February

The 5th-10th Commandments
- Dates to Keep in Mind
  
  February 1st -- In-Person Parent and Student Formation Night (All Attend)
  
  Monday Feb 6th & Tuesday Feb 7th -- Parish Mission -- Eucharistic Revival with Anthony Dingman. Childcare provided.
  
  February 8th -- Altar Server Training (Grades 4+ or mature 3rd graders)
  
  SUNDAY February 12th -- 11am Youth Mass
  
  February 15th -- Tie-Blanket Service Project (All Attend - Bring your own fleece)
  
  Febraury 22nd -- 6:30pm Ash Wednesday Mass
- Activities at Home (Choose any 2+ on top of the Journey Board Project):
  
  EVERYONE DOES: The Second Great Commandment and the Second Tablet Journey Board (p. 180)
  
  EVERYONE DOES: Saint of the Month as part of the Journey Board (p. 182) -- PLEASE NOTE alternate text to explain St. Paul Miki's story can be found at the bottom of this webpage
  
  Highly Recommended: The Laborers in the Vineyard (p. 173)
  
  Highly Recommended: Path of Life (p. 176)
  
  Recommended: Ten Commandments Tablets (p. 178)
  
  Treasure in Heaven (p. 168)
  
  Bearing Witness (p. 171)
  
  Examination of Consience (p. 179)
  
  RECORDING: If you would like to rewatch the Lesson 8 content from the Parent Session, which is the lesson your kids did during their session, that can be found here: https://youtu.be/8rVSd1_QDu8
  RECORDING: If you would like to rewatch the Lesson 9 content from the Parent Session, which is the lesson all families are doing at home, that can be found here: https://youtu.be/hIPWNEvT_Wk
- Alternate Saint of the Month Text
  
  Alternate Saint of the Month Text – St. Paul Miki's life is the story of a martyr, so I would probably NOT read it straight from the book because some of it is a bit violent! For 3rd grade and up, use the summary I put below. For those who have kindergarteners or 1st geaders, you can just say St. Paul Miki was a Christian in Japan who was forgiving and loving in a time when people didn’t like Christians.
  
  St. Paul Miki was born in the 1500s. His dad was a Japanese military leader. When Paul was 5, his family became Christians and he got to learn the faith from Jesuit missionaries! Japan began persecuting Christians. Christians were told to give up their faith or die. St. Paul Miki was among 26 Japanese Christians who chose their faith. They were crucified like Jesus. And also like Jesus, St. Paul Miki forgave his persecutors. The 26 Christians sang hymns on the cross until hey passed away. The persecution of Christians pretty much eradicated the faith from Japan for centuries, but when Japan began to open back up, historians found relics in Nagasaki of the Christians who had lived during St. Paul Miki’s time.