Program One: Becoming Redemptorist Apostolic Community
How one decides to join the Redemptorist Apostolic Community.
Materials
Videos
Program One: Becoming Redemptorist Apostolic Community
Documents
Church Eucharist documents: Sacramentum Caritatis (Sacrament of Charity) Pope Benedict XV, Apostolic letter on Eucharist/John Paul II, Catholic Catechism
The goal of Program One is to introduce students to the Redemptorists and how they work as a community.
Steps
1. Show the video - "Program One: Becoming Redemptorist Apostolic Community"
2. Ask students to form small groups to describe the following impressions from the video:
Who is are the leading speakers in the video and what do we find out about them in this video?
Who are the Redemptorists?
What did you know after viewing the video that you didn't know
before?
Give three reasons why Canadian Catholics should support the work of the Redemptorists.
3. Option for Take-Home Assignment
Via the internet find more facts about:
Redemptorists and different aspects of their work today
The founder of the Redemptorists and the work he did.
In groups, make presentations to the class about any or all of the
above. Include suggestions on how students could become more involved with
the work of Redemptorists.
