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development from the rest of the peoples….And they
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S: What is the story of this man about whom, even today, it
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Through this dialogue between the God who speaks and
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is made on the bread and wine, who is Jesus. She continues by naming… |
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S: This is what God said to Abraham and Abraham’s response
to God—… |
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The biggest secret was a “promise”: God promised him
descendants (… |
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When Abraham saw their child perhaps he wondered, Where
does this… |
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S: And there are other occasions….
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it. God had offered him something extraordinary and
Abraham believed… |
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Photo 17. A child working with the aid of the light through the window.… |
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MarCh 10, 1977
Last week was the Mass with all the children. The… |
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Let us use the image of a “draft” of a statue and look at
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S: This union with God, who is the source of life and light…
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C: To read the Bible.
~ To do good to those who hate you.
Sofia once… |
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S: Who knows us all by name….
~ We are branches.
S: We live with… |
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S: Last week we chose an “arm of light” and said that
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S: Where do you think he was mistaken…?
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~ “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
~ “Ask and it will be… |
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MarCh 24, 1977
Sofia is meeting for the third time with the older… |
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C: They have a feast.
~ Which never ends.
Sofia brings out the material… |
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and the sap are…. So, perhaps we need a different point
of departure… |
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Monica (eight years old): “All this I made for love of thee.” This is a… |
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CoMMEntary on a Child’S draWinGS
by Sofia Cavalletti
translated by… |
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The following commentary is taken from a transcribed audio record-
ing… |
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drawing, just to be doing something. But the fact is, there is… |
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We begin with this drawing [drawing 2] about the risen Christ:
“The True… |
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In this first drawing [of this first set, drawing 3] there are the… |
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These next two drawings are also in a set.
In this first drawing of this… |
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Here are two drawings in color. In both of them, Jesus is outside… |
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In this drawing [8] Jesus is saying, “Ciao Mama” (Hello Mama).
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The words in this drawing [9] are, “When I am sleeping, when
I am… |
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Here is a set of three drawings.
[In drawing 10 we can] look at the ugly… |
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In this drawing [12], the words are, “When they put him on the
cross… |
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I find this one [drawing 13] very beautiful. For me, this draw-
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This drawing [15] is about the Mass. And who is present at
Mass? It… |
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Then there is this one [drawing 16], divided into three parts. At
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When we look at this drawing [17] we can see the large propor-
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This drawing [18] is divided into two parts. The first is about
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This drawing [19] was done this year during the time that the
other… |
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This drawing [20] is also beautiful: “First Transformation” (left
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Drawing 21 |
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There are surely a lot of drawings. What is interesting is that
they… |
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the “last enemy will be overcome” and the final enemy is death (1… |
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Sofia Cavalletti presenting the mustard seed parable, 1978. |
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aftErWord
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No adult could remain unchanged by… |
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Wonder and the parables of Kingdom of God: infinite
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The Holy Spirit dwells in children
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The moment of creation—the History of the Kingdom of God. |
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our livinG of hiStory:
MaxiMS and rEConCiliation
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Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,
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(Cavalletti 2002). The maxims are addressed in detail in chapter
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How beautiful the world would be if we were all capable
of living the… |
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[We begin] with the positive, that is, with God and God’s
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ConvErSation With Gianna Gobbi
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aPril 30, 1976. ConvErSation W i t h Gianna
During our conversation… |
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Concerning Dr. Maria Montessori:
About her grandmother ’s family related… |
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She became sated with all things Montessori; she had
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GloSSary by Gianna Gobbi
Descriptions of the following… |
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by adults and children. The adults present have the practi-
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also concerning “the existence of something like a religious sensi-
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make these realities tangible and visible for the child and
help the… |
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The Three-Period Lesson:
The three-period lesson is a technique that… |
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Cavalletti, Sofia. 1985. “Characteristics of the Good… |
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about PatriCia CoultEr
Ever since her original studies at the Good… |
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