Oh, Dearest Mother, Sweetest Virgin of Altagracia, our Patroness. You are our Advocate and to you we recommend our needs. You are our Teacher and like disciples we come to learn from the example of your holy life. You are our Mother, and like children, we come to offer you all of the love of our hearts. Receive, dearest Mother, our offerings and listen attentively to our supplications. Amen.



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Posted: June 06 2007 at 11:13am | IP Logged Quote Cathmomof8
I'm considering the Didache series for my 9th grader this fall instead of the MODG religion. If we do the MODG history and Science he'll have two writing intensive courses and I don't want to completely stress both of us out!! But, I'd like to use something for religion that will keep that flicker of faith glowing. He is my 3rd ninth grader and I found that the oldest two, espceially the second, worked through those Fr. Laux books with mostly intent to just 'get it done'. Now maybe that would have been the case with any book BUT I see now that I'd like something this year with John that we would spend more time discussing/orally narrating instead of something we are agonizing over the writing process with. Make sense??

Of course, I should be finishing up this year instead of agonizing over next year!!

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Posted: June 06 2007 at 9:09pm | IP Logged Quote Leonie
Alexander (15) is reading Understanding the Scriptures. I am reading the one on Moral Theoloy. We share what we hae read, talk about ideas, perhaps follow up some of the questions orally, perhaps do some reseacrh. Alexander also completes a written narrtion on what he has read.

That said, we haven't read anything in the Didache books since Easter - been reading The Acts of the Apostles instead.

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Posted: June 06 2007 at 9:44pm | IP Logged Quote guitarnan
My son (finishing grade 9) loved the Intro to Catholicism book. We just read the chapters, answered questions and did the student workbook...not much extra (besides Confirmation class, where nothing of substance was discussed until the retreat). He chose the Scripture course for next year. I suppose that means we'll do Church history for grade 11.

There are a lot of "real life" scenarios in the textbook and in the workbook. These make great discussion springboards.

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Posted: June 07 2007 at 8:03am | IP Logged Quote Carole N.
My ds (finishing 8th grade) has started reading the Scriptures course. We are trying to prepare for Confirmation, so we just started. I did not realize that there was a workbook--have to check that out. I have enjoyed the book (trying to stay a chapter ahead)! And my son loves it.

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Reading and discussing, that's all we're doing (we're on Understanding the Scriptures right now). We have other material that we're using along with it so usually we read the chapter, then each person (me, dh, and dd-16) reads supplemental material (CCC, apologetics, etc.) and share what we've read and discuss. I have the workbook too but we just skim it for any questions/further discussion we'd like to do. Not following the workbook too closely.

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Posted: June 07 2007 at 4:57pm | IP Logged Quote Leonie
Wanted to add - we don't have the workbook, there is still plenty to discuss via the content and questions in the books. And narrations helps my ds distil his thoughts...

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