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Learning through Art: The Last Supper by Ghirlandaio 1449-1494

It is the time of the year when many children are making their first Holy Communion. Here is a scene of Christ’s last supper, that could enrich any final session or retreat day to help children and parents enter a little more deeply into the ‘sacred mysteries’ of the Mass.

It helps greatly to suggest that the participants look carefully at the picture while the gospel is read. Through the reading of the Scripture passage one can locate many details.

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Caroline Farey divides her time between teaching catechetics and philosophy. She was the Director of the BA in Applied Theology for Catechesis at the Maryvale Institute in England, and is Lecturer in Philosophy at St Mary's College, Oscott, the Seminary for the Archdiocese of Birmingham, where she teaches Metaphysics, Epistemology, and St Thomas Aquinas. She is a regular contributor to The Sower, writing the "Learning Through Art" column and sees The Sower as a key means of ensuring a creative ongoing formation for DREs and key catechists. Her degrees included a MA in Theology and a Licence in Philosophy from the Pontifical University, Maynooth, as well as an S.T.L from the Pontifical University Louvain, and a doctorate from Lateran University in Rome. She was also contributing editor to The Pedagogy of God.

This article is from The Sower and may be copied for catechetical purposes only. It may not be reprinted in another published work without the permission of Maryvale Institute. Contact [email protected]

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