Catechism goals
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1 Sunday: May 7, 2023
Lesson 1: The Holy Spirit is
the expression of the love
of the Father and the Son.
Doctrine: The Holy Trinity:
One God, Three Divine
Person.
Moral: Strive to live the
Catholic-way of life
(synodal, universal)
Worship: Participate
actively in the Eucharistic
celebration.
Catechism plan Catechism Summary & Assignments
A. Opening prayer:
Unsa ang ato karong nasabtan sa
a. Make the Sign of the Cross.
atong Katesismo?
b. Read the Gospel John 14:9-10, 26 and explain that Jesus taught the apostles, revealing the Father
Ang Santisima Trinidad(Holy Trinity),
and the Holy Spirit.
usa ka Dios, tulo ka Persona. Kitang
B. Exposition:
tanan sa atong pagtoong katoliko,
Ask: What are the different hand signs that we have known now a days? (Let the teens identify and
ang PAGPANGUROS nagatimaan nga
share what they know e.g the Korean heart, thumbs-up…)
kita nahisakop sa gugma sa
-chat with friends time…
Santisima Trinidad.
C. Discussion:
Ask: How about us Catholic, unsa man ang basic hand gesture/mark nato sa atong pagtoo nga Unsa man angay natong buhaton
Katoliko? (allow the teens to think and chat to one another. Probing questions is highly isip mga sakop diha sa USA KA
encouraged until they will arrive at the point in answering that is the making of the SIGN OF GINOO – tulo ka PERSONA?
THE CROSS.) Unsa man ang awhag, hagit ug
D. Deepening: Ask: Why do Catholics make sign of the Cross? pahimangno kanato everytime we
 Give meaning to The Sign of the Cross: make the sign of the cross?
a. The gift of faith that we received at baptism enables us to believe: that God has always existed, God  Tagsatagsa kanato gitawag sa pag-
created the world and everything in it and God is present to us today. God always was, is, and always ila ug makahibalo kita ug kinsa
will be. Ginoo pinaagi sa atong pagtuon.
b. Ask the children to join their hands with fingertips pointed up to heaven and make the sign of the  Higugmaon ang Dios diha sa atong
cross. Talk to them about their thumbs forming a cross like the one Jesus died on and remind them that mga maayong buhat ug pulong.
through the cross and resurrection of Jesus, he opened the gates of heaven and that their fingers are  Alagaran ang Ginoo diha sa adlaw
pointing to heaven. adlaw nga pagkinabuhi, pinaagi sa
c. Go over the word “Amen” and tell the children when we say it at the end of our prayers it means, “I atong pagbinuotan sa mga sugo sa
believe.” balay o sa eskwelahan. Diha sa
d. Practice making the Sign of the Cross looking up as you say, “Father,” then look down as you say, atong pakigdait, pag ingun-ingun
“Jesus,” because He came down to earth, he took on a human body and showed us how to live. Then sa uban sa walay diskriminasyon.
turn your head to the left and then to the right because the “Holy Spirit” is all around, and in us, here Mangayo kita sa panabang sa
on earth. Show them the cross and how they have drawn a cross with their right hand as they said the Santisima Trinidad nga kita giyahan
prayer. The Sign of the Cross marks us as belonging to the Trinity. kanunay sa pagbuhat ug pagsulti sa
maayo arun sa paghimaya sa iyang
When we traced the Trinity knot loop pattern we found out that there’s no Ngalan. Ug moingun kita:
beginning or end. It’s all one connected line! God is God the Father, God the
Son, and God the Spirit – they are not three Gods but all the same God. The HIMAYA SA AMAHAN, UG SA ANAK, UG
circle in the knot pattern reminds us that God is ONE God and also THREE SA ESPIRITU SANTO, MAINGUN SA
SINUGDAN, KARUN UG HANGTUD SA
Persons.
KAHANGTURAN. AMEN
Assignment: Participate actively in
the HOLY MASS