| Celebrating
One Hundred Year Legacy
Sofia Cavalletti
All Is Gift:
Enjoying the
Presence of God
by Sofia Cavalletti… |
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| All Is GIft:
EnjoyInG thE PrEsEncE of God
Editorial: Why Sofia CavallEtti for all MontESSorianS ...............
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Editorial
Why Sofia CavallEtti for all
MontESSorianS
by David Kahn… |
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Cavalletti’s whole system of theological linguistic code, presented
in… |
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Patricia Coulter is a critical editor and insightful translator
whose… |
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rooted in our tradition will we be able to offer others our
richness, be… |
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forEWord
by Marcel Gervais
Emeritus Archbishop of Ottawa
There are… |
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forEWord
by Barbara Kahn
All is Gift is essentially a story about… |
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atrium with the children (part two). Through these dialogues, we
are… |
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create a space for reflection. Through these conversations, one real-… |
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PrEfaCE
by Patricia Coulter
People are aching to hear a hopeful word… |
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Before going into details, the following is a brief overview of
the date… |
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God with Children, and Gianna also appears in some photographs
as… |
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This observation convinced Sofia that this relationship
satisfies a… |
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exchange that children may be accustomed to in school, where chil-… |
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a short yet complete way, inclusive of the whole age-range of chil-
dren… |
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God’s power to communicate with children as well as their capacity… |
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This word resounds like a refrain throughout Sofia’s writings;
for… |
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notES
1. Margaret O’Gara, “The Study of Theology,” in No Turn-
ing… |
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The moment of Creation—
The History of the Kingdom of God timeline. |
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a
aCknoWlEdGMEntS
by Patricia Coulter
With profound gratitude to… |
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Sofia Cavalletti presenting the altar material, 1975. |
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Part onE
thE CatEChESiS of thE Good
ShEPhErd With adultS |
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Sofia Cavalletti and children reading the Bible texts about
the Parousia… |
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introduCtion to Part onE
by Patricia Coulter
Part one is divided… |
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the whole person in one’s totality, preventing any evasion into
the… |
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could be called the face of God that children manifest as profoundly… |
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of whatever type…. Children appear to have found their vital,
life-… |
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thE abCS of ChriStianity
by Sofia Cavalletti
translated by Patricia… |
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It is noteworthy that the language by which we draw near to
the mystery… |
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damental “sounds” of God’s Word; that is, those essential events
(… |
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one can begin directly from what we could call the second floor, the… |
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a
If theological elaboration is a second moment, it must neces-… |
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thE CatEChESiS of thE Good
ShEPhErd With adultS
by Sofia Cavalletti… |
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reveal Christ as the bridegroom. For instance, there is the parable of… |
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it is first introduced to them. We present the True Vine parable to the… |
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them like the dewfall, so that they may become for us the Body and… |
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If there is a time in which children are open to enjoying the
presence… |
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The Gift of Baptism and the Language of Signs. During this first… |
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Let us take the paschal candle as a concrete example. Children are… |
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We have not managed to concretize them in material in the way
we have… |
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ourselves. Perhaps this happens in children during a period when
they… |
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been experienced and enjoyed. That is, it is important that the… |
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have previously learned now take their place, so to speak, in the… |
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nEEd for God
Historical Context
Generally, the type of religious… |
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God, but without adequate attention to the individual’s capacity
to… |
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in response. Most frequently it is the mother, then the father, and… |
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The fact that these children, who have direct experience of shep-
herds… |
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parables in the New Testament in which the Father of Jesus is
often… |
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Let us use food as a basic illustration. The newborn needs one
type of… |
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(in Italian, esperienza) and a vital need (in Italian, esigenza).… |
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to the hunger of this age. When we are hungry, we feed ourselves
with… |
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3. the particular quality of joy that gives them peace; and
4. what… |
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We found a number of examples in the experience of many
people,… |
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that were held in this school, but there was none of this at home;… |
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CaPaCity for God
I would like to single out only two religious… |
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having found it say, “I am happy.” There was a child named Stefania… |
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so forth; he is concretized and thus, in a certain sense, is easier to… |
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is the foundation of the Christian message. Listening to the Good… |
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If children have really enjoyed God’s love, then there will be
a… |
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Foundation of Love
We proclaim this parable to children because it is… |