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FROM OUR EDITORS—January 20, 2019 – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

FROM OUR EDITORS—January 20, 2019 – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

From our Editors

Welcome to Unit 3 and the start of Ordinary Time! As you and your class begin Unit 3, we’ve recently sent the Unit 4 student lessons and Teaching Guides to the printer. (It’s a bit disorienting at times for our editorial and design teams to be working on Lent and Easter lessons during November and December!)

Now we move into planning for the 2019–2020 program year. The Gospel Weeklies get reworked every year. We don’t simply repeat what was offered three years ago. We start with that base but build on it by updating or replacing stories, activities, photos, and artwork. We check each Gospel for consistency with the Sunday Gospel the children will hear at Mass. We strengthen the doctrinal content in all levels and the Catholic Faith Words in Good News, Venture, and Visions. We check liturgical illustrations for accuracy with current norms and doublecheck words from liturgies to ensure that they match our current rites. This coming program year will also be the third year of our enhanced Teaching Guides.

Our team is continually improving the Gospel Weeklies to better assist you in your important ministry as catechists, teachers, and parents; to help the children learn the content of our faith—in their minds and hearts—and integrate it into their lives; and, of course, to give glory to God!

LET US PRAY: Good and gracious God, you call us to begin again—a new calendar year, a new unit, and working to plan a new program year. We trust you to guide us along both familiar and uncharted paths. Help us to grow closer to you and to give you glory and praise with our lives. Bless the children in our care. Open their minds and hearts to the wonder of your Good News. Amen.

 

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David Dziena
Publisher

David Dziena is the Publisher of Pflaum Publishing Group. He has also served as Executive Editor and […]

Joan McKamey
Project Editor

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Erika De Urquidi
Bilingual Editor

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