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Scope and Sequence
Scope and Sequence, The Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition, Chapters 46–50 and E–KThese chapters conform to the Teacher Guide Prayer and Church History.
© 2015 Saint Mary’s Press
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Chapter Title Learning Outcomes Key WordsScripture Passages /
QuotationsCatechism References
Peopleof Faith
46 The Bible: Models of Prayer
• Prayer is a skill we develop with practice and through studying role models like King David, Mary, and Jesus.
• Mary, the Mother of God, models true devo-tion and trust in the Lord.
• Jesus, while fully divine, was also fully hu-man and needed to establish a prayerful relationship with God the Father.
• Prayer is not only words but committing ourselves to doing God’s will.
• praise• petition• Magnificat
• Psalm 51:10–11 (“Create a pure heart in me, O God. . . .”)
• Luke 1:42 (“You are the most blessed of all women. . . .”)
• John 17:20–21 (“I pray . . . for those who believe in me. . . .”)
• 435 (The Name of Jesus, the Hail Mary, and the Jesus Prayer)
• 1177 (Lectio Divina)
• 2097, 2619, 2622 (The Magnificat)
• 2629–2633 (Prayer ofPetition)
• 2639–2643 (Prayer of Praise)
47 Prayer: Conversation with God
• Prayer is our way of staying in touch with God at all times.
• God never tires of wanting to be with us. • Because nothing can separate us from the
love of God, it is always possible to pray. • Our relationship with God can have ups
and downs.
• conversion • Psalm 139:1–3,6 (“Lord, you have examined me and you know me. . . . “)
• 1 Thessalonians 5:16 (“Be joyful always, pray at all times. . . .”)
• Part Four: Christian Prayer
• 2559–2565 (What Is Prayer?)
• 2599–2622 (Prayer and Jesus; Prayer and Mary)
• 2666–2697 (The Universal Call to Prayer)
Saint Teresaof Ávila
Prayer and Church History
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Scope and Sequence, The Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition, Chapters 46–50 and E–KThese chapters conform to the Teacher Guide Prayer and Church History.
© 2015 Saint Mary’s Press
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Chapter Title Learning Outcomes Key WordsScripture Passages /
QuotationsCatechism References
Peopleof Faith
48 Tuning In to God • Prayer is our response to God’s invitation to relationship with him. In this lesson we focus on petition and blessing.
• Intercessions, praise, and thanksgiving help us express our dependence on God.
• We learn to pray through daily prayer, the liturgy, reading and hearing the Word of God, and the virtues of faith, hope, and love.
• Christians throughout history have practiced three major expressions of prayer: vocal prayer, meditation, and contemplation.
• blessing• intercession • thanksgiving
• Romans 5:5 (“Hope does not disappoint us. . . .”)
• Romans 15:30 (“. . . join me in praying . . .”)
• 971 (Devotion to the Blessed Virgin)
• 1174–1178 (The Liturgyof the Hours)
• 2626–2628 (Blessing and Adoration)
• 2629–2633 (Prayer ofPetition)
• 2634–2636 (Prayer of Intercession)
• 2639–2643 (Prayer of Praise)
• 2650–2662 (The Tradition of Prayer)
Jean Vanier
49 The Lord’s Prayer: The Perfect Prayer
• Jesus gave us the perfect prayer, the Lord’s Prayer.
• Jesus gave us the Lord’s Prayer to teach us how to pray to God.
• The Lord’s Prayer helps us know who God is and who we are.
• The Lord’s Prayer teaches us to be humble,to be a community, and to live the Gospel.
• quintessential• communion• synagogue
• Matthew 18:2–3 (“. . . unless you change and become like children . . .”)
• Luke 11:1 (“ . . . ‘Lord, teach us to pray’ . . .”)
• 2759–2776 (The Lord’s Prayer)
• 2855–2856 (The Final Doxology)
50 The Lord’s Prayer: A Prayer for All Time
• In the ancient world, the number sevenrepresented a perfect number and is reflect-ed in the perfect prayer, the Lord’s Prayer.
• The first three petitions focus on God; the last four petitions focus on our human needs.
• In order to fully receive God’s love and for-giveness, we must be willing to forgive one another.
• We petition God the Father to help us resist temptation and keep us from evil.
• trespass • temptation
• Matthew 6:32–33 (“Your Father in heaven knows. . . .”)
• John 13:34 (“. . . love one another.”)
• 2803–2854 (The SevenPetitions)
Pope Francis
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Scope and Sequence, The Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition, Chapters 46–50 and E–KThese chapters conform to the Teacher Guide Prayer and Church History.
© 2015 Saint Mary’s Press
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Chapter Title Learning Outcomes Key WordsScripture Passages /
QuotationsCatechism References
Peopleof Faith
E The Early Church • Life in the early Church was a time of both persecution and growth.
• The first Christians were Jewish, and Gen-tiles soon contributed to the growth of the Church.
• Following Jesus means conflict, risk, and pos-sible martyrdom.
• We look to the martyrs as examples of cour-age and faith as we follow Jesus in our own time.
• Gentiles • Ecumenical
Council • martyr• deacon
• Acts of the Apostles 2:42–47 (“They spent their time in learning from the apostles. . . . ”)
• Acts of the Apostles 9:6 (“ . . . you will be told what you must do.”)
• 62–64 (God Forms His People Israel)
• 121–123 (The Old Testament and Its Perma-nent Value)
• 439, 442, 781 (The Gentiles)
• 597 (Jews Not Collectively Responsible for Jesus’ Death)
• 852, 2471–2474, 2844 (Martyrdom)
• 891 (Infal-libility of an Ecumenical Council)
• 1334 (Manna and theEucharist)
Saint Peterthe Apostle
F The Age ofthe Fathers
• As the Church grew, the Church Fathers so-lidified the Church’s beliefs and consolidated the Church’s power.
• Emperor Constantine made the practice of Christianity legal with the Edict of Milan, spurring massive growth of the Church.
• The Fathers of the Church clarified key beliefs in Ecumenical Councils, even as dif-ferences between the Eastern and Western Churches grew.
• Despite the chaos that occurred when the Western Roman Empire fell, the Church remained strong and provided stability.
• heresies • Church Fathers • edict• Byzantine
Empire
• John 1:14 (“The Word became a humanbeing. . . .”)
• 185–197(The Creeds)
• 242 (The Nicene Creed)
• 464–469 (True God and True Man)
• 817–819 (Wounds to Unity)
• 2089 (Incre-dulity, Heresy, and Schism)
Saint Leothe Great
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Scope and Sequence, The Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition, Chapters 46–50 and E–KThese chapters conform to the Teacher Guide Prayer and Church History.
© 2015 Saint Mary’s Press
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Chapter Title Learning Outcomes Key WordsScripture Passages /
QuotationsCatechism References
Peopleof Faith
G The Church in the Middle Ages
• The Middle Ages ushered in an era ofmonasticism and the rise of Charlemagne.
• The many differences between the Eastern and Western Church ultimately led to the Great Schism of 1054.
• Internal and external threats to Christianity led to the Crusades and the Inquisitions.
• Great witnesses of faith, such as Saint Domi-nic and Saint Catherine of Siena, inspired the Church’s growth and the faithfulness of her people.
• monasticism• Middle Ages• monastery • schism• friars• scholastic
movement
• Saint Clare of Assisi: “Blessed be you, my God, for having created me.”
• Saint Thomas Aquinas: “Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.”
• 813–822 (The Church Is One)
• 839–845 (The Church and Non-Christians)
• 927, 1672, 2687, 2696 (Monastic Life)
• 1398–1399 (The Sacra-ments of the Orthodox Churches)
Saint Benedict
H An Age of Renewal and Growth
• After the Middle Ages, the Church partici-pated in the Renaissance.
• Martin Luther’s dissent led to a protest move-ment that splintered off Protestant factions and led the Church to counter with reforms.
• New religious orders were begun by holy men and women after the Council of Trent.
• The Church expanded and evangelized as European nations explored North America, Latin America, and the Far East.
• humanism • indulgence • conquistadors• enculturation
• James 2:14 (“. . . what good is it for one of you to say that you have faith if your actions do not prove it?”)
• John 17:21 (“I pray that they may all be one. . . .”)
• 406, 1400 (Reformation)
• 849–856 (Mission: A Requirementof the Church’s Catholicity)
• 868 (The Church Is Missionary)
Saint Thomas More
I An Age of New Ideas • The Enlightenment focused on reason and rationalization and challenged the role of God and the Church in the world.
• The Enlightenment encouraged people to challenge civil authority and led to the French Revolution.
• Establishing the Catholic Church in America brought about challenges, such as creating worship spaces, providing clergy, and ac-commodating immigrant populations.
• Many holy men and women worked tirelessly to found new religious orders and schools in America.
• Age of Reason • rationalism • empiricism • natural rights
• Psalm 78:4 (“. . . We will tell the next genera-tion. . . .”)
• Luke 6:22 (“Happy are you when people hate you. . . .“)
• 156–159 (Faith and Understanding)
• 286, 1806 (Reason and Faith)
• 1897–1927 (Participation in Social Life)
• 2241, 2433 (Immigrants)
Augustus Tolton
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Scope and Sequence, The Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition, Chapters 46–50 and E–KThese chapters conform to the Teacher Guide Prayer and Church History.
© 2015 Saint Mary’s Press
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Chapter Title Learning Outcomes Key WordsScripture Passages /
QuotationsCatechism References
Peopleof Faith
J The Church in Troubled Times
• The social doctrine of the Church began with Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical, On the Condition of Labor, and continues today.
• The world wars challenged the Church to help all peoples, both materially and spiritu-ally, especially those who were targeted for suffering and even death. After World War II, the Church was a reconciler of peoples and continued her inner renewal.
• The work the Church began during Vatican Council II is ongoing.
• capitalism • social doctrine • fascist (fascism)• Holocaust
• Matthew 5:9 (“Happy are those who work for peace. . . .”)
• John 16:33 (“I have told you this so that you
will have peace. . . .”)
• 1928–1948 (Social Justice)
• 2302–2306 (Peace)
• 2307–2330 (Avoiding War)
Saint Teresa Benedictaof the Cross
K The Church Today • In an ever-changing world, the Church looked to Popes Paul VI, John Paul I, and John Paul II for guidance.
• The popes of the twenty-first century, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, dedicated their papacies to the Church as proclaimer of the Gospel and helper of the poor.
• There are many problems in the world, but, because Jesus is with us, there are also many reasons for hope.
• Modern Catholics face many challenges, but history teaches us that challenges are to be expected for the followers of Christ.
• synod • Matthew 16:18 (“ . . . on this rock foundation I will build my church. . . .”)
• 758–769 (The Church’s Origin, Foun-dation, and Mission)
• 770–780 (The Mystery of the Church)
• 880–887 (The Episcopal College and Its Head, the Pope)
• 2030–2040 (The Church, Mother and Teacher)
Pope Saint John Paul II