Gather with your family about 15 minutes in advance of dinner time on the chosen day you decided upon to help with dinner or a family meal. As said previously, this could be today, or any day from today through Sunday that works best for your family (or those you are living with right now). Set out your placemats as you set the table. Ask if everyone can put away their phones for this conversation, so everyone can be very present to each other. Give your parents the final blessing for the end of the conversation/meal. It is attached below. If you were in class this week, you received a print-out. If you were online, if you can print it out to give to the adults you are dining with, that is great. If you can't print it out, have it open on a tab on your device ready to be used after the meal.
ย Before you sit down to dinner, show those gathered with you for dinner the attached opening prayer and challenge video from Pope Francis.
ย Next, together with your family watch the attached video from Ms. Dixon, the Superintendent of Schools for the Seattle Archdiocese.
Sit down to dinner and pray the attached prayer for dinner and during the meal, have the MDI table conversation with your family. Guidelines for this conversation are also attached below. You received printouts of both of these if you were in person in the class.ย If you were not in person, please print them out at home.ย Put them by your placemat.ย
At the end of dinner, watch the attached final thank you and blessing from Bishop Elizondo (2 min)
Almost, but not quite done yet. Finish by standing and receiving the final blessing from your family if you are having this conversation over dinner, or from the adult on the phone/video conferencing if you are able! Be proud and grateful for what you have accomplished this year by participating in the Missionary Discipleship Institute.
Enjoy the rest of the evening with your family.
On the following day complete the attached dinner conversation feedback form.
Also on the following day ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฌ-๐ต๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ answering at least two ofย the following questions (the link is below):
a. What do you think your vocation is? What is God calling you to do?
b. How was the MDI experience for you? What new did you learn/are you learning?
c. How did you live out your call to missionary discipleship during the time of Coronavirus?