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This episode teaches children about the virtue of fortitude through the fable of The Tortoise and the Hare and highlights Saint Bernadette.

Send us Fan Mail This summer Divine Mercy Kids is learning about the virtues with help from our animal friends in Aesop’s Fables. We will spend the next few months with the lions and tigers and bears (oh my!) as they show us how to live and how not to live virtuously. In each of our Summer episodes, we will read and discuss an Aesop’s fable, its corresponding virtue, and a Catholic Saint that exhibited that virtue. Kids! Your challenge for this week is: Learn about Saint Bernadette! Book: Aes...

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Host: Divine Mercy Kids

Topics covered

• virtues
• Aesop's Fables
• fortitude
• Catholic Saints
• children's education

Keywords

• fortitude
• Aesop's Fables
• Saint Bernadette
• children's virtues
• Divine Mercy Kids

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Books & works: Aesop’s Fables

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