February Family Faith Packet

Topic: THE CLEAN SWEEP (RECONCILIATION) MEMORY VERSES: The Memory Verses are a means of reinforcing the topic of the month by memorizing a verse from the Bible that speaks to the topic of the month. Encourage your kids to return to the next Family Faith Session knowing their memory verses and they will receive a little treat (non-food) from their Catechist. The CD included in the first month has both the memory verses for the year and the Books of the Bible to help with memorization. Good Idea: Try posting the Memory Verses somewhere where the kids will see it often for example on the refrigerator

Hey Dad! Dont forget to read the Hey Dad section on the Opening Page (lower left margin) of each weeks topic, which calls out to Dad to play a special part each week!! Good Idea: Start each Family Faith Session off by lighting a candle and saying a family prayer. This helps everyone center themselves and quiet down.

Week 2 February 17th Topic: Conscience and Temptation Focus: While evil is real and present in our world, Jesus won the victory over it when he suffered and died on the cross for our sins. Read the opening page, which deals with the existence of and beginning of the devil and evil spirits. While we believe in the presence of this evil in our world, we have hope and faith in Jesus Christ, who appeared to destroy the works of the devil and we have faith in God the He works for good with those who love Him. 1. Check your supply box. This week you will need: Catechism of the Catholic Church, homemade cookie recipe and ingredients, salt, scissors 2. Devils Food Activity: Make a batch of a favorite cookie of the family pull out some of the dough and add extra salt to it bake these cookies. Perhaps decorate them to look extra good. Serve them with this lesson to reinforce the idea that sometimes something may appear to be good, but it is, in fact, harmful to us.

3. Good Decisions a. Sometimes things are always wrong no matter the intention b. Ten Commandments c. Pass the test i. Cannot be something that is always wrong by nature ii. Have to do it for a good reason iii. Has to be a good time and place for it Activity: Good Decisions Book A simple visual to help decide if we should or should not do something. iv. Mamas Nap Scenarios 4. Conscience a. The part of you that knows when something is right/wrong b. Creates a feeling that alarms you when something is wrong c. Conscience requires thinking not just feeling d. Conscience is formed i. Learn what is good/bad ii. Learn how to avoid situations that lead us to good/bad iii. Learn 10 Commandments iv. Learn the teachings of the Catholic Church e. Conscience can weaken i. Sin ii. Movies, music, videos, etc that teach a bad message f. Avoiding Sin i. Pay attention to situations/people that lead you to make bad decisions ii. Same way you avoid physically dangerous situations, you want to avoid morally dangerous situations