Celebrating the Centenary of
Gianna Gobbi
with 100 Days of Joy!
Count Down - Day 78
Today, Sunday, September 29, 2019 day 78 in our countdown of 100 days leading to the celebration of Gianna Gobbi's Centenary. 

Each Sunday during this countdown, we are introducing the theme for the week. This week's theme focuses on essentiality of our work as found in the chapter on "The Three-Period Lesson."

Today we share from Gianna Gobbi's book Listening to God with Children, page 35:
We need to use few words, presenting the subject objectively, just as it is, and resisting the urge to add our own embellishments and reflections. The essentiality of the child requires this discipline from us. In the words of Maria Montessori, "The teacher should avoid the superfluous, but should not forget the necessary. The superfluous and the lack of necessary are the two principle errors of the teacher; the line of demarcation between the two indicates the level of the teacher's perfection."

Gianna Gobbi
We are pleased to celebrate the Centenary of Gianna Gobbi's birth, a milestone in the history of
the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd by sharing this
"Pearl of Joy" with you!
Read more about Gianna in this new Commemorative Journal
This special Commemorative Journal allows Gianna Gobbi’s voice and spirit to remind us of the beauty, value, and gift of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and how we as adults must behold, must “see” the child before us, allowing for their contemplation of and enjoyment in the presence of God. 

several of the pearls in the pearl shell
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