Month / Season:OctoberClass:Primary 5Level:Second
Strands of Faith : Experiences and Outcomes / Core Learning / Learning & TeachingClass / School / Home / Parish / Resources / Assessment
Hours of God
RERC 2-14a
I recognise the importance of personal prayer and communal prayer in the growth of all people’s relationship with God.
I know a number of traditional Catholic
prayers and I have developed an understanding of the meaning of these prayers.
I have participated in different approaches to, and experiences of, prayer.
Ican describe how prayer is an important part of the liturgical and devotional life of the Church. I have reflected on how all of these are different ways ofworshipping God. / I know the prayers I learned in P1- P4 by heart and I pray them regularly.
I know the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary and the Angelus.
I can compose my own prayer of petition and thanksgiving to God.
I can compose prayers asking the intercession of Mary and the saints.
I can name the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary, and I recognise that these narratives come from the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ life, death andResurrection.
I am learning to pray the Angelus at noon, regularly in my classroom, particularly in the season of Advent and during the months of May and October.
I can recognise that Mary is honoured as the first of all believers. / Class/School – The children will continue to say the prayers that they have covered in primaries 1-4 as part of their daily prayer sessions and school assemblies and masses.
Class – Teacher should explain to the children that during the month of October we honour Our Lady. The children should help the teacher to prepare the class altar for this month. The teacher should explain that the class will be focusing on the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary. The children should be aware that the first three mysteries can be found in the Bible although the forth and fifth are not. Children should complete the attached worksheet on the Glorious Mysteries. The children should pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary. Useful website for praying live worldwide is
KEY VOCABULARY: Traditional prayers, devotional life of Church, worshipping God, prayer of petition and thanksgiving,
Class – The children will study the painting ‘The Angelus’ by Millet. What do you think is happening in this picture? Where and when is the picture set? What are the two people doing? How does the painting make you feel? (Attached to planner). The teacher will explain that the Angelus is a special prayer that is said at the ringing of the church bell -- in three groups of three chimes with a pause in between each group. It takes place at 6am, Noon, and 6pm at the sound of the Angelus Bell the faithful would stop what they were doing and say 3 Hail Marys in honor of the moment when Our Lady said ‘Yes’ to God. This makes her the first of all believers. Sadly, there are few places where the Angelus is still rung consistently. Vatican City, of course, still chimes the Angelus, as do traditional monasteries and convents and various institutions. Children should complete the reading worksheet on The Angelus painting (attached to planner). / Rosary
Glorious Mystery Worksheets
Bibles
Angelus Painting
(attached to planner or could be put on whiteboard)
Angelus Worksheet
Angelus Prayer Sheet / Children will actively participate in prayers.
Children will know the names of the five Glorious Mysteries
The children will pray the Angelus and have some basic knowledge of its origin
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Hours of God
RERC 2-15a
I can recognise Mary's significance within the Catholic tradition and I know that celebrating her feast days and praying to God through Mary can enrich my life. / I know that Mary is given the titles ‘Mother of God’ and ‘Mother of the Church’ and I can explain what these terms mean.
I understand what ‘a litany’ means and I can participate in a simple Litany to Mary, or the Litany of the Saints.
I can explain the term ‘apparition’ and I am familiar with the story of Mary’s apparition in Lourdes. / Class- The children will read and complete the Angelus Bell worksheet (attached to planner).
Class –The children will pray the Angelus every day for a week in honour of Our Lady. A bell should be rung to signify the beginning and the teacher should lead.
Class – Children will locate Lourdes on a map or in an atlas. The teacher will explain to the children that something very special happened here. Children will read the story of Bernadette reciprocally. This should be followed by a class discussion focussing Mary as an ‘apparition’.
What is an apparition? An apparition is when someone who is not of this world appear in their humanly form and may or may not communicate with you. Children can see Lourdes on the live webcam.
Class – One ancient form of prayer is the litany, a prayer of petitions and responses. In this lesson the children will learn more about this form of prayer. Children should look up the word ‘litany’ in the dictionary. There are three parts which make up a litany
- the invocation (addressing God)
- the petitions (asking God for favors)
- the responses ("Have mercy on us," "Pray for us," "Hear us").
*A suggested layout and list of titles for Mary is attached to the planner for teacher reference. Although children should be encouraged to create their own title for Mary.
KEY VOCABULARY: Angelus, Mother of God, Mother of the Church, Litany of Saints, Lourdes, Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary / Bell Worksheet
Bell
Angelus Prayer Sheet
Map of France
Atlases
Story of Bernadette
Litany of Lourdes / Children will be able to recall the story of Bernadette and its connection to Lourdes
Children will create their own litany to our Lady
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Hours of God
RERC 2-16a
I know that the Mass is at the heart of Catholic community life and I am developing anunderstanding of how to participate fully in this celebration. / I know that Catholics have a duty to attend Sunday Mass every week and I recognise that it is a privilege and a responsibility for me to attend Mass and to learn aboutmy faith through my participation in the Eucharist.
I know of the general requirement of Church law that I should fast for an hour before receiving Holy Communion. I know that this is a mark of respect for the Eucharistand is known as the Eucharistic Fast.
I am increasing my knowledge of the Prayers of the Mass, and I am deepening my understanding of them by attendance at Mass throughout the year.
I am growing in my ability to prepare for Sunday Mass through reflection on the readings during each week with the help of my teacher, chaplain and family.
I know that, during Mass, the priest and people often offer prayers of Intercession for the UniversalChurch, the world and the local community.
I know that during the homily, the priest helps us understand the readings of the Mass and encourages us to follow Jesus.
I recognise that, often, hymns at Mass can reflect the theme of the Liturgy. / Class – Children will play the game of musical chairs. When it is over the teacher asks. How did it feel when you were put out of the game? Can you think of a time when you have been left out of something? Have you left someone out of something before? What can we do to help people who feel left out?
Children should read from scripture Luke 14:15-24. ‘The Parable of the Great Feast’. They should discuss what the message in the parable is. In this parable Jesus is inviting us to celebrate Mass as a community. We should understand how important it is to attend mass on Sunday and how it is a privilege and a responsibility to attend.
Home - The children will create an invitation to their family to invite them to celebrate mass at their local parish. The invitation should include the quote “How happy are those that who will sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God” (Luke 14 :15)
Class – Children will look at the mass responses for the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Then will complete a close passage on the mass responses for the consecration.
This should be copied into their jotter and decorated.
Class – Teacher should explain to the children that ‘The Holy See’ is the government of the Roman Catholic Church. ‘Canon Law’ is the rules set by the Catholic Church. One of the laws is
Canon 919 §1 "Whoever is to receive the blessed Eucharist is to abstain for at least one hour before holy communion from all food and drink, with the sole exception of water and medicine."
Canon 919 §3 "The elderly and those who are suffering from some illness, as well as those who care for them, may receive the blessed Eucharist even if within the preceding hour they have consumed something."
We fast before communion to prepare ourselves for receiving Jesus Christ. The Catechism tells us that its to prepare for the worthy reception of the Lord in Holy Communion.
It is a mini-sacrifice of love for the maximum blessings we will receive when Jesus comes to us in Holy communion. / Bibles
Craft Resources for invitation
Order of Mass (New English Translation)
Close Passage worksheet / Children will increase their knowledge of the mass responses connected to the Liturgy of the Eucharist
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I understand the role of the Altar Servers. / Class – Teacher will invite those children who are altar servers to visit the class and explain their role in church to the class. Children will have the opportunity to ask questions.
The children will create a poster advertising for alter servers for their parish.
KEY VOCABULARY: duty, responsibility to attend Mass, Eucharistic fast, holy days, prayers of intercession, UniversalChurch, Liturgy / Teacher will invite altar servers to speak to class
Paper
Colouring pens / Children will know some of the main duties of an altar server.
The Angelus
The Angelus Domini, shortened to "the Angelus," is the ringing of the church bell -- in three groups of three chimes with a pause in between each group. It takes place at 6am, Noon, and 6pm at the sound of the Angelus Bell the faithful would stop what they were doing and say 3 Hail Marys in honor of the moment when Our Lady said ‘Yes’ to God. Sadly, there are few places where the Angelus is still rung consistently. Vatican City, of course, still chimes the Angelus, as do traditional monasteries and convents and various institutions
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Jean Francois Millet – the Angelus
Read the following passage and then complete the follow up activities
Jean Francois Millet was born to peasant parents in France near Cherbourg. He identified with simple working people all his life, and painted many pictures showing them at work. The people of his town recognized his talent and paid for him to study in Paris. However, it didn't work out too well because he had his own ideas about how to paint. He left and began to teach himself. He finally sold a painting and was able to get enough money to move to Barbizon, a small village near Paris where he spent the rest of his life. He was poor and had a meager existence, but after he died his works became valuable. He sold The Angelus for $100, but 15 years after his death it sold for $150,000.In 1849 Millet joined three other artists, Rousseau (roo-SO), Corot (kor-OH), and Daubigny (doh-bee-NYEE) in starting a school for artists in Barbizon. They painted outdoor scenes in the open air. Millet had been raised on a farm and knew the rural life. These early experiences influenced his art work as seen in his paintings of people working in the fields and in the forest. The featured work on this page is The Angelus. To understand the painting we need to know something about the origin of the title. The Angelus was a Catholic devotion time. When the church bell rang, people stopped their work and said a prayer. This happened three times a day; morning, noon, and evening. In the painting we see the man and his wife stopping for devotion after hearing the bell from the church in the distance. Look carefully at the painting. What kind of work are they doing? Before machines were invented farmers had to sow the seed by hand. The man carries a sack of seed around his waist and flings the seed in a pattern as he walks across the field. The middle picture shows two men cutting a large tree into sections using a crosscut saw designed for two men. It takes a lot of time and effort to finish the tree. The third painting depicts peasants picking up grain left by the harvesters. During Old Testament times landowners were commanded to leave the grain that fell during harvest for the poor to gather. They also had to leave the corners of their fields uncut so the gleaners could pick up grain there.
The Angelus - by Jean Francois Millet 1814-1875
Read the extract and complete the following in your jotter.
1. Why did Millet paint so many pictures of people working in the fields?
2. Why did he leave Paris?
3. Why did The Angelus sell for such a profit after his death?
4. Why is it called The Angelus?
5. In the painting what kind of work are they doing? Is it planting time or harvest time? How do you know?
6. What was the Old Testament law about leaving grain for the gleaners?
7. Try to find other famous paintings by Jean Francois Millet. Write their names, when they were painted, where they are now etc.
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The Angelus Bell
Some of the earliest Angelus Bells used dated to the 13th and 14th centuries, still survive and are engraved with inscriptions.
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum (Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee)
Dulcis instar mellis campana vocor Gabrielis (I am sweet as honey, and am called Gabriel's bell)
Ecce Gabrielis sonat hæc campana fidelis (Behold this bell of faithful Gabriel sounds)
Missi de coelis nomen habeo Gabrielis (I bear the name of Gabriel sent from heaven)
Missus vero pie Gabriel fert læta Mariæ (Gabriel the messenger bears joyous tidings to holy Mary)
O Rex Gloriæ Veni Cum Pace (O King of Glory, Come with Peace)
Decorate your own Angelus Bell using the template below.
Choose an inscription and write it on to the bell. Cut it out and paste it into your jotter.
The Glorious Mysteries
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
In the middle of the nineteenth century, Lourdes was a small garrison town of four or five thousand inhabitants, situated in the foothills of the Pyrénées on the River Gave. It had a castle fortress, the sign of a fighting past [1], and for its size was up-to-date and progressive with the bulk of the population consisting of agricultural workers and quarrymen,and in the main practising Catholics.
Bernadette Soubirous was the eldest of five children of hard-working parents who had fallen on hard times, and from operating a successful mill had been reduced to living with their family in one small room called the Cachot, which can still be seen today. Bernadette could hardly read or write, and suffered several childhood illnesses leaving her weak and asthmatic, and small for her age. From a very early age though, she showed signs of having immense faith in God, and when she was told she was stupid because she was unable to learn her Catechism, she whispered in a characteristic way that: ’At least she would always know how to love the good God.‘ She was a simple girl who worked partly in the house and partly, when with her aunt in Bartrès a village 4 miles from Lourdes, in the fields where her special task was to watch the sheep.
On Thursday 11th February 1858 when she was fourteen years old, together with her sister Marie-Toinette and a friend Jeanne, Bernadette left the Cachot to collect firewood at the foot of a hill called Massabielle, meaning old rock, where there was a small cave or grotto where cattle often sheltered.