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Practical Lesson Ideas and Activities for Catholic Educators
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Prayer to Your Guardian Angel

One of the first prayers your students learned in their Catholic education was probably the prayer to their Guardian Angel: Angel of God My guardian dear To Whom His love Commits me here Ever this day Be at my side To light and guard To rule and guide. Amen As the conclusion of the semester nears, pray these words with your class and remind your students to call on their Guardian Angels for assistance in their studying, taking of exams, and with any challenges of their lives.  Also: Review Church teaching on angels from the Catechism of the Catholic Church.  Review for yourself a simple lesson on Guardian Angels from Jared Dees. Play for the students a short two-minute video "5 Amazing Things about Our Guardian Angels." Have your students compose their own prayers to their Guardian Angels. Display images of Guardian Angels (as in this post). Have your students draw a contemporary  image of their Guardian Angel protecting them in some daily aspect of their life.    

Graduation Gift from Lou Holtz

If parents, grandparents, or school administrators are looking for a valuable and inspiring gift for graduates in this semester in which celebrations have been curtailed or cancelled, you might share a book written especially for graduates, Three Rules for Living a Good Life: A Game Plan for After Graduation by Hall of Fame football coach Lou Holtz. Witty and straightforward, Coach Holtz offers new grads these three rules they can use in the coming weeks, months, and years as they move their lives on to the next phase: Do what is right. Do everything to the best of your ability. Show people you care.o what is right. Three Rules for Living a Good Life is based on a commencement address Coach Holtz shared at Franciscan University in 2017. To date, the YouTube video of the speech has over 1,5 million views.