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Principle: The Dignity of the Human Person
(Adults’ definition) We are made in God’s image, so each of us has dignity. The world’s standards for measuring a person’s worth do not come into play here. All people have dignity. There are no standards set by racial, gender, ethnic, religious, cultural, intellectual or physical boundaries.
(Children’s definition) God made each of us, which means each of us is special. No matter who we are, how tall or small, how happy or sad, each of us is special. And we must treat others as special because we know they are made by God too.
Book Recommendation: Hope by Isabell Monk, illus. by Janice Lee Porter
Hope is a little girl who looks forward to her annual visit with her beloved aunt. When a stranger disturbs Hope by commenting that she must be ‘mixed’ racially, Hope is confused and shamed. Then her aunt tells her the story of how she was given the name Hope. She learns of the great dignity of her great-grandparents and grandparents on both sides of her family, of the work they did to better the world, and of her parents’ hope for an even better future for themselves and their daughter. She is, says her aunt, generations of faith ‘mixed’ with lots of love, which is hope!
Discussion Starters: Did Hope feel special during the whole book? What happened to make her confused? How did her aunt help her see once again that she was special because God made her?
Big Book Ideas: For this page, have children choose and cut out pictures of people in a wide variety of ages, ethnic groups and cultures. Using a marker, write in large letters, “We are all made by God.” Have the children place the pictures on the page with a glue stick.
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