September 20, 2004
1. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Managers: Designed for managers and superiors, this one-day workshop is the fastest, most efficient way to learn the enduring principles of effectiveness in the real world of management. Presented by Stephen R. Covey, the workshop will be offered in Columbus on November 18. Register on-line at www.franklincovey.com/skills. CEU credits available.
2. SSCO Offering: "The
Solution to the Problem Might Be in Asking the Right Question." Use
standards, curriculum, and building or district goals to examine relationships,
discover needs, and develop an action plan and staff development for an entire
school year. Three key factors: Process! Process!
Process! will lead participants to a three-fold outcome: Focus! Focus!
Focus!
Registrants must attend all of the
following three sessions: 9/23, 11/4, 1/27. Sessions will run from 9
am until 3 pm. District pairs or teams are encouraged to attend for
maximum benefit.
SSCO is located at 4807 Evanswood
Drive, Suite 300, Columbus.
On-line registration:
www.ssco.org/activities/.
3. Corporate Claims and Community Concerns: Sharon Zayac, OP, Author of Earth Spirituality, and Margaret Weber, Coordinator of Corporate Responsibility for the Dominican Sisters of Adrian MI, will speak on Saturday, October 2 from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm at the Martin dePorres Center, 2330 Airport Drive, Columbus. (www.columbusdominicans.org/mdp)
4. Non-Violence As Compassionate Action: Kathy Long, OP of the Eighth Day Center for Justice in Chicago, will guide lively conversation over continental breakfast on non-violence as compassionate action. This free program is being offered at the Martin dePorres Center on Monday, October 18.
5. 2004 Ohio School Bus Safety Poster Contest: Winning posters must be received at the ODE, Pupil Transportation Section, 25 S. Front Street, Mail Stop 710, Columbus 43215 on or before October 8 at 12 noon. Posters can be drawn anytime between September 8 and the deadline of October 8, 2004. Questions: Please call Brian Whitta at 614-466-2204.
6. Weekly Religion Ideas, September
15, 2004, Standard I: Objectives A 1 & 3
For the Teacher - How does
God speak to us today? Do we literally hear God's voice speaking to us?
Many devoted people today don't think we do, but that God's message is mediated
to us, the believing community, through Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.
This first objective states to describe how God speaks to us through persons and
events in Sacred Scripture. As Catholics we don't believe that the Bible
was dictated by God, but that God was present in every development of the Bible:
from the events, to the oral tradition in which the events were handed down from
generation to generation, to the authors of the Bible writing the various books,
to the editors who added to these books. This is what we mean by
inspiration of the Bible. The Bible teaches without error that truth which
God wanted put into it for the sake of our salvation. Whether we are
teaching stories and passages from the Old or New Testament, we believe as
Catholics that God is revealing God's plan of salvation for us and our planet.
Scripture scholars help us with what the stories in scripture meant when they
were written so that we can reflect on their application for us today in light
of their research. There are various commentaries like: The New
Jerusalem Biblical Commentary, The Collegeville Bible Commentary, the Catholic
Study Bible, the footnotes from the New American or New Jerusalem
Bible. There are many good articles in each of these books along with
the commentaries. When we are teaching about scripture we don't first say
what we think that story and passage means, but we need to find out the meaning
the words had when they were written and then apply that meaning to our life and
world today.
For the Classroom: I mentioned the sharing of the Sunday readings with students last week. Some resources that you can find on line that can help with the meaning of those readings are: At Home With the Word from Liturgy Training Publications, (800-933-1800). The Word Among Us is a find publication to help understand the daily and Sunday scriptures. You can go on-line for www.thewordamongus. Have students reflect on their own experience of where they felt God's presence, e.g., at prayer, looking at a beautiful flower or other part of creation, being with a brother or sister who was sick or who just wants to play, hearing the scripture proclaimed at a Eucharistic Liturgy or in the classroom, or just being hugged by their mother and father. God is also present to them when they hear God's word and we need to help them make connections with scripture and their own experience.
Resources: A good book to use for background is And God Said What? (An Introduction to Biblical Literary Forms) by Margaret Nutting Ralph, Paulist Press, $16.95, (1-800-218-1903 or www.paulistpress.com. Another book by Paulist Press is Responses to 101 Questions on the Bible, by Raymond E. Brown, SS. There are many children's bibles: Children's Illustrated Bible, Golden Children's Bible, The Illustrated Children's Bible, The Beginners Bible, Gold and Honey Bible, Precious Moments Bible for Catholics, Tomie de Paola's Book of Bible Stories, New Catholic Picture Bible, Illustrated Children's Bible, The Little People's Bible. These bibles are usually found in bookstores. For fourth grade students and up, The New American Bible or International Catholic Version with footnotes could be used.
Condolences are extended to Holy Spirit principal
Linda Saelzler and her family. Linda's husband died over the weekend.
Funeral arrangements are being carried out by Egan-Ryan.
Please remember in your prayers Jim Wichtman, husband of Barbara Romanello-Wichtman, director of the Department of Religious Education. Jim underwent major surgery over the weekend.
Reminder: Winter Quarter fee waiver requests must be submitted by October 1.
Comments to office@cdeducation.org
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