Page 13 - Lessons and Activities on What Makes Us Catholic

A Few Interview Pointers
Make a list of the people you will interview. Your parents can help by telling you who was present.
What kinds of questions will help these people share their experiences with you?
Write your questions down and decide on a logical order for the interview.
Go to the interview prepared to jot down the answers. (You might want to ask
the person if you could record them.)
Listen carefully to each answer. Sometimes the answer will tell you what your next question should be.
Look at the person when she or he is talking with you.
Even though you write down or record the answers, don’t concentrate so much on getting the information that you don’t really listen to what the person is saying.
At the end of the interview, thank the person for talking with you.
Afterward, let the persons you interviewed know how your report went with the group—how it helped them and you.
Some Suggested Questions to Ask
1 What was I like on the day of my baptism?
2 Is there one thing you especially remember about the celebration of the rite when I was baptized?
3 How did you feel during the celebration of my baptism? Did it remind you of anything?
4 Did you make the sign of the cross on my forehead? How did you feel when you did that?
5 Do you remember the message of the homily?
6 Was I baptized by immersion or by pouring of the water?
7 (Parents): Why did you have me baptized?
8 When and where were you baptized? Do you know who was there
with you? Do you celebrate the anniversary of your baptism?
9 What does the sacrament of baptism mean to you?
10 How do you live your baptismal promises today?
ACTIVITY SHEET 4
Interviews about My Baptismal Day
Twenty-Third Publications Sample