Mary Mother of God
MARY Mother of God Activity
Ø Create a scrapbook using iMovie of Mary and her life. You should include pictures, a family tree, time line, maps and reports or aspects of her life. Ø For the opening iMovie frame include a map which shows location of Bethlehem. Ø For the last iMovie frame include a quiz question about Mary There are three important places where we can learn about Mary. • The first of these is in the four Gospels which are found in the New Testament. Each Gospel tells us different things about Mary. • The second place we can look is in the tradition of the Catholic Church. The tradition is all the ways in which the Catholic Church has passed on the Good News to Catholics in every age. It is the story of what happened in the Church since the time of the very first Christians and it shows us what the Catholic Church thinks is important for us to know and believe today. • The third place to find out about Mary is in the teachings of the Catholic Church today. These teachings can be found in the writings of the Church Councils. This is a name for a special meeting of the bishops and Pope where important happenings in the world are discussed and it is decided how God is calling the Catholic Church to teach about these events.
(A Jewish woman who lived in Palestine two thousand years ago.)
Who Was Mary?
The World Two Thousand Years Ago
Approximately 180 million people were living on earth at the time that Mary lived. At this time, human beings had lived on earth for around 4 million years. People had discovered many things: pottery, weaving, iron, the wheel, farming, raising animals, writing, painting, music, mathematics and even astronomy.
Across The Continents
At the time that Mary was alive people lived on parts of several continents. Different tribes of people were living in North and South America. In North Africa, the Egyptian pyramids were already two thousand years old. The Aborigines had been hunting and gathering in Australia
Ø Create a scrapbook using iMovie of Mary and her life. You should include pictures, a family tree, time line, maps and reports or aspects of her life. Ø For the opening iMovie frame include a map which shows location of Bethlehem. Ø For the last iMovie frame include a quiz question about Mary There are three important places where we can learn about Mary. • The first of these is in the four Gospels which are found in the New Testament. Each Gospel tells us different things about Mary. • The second place we can look is in the tradition of the Catholic Church. The tradition is all the ways in which the Catholic Church has passed on the Good News to Catholics in every age. It is the story of what happened in the Church since the time of the very first Christians and it shows us what the Catholic Church thinks is important for us to know and believe today. • The third place to find out about Mary is in the teachings of the Catholic Church today. These teachings can be found in the writings of the Church Councils. This is a name for a special meeting of the bishops and Pope where important happenings in the world are discussed and it is decided how God is calling the Catholic Church to teach about these events.
(A Jewish woman who lived in Palestine two thousand years ago.)
Who Was Mary?
The World Two Thousand Years Ago
Approximately 180 million people were living on earth at the time that Mary lived. At this time, human beings had lived on earth for around 4 million years. People had discovered many things: pottery, weaving, iron, the wheel, farming, raising animals, writing, painting, music, mathematics and even astronomy.
Across The Continents
At the time that Mary was alive people lived on parts of several continents. Different tribes of people were living in North and South America. In North Africa, the Egyptian pyramids were already two thousand years old. The Aborigines had been hunting and gathering in Australia