Kids Grace Link 06-14-20

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“Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.”
— John 6:56 

Read & Reflect

Take a moment to read the Mass readings for this week and reflect on the reading as a family using the questions and printable activity sheets below.

Printable Activity Sheets

Coloring Sheet
Cross Word
Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Activity

Transubstantiation Lesson

Craft

Jesus in the Eucharist
(morphs from Jesus’s face to monstrance)

Weekly Reflection Questions - For Families with Kids

  1. What are your family meals like? Is there something you could do to make them feel less rushed and more nourishing for each person's spirit? 

  2. Eucharist means thanksgiving. How does our family teach each person about giving thanks? 

  3. God made each of us unique, but in the Eucharist, we are one. How can you reach out to others to share Jesus’ love with them?  

  4. How can you be Jesus for others (siblings, neighbors, friends, etc.) this week?

Weekly Formed Resource for Kids

The Bread of Life: Celebrating the Eucharist!

Join Brother Francis in the delightfully inspirational and instructive presentation that teaches children all about the sacrament of the Eucharist! 

Please see below for instructions to create a FORMED account.

Bible Bag with Kids

Resource Links for Catholic Parents

Contact Us

Please contact Stephanie Lloyd at stephanielloyd@olgparish.org with any questions

Create a FORMED Account

  1. Visit the FORMED website and click Sign Up

  2. Choose “I belong to a Parish or Organization”

  3. Search “Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church Edina”

  4. Choose the option with the address reading 5071 Eden Ave, Edina MN and click “Next”

  5. Fill in your Name and Email Address in the appropriate fields and choose “Sign Up” to complete the signup process.

Kids Grace Link 06-07-20

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“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.”
— John 3:17 

Read & Reflect

Take a moment to read the Mass readings for this week and reflect on the reading as a family using the questions and printable activity sheets below.

Weekly Reflection Questions - For Families with Kids

  1. What are your family meals like? Is there something you could do to make them feel less rushed and more nourishing for each person's spirit? 

  2. Eucharist means thanksgiving. How does our family teach each person about giving thanks? 

  3. God made each of us unique, but in the Eucharist, we are one. How can you reach out to others to share Jesus’ love with them?  

  4. How can you be Jesus for others (siblings, neighbors, friends, etc.) this week?

Weekly Formed Resource for Kids

Patrick: Brave Shepherd of the Emerald Isle

St. Patrick used the simple shamrock to teach Irish people about the Holy Trinity. Blending historical facts with beloved traditions, Patrick: Brave Shepherd of the Emerald Isle brings to life a long-lost world of Druids, warriors, and kings. One that brave Patrick illuminated forever. 

Please see below for instructions to create a FORMED account.

Bible Bag with Kids

Resource Links for Catholic Parents

Contact Us

Please contact Stephanie Lloyd at stephanielloyd@olgparish.org with any questions

Create a FORMED Account

  1. Visit the FORMED website and click Sign Up

  2. Choose “I belong to a Parish or Organization”

  3. Search “Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church Edina”

  4. Choose the option with the address reading 5071 Eden Ave, Edina MN and click “Next”

  5. Fill in your Name and Email Address in the appropriate fields and choose “Sign Up” to complete the signup process.

Kids Grace Link 05-31-20

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“… He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
— John 20: 22b-c

Read & Reflect

Take a moment to read the Mass readings for this week and reflect on the reading as a family using the questions and printable activity sheets below.

Weekly Reflection Questions - For Families with Kids

  1. In this reading, how many times does Jesus say “Peace be with you” when he appears to the disciples? (two) 

  2. What do the disciples receive when Jesus breathes on them? (The Holy Spirit) 

  3. What power does Jesus give the disciples? (power to forgive or retain sins) 

  4. Why were the disciples afraid of the Jews? 

  5. What do you think Jesus means when he says “As the Father has sent me, so I send you?”

Weekly Formed Resource for Kids

To Every Nation

Witness the church's miraculous growth and learn how the first believers took the gospel To Every Nation. Covering the Book of Acts chapter 10-28, this thrilling animated feature shows how the Christian faith changed the world.

Please see below for instructions to create a FORMED account.

Bible Bag with Kids

Resource Links for Catholic Parents

Contact Us

Please contact Stephanie Lloyd at stephanielloyd@olgparish.org with any questions

Create a FORMED Account

  1. Visit the FORMED website and click Sign Up

  2. Choose “I belong to a Parish or Organization”

  3. Search “Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church Edina”

  4. Choose the option with the address reading 5071 Eden Ave, Edina MN and click “Next”

  5. Fill in your Name and Email Address in the appropriate fields and choose “Sign Up” to complete the signup process.

Kids Grace Link 05-24-20

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“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
— Matthew 28:19 

Read & Reflect

Take a moment to read the Mass readings for this week and reflect on the reading as a family using the questions and printable activity sheets below.

Weekly Reflection Questions - For Families with Kids

  1. Why do you think the gospel says only eleven disciples went with Jesus to the mountain?

  2. As in the gospel, the disciples worshiped, but doubted. Can you share a time you doubted Jesus’s love for you? 

  3. What does it mean to you be a disciple of Jesus? 

  4. What is one thing we can do as a family to make other disciples of Jesus? 

Weekly Formed Resource for Kids

The Witnesses Trilogy: To Every Nation

Witness the church's miraculous growth and learn how the first believers took the gospel To Every Nation. Covering the Book of Acts chapter 10-28, this thrilling animated feature shows how the Christian faith changed the world.

Please see below for instructions to create a FORMED account.

Bible Bag with Kids

Resource Links for Catholic Parents

Contact Us

Please contact Stephanie Lloyd at stephanielloyd@olgparish.org with any questions

Create a FORMED Account

  1. Visit the FORMED website and click Sign Up

  2. Choose “I belong to a Parish or Organization”

  3. Search “Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church Edina”

  4. Choose the option with the address reading 5071 Eden Ave, Edina MN and click “Next”

  5. Fill in your Name and Email Address in the appropriate fields and choose “Sign Up” to complete the signup process.

Kids Grace Link 05-17-20

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“On that day you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me and I in you.”
—  John 14:20 

Read & Reflect

Take a moment to read the Mass readings for this week and reflect on the reading as a family using the questions and printable activity sheets below.

Printable Activity Sheets

Coloring Sheet
Word Search
Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Craft

The Perfect Gift
Be sure to sign the card, “Love, Jesus”

Weekly Reflection Questions - For Families with Kids

  1. When Jesus says “If you love me, you will keep my commandments,” which commandments is He talking about? 

  2. Can you remember a time when you felt the Holy Spirit with you? Use your 5 senses to describe the experience. 

  3. How can you show Jesus you love him? 

  4. How can you show others that Jesus lives in you? 

Weekly Formed Resource for Kids

Mother Teresa: Seeing the Face of Jesus

Children will learn that Mother Teresa was a person whose strong faith and trust in God helped her to make incredible changes in our world. “Whatever you do unto the least of these, you do unto me.” Mother Teresa remembered these words from Jesus and said she saw the face of Jesus in the face of each person she helped. She asked the whole world to look for Jesus' face in others too.    

Please see below for instructions to create a FORMED account.

Bible Bag with Kids

Resource Links for Catholic Parents

Contact Us

Please contact Stephanie Lloyd at stephanielloyd@olgparish.org with any questions

Create a FORMED Account

  1. Visit the FORMED website and click Sign Up

  2. Choose “I belong to a Parish or Organization”

  3. Search “Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church Edina”

  4. Choose the option with the address reading 5071 Eden Ave, Edina MN and click “Next”

  5. Fill in your Name and Email Address in the appropriate fields and choose “Sign Up” to complete the signup process.

Kids Grace Link 05-10-20

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“Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”   ”
— John 14:6 

Read & Reflect

Take a moment to read the Mass readings for this week and reflect on the reading as a family using the questions and printable activity sheets below.

Weekly Reflection Questions - For Families with Kids

  1. How do you imagine your dwelling place in God’s house looks?

  2. How did Jesus tell Thomas to find his way to Jesus’s Father (God)? 

  3. How do you think Jesus felt when Philip asked him to show us the way to the Father? 

  4. If our family could only pack one small suitcase to take with us as we journey toward God in our life, what is one item we should pack, and why? 

  5. Jesus said, "Whoever believes in me will do the works that I do.” What is one work our family does that shows we believe in Jesus? 

Weekly Formed Resource for Kids

Mother Teresa: Seeing the Face of Jesus

Children will learn that Mother Teresa was a person whose strong faith and trust in God helped her to make incredible changes in our world. “Whatever you do unto the least of these, you do unto me.” Mother Teresa remembered these words from Jesus and said she saw the face of Jesus in the face of each person she helped. She asked the whole world to look for Jesus' face in others too.    

Please see below for instructions to create a FORMED account.

Bible Bag with Kids

Resource Links for Catholic Parents

Contact Us

Please contact Stephanie Lloyd at stephanielloyd@olgparish.org with any questions

Create a FORMED Account

  1. Visit the FORMED website and click Sign Up

  2. Choose “I belong to a Parish or Organization”

  3. Search “Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church Edina”

  4. Choose the option with the address reading 5071 Eden Ave, Edina MN and click “Next”

  5. Fill in your Name and Email Address in the appropriate fields and choose “Sign Up” to complete the signup process.

Kids Grace Link 05-03-20

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“I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved.   ”
— John 10:9a-b

Read & Reflect

Take a moment to read the Mass readings for this week and reflect on the reading as a family using the questions and printable activity sheets below.

Weekly Reflection Questions

  1. When or where do you hear Jesus’ voice in your life? 

  2. Is it sometimes hard to hear Jesus’s voice? Give examples.   

  3. How is Jesus a gate to life, to good things, for you?  

  4. How can you be a gate to God for others? 

  5. How does our family show others that we follow Jesus? 

Weekly Formed Resource for Kids

God with Us: The Messengers—The Birth of the Early Church

Having risen from the dead, Jesus Christ has appeared to His disciples and instructed them saying, "Remain in Jerusalem until you are filled with power from Heaven!" People of all ages will be inspired by this powerful and moving depiction of the first Christians.  

Please see below for instructions to create a FORMED account.

Bible Bag with Kids

Resource Links for Catholic Parents

Contact Us

Please contact Stephanie Lloyd at stephanielloyd@olgparish.org with any questions

Create a FORMED Account

  1. Visit the FORMED website and click Sign Up

  2. Choose “I belong to a Parish or Organization”

  3. Search “Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church Edina”

  4. Choose the option with the address reading 5071 Eden Ave, Edina MN and click “Next”

  5. Fill in your Name and Email Address in the appropriate fields and choose “Sign Up” to complete the signup process.

Kids Grace Link 04-26-20

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“In the breaking of the bread, the disciples’ eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus, but he vanished from their sight.  ”
— Luke 24:30-31

Read & Reflect

Take a moment to read the Mass readings for this week and reflect on the reading as a family using the questions and printable activity sheets below.

Weekly Reflection Questions

  1. What were the disciples discussing as they walked the road to the village of Emmaus? (all that had happened in Jerusalem, the death and resurrection of Jesus)  

  2. As they were walking, do you think they truly believed Jesus had been raised from the dead?  

  3. Who do they meet along the road? (Jesus)  

  4. How do the disciples describe what happened in their hearts when the man opened the Scriptures to them? (their hearts were burning)  

  5. When did the disciples finally recognize Jesus? (in the breaking of the bread) 

Weekly Formed Resource for Kids

God with Us: The Messengers—The Birth of the Early Church

Having risen from the dead, Jesus Christ has appeared to His disciples and instructed them saying, "Remain in Jerusalem until you are filled with power from Heaven!" People of all ages will be inspired by this powerful and moving depiction of the first Christians.  

Please see below for instructions to create a FORMED account.

Bible Bag with Kids

NEW recurring feature!

Resource Links for Catholic Parents

Contact Us

Please contact Stephanie Lloyd at stephanielloyd@olgparish.org with any questions

Create a FORMED Account

  1. Visit the FORMED website and click Sign Up

  2. Choose “I belong to a Parish or Organization”

  3. Search “Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church Edina”

  4. Choose the option with the address reading 5071 Eden Ave, Edina MN and click “Next”

  5. Fill in your Name and Email Address in the appropriate fields and choose “Sign Up” to complete the signup process.