CARE OF CRATION 2020

TO  LOVE IS TO HEAL

Welcome to the Discover Your Neighbor 2020 CARE OF CREATION Lessons.

Care of Creation Educator’s Guide 2020

Care of Creation Educator’s Guide 2020

Access your Middle School or K-5 Educator's Guide for your classroom by filling out the form below. You will then be directed to a page where you can download a high quality PDF file to print out or share digitally. CARE OF...

Objective

Objective

To Love is to HealIn this issue we will examine how we impact creation and how creation impacts us. Pope Francis through Laudato Si’ reminds us that we are in relationship with the earth much as we are with our own families.We examine two...

Step 1: Pray

Step 1: Pray

Pope Francis reminds us in Laudato Si’ of the importance of healing creation. Our relationship with Creation requires us to heal it, but it can also heal us. When we connect with nature, it can help us heal trauma, grief and sadness.For...

Step 2: Make Personal Connections

Step 2: Make Personal Connections

READ the following stories and then discuss and reflect.CARE OF CREATIONEDUCATOR'S GUIDEFill in the form below to download the complete CARE OF CREATION 2020 Educator's Guide.[tcb-script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript"...

Step 3: Explore Scripture and Tradition

Step 3: Explore Scripture and Tradition

READ ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:Old Testament: Sirach 38:1-8Life of Jesus: Matthew 4:23-25  Christian Living: James 5:13-15In small groups REFLECT on the following questions. What do these Scriptures tell us about God’s love and...

Faith Perspective

Faith Perspective

“Trauma is anything that is overwhelming or too much to handle. This COVID-19 pandemic has been overwhelming on a global basis, it has paralyzed the world and caused us to change. Because of what is happening right now, we are all...

Neighbor Focus

Neighbor Focus

After the earth quaked, the ocean flooded the town with a wall of water causing a nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, on March 11, 2011. The nuclear waste poisoned the earth, the farms and the people.Maryknoll Sister Kathleen Reiley,...

What Does The Church Say?

What Does The Church Say?

“We are faced not with two separate crises, one environmental and the other social, but rather with one complex crisis, which is both social and environmental. Strategies for a solution demand an integrated approach to combating poverty,...

Step 4: Take Action

Step 4: Take Action

Students in Seattle Show Us How To Take ActionIn 2020 when classes moved online, students in Seattle who were part of the Missionary Discipleship Institute (MDI) had to get creative in order to finish their project answering the question:...

Engage Your Family

Engage Your Family

WATCH the video Signs of Hope, or others about nature during the COVID-19 shutdown. DISCUSS ways that you have seen the natural environment change while people stayed at home during COVID-19. WRITE a daily journal documenting everything...

Be A Global Neighbor

Be A Global Neighbor

You can be a partner with Maryknoll Fathers Dennis Moorman and Daniel McLaughlin in building a Therapy Center in São Paulo, Brazil. Father Dennis will be providing therapeutic support at this center and will meet with the administrative...

2019/20 SCHOOL YEAR LESSON TOPICS

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Care Of Creation: Air Has no Borders

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Economic Justice: Mission of Mercy

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Migration: The Road To Hope

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Go Forth: Missionary: Disciples of Peace

2018/19 SCHOOL YEAR LESSON TOPICS

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Care Of Creation: Transforming a Throwaway Culture

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Economic Justice: Breaking The Bonds of Human Trafficking

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Migration: Driven By Love

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Go Forth: Inspire The World with Courage and Kindness

2017/18 SCHOOL YEAR LESSON TOPICS

Access even more DYN content and lessons from the previous year’s topics. 

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Care Of Creation: The Use of Water

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Economic Justice: Kabita’s Dreams in Nepal

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Migration: Welcoming Jesus in the Stranger

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Go Forth: From Vietnam to the U.S. to China