Prayer Guidelines
for Elementary
The following are the
Guidelines of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston for when children should
know certain prayers. The
Guidelines begin with First Grade. It
would be helpful to encourage pre-school children to learn the Sign of the
Cross and the meal time prayer.
FIRST
GRADE
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PRAYERS
TO BE LEARNED
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PRAYERS
TO BE ENCOURAGED
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Sign of the Cross
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Morning & Evening
Prayer
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Our Father
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Grace at Meals
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Hail Mary
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Spontaneous prayer
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Glory Be
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The First Statement of the Apostle’s Creed:
“I believe in God the
Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth..”
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SECOND GRADE
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PRAYERS
TO BE LEARNED
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PRAYERS
TO BE ENCOURAGED
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Act of Contrition
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Prayer before the
Blessed Sacrament
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Apostle’s Creed up do “
. . and the dead..”
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Simple responses at the Mass
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Review
of First Grade Prayers
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THIRD GRADE
|
PRAYERS
TO BE LEARNED
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PRAYERS
TO BE ENCOURAGED
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Apostle’s Creed
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Review
of SecondGrade Prayers
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FOURTH GRADE
|
PRAYERS
TO BE LEARNED
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PRAYERS
TO BE ENCOURAGED
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Joyful Mysteries
of the Rosary
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Act of Faith
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Stations of the Cross
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Review
of Third Grade Prayers
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FIFTH GRADE
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PRAYERS
TO BE LEARNED
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PRAYERS
TO BE ENCOURAGED
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Sorrowful
Mysteries of the Rosary
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Act of Love
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Review
of Fourth Grade Prayers
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“Train
up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart
from it” Proverbs 22:6 |
