- Fundamentals
- General Objective
- Specific Objectives
- Organization
-
Method
- Contents
The ideas and contents of this Project are
intended to be a kind of collaboration in training Franciscan
youngsters so that their spirituality may grow through common
practical experience.
This way of experimenting the Franciscan
world appreciating its exceptional beauty will be of help in
educating the children because they will discover their
spirituality (way, guide and vocation) and realize it
perceptibly.
In this way we intend to bring children to
involving experiences by touching, seeing, tasting, listening
and smelling the things of the world around them which shall
stimulate them to be actors of their creative and personal
growth.
And it shall be the responsibility of parents
and guides choosing the opportunities most favorable for the
comprehension and valorization of the Franciscan ideal.
To educate the children to open to community,
to the Church and to love for the Franciscan way of life.
- Encourage group work
- Train leaders for work
with children
- Encourage interaction between children
from 8 to 14 years of age
- Promote the spiritual
growth of our children through developing of contents showing
the life of St. Francis.
The
children shall elect their leaders, who shall be:
- President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Responsible for sports activities
- Responsible for
cultural activities
- Find members of YOUFRA or Fraternities SFO who shall have
to:
- take part in study days regarding the objectives and
methods of the Project "Children with Francis"
- meet at least once a month for programming the Project
- guide the groups of children
- Invite children of the catechism groups, relatives of
YOUFRA and SFO members to participate in the Project
"Children with Francis" forming operative groups.
- There could exist two kinds of groups made up of children
from 8 to 10 and from 11 to 14.
- The operative groups should not count more than 20
children.
To
bring the child to:
- know himself and accept the other through the various
recreative, sport and cultural activities
- learn to
love and respect ones own family, the country and the school
- recognize The Lord as Father, Jesus as Brother and
Mary as Mother
- learn to pray in a personal way and in
the community
- learn about the life of St. Francis in
the various stages
- learn about the life of St.
Francis in its human and spiritual dimension.
