DISCUSSION GUIDE Issue of November 4, 2018
USCCB
Page 1
- What tragedy does this story address?
- What was happening in the synagogue at the time of the shooting?
- What is Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo referring to when he notes the ‘plague of gun violence?’
- How can you begin to sow the seeds of peace?
- Why do you believe there are people so filled with hate in the world today?
MIDDLE-SCHOOLERS
Page 1
- What does it mean to live a life of service?
- Do you believe this is something Jesus call us all to do? Why?
- What ‘service’ did these middle-schoolers perform this day?
- What does Grasta De mean?
- In what ways do you believe you are ‘called to greatness?’
BENEDICTINES
Page 9
- What project is this order of Benedictine brothers undertaking?
- In what ways is water the source of life?
- What is a biosand filter and what does it do?
- We simply turn on our faucets. How would a life without affect your life?
- What does clean, safe water mean from a health perspective
YOUNG PEOPLE
Page 10
- Talk about some of the lessons you have learned from your elders.
- In this book, what does Pope Francis talk about?
- What, in today’s society, makes it difficult to hold on to your faith?
- What is ‘cruelty,’ and in what ways does we see cruelty in our world today? In your world as a young person?
- What is ‘populism?’ Ask your teacher to explain.
- According to the pope, how does populism grow? What example from modern history does he give?
FUNERAL MASS
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- What is the troubling trend growing in this country that this article addresses?
- What are the reasons given? Do you think those reasons are valid? Why/why not?
- What, according to Father Kevin Huber, give a powerful closure to a person’s life?
- Who achieved the ultimate victory over sin and death for us? How?
- What, as Catholics, do we believe about death? Why shouldn’t we fear it?
- When Laura Monteen states, ‘We are a people of time,’ what does she mean?