Carraigburn Carraigburn

What’s in it for me?What’s in it for me?

Carraigburn for secondary school girls who want to make a difference in real terms.

• To make a real difference to the people around them.

• To help people get to know who God really is?

• To bring God into other people’s lives by bringing God into my life.

What do I get in Carraigburn?

• - Information X

• - Education X

• - Formation

….Yes!

What does formation mean?

• Information means that I receive data and I can or leave it.

• Education means that it leads me along (educare: latin means “to lead”) to get at the end a qualification or a skill.

• Formation means that it changes me from the inside – practising virtue is a type of formation.

What kind of formation do I receive then in Carraigburn and how can I

get the best out of it?

3 Levels of Formation

• Human Formation

• Professional Formation

• Spiritual Formation.

What do I learn in human

formation?

To be a better friend

• To always give to my friends instead of expecting to receive (my time, my efforts to make them happy, successful, confident).

• To never speak badly about another person, especially when she is not there.

• To always forgive even though we are right. • To have conversations that help our friends instead of

bragging, criticising, gossiping, telling secrets.

To learn to live together: • To always think of others instead of

ourselves

• To have self-control, to stand back for others

To be united• To avoid my “little” group.

What do I learn in professional

formation?

To be a better student - not the best To be a better student - not the best student. student.

Whatever we can do better is “our best”.Whatever we can do better is “our best”.

To see my study like as if I am training for the Olympics.

What do I learn in spiritual formation?

•What do I learn in spiritual formation?

To get to know myself better and to get to know God better.

• To make my own the talks I receive.

• To understand intellectually who God is and what is my relationship with Him?

• By understanding God, I will grow to love Him more.

•Instead of putting me first in my preferences Instead of putting me first in my preferences (What do I want?), I start putting God and the (What do I want?), I start putting God and the others first? What does God want from me? What others first? What does God want from me? What do others need from me? do others need from me? •To build a personal relationship with God: to go To build a personal relationship with God: to go to the Oratory and pray for a couple of minutes, to to the Oratory and pray for a couple of minutes, to attend Mass really wanting to pray, to love Our attend Mass really wanting to pray, to love Our Lady. Lady. •To go to the sacraments as often as I can: To go to the sacraments as often as I can: Sacrament of the Eucharist (Mass), and the Sacrament of the Eucharist (Mass), and the Sacrament of Confession.Sacrament of Confession.

I will be in more control of my life!I will be in more control of my life!

I’ll have a real special relationship with GodI’ll have a real special relationship with God that will give me so much peace and happiness.that will give me so much peace and happiness.

I’ll be a better friend of my friends.I’ll be a better friend of my friends.

I’ll be more ME!