The Art of Connection
Discover Your Neighbor (DYN) offers unique materials and lessons to inspire young people to engage on issues like Care of Creation so that they can live out their faith as agents of love and service.
Student Art Honoring Mary
2024 Maryknoll Student Essay Contest
Designed specifically for globally-minded educators who want to guide their students toward making a difference in their world!
2024 Lesson Plan
(Volume 8, No.1)
Care of Creation
The Art of Connection
Objective
Students will APPLY the creation story to their own…
Step 1: Pray
READ the following prayer picturing God as the artist…
Step 2: Personal Connections
“These youth jumped into the project, and I watched how the…
Care of Creation
The Art of Connection
OBJECTIVE: Students will APPLY the creation story to their own lives while envisioning how they would like to see the world.
They will CHOOSE steps that they can take to better care for creation.
They will ANALYZE the impact of one artist.
They will CREATE their own art to INSPIRE themselves and others.
Families will REFLECT on Pope Francis’s message and DISCUSS how they can care for creation together.
Classroom Activities
Prayer & Reflection
Make Personal Connections
Faith Perspectives
Neighbor Focus
Exploring Scripture & Traditions
Lessons on How To Take Action
An interactive education program for teachers sponsored by the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
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DYN lesson plans use global issues to examine those on the margins of society, explores how we think and feel, and guides how youth can act to share God’s love with those in need.
CARE FOR CREATION
FALL / ORDINARY TIME
Pope Francis challenges us to change the “throwaway culture” we live in – what are we called to do in response to the Pope’s challenge?
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MIGRATION
ADVENT
Journey with migrants throughout our faith tradition and explore our call to love all people in light of global migration.
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Global Solidarity
LENT
Live a faith that values all people by discovering and responding to global needs as Jesus would.
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GO FORTH
EASTER / PENTECOST
Answer the call to encounter the
world as a living sign of God’s love.
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CARE FOR CREATION
MIGRATION
Global Solidarity
GO FORTH
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Care of Creation
The Art of Connection
Get started today with our course program for the 2024/25 school year to foster a mission-centered perspective in youth, and guide your students toward making a difference in their world.