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Program One
What is a Christian Family?
Fr. Mark Miller explains the teachings of Pope John Paul II who called the a ideal Catholic family a ‘domestic church.’ Where we can learn to forgive, to be patient, to be generous and kind, to live in service to one another.
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Materials
- Program One: What is a Christian Family? (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.
- Papal documents:
- Familiaris Consortio: The role of Family in Modern Life. John Paul II 1981
- Letter to Families/ Year of the Family. John Paul II 1994
- Internet access for additional research questions
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Study Guide
Goal
The goal of Program One is to introduce students to Catholic teachings on how a family can be a model of Christian community.
Steps
1. Show the internet / DVD Program One: What is a Christian Family?
2. Ask students to form small groups to describe the following
..impressions from the program:
- Tell a brief story about a family the talk on this program reminded you of.
- What have we learned about the Catholic Church through understanding more about its teachings on family life?
- What did you know after viewing the DVD that you didn’t know before?
- How do you think a religious community like the Redemptorists is modelled on Christian family values?
3. Option for Take-Home Assignment
1. Via the Internet find more facts about:
- One papal document on family life
- What the Catholic Catechism says about family life
- The Redemptorist community
2. Write one page of personal reflection on how ideas about
Christian family life can help you live your everyday life outside
the family or how you see these ideas 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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