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First Communion

Session 1 - Preparing the Way for Christ

Session 1 PowerPoint

• On Slide 5, "The Passover," watch the video by clicking on the picture.
• On Slide 8, "St. Catherine of Siena," watch the video by clicking on the picture.
• In addition to the slideshow, we visited the sactuary, and Father Bill talked to the students about the Tabernacle.  
• Students drew a picture of the Tabernacle in their Student Activity books.

• On Slide 5, "The Last Supper," watch the video by clicking on the picture.
• On Slide 6, "St. Clare of Assisi," watch the video by clicking on the picture.
• On Slide 7, "The Death and Resurrection of Jesus," watch the video by clicking on the picture of the crucifixion.
• We discussed Lent, learned a song to remind us of the parts of Lent (The Lent Song For Catholic Kids - YouTube), and filled out a Lenten promise sheet.
• On Slide 9, "The Ascension and Pentecost," watch the video by clicking on the picture of the Ascension.
• We read a story about Venerable Antonietta Meo.

• Everyone created a First Communion cross decoration.
• We read John 6: 48-57 in class.
• On Slide 5, watch the video by clicking on the picture.  We talked about what it means to have Jesus inside of us.
• On Slide 7, "St. Tarcisius," watch the video by clicking on the picture.  

• We reviewed the steps for receiving Communion in the hand and on the tongue.
• We reviewed some guidelines for receiving Communion.
• We discussed St. Anthony of Padua and Eucharistic miracles.
• Click on the picture on Slide 8 to watch a video about Eucharistic miracles.
• We went to the church and walked through the Stations of the Cross.  I have included a PowerPoint with the text from the book that we used.    
• Stations of the Cross

• On Slide 8, watch the video by clicking on the top picture.
• On Slide 10, watch the video by clicking on the picture.
• We painted a scene for Good Friday using the silhouette of the crucifixion (below).  First, we used a black crayon to color over the silhouette (so the watercolors wouldn't make the picture run.) Then, we used watercolors to paint a background for the picture.
• Crucifix Silhouette