Lesson One
Theme: Made for Greatness
Topic: Called to Love
Overview
Students will identify humanity’s ability to love as our greatest dignity and joy. They will recall that God has a design for their life which will lead them to the greatest happiness and holiness.
Additional Student / Classroom Resources
Resources for Parents & Teachers
Video: You're Kind of a Big Deal
2 min video by Chris Stefanick exploring the awesome dignity with which human beings have been endowed. Even the most amazing natural mysteries pale in comparison with our ability to know, love and make choices.
Video: Testimony of David Robinson
8 min video interview with David Robinson, NBA Basketball Hall of Fame. He speaks to the emptiness of success, the joy of knowing God and the passion for service that his relationship with God has given him.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church: especially paragraphs 2012 and 2013
Lumen Gentium especially Chapter 5