Catholic Faith Education Newsletter
April, 2005
What are really the catacombs?... When did they originate? Why did they develop so extensively? Why are they located outside the city walls, along the great consular roads? ...Since the catacombs are only cemeteries, how can they tell us the history of the early Church in Rome? Why did the Christians use so many symbols? Why were the Christians persecuted? Did the persecutions last uninterruptedly for centuries? What was the behaviour of the Christians during the persecutions? Did they suffer them passively, without any resistance or did they react to this injustice? ...What is the importance of the Catacombs for the Church of today?"
See also various pages of links on the Resources for Catholic Educators web site:
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History of the Catholic Church |
Into
His Own - Perspective on the World of Jesus - "Into
His Own is designed as a tool for the historical study of Christian
scriptures. Since the works in the New Testament were composed
in implicit & often explicit dialog with first century champions
of Jewish tradition, the bulk of the passages included here
have been excerpted from works written by Jewish authors, especially
those composed after the Hebrew scriptures that can be found
in any Christian "Old Testament." But there are also
selections from non-Jewish sources that help bring the writings
of Christian authors into a clearer cultural perspective." 
" Holbrook uses his skills as a photographic artist to paint film portraits of the poor, the disadvantaged, the homeless, and the mentally or physically challenged. He portrays his subjects as saints and patriarchs, giving them names taken from scripture..." Read the article...
"During a homeless awareness weekend March 6-7 at Good Shepherd Church in Colleyville, Holbrook, along with teenagers from the church, tried to bring this message home. Holbrook spends his spare time getting to know those living on the streets. He learns about their lives and tells their stories through his pictures. The teens have been feeding and clothing the homeless for the past five years by working with the Bread of Life ministries. Holbrook and the teens joined forces to give a vision of a world rarely seen."
"Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It's been two weeks
since my last confession. ..." |
"I’ve been in the food pantry business for over ten years now. In all those years, I have never once received a phone call from a church, school or anyone saying, “Tom, is there anything we could do to help so that people no longer have to go to a pantry? Is there anything we could do to help so soup kitchens are no longer needed?” Read the article...
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Christian songs for children - "Schools, youth groups and churches from all over the world, have been requesting copies of the words and music of these songs, including the award winning Mothers Day Song "Thank you Mum". Written by Patrick Ambrose and Adrian Haw the songs have proved popular across the globe." Musicians & children of Sacred Heart, Sowerby Bridge, England. The words and music of 7 songs are available on the web site. Sound files are provided with voices and as backing tracks. For a limited time, the music sheets are also available online. send us your special event news and we will post it here. |
Join Hands Across the States to Help Abused and Hungry Children On Sept. 6, 2004, Hands Across the States promises to be bigger than the 1986 ‘Hands Across America’ campaign. ‘For Our Children Inc.,’ a new charitable organization to help children is launching the event in the spirit of Pope John Paul’s Lenten theme whereby we are called to reflect upon the condition of children. The non-profit group needs 14.1 million people to form a 10,700-mile-long chain in support of the victims of child abuse and childhood hunger. Not only will the human chain symbolize the awareness of hungry and abused children, each person in line actually would represent one child who is either at risk of hunger or was maltreated last year. In addition, this chain will make a statement to the abusers and those who sit idly by that Americans will not let this happen in their country.
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A grandmother and a little girl who was sprinkled with bright
red freckles spent the day at the zoo. The children were waiting
in line to get their cheeks painted by a local artist who was
decorating them with tiger paws.
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