St. Valentine’s Day Feature

Americancatholic.org has a number of articles on its Saint Valentine's day page:

• The Origins of St. Valentine’s Day  
• Who Was St. Valentine?  
• God Is Love: Pope Benedict’s First Encyclical: A condensed version of Pope Benedict XVI's first encyclical, God Is Love.
• Making Marriages Stronger: Marriage Enrichment Weekend Program has been helping couples strengthen their marriages. A similar program for engaged couples starts them off right.  
• Sacrament of Marriage

Four lesson plans on the Resources for Catholic Educators Web site could also be useful for St. Valentine's Day:

• Love Mirror : Students will be invited to reflect on 1 Corinthian 13; 3-7 and to use this text as a "mirror" to examine the quality of their love for others. 
• Love Letters: Experience the love of God in the love of one's parents and through scriptures.
• Counterfeit love: The students will reflect on the difference between love and infatuation.
• Let me Count the Ways: The student will make a list of possible loving actions and implement a few of them.

A poster version of the image on the right above is also availalble on the Resources for Catholic Educators Web site: Scripture Poster