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St Ignatius:

The Meaning of LifeSlide2

St. Ignatius and Jesuit Missions

Welcome to your second lesson about St. Ignatius of Loyola (whose feast day is on 31st July).These lessons have been designed for you by Jesuit Missions. Jesuit Missions is a charity which uses the teachings of St Ignatius and brings them into the 21st Century.

It does this by:

Working in schools to promote education for justice

(helping young people to understand how to make the world a fairer, more equal place)Providing opportunities to volunteer in Jesuit projects around the worldRaising money to provide financial supportTo help Jesuits working around the worldTo help people suffering due to natural disasters and emergencies (Nepal earthquake, Philippines typhoon)To help people suffering due to war and inequalities (Syrian refugee crisis)Slide3

St. Ignatius and Jesuit Missions

We hope that you enjoy these lessons on St Ignatius and that they help deepen your understanding of St Ignatius, his life and his beliefs. We also hope that you learn more about Jesuit Missions and our work. Perhaps most importantly, we also hope that these lessons will inspire you to act more like St Ignatius did: To deepen your love and gratitude

for God

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o become more attentive of God’s presence in your lifeTo try and glorify God with everything you do in future. Slide4

St Ignatius: The Meaning of Life

Last lesson you focused on the basics of St Ignatius’ life. Today we move onto the beliefs of St Ignatius and, in particular, his belief on the meaning of life…Slide5

St Ignatius: The Meaning of Life

You may remember from last lesson that St Ignatius wrote a book called the Spiritual Exercises. This isn’t a normal ‘reading book’, but a book full of prayer Exercises that help you understand God more.On the first page, St Ignatius explains what he thinks ‘the principle and foundation’ of life is. He writes: “Man is created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.”But what does this mean?Slide6

St Ignatius: The Meaning of Life

What Ignatius is basically saying is:We are created by God, who has given us everything we have. It is impossible to pay back this love but it is possible for us to

praise

(thank) God,

revere (worship) God and serve (help/ work for) God with our lives. Ignatius reminds us that God should be present in everything we do. We must put God first in our lives.This is where two of the Jesuits’ most famous phrases come from:For the greater glory of God

Finding God in all things

“Man

is created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord, and by this means to save his soul

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Brainstorm/ MindMap

:How can we praise, revere and serve God in our lives?

Extra Challenge:

In a second colour, label each answer ‘praise’, ‘revere’ or ‘serve’ – or perhaps more than one

REMEMBER:

Praise

= thank

God,

Revere

= worship

God

Serve

= help

/ work

for God

Praying to thank God at the end of the day.

PraiseSlide8

Praise

, Revere and Serve: ScenariosListen to the following scenarios and decide whether the person in them is praising,

revering

or

serving God (or perhaps a combination of more than one).Hold up your cards to demonstrate your opinion, but be ready to be questioned and explain your answer…Slide9

Praise, Revere

and Serve: Practice Scenario John prays before he goes to bed and when he wakes up in the morning.Hold up your cards and get ready to explain your answer.

REMEMBER:

Praise

= thank God, Revere= worship God Serve

= help/ work for GodSlide10

Praise, Revere

and Serve: Scenario 1Samantha goes to Mass on a Sunday with her family and friends. She listens to the readings and sings the hymns. She then joins the choir and begins to read the daily readings at home.

Hold up your cards and get ready to explain your answer.

REMEMBER:

Praise

= thank

God,

Revere

= worship

God

Serve

= help

/ work

for GodSlide11

Praise, Revere

and Serve: Scenario 2Nick plays rugby for the school team. After scoring the winning try he prays to God, thanking Him for helping him to play well and experience success.

Hold up your cards and get ready to explain your answer.

REMEMBER:

Praise

= thank

God,

Revere

= worship

God

Serve

= help

/ work

for GodSlide12

Praise, Revere

and Serve: Scenario 3Monica and Daniel decide to organise a letter-writing campaign to get in touch with their Jesuit Missions companion school in Zimbabwe. It is a huge success – they persuade their teachers to have the entire year write a letter. This begins a pen pal scheme that helps Zimbabwean students improve their English skills and helps English students to learn more about life in a Jesuit school in Zimbabwe.

Hold up your cards and get ready to explain your answer.

REMEMBER:

Praise

= thank

God,

Revere

= worship

God

Serve

= help

/ work

for GodSlide13

Praise, Revere

and Serve: Scenario 4Christopher is watching the news with his Dad. He sees a news story about a destructive typhoon in the Philippines that really upsets him. But he thinks there’s nothing he can do to help and goes to bed soon after.

Hold up your cards and get ready to explain your answer.

REMEMBER:

Praise

= thank

God,

Revere

= worship

God

Serve

= help

/ work

for GodSlide14

Praise, Revere

and Serve: Scenario 5Christopher’s brother Aidan is also watching the news with their Dad. He also sees the news story about the

destructive typhoon in the Philippines and

feels upset like his brother. He feels that there’s nothing he can do to help, but decided to pray to God asking Him to help the people in trouble. The next day he looks on the

Jesuit Missions Facebook page and shares it on social media. This allows Aidan and his friends to see what they can do to help. Hold up your cards and get ready to explain your answer.

REMEMBER:

Praise

= thank

God,

Revere

= worship

God

Serve

= help

/ work

for GodSlide15

Praise, Revere

and Serve: Scenario 6Clara is eighteen and about to finish her A-Levels. Rather than spending her summer by going on a holiday with her friends, she decides to take part in a Jesuit Missions’ overseas volunteering programme. She spends six weeks in India, looking after poor children with the Jesuits in a local orphanage.

Hold up your cards and get ready to explain your answer.

REMEMBER:

Praise

= thank

God,

Revere

= worship

God

Serve

= help

/ work

for GodSlide16

Examen of the Year:

Did you Praise, Revere and Serve God this year?

St Ignatius

of Loyola believed that being attentive was very important. He encouraged people to listening to their feelings and their soul by praying the

Examen. Now that you’ve considered how it is possible for people to praise, revere and serve God in daily life, we want

you to take part in an E

xamen

of the Year.

Did you glorify God (

praise

,

revere

and

serve

Him) this school year?

Write your ‘highlights’ of the year on the sheet and complete the ‘discernment space’ question afterwards.Slide17

Home Learning Challenge

Complete a much more detailed Examen of the year, using the A3 homework sheet and questions.

This will really test your

attentiveness

and discernment skills and help you begin to think like St Ignatius of Loyola.It will also prepare you for the final lesson on St Ignatius…Slide18

St Ignatius:

The Meaning of LifeSlide19

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Text by Christopher Brolly and Samantha Aidoo.

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