| Dreams & Visions Curriculum Planning Tool Use this tool to lay out a curriculum based on Growing Faith It will help you present Catholic Teachings in a complete and systematic way based on the curriculum in your children's program. |
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Using this Planning Tool:
1. We recommend that you work with your team, using the FREE planning tools found on this web
site, to plan a full year in advance. Set the dates and schedule the spaces & equipment you will need
well ahead of time. Prepare your marketing materials to match the schedule.
2. Use the children's textbook series in your parish as the basis for your planning. That text should be
one found to be in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
3. Build on that textbook series, adding one gathering for parents - and all adults in the parish - per
unit, at the beginning of each unit. The purpose of this gathering is to help the parents and whole
parish know and support what the children are learning.
4. We advise you to seek a children's program which is built as a spiral scope and sequence. For more
on this, see chapter 6 of Dreams and Visions. Using a curriculum designed for lifelong faith formation
allows you to have a single theme across all parish groups while continuing to provide excellent
formation for the children.
5. For ready-to-use adult or inter-generational faith gathering outlines, complete with PowerPoint
presentations if you want them, see the list of options offered on this site. Click here to go there. Those
outlines also provide the "life activity" segment which is essential in your planning.
6. Those outlines are based on using Growing Faith as the content resource for your gatherings. We
offer free correlations between Growing Faith and a long list of other resources to help you with your
planning. To obtain a correlation, click here to send us an e-mail and ask for what you want. It will be
sent directly to you. Here's a list of what's available. If you need something not on this list, let us know
and we'll try to help.
1. We recommend that you work with your team, using the FREE planning tools found on this web
site, to plan a full year in advance. Set the dates and schedule the spaces & equipment you will need
well ahead of time. Prepare your marketing materials to match the schedule.
2. Use the children's textbook series in your parish as the basis for your planning. That text should be
one found to be in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
3. Build on that textbook series, adding one gathering for parents - and all adults in the parish - per
unit, at the beginning of each unit. The purpose of this gathering is to help the parents and whole
parish know and support what the children are learning.
4. We advise you to seek a children's program which is built as a spiral scope and sequence. For more
on this, see chapter 6 of Dreams and Visions. Using a curriculum designed for lifelong faith formation
allows you to have a single theme across all parish groups while continuing to provide excellent
formation for the children.
5. For ready-to-use adult or inter-generational faith gathering outlines, complete with PowerPoint
presentations if you want them, see the list of options offered on this site. Click here to go there. Those
outlines also provide the "life activity" segment which is essential in your planning.
6. Those outlines are based on using Growing Faith as the content resource for your gatherings. We
offer free correlations between Growing Faith and a long list of other resources to help you with your
planning. To obtain a correlation, click here to send us an e-mail and ask for what you want. It will be
sent directly to you. Here's a list of what's available. If you need something not on this list, let us know
and we'll try to help.
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| Sample plan based on a typical children's textbook series which follows a spiral scope and sequence For a clear printable form, go here. To download a ready-to-use plan based on the Liturgical Seasons click here. |
| Pastoral Planning A step-by-step guide: Dreams & Visions: Pastoral Planning for Lifelong Faith Formation A new book which includes a chapter outlining those all-important Planning Team Meetings. Training How to teach your parish about lifelong formation including excellent PowerPoint presentations to download and use, complete with presentation notes. Implementation How to state and sustain faith sharing throughout the parish using the Question of the Week With free prayer sheets. Prayer Services to accompany faith sharing. You can download and use these in 5 minutes! Outlines for adult or intergenerational Faith Gatherings linked to your children's textbook series. Outlines for adult Bible Studies which are in plain English! Download each session and get all you need in one item. Complete plans for Parish Based Retreats in several practical scheduling formats. Background Material All the current books you need to better understand lifelong formation, plus free articles you can download, copy, and use. Vatican II Lots of strong resources to help you teach about the Council. We are approaching the 50th Anniversary of the date on which John XXIII called Vatican II: Jan 25, 1959. |
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