June 2007

Our Feature Article for June was a web site. Click here to visit www.RenewtheChurch.com.

For Activity One, try, do a Google search on St. Anthony of Padua, whose feastday is celebrated June 13. We frequently call upon him to help us find our lost objects. Do you know he is known for this because of his ability to find lost souls? Who has God worked through you to “find” this past year? In what way might you need to be found? Write a prayer to St. Anthony.

Learn some new quotations in Activity Two.

The Teacher Pattern is from Jeannine Leichner's Joy, Joy the Mass. Click here»

Soul Food for Teachers is from Thomas Merton's Thoughts in Solitude.

Catechist's Know-How is "Keeping VBS Catholic" by Mary Lou Rosien.

Prayer

Dear Lord, with all that St. Paul went through, how did he keep his faith in You? He was almost killed by his enemies on five different occasions. He was beaten and shipwrecked. You did not make things easy on him. What did You share with him that made him want to keep getting back up and talking about You? Tell me, Lord. I want to know You like St. Paul knew You. Amen.

(Adapted from Kelley Renz’s God Listens to Our Children: Kids’ Prayers for Every Day of the Liturgical Year, 2006.)

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