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Weekly Connect From: Dermot Cowhey dermot.cowhey@limerickdiocese.org 19th April, 2021: Dear Chaplains/RE Teachers,
The month of April is dedicated to The Holy Spirit. The term "Spirit" translates the Hebrew word ruah, which in its primary sense, means breath, air, wind. After our solemn commemoration of the last days and death of Our Lord we will spend the month of April celebrating. As Spring breaks forth even nature will join us as buds and blooms begin to surface and we spend this month basking in the joy of the Resurrection. We continue throughout the entire month our cry, "Christ is risen, Christ is truly risen."
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy. Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy. Amen. (St. Augustine)
The Pope's Monthly Intentions for April, 2021:
Fundamental Rights
Thought for the Day: We publish a ‘thought for the day’ every morning at 7am on the Diocesan Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/dioceseoflimerick
‘If all you did was just look for things to appreciate you would live a joyous, spectacular life.’ (Abraham Hicks) The RTAI (The Religion Teachers’ Association of Ireland), will host a Zoom workshop with Becca Gallagher from Young SVP on Monday 26th April from 7-8pm. She will outline how the Young SVP programme can be run as a module or longer project to support the social justice work explored in schools. It is ideal for TY or LC non exam RE. If you would like to attend please email valroe@hotmail.com to reserve a place. The RTAI, in collaboration with the Irish Centre for Religious Education and the School of Theology, Philosophy and Music, DCU, continues its series of evening seminars for teachers in preparation for the Leaving Certificate RE Coursework titles for 2022. For teachers who currently do not have LCRE students, the seminars could also contribute to CPD. These seminars will give teachers the opportunity to explore in depth the four prescribed titles for Leaving Certificate Religious Education Coursework. The titles for 2022 are taken from Section E: Religion and Gender and Section I: The Bible: Literature and Sacred Text. Each seminar will have 40-minute input followed by a conversation between the presenter and participants in which ideas for projects will be shared. The inputs will be recorded and shared with participants afterwards for use with students. The conversation will not be recorded. please register in advance with RTAI at canavanmt@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link
21st April: Section E: Religion and Gender – Dr. Sandra Cullen E.2. ? BIOLOGY ? PHILOSOPHY ? PSYCHOLOGY ? SOCIOLOGY Profile how insights from two of the above, on the understanding of gender, influence the changing roles of men and women in society. 28th April: Section I: The Bible: Literature and Sacred Text – Dr. Amanda Dillon
Message from the Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) Support Service … The NCCA have published some samples of CBA1 on www.curriculumonline.ie. The direct link to the RE CBA1 samples is here: https://www.curriculumonline.ie/Junior-cycle/Junior-Cycle-Subjects/Religious-Education/Examples-of-Student-Work/Examples-of-Classroom-Based-Assessment/ Projects at Eire Dialogue. Religion Teachers might be interested in IftarMe. IftarMe is a community–led project aiming to promote social cohesion amongst our diverse communities in Ireland. Inspired by the word “iftar”- a fast–breaking meal, IftarMe involves families preparing delicious meals for their guests at iftar, with whom they will then share the fast-breaking experience. They have asked if we could retweet/repost information on your page(s) to raise awareness among the teachers and help us strengthen ties between different communities in Ireland. Please see the links below: https://twitter.com/EireDialogue/status/1377561671632363527 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3368084086625154&id=693540424079547&tn__=%2As%2As-R https://m.instagram.com/p/CNNRqMynXq_/ Liturgical calendar
21st April - Saint Anselm of Canterbury, bishop and doctor of the Church 22nd April – World Earth Day 25th April - Saint Mark the Evangelist; Good Shepherd Sunday 26th April - Our Lady of Good Counsel; Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day 29th April - Saint Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church
If you are accessing this from the diocese website and would like to have these resources, please email dermot.cowhey@limerickdiocese.org
To conclude |
As 22nd April is World Earth Day, we reflect …
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
Weekly Connect From: Dermot Cowhey dermot.cowhey@limerickdiocese.org
14th April, 2021:
Dear Chaplains/RE Teachers,
May I take this opportunity to welcome the full opening of schools and wish you well in your work for this term. No doubt it will be challenging but also rewarding. Easter brings with it hope and may that hope carry us all forward.
A reminder that our monthly chaplains’ meeting will take place this Thursday, 15th April at 2.30. Details to follow.
Sixth Year Graduation Meeting: A reminder also for the meeting for chaplains and teachers regarding ideas and material for graduation delivered by ERST and the Institute for Pastoral Studies (MIC). The meeting will take place on Tuesday 13th April from 7.00 to 8.30. It will be an opportunity to see what schools are doing, share ideas and seek clarification.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88382876593?pwd=MGVzUXRoT2dPbFc2azQ0a1RteXljQT09
Meeting ID: 883 8287 6593
Passcode: u0dEdF
As it is anticipated that this session will be heavily subscribed, I would ask that only one representative from each school attend.
The Pope's Monthly Intentions for April, 2021:
Fundamental Rights
We pray for those who risk their lives while fighting for fundamental rights under dictatorships, authoritarian regimes and even in democracies in crisis.
Thought for the Day: We publish a ‘thought for the day’ every morning at 7am on the Diocesan Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/dioceseoflimerick
‘We can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.’ (Abraham Lincoln)
The RTAI (The Religion Teachers’ Association of Ireland), in collaboration with the Irish Centre for Religious Education and the School of Theology, Philosophy and Music, DCU, is offering a series of evening seminars for teachers in preparation for the Leaving Certificate RE Coursework titles for 2022. For teachers who currently do not have LCRE students, the seminars could also contribute to CPD.
These seminars will give teachers the opportunity to explore in depth the four prescribed titles for Leaving Certificate Religious Education Coursework. The titles for 2022 are taken from Section E: Religion and Gender and Section I: The Bible: Literature and Sacred Text.
Each seminar will have 40-minute input followed by a conversation between the presenter and participants in which ideas for projects will be shared. The inputs will be recorded and shared with participants afterwards for use with students. The conversation will not be recorded. please register in advance with RTAI at canavanmt@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link
14th April: Section E: Religion and Gender – Dr. Sandra Cullen
E. 1 Research the influence that the humanity of Mary, the mother of Jesus as portrayed in the Gospels, has on two religious practices which are popular within a Christian denomination today.
21st April: Section E: Religion and Gender – Dr. Sandra Cullen
E.2. ? BIOLOGY ? PHILOSOPHY ? PSYCHOLOGY ? SOCIOLOGY
Profile how insights from two of the above, on the understanding of gender, influence
the changing roles of men and women in society.
28th April: Section I: The Bible: Literature and Sacred Text – Dr. Amanda Dillon
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H. 2 List A |
List B |
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Hannah’s Song of Thanks (1 Sam 2:1?10) |
The Prologue (Jn 1:1?18) |
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Israel Restored (Is 52:13?53:12) |
The Sermon on the Plain (Lk 6:20?49) |
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The Ten Commandments (Ex 20:1?21) |
The Transfiguration (Mk 9:2?13) |
Liturgical calendar
21st April - Saint Anselm of Canterbury, bishop and doctor of the Church
25th April - Saint Mark the Evangelist
26th April - Our Lady of Good Counsel; Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
29th April - Saint Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church
Attachments –
(Thanks to Fr. Gerard Condon, D.A., Cloyne, for his generosity in sharing both of these.)
If you are accessing this from the diocese website and would like to have these resources, please email dermot.cowhey@limerickdiocese.org
To conclude … A Student’s Prayer
O God, it is good to be alive and here –
Though it’s hard to do all the things I want to do.
You have made the world so rich, so great, so crammed full of possibilities.
You have made it so beautiful.
I thank you for all who have given me this chance to learn,
And to get ready for life – my family, teachers and friends.
Widen my horizons, widen my sympathies and when I am finished here, let me give myself to serve you and others, in this wonderful world. Amen
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