Day 5
l Gathering Prayer l Loving God, help us to always accept your invitations. Amen. (Repeat.)
l Weekly Lesson Assessment
l Closing Prayer (see page TG1-19)
l Closing Song l “Come, Do This in Memory of Me” (CD-1, #20)
Friday Take-Home
Remind the students to share their lesson with their families and do the Family Corner activities and prayer on page 3 together.
Curriculum Connections
l ELA: Invite the students to share a memory from one of their favorite celebrations. (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.4)
l Tech: Explain to the students that people around the world have different ways of celebrating events. Have the students research celebratory customs from a few different cultures. Then direct the students to make a collage of pictures of celebrations from around the world. (ISTE2016.3a)
         Catholic Identity Project of the Week
Celebrations are a great way to build community and to say thank you! Guide your children in organizing and throwing a party to say thank you to the workers in the parish or school. Help them divide the tasks so everyone is involved. Invite parents to assist with the party as well.
Extending the Lesson
Saints and Feast Days to Celebrate
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October 16: World Food Day – This observance raises awareness about world hunger, how famines and crop failures displace millions of people, and the importance of healthy diets. October 16: Saint Marguerite d’Youville (CAN) Before turning thirty, Marguerite had lost her father, husband, and four of her six children. Her sufferings led to a religious conversion and
her cofounding a group dedicated to helping the
poor. This group became the Grey Nuns.
l October 16: Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque – Visions of Jesus led Margaret Mary to promote devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Other sisters in her order were suspicious of her visions, but a Jesuit priest declared her visions authentic. She is a patron saint of polio sufferers, orphans, and those devoted to the Sacred Heart.
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