Commission on Diocesan Schools of La Union DEO PATRIAE

SAN NICOLAS ACADEMY

Balaoan, La Union

NAME: ______________________________________________ Date Received: ______________

PARENTS SIGNATURE: _____________________________ Date Submitted: _____________

FIRST QUARTER
CHRISTIAN LIVING EDUCATION AND EDUKASYON SA PAGPAPAHALAGA 8
Module #1B: PRACTICES OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY AS A MISSION OF
THE FAMILY IN EDUCATION, GUIDANCE, AND CHRISTIAN FAITH FORMATION

LEARNING TARGETS
The Learner....
 Recognize practices or experiences in one’s family that show provision of education, guiding,
and formation of faith.
 Analyze the challenges of the Filipino family in its provision of education, guidance in
decision-making, and formation of Christian faith as proclaimed in Amoris Laetitia (The Joy
of Family).
 Explain that
a. aside from creation, parents have the responsibility to provide their children with proper
education, guidance in making decisions, and on forming their Christian faith
b. the rights and duties of the parents to educate their children is unique and their most
important duty based on the explanation of the 4th commandment
 Celebrate the Holy Eucharist as a family.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How can I improve on the education, guidance, decision-making, and faith formation that my
family has been giving me? How am I put into practice the different practices of the early church?

ACTIVITY 1
Describe your family’s function and teachings in the chart.
Functions of Family Evidence of Family Teachings
Education Example:
1. They work hard to provide for my studies.
2. They help me with my assignments.

Guidance in decision-making

Faith Formation

Think About These:

 How did your family influence you in the values being evaluated?
  How do you show your appreciation for what your family has taught you?

EXPLORE
The most important mission of the family is to provide the children with proper education,
guiance, and faith formation. To reinforce this mission, it is important to take appropriate actions to
improve one’s practice in learning, making decisions, and living one’s faith.

1. The Family’s Mission to Education, Guidance, and Faith

 Providing education
 Guidance in making decision
 Formation of Faith
2. The Family as a School of Values
 Parents are the first teachers
 Values learned from the family
 Importance of family in developing one’s character
3. The Family Shapes Its Members in Unity
 Strengths of the Filipino family
 Four signs of unity
 Ways to strengthen family bonds
4. Parental Guidance and Authority: Teaching Repsect and Accountability
 Definition and Character of parental authority
 Values related to parental authority
 Values developed through the positive use of parental authority
5. Godliness in the Family: Teaching the Practice of Faith

Amories Laetitia (The joy of Love) Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation.

Ten (10) things to know about the pope’s grundbreaking new document.
1. The church needs to understand families and individuals in all their complexity.
2. The roles of conscience is paramount in moral decision making.
3. Divorced and remarried Catholics need to be more fully integrated into the church.
4. All members of the family need to be encouraged to live good Christian lives.
5. We should no longer talk about people “living in sin.”
6. What might work in one place may not work in another.
7. Traditional teachings on marriage are affirmed, but the church should not burden people with
unrealistic expectations.
8. Children must be educated in sex and sexuality.
9. Gay men and women should be respected.
10. All are welcome.
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2016/04/08/top-10-takeaways-amoris-laetitia

Early Christian Practices (Please refer to your CLE book on page 18-21)
1. Didache – Teaching of the Apostles
2. Community Life and Sharing of Common Goods
3. Breaking of Bread
4. Prayer
Some Activities in the Church Today
1. Prayer Meeting
2. Household Meeting
3. Life in the Spirit Seminar
4. Perpetual Adoration
5. Christian Life Program

TRANSFORMING LIVES
How did St. John Baptist de la Salle help educate poor boys about God? He, together with
other brothers, established schools that have become models for the present educational system in
the community. Read more about him on page 23 of your CLE book.
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-john-baptist-de-la-salle/
Pause and Reflect
What do you think is the greatest contribution of St. John Baptist de la Salle to education in
particular and to the church in general?
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ACTIVITY 2
A. Make a letter to your parents. Express your gratitude to them for guiding you and for being part
of shaping your character, especially on the related values of unity, obedience, to authority, good
decision-making, and faith.
To families who do not have these values, mention your intention or ways to develop these values.
(Attached your letter in this module.)

B. Make a contract with your family using the format below. Apply what you have learned in this
lesson to our role as a member of your family.
A Promise to the Family
I, __________________________________, a member of the _____________________ (Family
Name) family, commit myself and promise to participate in the development of family-taught
values such as unity, obedience to authority, and faith. The specific things I will do for the family
are:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________
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The specific things I will do for other people are:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________
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So help me God/

Signature: ________________________ Date: _____________________

Evaluate the letter and contract based on the following criteria

 5 – Excellent 4 – Very good 3 – Good
2 – Needs improvement 1 – Needs to do it again
Criteria 1 2 3 4 5
It contains three basic values such as unity, obedience to authority,
and faith.
It refers to family or parents who are the first teachers in
socialization.
It includes other values related to unity.
It has a corresponding emphasis on adherence to parental guidance
and authority.
It identifies other values related to faith.
It includes a promise to apply or affirm these values in
interpersonal relationships.
It includes specific ways or activities in which values are applied or
expressed.
Total
OVER-ALL SCORE

C. Seeking Advice from Parents/Guardian

My advice to my child on improving the practice in learning, making decisions and living
the faith:

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Name and Signature: ____________________________

Date: __________________________

ASSESSMENT

 Answer the assessment on page 25 and 26 of your CLE book. Write your answer on a clean
sheet of pad paper and don’t forget to attach your answer in this module.

JOURNAL NUMBER 2: “So that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may
have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if
one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.” - 1 Corinthians 12:25-26
*To be written in your CLE/ESP Notebook