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Faith Formation: Archived Gift Session
Nine
GIFT SESSION
NINE -
BAPTISM
(A Sacrament Of Initiation)
Nov. 15, 2004
What did we learn?
1.
Scripture
2.Prayer
- Baptismal
Prayer for the Community, Prayer over the
children awaiting Baptism.
3.
Church History
4.
Catholic Teaching: (Catechism of the Catholic
Church – “CCC”)
- Sacrament
of Baptism (CCC 1213-1216,1257)
- Baptism
in the Church (CCC 1227)
- Rite
of Christian Initiation in Adults RCIA (CCC
1229, 1230-1233)
- Baptism
Symbols (CCC 1235, 1238, 1241, 1243)
- Baptism
of Adults (CCC 1247-1249)
- Baptism
of Infants (CCC 1250-1255)
- Baptism
types of Baptism (CCC 1258)
- Becoming
part of the Church, the Body of Christ (CCC
1267-1270)
5.
Faith Sharing
- Symbols
of Baptism: Naming, Water, Oil, Garment,
Light and Welcome
- Small
group adult sharing on how they were
"named" and what symbols represent
their life
- Writing
a note, prayer or blessing to the children
awaiting Baptism, for their "book of
blessings"
- Reflection
Question: "How have you clothed
yourself in Christ?
6.
Ritiual
- Oil:
Used to strengthen, protect and heal. Ritual
Signing of the Senses as people were
anointed with oil.
- Water:
A source of life, used for life, used for
cleansing. Ritual Come to the water to be
cleansed and refreshed.
- Light:
A Guided Meditation on Baptism
7.
Children's Lesson
- Baptism
symbols, rituals just life the adulst and
teens, but at a child's level of
understanding
8.
Event: Celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism
on Saturday, Oct. 23 & Sunday, Oct., 24
- Parishioners
helped to fill the baptismal font with
water, along with their added prayers and
blessings
- We
are welcomed Haley Maude and Dominik Joseph
Bonitatibus into our Community of Faith
through the sacrament of Baptism on Sunday,
October 24 at the 9:00 am Mass.
- The
Community presented the newly baptized with
a book of prayers and blessings gathered
from everyone who attended the GIFT learning
sessions.
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