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atassina
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For seven years I have been teaching adult sacraments. I still have not found any materials specifically oriented towards adults on an adult level. All prepared materials are oriented towards children and teenagers.
The ideal materials would prepare the candidates for Confirmation in twenty-five lessons or less, lessons that could be presented from September through May.
All candidates in this class are adults and baptized Catholics. It is not an RCIA course but an adult sacraments course preparing adults for Confirmation (and sometimes first holy Confession, first holy Communion).
The lessons would be presented at the sixth grade level but using adult concepts and mature language that sugarcoated nothing, especially the most controversial topics: sexuality, morality, marriage, inquisitions, crusades, dark parts of the Old Testament etc.
For example, when presenting the Bible the materials would not assume the candidates knew the distinction between the Old Testament and the New Testament, nor would they assume that the students knew who Abraham was, nor would the assume that the candidates knew that the Acts of the Apostles was in the New Testament (they usually don’t). They level of knowledge I am teaching at is so low that I have had to continually step down my presentation level each year.
The scope of these materials include the rationale theology and history behind the sacraments, Catholic moral teaching, and the Bible.
All materials would adhere to the official teaching of the Church and include cross references to both the Bible and the Catechism (CCC).
The ideal materials would prepare the candidates for Confirmation in twenty-five lessons or less, lessons that could be presented from September through May.
All candidates in this class are adults and baptized Catholics. It is not an RCIA course but an adult sacraments course preparing adults for Confirmation (and sometimes first holy Confession, first holy Communion).
The lessons would be presented at the sixth grade level but using adult concepts and mature language that sugarcoated nothing, especially the most controversial topics: sexuality, morality, marriage, inquisitions, crusades, dark parts of the Old Testament etc.
For example, when presenting the Bible the materials would not assume the candidates knew the distinction between the Old Testament and the New Testament, nor would they assume that the students knew who Abraham was, nor would the assume that the candidates knew that the Acts of the Apostles was in the New Testament (they usually don’t). They level of knowledge I am teaching at is so low that I have had to continually step down my presentation level each year.
The scope of these materials include the rationale theology and history behind the sacraments, Catholic moral teaching, and the Bible.
All materials would adhere to the official teaching of the Church and include cross references to both the Bible and the Catechism (CCC).
