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Program Six

Food For Everyday

 

Fr. Leo English explains that it is only when one sees the importance of gathering round the family table that people can ever hope to recognize the importance of gathering round the Eucharist table.

 

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Materials

 

  • Program Six: Food For Everyday (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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Study Guide

 

Goal

 

The goal of Program Six is to introduce students to the relationship between healthy, communicating family life and the rich meanings behind the sacrament of Eucharist.

 

Steps

 

1. Show the internet / DVD Program Six: Food For Everyday

 

2. Ask students to form small groups to describe the following

..impressions from the program:

  • Tell a story about a happy family gathering you have been a part of and how that experience relates to the feeling of receiving Eucharist on Sunday morning parish gatherings.
  • 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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