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Just an FYI, I got an email with the announcement that Moira has finished her 9-12 catechesis manuals. I don't know if it's okay to post the message in entirety here, so I'm not going to. If you want more details, like ordering, email address, etc. I can PM the message.
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JennGM wrote:
Just an FYI, I got an email with the announcement that Moira has finished her 9-12 catechesis manuals. I don't know if it's okay to post the message in entirety here, so I'm not going to. If you want more details, like ordering, email address, etc. I can PM the message.
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It's fine with me, so unless it's not okay with Moira, please post the info here. I'm thrilled. I preordered a year ago 
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Thanks Jenn for letting us know! I've been pleased with the first two manuals. 
Peace,
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I saw this today too, thanks for putting it up for us here Jenn!!
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That's great news!
What do you think about starting a 12 yo who has not had the previous presentations? Good idea? Bad idea?
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Yippeee!
And like Theresa, I'm wondering about using it with my older daughters and son, ages 9-12 (almost 13). I'll add that they have sat in with us when I've done the ones for younger children and absolutely loved it. In fact, my 11 year old dd has been pestering me to get the materials to make a tabernacle.
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I am also curious about using this with my children. They have only ever been exposed to Faith and Life although I did purchase the mass kit from OFH. Would it be okay to start them with the 9-12 catechesis?
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I'll see if she can pop in here and answer some of our questions!!
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Hello all,
I've been invited to post a reply here in response to inquiries about the 9-12 catechesis manual that I recently advertised is available. The most repeated question seems to be, “Is it appropriate or recommended to jump in with an older child that has not been exposed to the earlier levels of this kind of catechesis?” My emphatic answer is "Yes!" and I will share with you briefly my reasons for saying so.
Although CGS does emphasize the importance of completing prior levels of catechesis before moving on to later ones, I decided I didn’t want to imitate this pre-requisite approach. I have tried to make any of my manuals usable by anyone, so that each level is self-contained, and does not require the prior ones to be familiar in order to make the later ones successful. This applies both in terms of parents who may have little or no experience in making presentations, but also in terms of the child who may be unexposed to the earlier contents of prior catechesis levels. Certainly there is benefit to having familiarity, but it has been my intent to not make it essential.
What is required of the child for the 9-12 work is fluency in reading, as there are some longer portions of text your child will be prescribed to read. Even so, the reading could be done by another family member, so if this is a difficulty, it can still be gotten around with some effort and creativity.
I would be happy to answer any more questions on this thread as they come up so I will be checking back for new postings, but please feel free to also contact me directly via email at moira101@yahoo.com with any individual inquiries. I will try to make the time in the near future to draft a more detailed description about the new manual and how I have structured its contents and presentations, if such a description would be helpful. In the meantime, please let me know any other questions you may have, and I will do my best to answer them.
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Moira Farrell
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Moira, thank you so much! You've given our family such a gift.
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Wow! I've been wanting to do CGS for a few years but can't seem to figure out the right time to "jump in", with the ages of my children (16-11-8-5 now) -- it's been a case of analysis paralysis.
Thank you so much for you gals inviting Moira over, and thank you, Moira, for being here! I don't have specific questions right now, but I'll be watching this thread with much interest!
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Thank you so much Moira for you beautiful response, I know it will be helpful to so many, including ME!!
Blessings!
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moira farrell wrote:
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I would find this very helpful and will be watching this thread eagerly.
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Where can we order from? I have always used Our Father's House.
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Dear All,
...so here is the long version. For those interested to read it, following is a more detailed description of the contents of the new 9-12 catechesis I am making available. Because this manual contains some original material designs, I have tried to describe those materials in some detail, as well as explain how several of these materials are designed to work together.
The manual begins with an introduction to typology, learning what it is, and an exercise the children do with fingerprinting, to experience the definition of both a type, and an archetype. Following, the timeline of sacred history is presented, which introduces God's fingerprints left in time by three sacred moments: Creation, Redemption, and the Parousia. Following this timeline, the three realms of life are introduced to the child--created life, sacramental life, and eternal life--each corresponding to one of the three sacred moments. Coupled with all of this is exploring how these three sacred moments are particularly works of one of the Persons of the Trinity; God the Father is the Creator, God the Son is the Redeemer, and God the Holy Spirit is the Sanctifier, and bringer of unity. The child is led to conclude that all of history is literally speaking God's name, and is a work in progress forming a single “type” of the Trinity.
The Eucharist is presented in two key presentations, one themed with Eucharist as the central sacrament, and the other with Eucharist presented as the Sacrament of Unity. Additional to these are presentations on particular prayers from the Mass which express this unifying work of the Eucharist, transcending time and space, and unifying all of God’s Church throughout history and moving us towards the finale that is both the end of history, and the beginning of eternity.
The typology work is taught with are a series of texts studied from the Bible, beginning with Creation, that focus on the typologies of the Old Testament, that are fulfilled in the light of the New. These studies show how God is working in and through time, using the seven days of Creation as the foundation “template” that provides seven categories of types seen in Biblical history, and are then followed through the history of the covenants. The seven categories explored include water--the source of life, shelter--the Church, Blessing--God's promise to increase life, Person--mediator of the covenant, Task--special work the mediator is asked to do, Tree--symbol of God’s presence, and Sign of the covenant--a series of signs which culminate in the New and Everlasting Covenant made through Christ.
To give an example of how this works, I will use “tree” from the list of types followed, which is a signifier of God’s presence in each covenant. In the first covenant in Eden, the trees of Eden nourish man with food, and the Tree of Life bestows everlasting life to him. In the covenant with Noah, the tree branch is a symbol for restored order and peace, brought by the dove to the ark from the new world re-created after the flood. With Abraham, the tree provides a shelter in the semi-desert of Canaan where Abraham moves his home at God’s command. In the covenant with Moses, the burning bush is the sign of God's presence on Mt. Horeb, which is the same Mt. Sinai, where Moses receives God's Law in the 10 commandments. In the covenant with David, the tree which springs from the root of Jesse, David’s father, becomes the genealogical family tree of Christ. Thus it is "from the house of David" that Mary, the chosen one of God, becomes the mother of the Messiah. The tree in the New Covenant is the cross, the new Tree of Life, and the True Vine, by whom we are nourished and receive everlasting life. This tree also brings the new order of Peace to God’s New Creation. It is the same tree we see on the altar, called the Holy Mountain of God. It is the same tree which each of us becomes grafted onto as members of God’s Church and of His family tree, and is the tree of the cross, which gives us the First Fruits of the Risen Christ, who shares the life of His Resurrection with us in the sacrament of the Eucharist.
Two unique materials included in exploration of Biblical texts are story boxes, and covenant circles. Each story box is a simple container with key objects for re-telling the stories read in text. I included these designs because they are simple, and can be used in a variety of ways for children to re-tell the stories they contain. They can easily be shared with younger family members, and for the older child, the objects included are also representatives of the seven categories of types explored in the typology work. These same objects are then combined in the project of a covenant circle, which is a project the child builds to form a single image (designs for each covenant circle is included in the manual). Each covenant circle is a pictorial version of the story of that covenant, and is designed to visually play off the circle image for the New Covenant in Christ. For example, the ark in the covenant with Noah is shown on the covenant circle as pouring out all forms of life into the new world. In the New and Everlasting covenant in Christ, it is Christ’s body on the cross, which pours out all life to His Church in the form of the sacraments. The visual link these circles make does not need to be explained to the child, but simply by observing the display, the child can come to many of these typological conclusions.
The manual finishes with the display of the five O.T. covenant circles, surrounded by the circle image of the New and Everlasting Covenant in Christ, and a simple meditation is provided suggesting that the O.T. covenants are like five fingerprints belonging to the same hand of God, each unique with its own patterns and details, but each mark bearing an identity that belongs to the same God.
As a clincher, I am including another originally designed material that can be used by the whole family, much like the Jesse Tree is used every year. It is called The Easter Road, and its design uses small circular “pavers,” one for each day in Lent, that pave the road into Jerusalem. I found that even when the Church rotates its Gospel readings each year (we are on a three-year cycle for the Sunday readings) there are themes in common every year within each cycle. Following these themes (for example, “mountain” is always the first Sunday’s theme, taken from the Transfiguration), the next six days of the Easter Road trace through examples of typology in the Old Testament using “mountain.” Examples of this can be found in every covenant: the Bible refers to Eden as a Holy Mountain in one text, then there is Mr. Ararat where Noah’s ark first hits dry land, then there is Mt. Moriah, where Abraham is lead to sacrifice Isaac, Mt. Sinai where Moses received the Law (also Mt. Horeb, which is the same place Moses saw the burning bush), and Mt. Moriah again which is the same geographical site that David first brought the ark into Jerusalem, and consequently where Solomon built the Temple. There is also the Hill of Calvary, the Sermon on the Mount, and so on. I also noticed that each week’s theme takes us closer to the heart of the mystery of Christ’s passion, and is representative of the spiritual journey we are all on in this world. First we are called into the desert (every Ash Wednesday reads this beginning Gospel theme), then we travel up the mountain of God. From there we go into the Temple, through the holy of holies, finally to the altar itself, and encounter the sacrificial victim of Christ, whose blood is sprinkled on the Mercy Seat and shed for us all. Finally, we enter the tomb, and arise Easter morning with the glory of Christ’s Resurrection.
Now, is it really any wonder that this manual has taken me three years to put together? Despite its wide scope, the most difficult part of drafting this manual was not doing the research necessarily, but deciding how to break the work down into presentations that were bite-sized and user friendly. I think I have been successful, but it will really be up to all of you to give me the final word, if I have hit the target I was aiming for. Naturally I would love to hear any feedback families are willing to share with me in the course of using this work.
That’s enough for now. Please let me know if anything I have written needs clarification. Thanks so much for allowing me to post the availability of this material on this thread. I look forward to further communication with all of you
In Him,
Moira Farrell
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In regards to ordering, someone asked about Our Father's House and if they could place an order there. To answer, OFH will be supplied with inventory sometime later in September. Because this is the first printing, current orders can only be placed with me directly. If you are interested, let me know via email at moira101@yahoo.com and I will forward you a purchase request giving you a couple of options for placing an oder.
-Moira
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Thank you for everything Moira.
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Wow Moira! It sounds wonderful!
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Wow! I can't wait till my ds is old enough for this!
Hooray!
and God bless you Moira!
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Wow! Thank you for all the hard work. What a wonderful looking resource
God bless,
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