This presentation and lesson plan is intended to be used to introduce the vocation week contest to students in kindergarten to grade 1. Please feel free to edit as you like. Catholic vocation is a complex and deeply spiritual topic. It has many facets and has the potential for years of study. When teaching catholic vocation to younger students we want to make sure it’s presented in a way they can understand, whilst also being true to the Catholic idea of vocation. So, it is best to begin by looking at the foundation of vocation; the call to Holiness. The catechism states that all are called to holiness and in order to reach this we, the faithful, must use the strength given to us by Christ, so that we can do the will of the Father in everything. It truly is living the two great commandments; Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself. It is from this initial call, this fundamental vocation, that all the other vocations stem from, and it is here that we should start with our youngest students. Therefore the purpose of this presentation is to introduce students to the vocation of Holiness, or, as it will be called thus forth, the vocation of Love. The presentation & lesson plan will look at the great commandments and how Jesus calls us to love. It will take students through stories of saints, and help them identify how the saints showed love. It will then proceed to invite students to identify ways they can answer God’s call to love in their own lives. Students will then be given the opportunity to express what they know about our vocation of love and/or how they can live this vocation in their lives.

VOCATION A Call from God It’s like He’s Sending us on a Mission FOLLOW JESUS

ALL ARE CALLED TO LOVE

THE VOCATION OF LOVE We are called to LOVE one anther

God’s dream for each of us is to answer His call to Love God’s dream for each of us is to answer His call to Love. God’s dream is that we will love each other, just as He loves us.