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Having started teaching catechism at my parish again, I forget that some of the kids really are starting from scratch, and some didn't know how to read bible citations. So, I made this handout to teach kids how to read, understand, and write bible citations. Hope you find it useful and any feedback is welcome! 

This last year I had the honor of helping teens at my parish go through their Confirmation. I put some work into it, and I want to share that work with others. We used the St. Joseph Baltimore Catechism and below are my lesson outlines and quizzes. Let me know if this benefits you in any way!  Lesson Outlines Quizzes 

The following is a review and analysis of the Catechism/Confirmation class I taught at Holy Innocents. This is mainly for future review and comparison. Drop out rate I started with 39 boys.  3 of them did not finish  8% drop out rate, 92% completion rate  Assigned work Total class points were 233 8 quizzes were assigned The 8 quizzes were worth a total of 58 points Quizzes were 25% of class points 10 homework assignments were given Homework was worth a total of 155 points Homework was 67% of class points 1 extra credit assignment was given Extra credit was worth 10 points Extra credit was worth a 4% boost 1 report was given Report was worth 20 points Report was 9% of class points Grades Out of 36 boys, 8 earned passing grades.  1 boy earned an A. 4 earned a B 3 boys earned a C 7 boys earned a D 21 boys earned an F 77.7% failed, while 22.3% passed The mean percentage is 51% Median percentage was 55% Standard deviation is 23 L...

In Part II of my series on Original Sin, I quoted some people and documents as an interpretive guide for a better understanding of Original Sin. I want to unpack those quotations here in this post.

This continues my series on Original Sin. In the previous post we looked at some of the biblical data on Original Sin. In this post, I want to look at some statements from Catholics to help us better understand what Original Sin is. I've heard some different statements of Original Sin and if one wants to object to it, it would be beneficial to understand what it is one is objecting to.