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Lesson Theme: God sets a table for all people.
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
● Gathering Song ● “Yes, Lord, I Believe“ (CD-2, #14)
● Gathering Prayer (see page TG1-18)
● Cover Activity ● We Share Meals Together (page 1)
● Story ● The Table of Plenty (pages 2–3)
● Discuss the Talk questions related to the story.
● Closing Prayer ● Loving God, thank you for our friends. Help us to
welcome them. Amen. (Repeat.)
Day 2
Discover Gospel and Doctrine
● Gathering Prayer ● Loving God, thank you for our friends. Help us to welcome them. Amen. (Repeat).
● Gospel Ritual ● “Word of Truth and Life” (CD-1, #1)
● Sunday Gospel ● Parable of the Wedding Feast (page 4)
● Discuss the Gospel using the Talk questions.
● Closing Prayer ● Loving God, thank you for welcoming and
including us in your family. Amen. (Repeat.) Day 3
● Gathering Prayer ● Loving God, thank you for welcoming and including us in your family. Amen. (Repeat.)
● Connecting Gospel and Doctrine (page 4)
● Discuss the Talk questions related to the Gospel
Distribute the What the Church Believes and Teaches handbooks. Turn to pages 7–8.
● Catholic Faith Word ● Eucharist (page 5)
● Our Catholic Faith (page 5)
● Closing Prayer ● Loving God, thank you for celebrations of love.
Amen. (Repeat.)
Day 4
Live the Gospel
● Gathering Prayer ● Loving God, thank you for celebrations of love. Amen. (Repeat.)
● Activity ● Who‘s Hungry in Our World? (pages 6–7)
● Catholic Leaders ● Chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen (page 8) ● Closing Prayer ● Loving God, help us to always accept your
invitations. Amen. (Repeat.) Day 5
● Gathering Prayer ● Loving God, help us to always accept your invitations. Amen. (Repeat.)
● Weekly Lesson Assessment
● Activity ● The Mass: Liturgy of the Eucharist (Visions Activity
Book, Activity #14)
● Closing Prayer (see page TG1-19)
Friday Take-Home
Remind the young people to share their lesson with their families and do the With My Family and Friends activities on page 8 together.
Curriculum Connections
● ELA: Ask the students to reread this Sunday’s Gospel. Guide them in writing a newspaper article of the wedding feast described in the Gospel. Direct them to imagine that they are able to conduct interviews with the king and guests so they can include quotes in the article. (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.3)
● Tech: In pairs, have the students research celebratory customs from a different country and create a presentation to share with the class. (ISTE2016.3a)
Catholic Identity
Project of the Week
Celebrations are a great way to build community and to say thank you! Guide your students in organizing and throwing a party to say thank you to the workers
in the parish or school. Help them divide tasks so that everyone is involved. Invite parents to assist with the party as well.
Extending the Lesson
Saints and Feast Days to Celebrate
● 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.
● 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.
Unit 1: We Are the Church ● TG1-17