Doctrinal Focus

GOD

  • God loves us
  • Creation
  • God made the world to show his love (CCC. 315)
  • God made us (CCC. 44 45 315)
  • God is our Creator and Father, and we are his children (CCC. 355)
  • God loves us and his work is good (CCC. 319)

General Articles

  • Baptism Bridges the Chasm Between Our World and GOD's | Mary Beth Bonacci [Arlington Catholic Herald, 1995]
    "At some point Christ entered your lives and invited you to a greater awareness of your baptismal consecration; with God;s grace and the help of a believing community you grew in understanding of your Christian identity and your rol
  • God Made Man the Steward of Creation | Pope John Paul II [L'Osservatore Romano, 2001]
    Today there is an urgent need for 'ecological conversion' to protect not only the natural environment by also the human quality of life
  • Catechesis on Creation | Catholic Church [Amministrazione Del Patrimonio Della Sede Apostolica, 2000]
    "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."116 Holy Scripture begins with these solemn words. The profession of faith takes them up when it confesses that God the Father almighty is "Creator of heaven and earth" (Apostles' Creed), "of a
  • Advent , how time belongs to God | Msgr. Peter Elliott [Published by permission of Msgr. Peter Elliott, 2001]
    The importance of the season of Advent as a preparation for Christmas
  • The Church: People of God, Body of Christ | Amministrazione Del Patrimonio Della Sede Apostolica [Amministrazione Del Patrimonio Della Sede Apostolica, 2003]
    Excerpt from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, about the Church as Body of Christ.
  • God and His Creation | Eternal World Television Network [Eternal World Television Network, 2003]
    Gives teachings about God and the Holy Trinity from a Catholic perspective.
  • 1998-08-19: Creation Must Be Dwelling Place of Peace | Pope John Paul II [Vatican, 1998]
    The cosmos is created by God as the dwelling place of man and the theatre of his adventure of freedom.
  • What if God was one of us? | Michael Daniel [Michael Daniel, 2000]
    Looking at the notion of God being part of ordinary human experience.
  • On playing God genetically | Very Rev Prof Anthony Fisher OP [-, 1998]
    This paper is a kind of report on a conference on “Genetics, Identity and Justice” conducted at Merton College Oxford in March-April 1998 and a reconstruction of what I said there.
  • Our Catholic Philosophy-God's existence | Dr. Hayden Ramsay [kwl.com.au, 2000]
    Dr. Hayden Ramsay discusses God's existence
  • Our Catholic Philosophy-Philosophy and Theology | Dr. Hayden Ramsay [kwl.com.au, 2000]
    Dr. Hayden Ramsay discusses Philosophy and Theology
  • Knowing and Naming God | Mgr. Peter J. Elliott [kwl.com.au, 2000]
    The question of God needs to be examined seriously in mid-adolescence, but in an introductory way. Therefore, in the first chapter of the Year 9 text the question is presented in a series of carefully planned stages that help us to know and name God.

Blackline Masters / Activity Sheets

  • Creation Mural
    Able to be enlarged for many uses.
  • Puppet pattern 16
    Pattern: Creation Images.
    Patterns can be used as
    * Felt board figures
    * Finger Puppets (felt, fabric)
    * Peg Figures (felt, laminated)
    * Colored O.H.T.s (used with adult supervision).
    The above are suggestions for the use of the Level 2a Patterns. Their applications are as diverse as the creativity & imagination of those using them.
  • Puppet pattern 16 (continued)
    Pattern: Creation Images.
    Patterns can be used as
    * Felt board figures
    * Finger Puppets (felt, fabric)
    * Peg Figures (felt, laminated)
    * Colored O.H.T.s (used with adult supervision).
    The above are suggestions for the use of the Level 2a Patterns. Their applications are as diverse as the creativity & imagination of those using them.

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