Beatitudes & Modern Saints

I created this game for a program...that no one showed up to.
It happens sometimes in ministry, and I have learned to not get frustrated about it.
Besides, I have a game ready made for another opportunity, and something new to stash on the soon-to-be labeled Saint shelf in my new classroom.

The topic for the night was the Beatitudes.  I decided to make a game that followed the same rules of Old Maid while giving info about the Beatitudes.  I also wanted to tie in some modern day Saints.  Most Catholic kids can tell you about St. Francis, St. Peter, and St. Patrick.  But do they know St. Edith Stein, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, and St. Gianna Molla?  I looked up info on Saints that lived sometime in the past hundred years or so.  I then tried to match each of them to a particular Beatitude that they particularly exemplified... and it was very difficult.  I think that I could have used any of these Saints as a model for any of the Beatitudes, which makes sense.  The Beatitudes were Jesus' New Law.  These men and women were living out lives of heroic virtue, so it makes perfect sense that they would be examples of everything found in Matthew 5.  I actually found out that Blessed John Paul the Great referred to Blessed Pier Giorgio as "A Man of the Eight Beatitudes."

The game includes a set of directions and a standard sheet for the back of the cards.  A full deck of 53 cards is needed for the game.  There are pairs of 26 different cards based on the Scripture of the Beatitudes, the Saints, biographies of their lives, and virtues/vices that correspond with the Beatitudes.  There is also one "Beatitude Bad Attitude" Card- which is the equivalent of the Old Maid card.

Click on the picture of the eight Saints below for a link to download the game. Have fun playing and learning about the Beatitudes and these awesome Saints!

***Update: The printable game has been edited to reflect JP2 and Mother Teresa's canonizations :)