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I've re-posted this here from the Thanksgiving Lapbooks thread.
Marianna and I are building a Tower of Mercy as we are studying the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy this week. Beginning details of the cubes are in my Thanksgiving Plans post.
Here's the line-up that inspired us, we've adapted a few already. Marianna prefers St. Elizabeth of Hungary for Feed the Hungry, can you blame her after all your beautiful posts last week on the feast day?
Corporal Works of Mercy
Feed the Hungry - Thea Bowman, Dorothy Day
Give Drink to the Thirsty - St. Frances Cabrini, St. Katherine Drexel
Clothe the Naked - Blessed Theresa of Calcutta
Shelter the Homeless - Sarah, wife of Abraham
Visit the Sick - Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
Visit the Imprisoned - St. Therese of Lisieux
Bury the Dead - St. Catherine of Siena
Spiritual Works of Mercy
Instruct the Ignorant - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Counsel the Doubtful - Mother Catherine McAuley
Admonish the Sinner - St. Therese of Avila
Bear Wrongs Patiently - Mary Magdalene
Forgive Injuries - St. Josephine Bakhita
Comfort the Sorrowful - St. Veronica
Pray for the Living and the Dead - Mary, Mother of Mercy
I made a simple box shape out of a manila file folder, card stock or small real boxes would work too, of course!
(See this thread on Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy for further brainstorming[/url])
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I thought I'd try to give a few of the links we are using for each Saint/Work, please add others if you know of them! Not all of the sites have been previewed 100%, some we just looked at the pictures. 
Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy from Wikipedia, and Catholic Encyclopedia
Feed the Hungry
Dorothy Day Serving the Poor, Catholic Worker Movement, Wikipedia
Thea Bowman Tribute from Boston College,
Elizabeth of Hungary
Wikipedia, 4Real Thread, Patron Saint Index
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Give Drink to the Thirsty
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Catholic Culture Story, Patron Saint Index, Mother Cabrini, MaryG's great post
St. Katherine Drexel Wikipedia, 1 color photo at Patron Saint Index, mural at PA History
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Clothe the Naked
Blessed Theresa of Calcutta EWTN, Vatican's Bio, Wikipedia, official site of the Cause for Canonization, (with two printable posters,) lots of additional links here.
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Shelter the Homeless
Sarah, wife of Abraham Matriarch on Wikipedia, Icon at Orthodoxwiki, New Advent
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Visit the Sick
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha links plus nice write-up, portrait from the 1680's at Wikipedia, Patron Saint Index, article at New Advent, Model Ecologist with paintings, lots of nice images and Kateri's Shrine in New York. Also a podcast at SaintCast and a printable at My Friend.
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I only have two minutes to poke my head in to say that this project is TREMENDOUS! I am going to do this with my children without a doubt, and it will be among the most memorable things we have ever attempted. I love the way you have layed this out and cannot wait to start gathering materials. My plan is to devote much of January to this worthy endeavor.
This is perfect! 
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Visit the Imprisoned
St. Therese of Lisieux 4Real Thread, Wikipedia where we learned that the National Shrine of the Little Flower Catholic Church in Michigan was burned down by the KKK, EWTN celebrates the Centenary , 'Official' Site and Sanctuary of Lisieux with lots of photos.
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Bury the Dead
St. Catherine of Siena Patron Saint Index, Wikipedia's article, Catholic Encyclopedia, and a podcast at SaintCast (haven't listened to it all but the beginning is great, they play 'The Saints Go Marching In' and talk about Holy Relics, St. Catherine is talked about 3/4 of the way through), we liked this Icon with Sailboat.
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Marianna made a great observation today I thought I'd share. She frequently reads over my shoulder here but I am always amazed at the connections she makes that I haven't mentioned or even thought of sometimes! Back in July I asked about Nuns here and through that thread and the discussions we shared, she came to the conclusion that Sisters perform Corporal Works of Mercy while Nuns perform Spiritual Works of Mercy.
Spiritual Works of Mercy (list worded slightly differently for a 4th grade class)
I also wanted to apologize for how long this is taking me to post each one, I'm working around my husband's eBay listings.
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Instruct the Ignorant
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Wikipedia, Catholic On-Line's story, National Shrine in Maryland, Patron Saint Index, Catholic Encyclopedia, Saint of the Day can be downloaded in MP3 file. More at Domestic Church and EWTN.
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Counsel the Doubtful
Mother Catherine McAuley Wikipedia with Mother McAuley on Irish Banknotes! Bio at Wild Geese Today, Sisters of Mercy at New Advent, More on the Banknotes
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Admonish the Sinner
St. Therese of Avila Wikipedia, Patron Saint Index, Catholic Encyclopedia, a long article at Catholic On-line, and another at the Teresian Carmel, and a third at EWTN.
Saint of the Day with MP3 capabilities, the entire text of St. Theresa of Jesus is now online as are famous quotes.
John Singer Sargent painted St. Teresa, and I like this one but do not know who painted it. Anyone??
Poems(inspired by??? St Theresa of Avila?) -
This one was called her 'Bookmark' at Women for Faith and Family and I can hardly wait to make it into one!
Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.
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Bear Wrongs Patiently
Mary Magdalene Patron Saints Index, and Catholic.org calls her "the Penitent", this New Advent's article, and Orthodoxwiki tells us why red Easter Eggs are associated with Mary Magdalene.
Women for Faith & Family with a lovely painting by de la Tour, Wikipedia has a long article with great paintings (1 small one is 'unclothed' as she is frequently portrayed). This Savoldo at the National Gallery is lovely!
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Forgive Injuries
St. Josephine Bakhita Saint of the Day, The Vatican, Catholic Culture has a few activities, Patron Saints Index, an icon, Women for Faith and Family, and My Friend features St. Bakhita and here is a photo album with pictures of the Canonization.
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Comfort the Sorrowful
St. Veronica Icons at OrthodoxWiki, Mochi's Statue in Rome, last on the page (When a toreador holds the red cloth with both hands and shakes it before the bull, this movement is called veronica - named after the statue in St. Peter's. Too cool!)
New Advent article, Wikipedia with paintings and links, Patron Saint Index, an El Greco painting, and an ancient Icon for sale but really neat to view.
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Pray for the Living and the Dead
Mary, Mother of Mercy
Mary in May,
Blessed Mother Notebook Project,
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception,
Mary for May,
Looking for a Marian Image,
Marian Devotions from the Teens,
Birthday of Mary
- The above are 4Real Threads.
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Marianna and I wrapped this up for now.
You can see our Tower here. I may revisit this, I think a report or pertinent prayer on the back of the cards she made would be a nice addition.
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This is awesome, Jennifer. I'm keeping it in the back of my mind for after Epiphany.
Thanks for the wonderful idea.
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Wow! What an amazing project! I will have to try this, maybe as a Lenten activitiy. Hmm.
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