January 17, 2011
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Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy
This has been something I've wanted to focus on for awhile now, but haven't taken the time to really put anything together. I think this is something we've really over looked and want to make it the focus for this coming year. So each month we are going to focus on one spiritual and one corporal work of mercy and try to incorporate them into our lives.
My plan is to make a poster board for each one that we add to as we go through the year, so by the time we're done we have a beautiful poster for each on that explains each work of mercy, how to apply it in our every day life, scripture, etc. I really think that by applying them the kids will learn them and hopefully it will be something that sticks with them through life.
We are starting with....Bear Wrongs Patiently and Feed the Hungry.
I think we all could use help in bearing wrongs patiently and it may help curb some of the yelling and fighting that goes on in the house.
One great resource for these is Faith Folders for Catholics. I've blogged about this site before, but I can't say it often enough. There are some truly wonderful lap books there that can be incorporated into daily life. I don't think we're going to turn ours into a lapbook, but rather turn it into beautiful posters for the family to use throughout the year. Check them out here.
I'll put pictures up as we create our posters.
Comments (2)
Does Augustine do well/understand the Faith Folders? I know each kid is different, but I was wondering if Michael, who's 4 now, would take to them. I'm sure it helps to have older brothers who understand them, but with Michael as the oldest, I don't know if it would be better to wait till the fall when I start kindergarten with him.
@whteroses - . I think Michael would enjoy them. I did our first one last Lent and Matthias wasn't quite 5 yet and Augustin was 3 and even though I put them together, essentially, they really liked them. We talked about them as I glued the pieces into the folder. I backed the different activities onto construction paper and let them pick the colors. They loved to dow them off and tell people what they had learned.
My advice would be to print out everything first, put them into baggies or envelopes labeled and then do one or two activities a day. Cutting thing out early will make it easier to put together.
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