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St. Catherine of Alexandria
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Table of Contents
Summary of Lesson Plan 2
St. Catherine of Alexandria 3
Prayer 3
Relation to Ministry Guidelines & expected outcomes 4
Religious Education Courses: Elementary 4
Religious Education Courses: Secondary 4
Prayer and Sacramental Life 5
Religion and the Human Experience 5
Research 6
Activity 6
Web Sites 6
Feedback Page 8
Summary of Lesson Plan
Lives of a Saint, St. Catherine of Alexandria
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St. Catherine of Alexandria
Prayer
Glorious Saint Catherine, virgin and martyr,
help me to imitate your love of purity.
Give me strength and courage
in fighting off the temptations of the world and evil desires.
Help me to love God with my whole heart and serve Him faithfully.
O Saint Catherine,
through your glorious martyrdom for the love of Christ,
help me to be loyal to my faith and my God as long as I live.
“THE GREAT MARTYR OF ALEXANDRIA St. Catherine is one of the early Church most beloved of Saints, indeed a Saint honored and esteemed for over 1,600 years. In as much as she ranks among the most important of Saints, it behooves us to remember her life.
During the time of the Emperor Maxentius at the beginning of the fourth century, there lived in Alexandria a young woman of royal blood. She was not only a lady of stunning beauty and considerable wealth, but she had also been blest to be the recipient of a first-rate education, the best education that money could buy in that age. She was thoroughly tutored in all of the philosophy, history, science, and poetry of the ancients Homer, Virgil, Plato, Aristotle, Herodotus, Thucydides, Hippocrates, Galen, and so forthand she excelled at logic, rhetoric, and languages. All who knew her were astonished at her brilliance.” (Source: http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/catherine_e.htm)
Feast day- November 25
Relation to Ministry Guidelines & expected outcomes
Religious Education Courses: Elementary
- lives of a saint
Religious Education Courses: Secondary
HRE1O- Grade 9 Religion
Profession of Faith
PFV.02
- articulate the Christian call to take on the attitude of Christ (CCC §1701-1709, 1716-1724);
PFV.05
- understand the Christian call to life in the community of faith, the Church (CCC §166-175);
PFV.06
- consider how religious faith is shaped by human experience (i.e. one’s family, one’s culture, one’s temperament);
PF1.04B
- identify how faith means developing a relationship with God;
PF1.06B
- articulate what it means to be loved and to love unconditionally;
PF1.07B
- identify true happiness as being faithful to God and true to oneself;
Prayer and Sacramental Life
PSV.01
- use a variety of prayer forms to enrich and express personal and communal spirituality (CCC §2559-2565, 2623-2643);
PSV.02
- listen prayerfully to the call to be loving;
PSV.03
- demonstrate a knowledge of the connections between a life of prayer and the challenge of Christian life in contemporary culture;
HRE2O- Grade 10 Religion
Profession of Faith
PFV.05B
– understand the importance of the communion of saints within Church history (CCC – 946-962)
PF1.02B
– identify ways in which openness to the Holy Spirit in prayer and attention to sacramental life strengthens Christians to meet the challenges of discipleship;
PF1.05B
– understand that the work begun by Jesus continues in the world though the Church and its members;
Prayer and Sacramental Life
PSV.O1B
– recognize the spiritual and sacramental dimension implicit in human experience and the created world;
PS4.04B
– appreciate how a life of prayer contributes to the life journey of Catholics;
HRF30 - Grade 11 World Religions
Origins of Religion
RB1.02 – identify major figures from the history of various religions, and be able to explain the contributions these figures made to their religion;
RB1.03 – recount in their own words some significant episodes from the history of each of the religions studied;
Practices and Rituals
DL3.01 – demonstrate an understanding of meditation, prayer, fasting, and pilgrimage in various religious traditions;
DL3.02 – define mysticism, using examples from various traditions;
HRT3M - Grade 11 World Religions
Religious Beliefs
RB1.03 – identify influential personalities (e.g., Abraham, Baha’ullah, Christ, Confucius, Dalai Lama, Guru Nanak, Moses, Muhammad, Siddhartha Gautama, Zoroaster) and summarize their contributions to the development of selected religions;
Religion and the Human Experience
HEV.03 · analyse the significance of religion or other belief systems in the lives of various historical figures;
Significant Figures
HE3.01 – identify significant figures from a range of belief systems;
HE3.02 – describe how significant individuals have been motivated by the belief systems studied to influence events, create movements, and challenge the status quo of their day;
HE3.03 – demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics, functions, and roles of selected religious leaders (e.g., reformer, civil activist, politician, founder, monastic, minister, missionary, prophet, guru, liberator, diplomat).
Using Research and Inquiry Skills
IS1.04 – explore and employ primary and secondary research material appropriately in completing an assignment;
IS1.05 – demonstrate an ability to organize, interpret, and evaluate the validity of information gathered through research;
IS1.06 – use the Internet and other available technologies as tools in researching topics in the study of religion, and in establishing appropriate communication with people of different faiths, as identified by the teacher.
Communicating Results
IS2.01 – record information and key ideas from their research, and document sources accurately, using correct forms of notation;
IS2.02 – effectively communicate the results of their inquiries, using a variety of methods and forms (e.g., graphs, charts, diagrams, oral presentations, written reports, essays, newspaper-style articles, videos);
HRE4O/M - Grade 12 Church and Culture
Prayer and Sacramental Life
PSL1.08 - define the Christian notion of service to others as a call to ministry;
PSL1.09 - explain the various forms the call to ministry can take within the Christian community;
PSL1.12 - appreciate the challenge to religious vocations as presented by contemporary culture;
PSL2.04 - understand the meaning of the term “religious vocation” as it applies within today’s Church and its various forms of community life.
PSL4.04 - explain the various forms the call to ministry can take within the Christian community;
Research
Provide a thorough understanding of St. Catherine
Activity
Have each student present their research to the class
(See the format that could be used to research a saint under Saints.)
Web Sites
St. Catherine of Alexandria (note: blue links provides info of terms)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03445a.htm
Catherine of Alexandria
http://catholicforum.com/saints_index.html
Catherine of Alexandria
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/CATHERIN.HTM
Various images of St. Catherine
http://catholicforum.com/saints_index.html
St. Catherine at St. Patrick web site…other saints too.
http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/1125.htm#cath
St. Catherine Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Alexandria
St. Catherine Catholic.org
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=341
St. Catherine Orthodox Perspective…Image
http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/catherine_e.htm
St. Catherine
http://www.magnificat.ca/cal/engl/11-25.htm
St. Catherine
http://www.nndb.com/people/249/000095961/
St. Catherine Woman of Faith PRAYER IMAGE
http://www.wf-f.org/StCatherineofAlexandria.html
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