brief presentation to introduce Catechists on how to use movie clips in the classroom.

1. Movies:
Parables of
today

2. Why movies?
They’re stories!
• Form of communication
• Our faith is based in story

3. Church’s attitude toward
media ?

4. Sacraments and movies
Sacraments are outward signs of
invisible grace
Movies reveal inner realities through
outward visual and aural signs
What inner, transcendent,
transforming grace, signs of the
divine, are being revealed

5. Media Mindfulness
Media mindfulness is a strategy based
in media literacy that uses inquiry
(asking questions) to
Become aware
Establish communication
Talk about what matters: values
Involve the child’s moral imagination

6. Movies = storytelling
Photo: people.com

7. What story is being told?

8. Link movie clip with Baptism
 Priest anoints Simba
 Simba is presented to the community
 Reveals Simba’s new life
 Community bows in recognizing the sacred
event and rejoices in the new member

10. What story is being told?

11. Link movie clip with
Confirmation
 Peter gains his superpower from being bit
by a spider
 We receive the Holy Spirit which empowers
us with special strength to spread and
defend the faith by word and action
 Spiderman is a hero and his actions were to
reach out to others. We all can be a hero in
our world if we choose

13. Reconciliation
 Sin divides just as at the beginning of the clip
donkey is putting up a wall to separate he and
Shrek sides.
 Donkey points out to Shrek that he (Shrek) does
everything for himself
 Donkey keeps returning because friendship goes
deeper than hurts….
 Reconciliation is Sacrament of conversion-recognize
that one is separated from God the
Father and ask for forgiveness

14. Our Faith = Story
Movies = Storytelling

15. Resources
Media Mindfulness: Educating Teens about Faith and Media
By: Gretchen Hailer, RSHM and Rose Pacatte, FSP
Media Mindfulness: Educating Teens about Faith and Media
By: Gretchen Hailer, RSHM and Rose Pacatte, FSP

16. Website Resources
 www.commonsense.org - offers parenting advice,
tech tips, and media recommendations for kids of
all ages
 www.medialit.org - an educational organization that
provides leadership, public education, professional
development and educational resources nationally
and internationally
 www.wingclips.com - offers you inspirational movie
clips from many of your favorite films.