World

Narnia: Broken World

In the Narnia story, the White Witch was going to kill Edmund, but Aslan offered to let her kill him instead. When Aslan died, the stone table broke into pieces. When bad things happen around the world, it can feel like the world is broken too. What do you think is broken in the world? Maybe things like wars, hunger, sickness, racism, and hatred?

  •  Take a marker and continue the web ‘Broken World’ with your ideas about what needs to be fixed in the world…

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The Letter: Laudato Si Film

The Letter tells the story of the Pope’s call to care for our planet. For info on translated versions and how to take action, visit https://TheLetterFilm.org.

In 2015, Pope Francis wrote Laudato Si’ (The Letter); an encyclical letter about the environmental crisis to every single person in the world. A few years later, four voices that have gone unheard in global conversations have been invited to an unprecedented dialogue with the Pope…

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Tree of Good Intentions

A good intention is a clear and positive goal in one’s life. Setting intentions helps us define what we want and works towards our dreams. When did you manage to carry out a task that took a long time to achieve, and you made those around happy?

  • Take a leaf and decorate it as you like.
  • On the reverse side of the leave, draw or write your intention –  something you would like to improve…

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Thankful Glasses

Do you enjoy running in the countryside, playing with the soil, or going to the beach playing with the sand or the pebbles? Do you like to see the details of a nice flower or a spooky insect? Nature is a gift from God to show us that he loves us. 

  • Think of beautiful things in nature that are close to you, but you miss appreciating them…

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Thankful Playdough

We all have things in our lives to be grateful for. For example, our families, friends, pets, animals, hobbies, sports, musical instruments and the list goes on.

  • Sit comfortably and think about something for which you are grateful.
  • Take a piece of play dough and begin to creatively express your thankfulness to God by moulding the play dough into that thing…

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Pray for the World

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Instructions

Look at the world map.

Do you have any family members, relatives or friends living abroad? Have you heard any news about these countries?

  • Take a battery tea light candle and as you switch it on, say a thought or prayer for a country or someone you know living in another country.
  • Place the candle onto the map of the country you offered your prayer for…

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Pray the News

To pray is to believe in change. Choose one of the news stories in front of you that impacts you and that you would like to see changed.

  • How does it make you feel?
  • What would you pray for?
  • Write your responses on post-it notes and place them near the article.

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Patience

Have you ever heard someone relating a difficult situation in his/her life that took a long time to be solved? Maybe your grandparents or great grandparents shared their experiences during World War Two which lasted six years from 1939 to 1945; a person who waited long to undergo an operation to heal from pain. Maybe when we’ve been waiting in a long queue and it took a long until we were served, and other situations where waiting is needed…

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Season of Creation 2022

Season of Creation 2022 starts from 1st September till 4th October 2022.“Listen to the voice of creation” is the theme and invitation of this year’s Season of Creation. It is a special time for all Christians to pray and work together to care for our common home. This year’s symbol is the burning bush. “I have heard their cry…I know their sufferings…Come, now! I will send you…I will be with you” (Ex 3: 1-12)

Today, the prevalence of unnatural fires is a sign of the devastating effects that climate change has on the most vulnerable of our planet…

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Bought and Sold

Instructions

More than 1.2 million children are bought and sold against their will every year.  They are taken from their homes and forced into slavery, usually in other countries, including Malta.

  • How much is a human being worth? Is it OK to buy or sell a human being?
  • Write or draw a thought or prayer on the empty price tags for the victims of human slavery today…

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