THEME: SELF-DISCOVERY

Title: Who?

OBJECTIVES:
1. To be able to gradually recognize their unique identity and special mission.
2. To be able to identify the importance of their friends in their lives as they discover themselves.
3. To be able to offer themselves into the God.

TIME ACTIVITY Key Points MATERIALS

Frame
9:00 am Introduction
1. Opening prayer To get the attention of Name tags of the
Facilitator asks the students to be silent and assume meditative position. the students students and the
Facilitator leads the prayer prepared and reads the Gospel reading (Gen 1:26-31). To set and prepare the facilitators
mood of the students
9:15 am Orientation Schedule posted
1. Short explanation of the meaning of recollection and the theme/title. To have a basic on the classroom.
2. Schedule and House Rules knowledge of the White
recollection and its goals board/board
3. Drawing expectations from both sides
marker/chalk
9:30 am Short bond paper
Session 1: Who Am I?/ Name Your Name drawing (crayon)
and writing
Activity I: The meaning of your name To accomplish the first materials
a) The facilitator introduces himself by explaining the meanings/history behind his objective Masking tape.
name.
b) The facilitator asks the students to reflect on why their parents gave that kind of
name. Preferably, the students are guided by some written questions and given
several minutes to reflect/write down their answer.
c) The students are asked to draw and decorate with colors their names (first name,
nick name or last name) on a bond paper.
d) The students are also asked to write down the meaning and the history of their
name on the same bond paper.
Activity II: Sharing
 Some students are to share the meaning of their names and drawings.
Activity III: Collage Making

Processing:
a) Name is the first gift of from our parents. It’s the first sign of love since they wanted
us to be born. It’s our first identity that we are loved. We don’t earn our name, but
someone gives to us this identity.
b) It might be also a curse. Names become our prison as our identity is determined
by the ‘stigma’ of the names. We are free to surrender to those stigmas or to live
up to your original identity.
a) God commanded us to name the creations (Gen 2:18). It is thus our destiny to
name the creation and become the co-creator of God. Naming is very powerful act
since it brings things under our domination. We are free to use this power to
destroy others or to love and give life to others.
2. Family

THEME: FAMILY
Title: Facebook Family

closing

OBJECTIVES:
1. To be able to recognize their roles/place in their family in relation to other family members.
2. To be able to identify the importance of their friends in their lives.
3. To be able to bring themselves and their family into the presence of God.

TIME ACTIVITY Key Points MATERIALS

Frame
1:00 pm Ice Breaker
2. To get the attention of the Name tags of the students and
students. the facilitators
To set and prepare the
mood of the students
1:05 pm
 Session 2: My Family Time Line Short bond paper (50 pcs.)
To accomplish the first drawing (crayon) and writing
Activity I: Drawing a Family Time Line. objective materials
a) The students are asked to draw and color a family time line one Masking tape. (1 roll for the
sheet bond paper. whole class)
b) The students are to identify and fill up “one box” in the time line
with the information on one family member. Ex: one box of the
father containing information about the date-place of birth,
favorite movies, habits, works, special events and how the
student relate with the father.
c) After finishing their drawings, the students are to post and display
their drawings on the wall of the classroom.
Activity II: Sharing
Some students are to share the meaning of their drawings.
Processing
The facilitator is to gather the points of their sharing.
The facilitator is to give the important values of first session:
· Everyone has a special place in the family
· Everyone has a unique role in the family
The students know that they are accepted and loved by their
family.
2:45 am Ice Breaker: Break-Break! To energize the Prizes (optional)
Session 2: Real Chatting students after break and
Activity I: Duet Sharing to dispose them before
a) The students are to find a friend (preferably close one) the second session
b) The group is to chat and intimately share something about their
family.
c) Guide question (optional):
a. What happen in your family now?
b. What is the ideal family for you?
c. Who is your favorite? (father, mother, grandmother, etc.) To accomplish the
d. Special events in the family life? second objective

Activity II: Sharing

Some students are to share their experiences on the first
activity.
 The students are to tell something about their partner.
Processing
The facilitator is to gather the points of their sharing.
The facilitator is to give the important values of second session:
Everyone has a special story to share with others and as we
narrate our story, we also shape other people’s stories.
How important it is to trust our friends as we discover ourselves
12:15 am Lunch
1:15 pm Ice Breaker: stress Dance To energize the Bond paper (one or two each
students after the break student)
and to dispose them Coloring material.
before the third session Medium size candle with
To accomplish the third base (one for each section)
1:20 pm Session 3: Emmanuel: The Lord is with us objective The letter from God and
Activity I: Letter from God parents (prepared by the
The facilitator read a special letter from God to the students. facilitator)
Activity II: Letter from a Parent Bible (preferably one per
The facilitator read a special letter from a parent to the students student)
Activity III: Word of God on Your Wall CD player and inspirational
a) The students are to choose a bible passage that would strikes background musics.
them most.
b) The students are to write and decorate that passage on one
piece of short bond paper.
c) The students are assigned to give that passage to their parents

Activity IV: Reconciliation

The students are taught the 4 Magic Words:
i. Thank you
ii. I love you
iii. I am sorry
He
He/she is to give the candle to someone ‘special’ in the group
and say to him/her one of the magic words. The next student
who receives the candle will submit his/her letter and do the
same process done by the previous student.
Processing
 The facilitator is to gather all the letters.
The facilitator is to give the important values of third session:
We do not have only relationship with other human beings, but
also with God.
We are created in the image and likeness of God.
He always eager to love us and listen to us (thus, we write Him a
letter)

Recapitulation and Conclusion

The facilitators are to remind the students of the whole activities
2:40 pm and the values they could instill.
The facilitators are to close the recollection with the word of
thanksgiving and prayer.
The facilitators are to help the students to dispose themselves
before attending the Holy Eucharist

Preparation before the Holy Eucharist

2:45 pm
3:00 pm Holy Eucharist