“Miracles” The subject of “miracles” has come up repeatedly with the children preparing for their First Communion this year. Early in Lent, the 2nd year children were pondering “The Mystery of Faith” and examining how the following are mysteries: Jesus’ death, Jesus’ resurrection, Jesus’ return to begin Parousia, as well as the bread and wine becoming […]
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Having just celebrated the Liturgy of the Light, the Atrium’s most solemn celebration of the year, where the one Risen Light of Christ spreads to many as each child receives a candle lit from the Paschal Candle, the youngest children are led to an encounter with the moment they themselves were first invited into the
The Upper Elementary children (E2 / Level III) spent two hours preparing to lead the Liturgy of the Light celebration for the entire school. They read through their assigned readings, they walked through the movements, they practiced both together, and then even had five minutes to spare before the Atrium began to fill with children.
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As we enter the final week of Lent, the children and staff at The Way of the Shepherd have been extra busy pondering the events of Jesus’ life commemorated on Holy Thursday and Good Friday as we move closer, with the whole Church, to Easter Sunday. Because of a very special celebration, The Penitential Rite
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Next week, the students will complete their Lenten Journey in the classroom. As a group we will focus on the “Triduum”, the final three days of Jesus’ life before His passion and death, with an emphasis on the Resurrection. On Tuesday, March 27th your student will experience a simplified version of the traditional Jewish Seder meal,
Science sparks a child’s interest while simple curiosity ignites their exploration! This month I read a book titled, Mickey’s Magnet in which a young boy accidentally spills his mothers sewing pins all over the floor. Mickey’s father gives him a horseshoe magnet for safe clean up of this sharp spill. It works wonderfully, Mickey continues to further explore other Magnetic forces around
Making a compass gave another purpose to magnetizing the sewing needle in the previous experiment. In learning about the dipoles of a magnet the children instantly connected the poles of our Earth! Maybe due to all the North Pole conversations recently. Conveniently, I linked the previous Geography presentations and Gemology presentations to the Poles of our
It’s that time of year once again! Each of the children (ages 3 to 12) spent time writing and decorating an Alleluia card this past week in the Atrium. It brought a smile to my face to see the older children enter and exclaim with joy over this yearly activity that they have fond memories
Please keep our 2nd year children in your prayers as they begin to take time away through meditations and retreat, continuing to listen even more closely to the Good Shepherd and pondering the great gift of allowing His sap to flow through their branch on the True Vine. (One child was absent on Ash
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Last year I posted about the gestures of the Preparation of the Chalice and the Epiclesis. Those entries continue with the following regarding the Offering… During the Mass, the Gesture of Offering (also referred to as the “Eucharistic Doxology”) comes after the Epiclesis and the words of the Last Supper. As we kneel in awe of the greatest
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