Week 2!

(I found this tucked away on my phone, and thought I'd publish it even though it's a month old!)

 In this photo, the boys are working on the individual gift strip - the original work was introduced in Level 2 as a way to focus on the gifts God has given humanity and the great care He took to prepare an environment with not just the things we need, but so much beauty to enjoy before finally creating mankind - who arrived like "guests at a banquet." It was interesting to watch the children work - they seemed to gravitate naturally towards a typological view of history quite on their own. Seeing the old foreshadowing the new and looking forward to the future. These boys ended up moving the candles which are next to the cross at redemption to both ends of the strip - in the beginning God created light, and at Parousia there will be no more darkness. 




Hopefully you received the parent/catechist note that went out to everyone but I wanted to quickly update what our focus is in the atrium right now.

Level 1 is continuing those crucial lessons of grace and courtesy that make life in the atrium so pleasant and working on practical life lessons such as pouring, hand-washing, and tracing. These simple lessons will meld into liturgical lessons as time goes on and in the meantime they help with both fine and gross motor skills. Some of the children listened to the parable of the Good Shepherd, a parable with a meaning that continues to grow and deepen with every telling.

Level 2 and 3 will spend two weeks intensely focusing on the Plan of God, lifting out the moments of creation, redemption and parousia, we ponder on His great love for us.

This young man is working on an extension of the Plan of God work titled the People and the Peoples of God. It is one way to look at the invidual bridges that form between us and the people who walked before us through the works that we still use today.













May the peace of the Good Shepherd be with you all ~

Beate

"If we want to help the child draw nearer to God, we should with patience and courage seek to go always closer to the vital nucleus of things. This requires study and prayer. The child will be our teacher if we know how to observe."
-- Sofia Cavalletti