Finding some Peace in Tragedy

Remember the Holy Innocents who gave their lives for Christ...the "1st" Martyrs. 

Merry Christmas!

Finals Study Guide & Due Dates

Advent Calendar

Freshman Theology Final Study Guide Pt 1& Pt 2 on Wisdom Books & NT
Freshman Review Questions from beginning of Class 
Freshman Review PowerPoint

Freshman Theology Due Dates
Nov 27th - Wisdom Response
Nov 30th - Jesus fulfills the Psalms Bible Search
Dec 5th - Epistles Response
Dec 6th - Gospels Response Due (Paper Copy in Class w/ Handout)
Dec 7th - Revelations Bible Search 
Dec 10th - Facebook Project
Dec 11th - Bible Search Challenge
Dec 12th - Final Essay (due by 8AM on www.turnitin.com)

Sophomore Final Study Guide Pt 1 & Pt 2 on Anointing of the Sick, Marriage, Holy Orders

Sacrament Review PowerPoint
Sacraments Review Questions from beginning of Class 

Sophomore Theology Due Dates
Nov 29th - Turnitin.com Response & James Response
Dec 6th - Holy Orders Bible Search
Dec 7th - Fulton Sheen on Marriage Reading
Dec 10th - Sacraments Video & Guest Speaker
Dec 11th - Holy Orders Bible Search
Dec 12th - Final Essay(due by 8AM on www.turnitin.com)

Sophomore Reflections: 
How can good come from Suffering?
How has marriage been "distorted" or changed in the world today from it's true intended meaning?
What has stood out to you from our discussion and study on Marriage? How has your understanding of the Sacrament "deepened?" 

Service Hours Oppurtunity

Hello! It’s almost time for Habitat for Humanity’s HOLIDAY GIFT WRAPPING at Market Place Mall in Champaign! Starting the first weekend in December we have shifts all the way up to Christmas Eve!
This event is a great way for Habitat to get its name out in the community, as well as raise some much needed funds to go towards home builds in 2013.
The main task, obviously, is to wrap shopper’s gifts for a donation.    

We need a lot of volunteers to help us make this a fun and successful fundraiser…and that’s where you come in! 

Below are the dates/times available for volunteering. 
To schedule you (or your group’s) date and shift, please contact me, Kim Gollings,  at 217-819-5110 oroutreach@cuhabitat.org  

Tis the season of giving and I get to see firsthand how something as easy as wrapping a gift makes the difference in the lives of families in our community!

Happy Holidays,
Kim

Day	Date	Times
Saturday	December 1st	11am-2pm 2pm-5pm 5pm-8pm
Sunday	December 2nd
Friday	December 7th	7pm-9pm
Saturday	December 8th	11am-2pm 5pm-8pm
Sunday	December 9th	12pm-2:30pm 2:30pm-5pm
Friday	December 14th	5pm-7pm 7pm-9pm
Saturday	December 15th	11am-2pm 2pm-5pm 5pm-8pm
Sunday	December 16th	12pm-2:30pm 2:30pm-5pm
Monday	December 17th	10am-1pm 1pm-4pm 4pm-7pm 7pm-9pm
Tuesday	December 18th	10am-1pm 1pm-4pm 4pm-7pm 7pm-9pm
Wednesday	December 19th	10am-1pm 1pm-4pm 4pm-7pm 7pm-9pm
Thursday	December 20th	10am-1pm 1pm-4pm 4pm-7pm 7pm-9pm
Friday	December 21st	10am-1pm 1pm-4pm 4pm-7pm 7pm-9pm
Saturday	December 22nd	10am-1pm 1pm-4pm 4pm-7pm 7pm-9pm
Sunday	December 23rd	12pm-3pm 3pm-6pm 6pm-8pm
Monday	December 24th Christmas Eve	8am-11am 10:30am-1:30pm 1pm-4pm

For Finals and More!

Freshman Theology Final Study Guide Pt 1& Pt 2 on Wisdom Books & NT

Freshman Theology Due Dates
Nov 27th - Wisdom Response
Nov 30th - Jesus fulfills the Psalms Bible Search
Dec 5th - Epistles Response
Dec 6th - Gospels Response Due
Dec 7th - Revelations Bible Search & Bible Bookmark Challenge
Dec 10th - Facebook Project
Dec 12th - Final Essay

Sophomore Final Study Guide Pt 1 & Pt 2 on Anointing of the Sick, Marriage, Holy Orders

Sophomore Theology Due Dates
Nov 29th - Turnitin.com Response & James Response
Dec 6th - Holy Orders Bible Search
Dec 7th - Fulton Sheen on Marriage Reading
Dec 10th - Sacraments Video & Guest Speaker
Dec 12th - Final Essay

What you NEED!

Freshman Study Guide for Test over the Historical Books & Prophets

Freshman Review Game for Test over the Historical Books & Prophets

Sophomore Study Guide on Confirmation

Sophomore Power Point on Confession  

Eucharistic Miracles

Lanciano, Italy from the 8th Century 



Beunos Aires 1990's 

Enjoy!

Pope Benedict XVI & The Year of Faith

Service Hours Oppurtunity

Mary Sheldon at St. Matthews is looking for 11 actors who won't have to do much. There is no dialogue for them to learn.   Fr. Lampitt has already agreed to allow this project to count for service hours.  The actors would only have to attend one brief rehearsal next Sunday at St. Matt's at 12:00 noon, then appear in the program at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday October 28th.  They only have to appear briefly, individually,  as the following saints:

St. Nicholas 
St. Matthew
St. Francis
St. Clare
St. Martin De Porres
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
Saint Therese of Liseux
St. Bernadette
Padre Pio 
Mother Theresa 
2 extras

This could be a fun project, and would really help out our CCD program.  Please help us by trying to interest some students.  They can reach me, Mary Shelden, at maryshelden@gmail.com or call me at 217-621-0841 or call Mary Hazen at St. Matthew church and leave their name and contact info, and we will get back to them.  The actual production will take less than a half an hour.  Easy peasy.

Study Guides

Sophomore Study Guide on Confession

Freshman Study Guide on the Pentateuch

Want some "time off" of Purgatory? Click below...
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/vatican-announces-plenary-indulgence-for-year-of-faith


What are Demons?

Freshman Creation Projects

GoAnimate.com: creation by ccbauer13


Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!

Sophomore Confession Reading & Power Point

Here is the Excerpt from "Rediscover Catholicism" by Matthew Kelly on Confession.

When you open the PDF you WILL need to rotate the view so you can actually read it! Enjoy!

Reconciliation Power Point 

21 Reasons to go to Confession

Difference Between Venial & Mortal Sin


5 Tips for Confession 


Video For 10/4



Video For 10/3
 What Stood out to you from the Videos about Confession?

Sophomore Reading & Freshman PowerPoint & SG for Tests

For Sophomores: Please click on the link to help guide you on your quest to discovering Pope Benedict's insightful words on Baptism. 

Pope Benedict on Baptism:

“Immersed in the Father, in the Son, in the Holy Spirit”

Please type out answers - be sure to follow the English writing format!

Due Friday September 21st.  

Here is the Sophomore Baptism Teaching PowerPoint - The BIG Presentation!

Sophomore Test on Baptism Tuesday September 25th - click here for the Study Guide!

For Freshman: Here is the PowerPoint on Sacred Scripture!

Freshman Test on The Bible Tuesday September 25th  - click here for the Study Guide

Here is something that might spark your interest...a Bible Scholar claims to have a small papyrus scroll that "claims" Jesus had a wife...interesting, but not sure how "real" it is as it seems they are missing key parts of the scroll that would help understand the context and other writings on the scroll. Enjoy the article below!

How True is this Document?

Why do we Fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up!

Freshman Theology Video & Reading Guide ***UPDATE***

Here is the Study Guide for the Freshman Theology Test on Tuesday September 11th...

 Here are the slides that were discussed in class for Thursday August 30th...

Here is the video guide (click on video guide) that ALL of the Freshman need to download, print, and bring to class for watching our video on the Mystery of God for Tuesday September 4th.

Please bring to Class and answer as best as possible - we will go over the answers once the video is complete.

Here is a Reading Guide with questions to guide and focus you on the reading from the book and also to prepare for the test.

Here is an interesting video that explains St. Thomas Aquinas' 5 proofs for God's existence more in depth.

Sophomore Theology Grace Guide 

Sophomore Theology Study Guide for Test 9/7

WelcomeBack!

Welcome Back Students and Welcome Freshman to STM! I am super excited for the new school year and the opportunity to learn and grow in faith. In Freshman Theology, I gave some hints/tips on how to succeed at STM, but not every class got to go over them so here they are! Good Luck!

HOW TO SUCCEED IN HIGH SCHOOL

• Do your homework - on time!
• Study! 
• Ask questions! Find your teachers & classmates, etc. 
• Use the Academic Labs
• Try, try, and try some more! 
• Don't give up! - NO CHEATING! 
• Challenge yourself
• Have an open mind to EVERYTHING!
• Use your student agenda
• Leave your cell phone in your locker! OFF!
• Check RenWeb & Email & Mr. Schreder's Blog
•  Have fun & make the most out of it - some of the best years of your life!

Finals!

The Memorare! 

Sophomore Morality Final Study Guide 

Freshman Theology Final Study Guide

The Matching Word Bank from the Review Game for Freshman on Friday 5/18! Are you "FAST" enough?

Writing Format (both Sophomore and Freshman) for Final Essay (Narnia & St. Thomas More) - Writing Format!!!

Student's Questions and fun topics!
What to wear to Mass?

This has been asked in class so hear is (hopefully) an answer! Why are there not any miracles today like in the Bible?

Do animals have souls?

Where do animals go (video)?

"Who" Goes to Heaven?
"God's plan for salvation embraces those also who acknowledge the Creator. Among those are especially the Mohammedans; they profess their faith as the faith of Abraham, and with us they worship the one, merciful God who will judge men on the last day. God himself is not far from those others who seek the unknown God in darkness and shadows, for it is he who gives to all men life and inspiration and all things, and who as Savior desires all men to be saved. Eternal Salvation is open to those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and His Church but seek God with a sincere heart, and under the inspiration of grace try in their lives to do his will, made known to them by the dictates of their conscience. Nor does Divine Providence deny the aids necessary for salvation to those who, without blame on their part, have not yet reached an explicit belief in God, but strive to lead a good life, under the influence of God's grace."
From Lumen Gentium Second Week in Ordinary Time


For some motivation for studying for finals...

Theology Update

Sophomore Morality Study Guide for Test over Commandments 1-5! 

Here is the FRESHMAN Theology Study Guide for the Final - 4 weeks of class left!

Here is the Study Guide for the Epistles Quiz next Wednesday - May 2nd! 

Final Project on the Epistles Changes:
Presentation Date is Monday May 7th
Work Day is Monday April 30th

The Sophomore Theology Study Guide to come...

April 25th is the Feast of St. George (Patron Saint of England & Soldiers) and some interesting happenings that we can apply today! (All from : http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=29352)
When St. George happened upon the townsfolk of Silene, they were, to put it mildly, up to no good. A pesky dragon had parked himself on the city’s water supply, and—in an attempt to lure him elsewhere—the people were offering him a tasty young maiden for a midday treat. St. George, however, didn’t lash out at the sacrificing mob. He knew most were well-intentioned people, frightened and misguided, trying to keep their families alive. The real problem was the dragon. And the dragon, not the people, is the one he attacked.

Before doing battle with the dastardly dragon, St. George did two things. First, he prayed. Then he set aside his sword, picking up a lance instead. The first was more important, but the second mattered still. After all, George didn’t just need a weapon; he needed the right weapon—something long and deadly that could pierce the dragon’s scaly flesh from a safe distance. A sword wouldn’t do.


And this more for the parents, but also the students as well from Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York (http://blog.archny.org/?p=2470): 

"Sound familiar?  We Catholics have known this for years:  there is no more tried-and-true way of passing on our Catholic faith to our kids than by sacrificing to put them in a Catholic school.  Data proves they persevere in the faith at higher rates, pray better, are more faithful to Sunday Mass, live gospel values, are more generous to their parish, even have happier marriages, volunteer more, and transmit the faith to their own children, than those not in a Catholic school.

In our nation’s history, Catholic schools had two goals:  to educate excellently, and to form children in the faith.  Both are essential.

I recently had the pleasure of meeting with leaders in our Catholic high schools.  They observed that, in some of their areas, the public schools were, thank God, offering a good education.  Lord knows, they remarked, their facilities, and the frills in the government schools, were more dazzling than the Catholic high schools.

So, they asserted, there was only one reason for a parent to sacrifice financially to send his/her son/daughter to the Catholic high school:  formation in faith, values, character, discipline, and religion . . . along with a first class education.

In other words, Catholic identity is a priority.

If our schools are not visibly and robustly Catholic, let’s save a lot of money and close them in areas where our children can get a decent academic education free of charge."

Enjoy!

Freshman Theology Essays and Peter & Paul Power Point

The Essays on the Passion will be handed back on Monday April 16, 2012 - re-writes will be due the following Monday April 23rd. Here is some general feedback which will be discussed more in class.

• The essays overall were well written and very inspiring!
• Good examples and explanations of the topics - make sure to give specific movie scenes so the reader can "see" what you are writing and when they watch it will be reminded of what you wrote about
• Make sure to follow the Writing Format!!!; Check Spelling; 2 Bible Verses connected to what you are writing about
• Follow the Assignment requirements: Introduction paragraph; 2 topic paragraphs (Good vs. Evil, Character Analysis, Jesus), Personal Reflection, and a Summary
• The Passion of the Christ needs to be italicized when referring to the movie
• Again - overall well done and inspiring - don't forget the impact it had on you and share that with others!

Here is the Power Point on Peter and Paul that will be discussed in class Monday April 16th.

The Study Guide for the test on Friday over Jesus' Death &; Resurrection and the Book of Acts will be here on the blog on Tuesday (17th).

Any Questions please see Mr. Schreder!

 Enjoy this video when looking over the Power Point on Peter and Paul!

Freshman Theology:
Please watch the two following videos by Wednesday April 18th and answer the following questions  - typed out. Please follow the format - see example here.
 
Fr. Barron on Jesus' Ascension


1. What was the ancient Jewish "belief" of the "interaction" of Heaven and Earth?

2. How does this belief "fit" with Jesus and Salvation?

3. What "happened" at Jesus' Ascension (with Heaven and Earth)?

4. What do we have today that represents the interaction of Heaven and Earth as seen at Jesus' Ascension?

Fr. Barron on St. Paul and the Life of the Church


5. Who were the four people that Fr. Barron mentions did not keep their faith private, but spoke only about it?

6. What effect does this have on us today?

7. Who are "Apostles" and how can we be like St. Paul?

If there are any questions please let Mr. Schreder know!