READING: Chapter 10

REVIEW QUESTIONS: pages 186,197, in notebook

VOCABULARY:Due Block Day

STUDY GUIDE, part 2: Due Friday of this week

NOTEBOOK CHECK: Random days; complete notebooks will not have to type up review questions. 

"PRACTICE" FINAL TEST: Friday, June 5

 

euthanasia

extraordinary means of life support

ordinary means of life support

physician-assisted suicide

 

 

READING: Chapter 9

REVIEW QUESTIONS: pages 168,174,177 in notebook

VOCABULARY: Due on Block Day of this week

STUDY GUIDE, part 1: Due on Friday of this week

QUIZ 1: Tuesday

NOTEBOOK CHECK: Random days

QUIZ 2: Block Day

REVIEW QUESTIONS: Typed and due on Friday

REWARD CARDS: Students with "complete notebooks" for the semester do not have type up this chapter's review questions!

 

domestic church

mean-world syndrome

prime time

youth culture

 

 

 

 

- The goals of marriage include:

a. being open to children and understanding the amazing power to co-create with God as a result of our sexuality.

b. loving the other in away that assists them to being the best that they can be; sacrificing for the other and demonstrating love.

c. contributing to the community by becoming a stronger individual and as part of a marriage that offers a home of hospitality to others, especially childen and thier friends.

d. becoming a sign of Christ in the world, and an instrument of Grace. The couple is daily strengthened by God's sacrament and in turn strengthens children and friends.

 

- We are body and soul created by God.  We cannot separate one from the other; we are known and recognized by our human body, and our soul is carried in it.

 

- Our sexuality therefore is understood as a gift.  In particular, it is a part of our total personhood, made in the image of God.  Our sexuality should not be separated from the balance of who we are, or it becomes distorted.  It has a function in realtion to our minds, souls, and body.  

 

- A few concerns regarding the way the world treats our homosexual brothers and sisters would include:

a. encouraging just treatment of all people, all of God's children - assuring that every one is loved completely by God.

b. guiding all people to live chaste lives, understanding that marriage (of a man and woman) is the appropriate place for sexual intercourse.

 

- Grace, patience, and self-mastery all assist in living a chaste life.

 

DUE TUESDAY: May 19

READING: pages 232 to 237

REVIEW QUESTIONS: page 237, in notebook

VOCABULARY: ADDITIONS TO THE LIST

 

DUE BLOCK DAY: May 20 or 21

REVIEW QUESTIONS: Typed with answers corrected

TEST: Chapter 12 - reading, vocabulary, review questions

WORKSHEET: "Pam Stenzel" video

 

 

 

READING: Chapter 12, pages 227 to 231

REVIEW QUESTIONS: page 231 to be placed in notebook

VOCABULARY: define Chapter 12 terms in notebook

QUIZ: The 10 Commandments - be able to list and explain numbers 1-5.

REVIEW QUESTIONS: Commandments 1 and 4

1. What is the first commandment?

2. How does one create a false god?

3 Give an example to illustrate that someone proclaiming faith in the one, true God, may be worshiping a false god.

4. What three characteristics does Exodus associate with God?

5. Why does "loving" seem to be contradictory to "al-powerful"?

6. Give an example of slavery in the world today.

7. Name three terms that describe ways we can stray from the first comandment.

8. What does the Catechism say is the starting point to curing acedia?

1. What universal human longing underlies the Peter Pan story?

2. What does is mean to call the family a domestic church?

3. In what sense is the Holy Trinity the model for family life?

4. What does it mean to say that the Catechism does not present an idealized image of family life?

5. Name responsibilities parents have toward their children.

6. Give an example of how modern lifestyles work against wholesome family life.

7. Name two guidelines for making a home a holy place.

8. What subtle destinction exists regarding children and persons in authority?

9. Name two duties citizens have.

 

DUE TUESDAY: Read the following selections and answer the review questions noted.

 

Chapter 8 - Reading pages: 146 to 156 Questions on page: 152 

 

DUE BLOCK DAY: Read the following selections and answer the review questions noted.

 

Chapter 9 - Reading pages: 162 to 168  Questions page: 168

 

Due Block Day: Quiz on the memorization of, and the basic understanding of commandments 1 - 5.  Explanations to be continued in class.

 

DUE FRIDAY: All review questions typed, including those answered in class on block:

 

Chapter 10 - Reading pages: 188 to 196 Questions page: 197

1) Imagine that you could be in charge, and lead all of the people in this world.

2) What would you decree to be the top ten rules or guidelines leading people to moral relationships and a harmonious planet?
3) Create a list of these rules or directives.  Use complete sentences for clarity of instruction.

4) Do not copy the 10 Commandments! 

5) Please submit your work on a formal sheet of paper, properly headed.  You may use calligraphy to enhance the presentation, or you may type and use a creative font size and style.  Any art added to your work will be considered "extra credit".

Welcome back from Easter vacation, and Happy Easter!

 

CEREAL BOX PROJECT: Due block day this week. 

READING: Chapter 7, pages 121-123, and selected sections to address handout.

HANDOUT: How to Make a Moral Decision, Due Friday

 

MAKE-UP CH. 6 QUIZ: Thursday, after school

 

 

Reading: Chapter 6, pages 101 to 105

Review Questions: page 103

 

 

A. Design a cereal box complete with an original name, based upon a vocaulary term or virtue found in the reading of chapter 6.  For example: "VIR CHEW IES" or "HOLY GHOSTIES"!  You may have fun choosing the name, based upon a real attribute or a person of the Trinity, all necessary for a person to become developed morally.

 

B. Create a word search, crossword, or a game on the back of the box.  The goal of hte game or word search should be to help the learner make connections between realted concepts.

 

C. Create a list of components on the side panel.  This list should identify the elements of the greater concept; benefits of the main idea; promotional words or a slogan that encourages the use of the product.

 

D. Bring your computer generated art and print to class.  Bring art supplies for coloring, stickers, glitter glue, and any other media to make your box attractive.

 

E. You may wish to include a toy or surprise to be found inside the box - all related to your main idea.

 

Reading: Chapter 6, pages 106 to 109

Review Questions: page 109

 

Quiz: Chapter 6 Vocabulary and Reading check - THURSDAY, APRIL 9

 

Monday: Holiday commemorating the work of Ceasar Chavez.

 

Tuesday: All classes meet; All Chapter 5 REVIEW QUESTIONS are due completed, in notebooks.  Prepare for TEST tomorrow.

 

Wednesday: All classes meet: Chapter 5 REVIEW QUESTIONS are due TYPED; See questions below.  TEST on Wednesday for all periods. 

 

Wednesday's Homework: Bring an empty cereal box to class.

 

Extra Credit: If possible, donate an addtional empty cereal box for a student who does not do his/her homework.  No one wants to be left out!

 

Extra, Extra Credit: Bring a box of cereal, bowls and spoons. I'll bring the milk. 

 

Extra, Extra, Extra Credit: Bring in your "Rice Bowl" filled with donations for those who have no cereal...and so much less than we have to be comfortable in this life.

 

Thursday: Periods 1,3,5 meet.  We will go over the test in class, and begin our conversation and learning about "Virtues", chapter 6.  Please bring an empty cereal box for our activity.

 

Friday: Periods 2,4,6 meet. We will go over the test in class, and begin our conversation and learning about "Virtues", chapter 6.  Please bring an empty cereal box for our activity.

 

1. What does the story of Adam and Eve indicate about a Christian understanding of sin?

 

2. How does the story of Jesus respond to and complete the Adam and Eve story?

 

3. Name two biblical images used for sin.

 

4. What modern tendency did Carl Menninger caustion against?  What are the two negative consequences that can result from this tendency?  How does Christian teaching counteract this tendency?

 

5. In the Gospels, what association is frequently made in discussions about sin?

 

6. What is the essential message about sin in the Christian story?

 

7. Define original sin.

 

8. What is the difference between mortal sin and venial sin?

 

9. Describe mortal sins and venial sins in terms of relationship.

 

10. What does is mean to say that "sin is a statement about the way we treat our relationship with God: it does not describe God's realtionship with us"?

 

 Questions page 97

11. Name the fave characteristics of a Gospel-based perspective on sin.

 

12. Define apathy.

 

13. What is the difference between a vertical and a horizontal view of God?

 

14. Name three expressions of social sin.

 

15. Define the concept of sinful social structures.

 

EXTRA CREDIT: Will be collected until Thursday, March 19. Please see entry below, for extra credit opportunities.

 

READING: Chapter 5, pages 81 to 86 Due Block Day

VOCABULARY: Due in notebooks, on Block Day

 

READING and OUTLINING: Chapter 4

Pages 62 to 65 Due Monday - Periods 2,4,5 Due Tuesday, March 10 - Period 3

Note: please define the following terms at the beginning of your outline:

1. conscience

2. erroneous conscience

3. hero

4. lax conscience

5. informed conscience

6. sin

7. "The Splendor of Truth"

Pages 66 to 71 Due Tuesday - all classes

Pages 72 to 77 Due Block Day - all classes

 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Friday, March 13 in Chapel

 

RICE BOWL COLLECTION: Take part in the Lenten "Rice Bowl" collection to help end hunger in our world.  Please fill the bowl with financial donations and bring the filled bowl to class at any time before Holy Thursday.  Thank you for your generosity!

 

1) Roll play opportunities in class: ask for your copy of the roll play on block day.

 

2) Lead the class in a special prayer: The Stations of the Cross; schedule your presentation date with Mrs. Hise.

 

3) Create a powerpoint presentation of The Stations of the Cross; schedule your presentation date with Mrs. Hise.

 

4) Chapter 2: Jesus 

Option 1 - Draw an illustration, or find a news story that you believe is an example of Christ present in the world.  Along with your picture or story, type a one page essay explaining your choice.  Remember that Christ promised to be with us always; we are called upon to seek his presence and to be that presence.

Option 2 - Use the internet to investigate organizations that exemplify values and priorities that reflect the message of Jesus as described in the text.  Prepare a presentation about one of the organizations for the class.  Type up a brief summary or outline of your presentation.  Here are some possibilities:

 

Catholic Relief Services

Amnesty International

Greenpeace

Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Oxfam America

Pax Christi

National Right to Life

 

5) Encyclical Research:

 

6) Propose a research or creative project in an area of morality that interests you. 

 

SEE ANSWERS TO CHAPTER 3 REVIEW QUESTIONS - POSTED WITH ORIGINAL QUESTIONS ON DATE OF 2-24.

 

PREPARE: TEST, Chapter 3, Tuesday March 3

SCRIPTURE: Matthew 18:21-22, page 50 of textbook

REACTION: What word or phrase or image stood out to you?  Read about what the number "7" means in biblical symbolism.  What does this passage say to you as you?  How might it influence your Lenten promises to share more, pray more, and give up bad habits?

 

READING: pages 49 to 54

REVIEW QUESTIONS: #7 through #13

 

If time allows, 20 minutes, begin the DVD news reports: Miracle on the Hudson.  Classes did not view the entire clip and need to respond in writing.

 

VIDEO RESPONSE:

1) Give an example of someone who used "moral muscle", and briefly explain.

2) There were many decisions made that day, by many people, to lead to the eventual rescue of so many lives.  Choose one of the situations reported, and identify the three sources of a moral decicion involed.  For example, the most obvious is the pilots decision: Object - plane going down/people at risk  Circumstances -  no fault/gliding can be tried  Intention - try anything to save lives.

3) What impressed you most about this story?  

 

Review yesterday:

1) Choose a vocation.  What are the thoughts and intuitions that indicte you are being "called" in that direction?  How will you know if it is grace that is helping you to live that vocation?

Introducing Chapter 3: The Church

2) Using a blank sheet of paper, draw an image of "church".  St. Paul used the image of a human body to describe the early Christian community.  Read,

Clear your desks, and walk around the classroom to notice the various images used by other students.  In small group record your discussion on these points:

 

3) Reading: Chapter 3, pages 42 to 48

4) Review Questions: #1 to 6

Elizabeth, as a young princess with wealth; and Maximillian, as a priest in WWII; both gave themselves to meet others' needs in imitiation of Christ.  Pope John XXIII although Pope for a short time (1959 to 1963), modeled church as "mother" and "teacher" meeting more heads of state than predecessors, and convening the Second Vatican Council. He promoted communication and peace inside of the Church as well as between the Church and the rest of the world.

2) What is the communion of saints?

Refers to holy people - all people past and present - who are unified in Christ.  It can also refer to holy things such as charity and the sacraments that bring about that unity.

3) How can St. Paul's analogy of the body be applied to the Church?

The Church is one body in which all members play vital roles.

4) Explain your own analogy to be applied to Church.  For example, you might think that the church is like a "lighthouse", indicating direction and warning against danger.

5) What does the Greek word for Church imply?

The term ecclesia reminds us that Christians are not meant to travel solo on their life journeys; everyone is both giver and receiver.

6) List the seven sacraments, and what each celebrates.

Baptism celebrates belonging; membership in the church or body of Christ.  Considered the "gateway" to the Church.

Confirmation strengthens the grace of baptism, celebrates life filled with the Holy Spirit, and encourages service.

Eucharist celebrates Jesus who nurishes us through body and blood.  Considered the "heart and summit of the Church's life". 

Reconciliation (also called Confession or Penance) celebrates God's forgiveness.

Holy Orders celebrates service of priesthood.

Marriage celebrates the family, which is the first experience of "church" that a child knows.

Anointing of the Sick celebrates God's healing.

7) What is a sacrament?

A visible sign, instituted by Jesus, to deliver grace.  A sacrament is an encounter with God.

8) Describe the relationship between the sacraments and morality.

Sacraments strengthen us with God's grace to live a moral life.

9) What are the sacraments of initiation?  Describe one way that each of these three sacraments sets a direction for living a moral life.

10) What does the number 7 mean in biblical symbolism?  What does it say about Jesus' message of forgiveness?

The number 7 symbolizes completeness.  Jesus indicates that there is no limit to God's forgiveness of us, and we should place no limit on our forgiveness of others.

11) Define the terms alienation and reconciliation.  How might they be related to the sacrament of Baptism?

Alienation means a sense of distance and separateness from others, resulting in feeling uneasiness around others.  Reconciliation refers to reuniting and getting back in touch wioth others, such as with God and the community in the sacrament.

12) What are the precepts of the Church?

a. To keep holy the Lord's day by going to mass and avoiding activites that will not refresh our soul.

b. To lead a sacramental life.  Specifically to recieve communion frequently; and go to reconciliation regularly, at the very least once a year.

c. To study for Confirmation and to become confirmed.

d. To observe the marriage laws of the Church and to give religious training to one's children.

e. To strengthen and support the Church; specifically your parish and parish priests.

f.  To do penance, including abstaining from meat and fasting form food on appointed days.

g. To join the missionary spirit and apostolate of the Church.

13) What is the magisterium?

The teaching office and teaching authority of the Church.

14) Distinguish among the five types of written Church documents described on pages 55 and 56.

Documents of Vatican II - written by the world's bishops from 1962-1965.

Catechism of the Catholic Church - official summary of Catholic teaching published in English in 1994.

Papal encyclicals - official letters from the pope to the Christian community.

Statements of Vatican Commissions - publications of commissions that work with the pope at the Vatican.

Pastoral letters - official letters from a bishop or group of bishops to members of his or their dioceses.

15) What instrument for seeking moral truth does natural law emphasize?

Human reason is emphasized as the way to gather information, integrate it with what you already have experienced and you know, consider what God will have to say about it through prayer and sacramental grace, human guidance, and scripture; and finally the person can analyze the situation.

 

16) In the Gospels what title is most frequently applied to Jesus?

Jesus is called most frequently rabbi or teacher.

 

FRIDAY: In class essay - Chapter 2 Test:

 

During class time you will choose one of the following and write a one page eaasy answer:

 

1) Based on the chapter and the Gospels, where might we find God present in the world today?  Explain.

 

2) Describe three Gospel passages that reveal the moral character of Jesus.  Explain your choices.

 

3) Explain how the Beatitudes are similar to and different from the Ten COmmandments.

 

4) Name one image that Jesus uses to describe God's reign.  Explain he meaning of that image.

 

5) Define and give an example of using "moral muscle".

 

 

Type a one-page essay to answer one of the following questions:

 

1) Describe the contribution Dietrich Bonhoeffer made to our understanding of grace.

 

2) What is the theme of the parable "Using the Master's Talents?"  How can htis theme be applied into modern Chirstian morality?

 

3) Describe the different types of grace and what they bring into our lives as humans.

 

4) What is vocation?  Describe how it both affects and is affected by our relationship with God.

 

TEST - Chapter 1 (was postponed last week, due to Mass). 

We will take the test in three parts:

Monday: Matching

Monday's Homework: one page essay, typed 

Tuesday: multiple choice and true/false

 

Thursday, after school; You may make up test points - see me.

 

Responses to Video: "Miracle at Midnight"
Reading: Chapter 2, pages 22 to 26
Outline: the primary and secondary points in this section.
You may use the guide below to help you out.  I have begun the outline for you. Please fill in the blanks and complete the outline for Friday.  

Outline: Chapter 2, Part 1: The Person of Jesus

I The Gospel (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) tells us the story of Jesus in history and indicates where Jesus can be found today.
A. Jesus can be found in "unexpected" places.  For example:_________

II Jesus' personality is :__________
A. Jesus is not shy about asking personal moral questions.
B. Jesus is "incarnate", meaning, fully human and fully divine.
C. Jesus' approach to leading was by getting involved in people's lives, challenging them, but giving them the example to live by.  (He wasn't a lecturer.)
D. Jesus didn't offer one lecture or one system to live by.  He offered many stories, and  attitudes and example so that we could learn by relationship with Him.
E. One key lesson that helps us understand Jesus' morality is the "Sermon on the Mount".

III Jesus shows moral character in what He says and what He does.
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IV Pope John Paul II noted the ways Jesus confronted wrongs in the Gospel of Luke.
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V Jesus, demonstrates he is "the Son of God"
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VI Love of God and Neighbor is the Guiding principle for the Christian Moral life
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