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Program Five
Eucharist Means Thanksgiving
The Eucharist reminds Fr. Tony Bidgood of two big things in his life growing up: his home parish and feasting at his grandmother’s house.
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Materials
- Program Five: Eucharist Means Thanksgiving (also available on DVD)
- Redemptorist web sites: www.redemptorists.ca www.plugintochrist.ca
- Fact Sheet on The Redemptorists. About Us Section on this web site.
- Fact Sheet on how students can help the work of The Redemptorists. Ways To Be Involved Section on this web site.
- Church Eucharist documents: Sacramentum Caritatis (Sacrament of Charity) Pope Benedict XV, Apostolic letter on Eucharist/John Paul II, Catholic Catechism
- Internet access for additional research questions
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Study Guide
Goal
The goal of Program Five is to introduce students to how "Eucharist is not solely an object of adoration or worship. Eucharist is also an action, alive and dynamic."
Steps
1. Show the internet / DVD Program Five: Eucharist Means
...Thanksgiving
2. Ask students to form small groups to describe the following
..impressions from the program:
- Explain how Eucharist begins within one person but extends from that person to the whole community?
- What have we learned about the Catholic Church through understanding more about Eucharist?
- What did you know after viewing the DVD that you didn’t know before?
- How do you see Eucharist operating in the lives of a religious community like the Redemptorists?
3. Option for Take-Home Assignment
1. Via the Internet find more facts about:
- The 2007 Eucharistic Congress
- One papal document on Eucharist
- What the Catholic Catechism says about Eucharist
- The Redemptorist community
2. Write one page of personal reflection on how Eucharist can help you live your everyday life or how you see it operating in the
lives of a religious community like the Redemptorists
3. In groups, make presentations to the class about any or all of
the above.
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