Welcome to Church, The Lived Experience with Ms. D. Casias Noonan
Second Semester 2011
Help me get to know you:
FIRST DAY QUESTIONAIRE: COMPLETE IN CLASS AND TURN IN,ON JUNE 7, 2010. ***
Please help me to get to know you a little better by answering the following
questions.
Your Name: __________________________________
Do you prefer a nickname? If so, what is it? _______________________________
Your birth date: ____________________
Your home phone #: _________________________
Your email address: _______________________________________________________
Your home address:
Are you taking any other classes is summer?_________
Are they here or outside of school? ________
If your answer is yes, what are they and when do they meet?
Are you working this summer? _________ If so, where?
How many hours a week?
Are you playing sports this summer?________
What sports are you playing: _______________________
Are these for Nerinx or some other Organization? ________________________
Are you involved in Clubs this summer? ______
Which Clubs? _________________________________
Are you a member of Student Government?______
What offices do you hold? ______________________________
In order to be able to post a grade sheet, I ask for you to pick a SECRET NAME
for yourself. Please do not tell anyone else your secret name so that I can
know that your privacy is not violated. Your secret name may not be longer
than six letters &/or numbers. Please choose a name, which is acceptable for
anyone to read.
My SECRET Name will be: _______________________________________
Please pick a study partner, this is someone in this class who you will ask to
get your work, remind you about test/quiz & project due dates and take notes
for you when you are absent from class. You will agree to do the same for
her. If there are an odd number of students in this class one (*but only one)
group will be a triad (3) instead of a dyad (2). Please write your Study
Partner's name: _____________________________and___________________________
____________________________
Please tell me the name of your favorite:
Subject: __________________________________
Flower: _______________________________
Style of dance: ______________________________
Author or Book: _____________________________
Movie: _______________________________
Style of Music: ____________________________
Please tell me the name of your favorite:
Favorite Singer or Group: _________________________
Song: ____________________________________
Color: _______________________
Place: _______________________
Food: ____________________________
Name the person you admire most: ______________________________________
List the topics that you have written papers for or researched since coming to
Nerinx:
Please name any of the Documents of Vatican II that you have studied or
written about.
Tell me something about yourself that will help me teach you better.
Do you have any questions for me?
What would you like to learn during this course?
Do you have any thing else you want to tell me about yourself?
For the next section answer the questions based on your religious affiliation,
if you are not Catholic.
What attracts you to the Catholic Church?
What do you find difficult about being Catholic?
What makes you Catholic?
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[A] Semester Project: See the course syllabus for the description and
due dates.
Vatican II Documents:
http://www.st.josef.at/council/search/
or http://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/V2ALL.HTM
or www.vatican.va/archive/histcouncils/iivaticancouncil/
TURN IN THIS SHEET TO IDENTIFY YOUR CHOICES AND YOUR GROUP FOR THE SEMESTER
PROJECT ON VATICAN II.
This project may be complete by a group of 5 people. Due to the number of
students in each section: one section will have a group of three and the other
section will have a group of six. There will only be five groups in each class.
NAMES OF EVERYONE IN YOUR GROUP: First and Last names are needed:
[1]__________________________________________________________
[2]_________________________________________________________
[3]__________________________________________________________
[4]_________________________________________________________
[5]_________________________________________________________
Choice; ________[1] Sacrosanctum Concilium, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
12/4/1963.
[a] Also see p. 210 of The Church Our Story
Choice; ________[2] Inter Mirifica, Decree On the Media of Social
Communication, 12/4/1963.
Choice; ________ [3] Gaudium et Spes, Pastoral Constitution On the Church In
The Modern World 12/7/1965.
[a] Also see pp. 37, 84, 153, 219, and 224 of The Church Our Story
Choice; ________ [4] Dignitatis Humanae, Declaration On Religious Freedom,
12/7/1965.
[a] Also see pp. 84,102, 119, and 130 of The Church Our Story.
Choice; ________ [5] Gravissimum Educationis, Declaration On Christian
Education, 10/28/1965.
[a] Also see p. 169-170 of The Church Our Story
Choice; ________ [6] Unitatis Redintegratio, Decree on Ecumenism,11/21/1964.
[a] Also see pp. 17 & 84 of The Church Our Story
Choice; ________ [7] Orientalium Ecclesiarum, Decree On the
Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite, 11/21/1964.
[a] Also see p.p. 20-21 of The Church Our Story
Choice; ________ [8] Nostra Aetate, Declaration On the Relation Of the
Church to Non- Christian Religions, 10/28/1965.
[a] Also see pp. 84,239, and 317 of The Church Our Story
Choice; ________ [9] Apostolican Actuositatem, Decree On The Apostolate
of Lay People, 11/18/1965.
Choice; ________ [10] Lumen Gentium, Dogmatic Constitution on The Church,
November 21, 1964.
[a] Also see pp. 62, 83-84, 119, and 186 of The Church Our Story
Choice; ________ [11] Dei Verbum, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation,
November 18, 1965.
[a] Also see p. 135 of The Church Our Story
Choice; ________ [12] Ad Gentes, Decree on the Mission Activity of the
Church, December 7, 1965.
You can access the documents online at
http://www.stjosef.at/council/search
Or at
http://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/V2ALL.HTM
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FIRST EIGHT ESSAYS DUE August 18/19 THROUGH September 9/12, 2011
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Please type each of the following essays. Each essay should be a minimum of
one page long written in complete sentences, with four to five sentences in
each paragraph. There should be four to five paragraphs to form your essay.
It may be longer if necessary. Each essay will be worth twenty-five points.
First Essay: Due August 16 or 17, 2011 in class
Write an essay explaining what you think about God. Describe to the best of
your ability what God is and does. Please feel free to share and explain any
question(s) or problem(s) that concern you about God.
Instructions: Please write this honestly. Take time to think about it, and
then write from your heart. Type, spell check, and edit to ensure correct
grammar and spelling. When you finish reread it to make sure it says what
you wanted to say. Turn in your well-written heart felt final paper at the
beginning of our next class.
Assigned: First Class of the Quarter, 2011
Due: Second Class of the Quarter at the beginning of your class period.
Second Essay: Due August 22 or 23, 2011 in class
Write an essay explaining what you think “faith” is. Explain to the best of
your ability what it means to have faith in God. Please share how you feel
faith is acquired, sustained, and passed on. Share as much of your personal
journey of faith and the feelings, experiences, questions, struggles, and/or
encounters with faith as you are able.
Instructions: Please write this honestly. Take time to think about it, and
then write from your heart. Type, spell check, and edit to ensure correct
grammar and spelling. When you finish reread it to make sure it says what
you wanted to say. Turn in your well-written heart felt final paper at the
beginning of our next class.
Assigned: First Class of the Quarter, 2011
Due: Second Class at the beginning of your class period.
Third Essay: August 24 or 25, 2011 in class
Write an essay explaining what “Community” means to you. Include in your
essay a definition of community and examples of the different communities you
belong to. Focus especially on the community of family and church. Please
share your ideas, experiences, struggles, and successes with living in and
building “community.”
Instructions: Please write this honestly. Take time to think about it, and
then write from your heart. Type, spell check, and edit to ensure correct
grammar and spelling. When you finish reread it to make sure it says what
you wanted to say. Turn in your well-written heart felt final paper at the
beginning of our next class.
Assigned:First Class of the Quarter, 2011
Due: Third class of the Quarter at the beginning of your class period.
Fourth Essay: Due August 29 or 30, 2011
Write an essay explaining what limits or boundaries should be for each person
born into this world. Today we have laws and rules in our society our
religion and our families. Write about the most essential limits or
boundaries, which are necessary in order for human beings to live together and
create an environment of love, respect, peace and harmony. Address the issue
of human freedom and what limits are necessary and tolerable in order to
protect everyone's rights.
Instructions: Please write from your heart. Think about all sides of this
issue and present your best thoughts on the subject. Your final paper should
be typed, checked for spelling and grammar so those errors are corrected
before the paper is turned in.
Assigned: First Class of the Quarter, 2011
Due: Fourth Class of the Quarter at the beginning of your class period.
Fifth Essay: August 31 or September 1, 2011 in class
Write an essay about what you need to nurture or develop your relationship
with God and the people of your world. Please explain what nurtures you and
your relationships. Explain what helps you to nurture your relationship with
God. Also share what you do to nurture those around you.
Instructions: Please write from your heart. Think about all sides of this
issue and present your best thoughts on the subject. Your final paper should
be typed, checked for spelling and grammar so those errors are corrected
before the paper is turned in.
Assigned: First Class of the Quarter, 2011
Due:fifth class at the beginning of your class period.
Sixth Essay: September 2 or 6, 2011 at the beginning of class.
If you could ask God one question, what would you ask God? Why would you ask
God this particular question? What answer would you hope to hear?
Instructions: Please write from your heart. Think about all sides of this
issue and present your best thoughts on the subject. Your final paper should
be typed, checked for spelling and grammar so those errors are corrected
before the paper is turned in.
Instructions: Please write from your heart. Think about all sides of this
issue and present your best thoughts on the subject. Your final paper should
be typed, checked for spelling and grammar so those errors are corrected
before the paper is turned in.
Assigned: First Class of the Quarter, 2011
Due: Seventh class of the quarter at the beginning of your class period.
Seventh Essay: September 7 or 8, 2011 in class.
Write an essay, which explains how you remember those who first taught you
“the richness of Catholic thought and spirituality”. Include anyone who
continues to mentor you on your journey. If you practice a different faith
write this about that faith. If you do not have anyone who has or does mentor
you in the faith, write about what you would like from a mentor of faith.
Share any ways that you personally mentor others in their faith journeys.
Instructions: Please write from your heart. Think about all sides of this
issue and present your best thoughts on the subject. Your final paper should
be typed, checked for spelling and grammar so those errors are corrected
before the paper is turned in.
Assigned: First Class of the Quarter, 2011
Due: Eighth class of the quarter at the beginning of your class period.
Eight Essay: September 9 or 12, 2011 at the beginning of class.
Write an essay, which explains what you consider to be the most important
issues of faith in the world and you local community today. Name and describe
these issues to the best of your ability. Explain what you feel the Church's
views are concerning the issues you identified. Discuss what you suggest as
possible solutions to these issues, include why you feel your suggestions
would address these issues successfully.
Instructions: Please write from your heart. Think about all sides of this
issue and present your best thoughts on the subject. Your final paper should
be typed, checked for spelling and grammar so those errors are corrected
before the paper is turned in.
Assigned: First Class of the Quarter, 2011: August 16 or 17, 2011
Due: Due at the beginning of your class period.
"Re-imagine what it means to be a full human being made in the image of God,
and to live and speak this truth in your daily life."
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Ms. Deborah Casias Noonan
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God Project Assigned: August 16 or 17, 2011
Due: September 13 or 14, 2011
GOAL: Create a visual image, which reflects your personal image or experience
of God.
This must be a project, which is new -- you may not use something that has
been previously made and/or designed for another assignment.
You may use drawings; collage; a combination of words and pictures; or other
forms of visual arts to express your "image" or understanding of God and the
way(s) you experience God. Please do not give me a poster filled only with
words. This is meant to be a visual experience. It is difficult to put the
experience of the God of our understanding into words. You have already done
this with the beginning essay assignments. Now find a visual way to express
your experience of God.
* These may reflect the people, places, things or times, which have brought
the experience of God into your life more clearly. Remember the concept of
"sacred moments" from Sophomore year.
This should be no smaller than an 8" by 11" piece of paper. I would prefer
poster size.
**If you choose to do something other than a poster-type project, such as a
mobile, slide show, video, life presentation, or something totally new, it
must be approved by me within the first week that the assignment is assigned.
This is to insure both of us that you have been given the maximum amount of
time to complete your project well.
* You may use your individual talents to express your experience of God, so if
you are a dancer and want to design a dance to express your experience, you
may do so. Just tell me before hand that this is what you want to do. You
may sculpt, paint, draw, or design something, which expresses your experience.
If you are a musician and can compose and perform your experience that will
work. If you are video wizard or have some other brilliant ideas bring them
to me for approval.
Everyone in the class will see your “God Project.” You do not need to write
anything about it for me. You must be able to explain it to me, privately.
The day this is due: ---------- I will give the class a reading and worksheet
assignment to do, while I meet with each student, individually, to listen to
her explanation of the her project.
***LATE PROJECTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT PENALTY:
Late assignments will go down one whole letter grade for each day that it is
late. No "A" will be given to a project that is late regardless of the
reason. The project is worth 20% of your final quarter grade.
*It is DUE: At the beginning of Class on ________.
IT IS CONSIDERED LATE ANYTIME AFTER THIS CLASS PERIOD.
Please inform me, if you need audio-visual equipment for your presentation so
arrangements can be made to get access to the necessary equipment. Remember
this is summer time and the Library is not open.
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Guidelines for the News article Assignments.
You are to use the National Catholic Reporter and/or the St. Louis Review to
read and report on two articles for this summer's course. You should always
use a different week for each report and one should be from the National
Catholic Reporter and one should be from the St. Louis
Review (*the order does not matter). You should never have two articles from
the same week or from the same newspaper for any one week. There should be a
minimum of seven days between each date used for an article.
The purpose of this assignment is to keep you current with Catholic views on
current issues, so you should not be more than a week or two behind the
current week for the articles that you are reporting on.
These assignments are due each week refer to the dates on the syllabus.
First Quarter: Second Quarter:
1st: September 28 or 29,2011 1st: October 27 or 28, 2011
2nd: October 6 or 7, 2011 2nd: November 17 or 18, 2011
These article reports are based on three things:
(a) The basic information concerning the article:
[1] The name of the Newspaper used;
[2]the date of that newspaper;
[3]the title of the article; the author (**note if no author is listed);
and [4] which article [article # 1., etc.] is this for you.
[5] Your name,
[6]the name of the course,
[7]the date the assignment is due,
and [8] your class period must also appear on the top of this assignment.
Each of these sections will be worth 4 points.
(b) A complete summary of the content of the article.
If you don't understand it, choose one you do understand. This should be
a minimum of one paragraph in length. * Points will be deducted for poor
writing, misspellings, incorrect information and/or insufficient
information.
The summary should clearly state what the issue is and what the author has
to say about it.
(c) Please follow the English guidelines that you have been taught. A
paragraph should consist of 3-6 well written sentences. This is the
minimum number of sentences to be used for each of the next two sections
-- the summary of the article and your response/reaction to the
information contained in the article. Section two is worth 33 points.
(d) Your reaction/response to the article.
Points will be deducted for poor writing, misspellings, incorrect
information and/or insufficient information. You should understand
what you are talking about. You should make your point of view clear
and offer evidence to support your opinions. Section three=33 points.
Each section is worth 33 points =99 total.
Needless to say you should write in complete sentences and articulate your
ideas clearly. It should be legible and neat. If you’re unable to write
neatly, please type it.
Please remember and apply William O'Malley's five steps to the process of
thinking:
"1. Gather the data,
2. Sift the data to get the best,
3. Put the data into some kind of logical sequences so that you can
4. Draw a conclusion, and
5. Put that conclusion out to be critiqued." (62, Converting the
Baptized)
Also remember O'Malley's description about opinions:
"You're opinion is only as good as the evidence that backs it up."
(61)
**You may not use a report from any date earlier than the Week of
January 7, 2011 for third quarter's reports and not any earlier than March
11th 2011. All reports must be from the current quarter after this date.
Many of you may have access to the St. Louis Review and/or the National
Catholic Reporter at home. Please ask your family if you are not sure.
You may access the newspapers via the internet:
http://www.natcath.org {for National Catholic Reporter} and
http://www.stlouisreview.com {for The St. Louis Review}.
** Please list the complete date: the month, the day, and the year. No
report will be graded without the date of issue on the report.
Please read the following instructions very carefully. Ask Ms. D. Casias
Noonan for clarification if you do not understand these instructions:
The newspapers are in the Library (*check your Public Library and the
Internet). They are at the reserve desk in Nerinx's Library and may only be
used in the Library or checked out overnight. Be sure to ask for a specific
date. Unfortunately our library is closed during the summer.
The St. Louis Review and the National Catholic Reporter may be found in our
Nerinx Hall H.S. Library at the reserve desk , you might find the St. Louis
Review at your local public library, and the National Catholic Reporter might
be found on the Internet.
Please read the following instructions very carefully. Ask Ms. Casias Noonan
for clarification if you do not understand these instructions: You may not use
the news from the same week for more than one report. It will not be graded.
If you turn in a report from NCR August 16, 2011 for your first report, you
may not use the St. Louis Review 's August 16, 2011 for any other report
because the news for August 16, 2011 has already been used once.
Keep a record of the dates you use for each article in your theology folder
for this class. You may be asked to show the record of your articles to Ms.
D. Casias Noonan.
******You are to use the National Catholic Reporter [http://www.natcath.org]
and/or the St. Louis Review [http://www.stlouisreview.com ] to read and
report on two articles.
These are due at the beginning of the class on the due date.
If you are present for this class, late assignments are not accepted. You may
use your birthday coupon for one of these assignments.
You should never have two articles from the same week or from the same
newspaper for any one-week no matter what paper you are using.
The purpose of this assignment is to keep you current with Catholic views on
current issues, so you should not be more than a week or two behind the
current week for the articles that you are reporting on.
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+++++ The Great Divorce Worksheet is due November 17 or 18, 2011 - It should
be ready to be turned in at the beginning of this class.
1. Who wrote The Great Divorce?
2. How does Lewis describe the subject in the preface? Whose divorce the
book is about?
3. Do you agree or disagree with the statement : “….that mere development or
adjustment or refinement will somehow turn evil into good without our being
called on for a final and total rejection of anything we should like to
retain.” [p.VII] Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement.
4. Do you agree or disagree with the statement: “Even on the biological
level life is not like a river but like a tree. It does not move towards
unity but away from it and the creatures grow further apart as they increase
in perfection. Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not
only from evil but from other good.” [p.VIII] Do you think that "life is like
a river or a tree"? Why do you think this?
Do you think that "Good becomes more different from evil and also from other
good"? Explain your answer.
5. Do you agree or disagree with the statement: “A sum can be put right: but
only by going back till you find the error and working it afresh from that
point, never by simply going on. Evil can be undone, but it cannot ‘develop’
into good.” [p.VIII] Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement.
6. Do you agree or disagree with Lewis’ statement: “If we insist on keeping
Hell (or even Earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall
not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell. “
[pp.VIII—IX] Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement. Find
examples from the story, which demonstrate this. (*Note at least two examples)
7. Discuss what you think about Lewis’ ideas that “…earth, if chosen instead
of Heaven, will turn out to have been, all along, only a region in Hell: and
earth, if put second to Heaven, to have been from the beginning a part of
Heaven itself.” [p. IX] Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement.
Find examples from the story, which demonstrate the truth of this statement.
**Answer this question after you have read the entire book.
8. When did C.S. Lewis write this book? (*Use the copyright date.)
9. Where does the narrator find himself at the beginning of the story? What is
this place like ? Describe what it looks like.
10. Where is the bus stop? Describe the bus that the narrator rode. What
does the narrator observe about the Bus Driver?
11. Who are the residents of the place called the grey town? Be specific when
discussing who lives in the grey town. What are the inhabitants like? Name
three famous residents of the grey town according to the story.
12. What is the reason for the behavior of the people in the grey town
according to the Intelligent Man?
13. What direction does the bus go when it leaves the grey town? Describe the
place that the bus took the souls to. What does this place look like? How is
this place different from the grey town? How did the narrator feel when he
arrived there?
14. What happened to the appearance of the passengers who got off the bus?
Explain why this happened.
15. Describe the figures that came to meet the passengers. What is their
purpose in coming to meet the souls who get off the bus? Why do they come to
meet the souls on the bus?
16. Describe what happened between the Big Ghost = Big Man and the solid
spirit= Bright Person who was sent to meet him? Who was the Ghost? Who was
the solid spirit? Tell their story.
17. What does the solid spirit/”Len” invite the Big Ghost to do? What must
be done in order for the Big Ghost’s feet to grow hard enough to walk on the
grass of this place?
18. Why was this particular solid spirit sent to the Big Ghost? How did the
Big Ghost respond to this information?
19. What happened in the encounter between the Bright Spirit/Dick and the Fat
Ghost with the cultured voice/Episcopal Ghost? Tell the story.
20. How does the Bright Spirit describe Hell? What does it say about
Purgatory?
21. What does the Bright Spirit/Dick ask the Episcopal Ghost to do after it
tells him, “ You have seen Hell: you are in sight of Heaven.”? [p.39]
22. What does the Episcopal Ghost want from the Spirit? What can the Spirit
give the Ghost?
23. Why must the Episcopal Ghost become like a child again? What does the
Spirit offer the Ghost if he can do this?
24. Explain what does the Episcopal Ghost choose to do? What doesn’t he want
to give up?
25. What did the narrator discover about the waterfall? Describe what he
sees and hears.
26. What was the Bowler-hatted Ghost called Ikey trying to do? Did he
succeed? Explain why or why not.
27. What did the tall ghost of a lean hard-bitten man with grey hair and a
gruff, but not uneducated voice say to the Narrator? Why does this cause the
narrator to doubt the intentions of the Solid People?
28. What does the Spirit say about “Shame” to the well-dressed woman ghost?
What was her problem? How did the Bright Person try to help her? What does
she need to do?
29. Who was George MacDonald? Why do you think he was sent to the narrator?
What does the Narrator call him?
30. What did the narrator learn from his Teacher when he asked, “How these
Ghosts come to be here?” [p.67]?
31. What did the narrator learn from his Teacher when he asked, “Is there
really a way out of Hell into Heaven?” [p.68] Explain what you think about
this information.
32.Which land is called the Valley of the Shadow of Life? Who lives there?
What did you learn about this place?
33.Which land is called the Valley of the Shadow of Death? Who lives there?
What did you learn about this place?
34. According to the story, some say “… that Heaven and Hell are only states
of mind.” Explain how the author explains each place.
35. Is there a real choice after death? How does Milton explain the choice of
“every lost soul”?
36. What is the story of Sir Archibald? What does he choose to do? Why?
37. Describe three examples of people like Sir Archibald. (These are specific
examples given in this section of the story.)
38. Who is being described in the following quote: “…they have come further
for the sake of the Ghosts then ye can understand. Every one of us lives only
to journey further and further into the mountains. Everyone of us has
interrupted that journey and retraced immeasurable distances to come down
today on the mere chance of saving some Ghost….” [p.74]?
39. Explain the two kinds of people that exist in the end as described by the
Teacher. What does each kind of person choose? How does this help us
understand that Hell is a choice that souls make?
40. Describe the thin voiced ghost who was angry that she died young after
an operation. What does she become? What happens to her?
41. What is the last horror? Which set of Ghosts faces this and what do
they do as a result?
42. What did you learn from the story about the Ghost who had been an
artist? What is the artist asked to give up? What did he decide to do? Why?
43. What happens to a Ghost who is able to drink from the fountain that is up
in the mountains? What does this story teach you about fame and heaven?
44. What did you learn from the story of the female Ghost/Robert’s wife and
one of the bright Women/Hilda, Robert’s mother? Tell the story and explain
what happened to this ghost. What was she asked to give up? Did she? Why or
why not?
45. Explain the story of the woman Ghost/Pam Michael’s mother and the Bright
Spirit/her brother Reginald. What must she learn to do? What does she choose
to do? Why?
46. What lesson about “love” is taught by the story of Michael’s mother? What
must happen to “natural love”?
47. What lesson did you learn from the story of the Ghost who carried a
little red lizard on his shoulder? What does the Flaming Spirit/Angel offer
to do for him? What happens to each in the end? Why?
48. What did the Lizard turn into? How? Why?
49. Tell the story of Sarah Smith. What did you learn about the Spirit who
on Earth had been known as Sarah Smith? What lesson does her story teach?
50. Tell the story of the Lady/Sarah Smith and the Dwarf Ghost/Frank her
husband and the Tragedian/a great tall Ghost. What did you learn from the
story about the Lady and the Dwarf Ghost?
51. What happened to the Dwarf and to the Tragedian? Why?
52. What did you learn about the two kinds of pity? Explain each type of pity.
53. What did the narrator learn about Hell? How does the Teacher explain
the difference between the size of Heaven and Hell?
54. How is a damned soul described? Be specific and give details. What
does it become incapable of doing? Why?
55. Who is the only one, who can make itself small enough to enter Hell? Why
is this possible?
56. Was the narrator really in Heaven or was his vision only a dream?
57. Explain what kind of choices were presented in this book. What did you
learn about the nature of choice from the stories contained in this book?
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Prepare for the test. It will be the day after we finish discussing these
questions.
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Questions based on Sr. Thea: Her Own Story
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Answer the following questions based on the film.
They will be due the class after you have finished viewing the film.
Answer the following questions based on the film: Sr. Thea: Her Own Story.
1. Who is Sister Thea Bowman? What did you learn about her?
2. Give three examples of how she influenced the lives of other people.
Please explain in detail who she influenced and how she did this.
3. What did you enjoy most about Thea Bowman?
4. What did you learn from listening to Thea Bowman?
5. Are there any ways that you would like to be like Sr. Thea Bowman?
Explain your answer.
6. What order did she belong to? What was her main occupation?
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Please answer the following questions on your own paper. Be ready to turn in
the completed assignment the class after viewing the film.
1. What did you learn about Mother Teresa as a person from the film?
2. What order of sisters was she the foundress for? What is the main mission
of this order of sisters?
3. What is the descriptive name most often used to describe the type of
people that Mother Teresa and her sisters minister to?
4. What did you learn from Mother Teresa in this video?
5. What prayer did Mother Teresa teach all of her sisters to say? Write the
complete prayer.
6. Explain how long it takes for someone to become a Missionary of Charity.
Then describe three ceremonial things that happen when a woman is ready to
take her final vows.
7. What are the vows that a Missionary of Charity takes?
8. What did Mother Teresa teach about acceptance and Divine Providence?
9. What order of Sisters did Mother Teresa join when she was 18? Why did she
leave this order?
10. When did Mother Teresa die?
11. Name one thing that you learned from reading “Words to Love By”:
www.ewtn.com/motherteresa/words.htm
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Historical events related to deaths of four churchwomen
December 5, 1980: U.S. announces suspension of military and economic
assistance pending clarification of circumstances surrounding killings of the
women.
December 6-9, 1980: Rogers-Bowdler Commission agrees to investigate the crime
in El Salvador.
December 17, 1980: Economic assistance resumes when Jose Napoleon Duarte is
named president.
Feb. 8, 1982: New investigation brings forth confessions of involvement in the
murders by five National Guardsmen. Imprisonment of guardsmen was first time
anyone was held responsible for murder in the civil war. (*Ursuline Sister
Dorothy Kazel, Martyred in El Salvador)
The four former guardsmen were convicted of murder in 1984, were sentenced to
30 years in prison and have twice been declared ineligible for the amnesty
that came at the war's end because their crime is classified as nonpolitical.
Luis Antonio Colindres Aleman, a sub-sergeant, was also found guilty, but
he is held in a prison away from the others.(* Why Three American Nuns were
Killed in El Salvador in 1980)
March of 1993: United Nations Report of the Truth Commission is published and
shows evidence that the arrest and execution had been planned and carried out
based on orders of a higher superior.
In 1993, a United Nations Truth commission report concluded that Col. Carlos
Eugenio Vides Casanova, the director of the National Guard in 1980, and Gen.
Jose Guillermo Garcia, the minister of defense at the time, had organized an
official cover-up. Nevertheless, both men have been granted residence in the
United States and now live in Florida. (* Why Three American Nuns were killed
in El Salvador in 1980)
March of 1998: Four guardsmen break silence and admit to a group of U.S.
human rights lawyers that they had killed the churchwomen, acting on orders
given by them by their superiors. (*Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, Martyred in
El Salvador)
2 Killers of Nuns Freed From Salvador Prison
Luis Colindres and Jose Roberto Moreno Canjura, two former national guardsmen
convicted in rapes and murders of three American nuns and layworker in El
Salvador in 1980, are freed from prison after serving 17 years of 30-year
prison sentences
July 22, 1998
December 4-6, 1999: Solidaridad, a national gathering of all organizations
with missions ties to Central America, is sponsored by Religious Task Force on
Central America and held in Cleveland, Ohio.
May 13, 1999: Families of churchwomen file wrongful death lawsuit against
General Jose Guillermo Garcia and General Eugenio Vies Cassanova, then a
colonel and director of the National Guard. The generals live in Florida
after being granted resident visas in 1989.
Salvadoran Prelate Asks Release of Killers
Archbishop Fernando Saenz of San Salvador asks government of El Salvador to
pardon two former soldiers convicted of raping and killing three American nuns
and social worker in 1980; says they have demonstrated their repentance;
victims are Ita Ford, Maura Clark, Dorothy Kazel and Jean Donovan; their
families filed suit against former defense minister and director general of
National Guard; families think women were killed because officials suspected
they sympathized with leftist guerrillas
April 24, 2000
Oct. 24, 2000: Sister Dorothy Kazel was inducted into the Ohio Women’s Hall
of Fame.
Salvadoran General Admits He Knew of Abuses
By DAVID GONZALEZ
Gen Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, retired head of Salvadoran National Guard,
admits that he knew that his troops, five of whom were convicted in killings
of four American churchwomen in 1980, had been involved in torture and
killings of civilians when he was appointed to lead guard in 1979 but says he
did not have resources to root out wrongdoers; he and Gen Jose Guillermo
Garcia, who was defense minister, are co-defendants in federal wrongful-death
suit in West Palm Beach, Fla, brought by women’s families...
October 20, 2000
November 3, 2000: General Carlos Casanova and General Jose Garcia were
declared “not guilty” following a trial in West Palm Beach, Fla. The families
of the four churchwomen claimed the two Salvadoran generals, now living in
Florida, were ultimately responsible for the December 1980 abduction, rape,
and murders of the churchwomen. The pursuit of the truth continues.
December 2, 2000: On the 20th anniversary of the martyrdom of the four
churchwomen in El Salvador, the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland and the
Cleveland Diocesan Mission Office celebrated the Eucharist in the Cathedral of
St. John the Evangelist. The fifth Dorothy Kazel Alleluia Award was also
conferred.
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Study Guide Questions for ch. 2.1 & 2.2
Read Chapter 2.1, pp. 36-56 and Chapter 2.2 pp. 59-87 Answer the following
questions based on the entire chapter. Write complete sentences. Type it or
write your answers on your own paper using dark ink.
1. Discuss the different perspective of Church and ministry expressed by
Father Kelly and Father Dave. What did you think about these two perspectives?
2. Explain why we say the Church is mystery.
3. Illustrate some of the ways in which the mystery of the Church is reflected
in the life of the Church.
4. How is the kingdom of God explained?
5. How does the Spirit reveal God to us?
6. Explain how and why the Church itself has become the body of Christ.
7. Demonstrate why and how the Church is necessary for salvation.
8. In your own words, explain how Christ’s relationship with the Church is
like a husband’s relationship with his wife.
9. Name and describe the three things in the Church that cannot and will not
change. Explain each of the three things.
10. Describe the role of the magisterium within the Church.
11. Explain what your text says an individual should do if she/he disagrees
with the magisterium. Do you agree or disagree with this, explain.
12. Explain how the Church is unchanging yet developing.
Chapter 2.2 pp. 59—87
1. What did you learn from the “teepee teaching”?
2. Why does the author say that we “must acknowledge that both our Church and
our faith have been shaped by Catholics from every period in history, even
those times which rightly make us uncomfortable.”
3. How can learning the history of the Church help us understand that the
Church is both human and divine and there is both sin and grace within the
Church?
4. Explain each image of the Church described in this chapter. Please note the
description of the image, the period in history when it was emphasized and
what this image of the Church teaches us. There are about eight of these.
5. Which image of the Church is considered to be the primary image, which
should be used to help us understand all the other images, which are
considered to be “secondary” images?
6. What do these “secondary images” of the Church help us to understand more
fully?
7. Explain what “religious syncretization” is. How did the Greeks use this
with the peoples they conquered?
8. How did the Jews respond the Roman’s attempt to use religious
syncretization when they conquered Palestine in 63 BCE?
9. Go to http://www.stjosef.at/council/search/
Click on the Vatican II document: Dogmatic Constitution on the
Church also known as Lumen Gentium. Read Sections 1, 6, and Section 7.
Write a brief summary explaining what you learned about the description of
the Church contained in these sections.
Notes will be given in class on the Council of Trent & Vatican II. Take your
own notes from the chapter as you read it.
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Study Guide Questions on Ch. 3.1 & 3.2
Please read the assigned pages in Church, Our Story and answer the following
questions. Remember you may not open your laptop during the test. You may
began this assignment on looseleaf paper and finish it on the laptop after all
the tests are in.
Read pp. 92-95
1. What is the religious truth that corresponds with the basic human truth
discussed in this section?
2. Explain the Catholic understanding of community.
Read pp. 108-109
3. In just one or two sentences, summarize what you know to be the
“requirements” for being a member of the Church.
4. Name two changes in the Catholic View of Interfaith marriages.
Read p.116-117
5. The Council of Trent agreed with the Reformers on one significant point.
What was that point?
6. According to the Council of Trent, what is the first step toward salvation?
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Final Worksheet on The Church, Our Story
Read pp. 138-145
1. What is dogma?
2. What are the major Catholic dogmas?
3. Choose one dogma and explain how it is significant to your everyday faith.
4. What is the difference between doctrine and dogma?
5. Name two characteristics of dogma.
6. Explain how the Church's understanding of dogma can and does change.
7. Write about a belief (e.g. in the area of politics, social reform,
relationships, theology) you have that has evolved form one point of view to
another. Why do you think you have had this change?
Read pp. 294 - 299
8. What is the most important thing that you learned from this review? Why do
you feel it is the most important thing you learned?
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Optional Project
IMAGES OF THE CHURCH
Use the images of the Church described in Chapter 2.2 and the illustrations
you made for the Review worksheet on this material. Using any art medium of
your choice, depict the image in a unique way. For example you many use your
computer graphics, tile, ceramics, paint, pencil, photography, or any other
medium or combination to depict each image of the Church. Read Chapter One of
Lumen Gentium, Dogmatic Constitution on The Church paragraphs 1-8: see
www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html
Choose another image for the Church as a result of Vatican II. Finally create
and describe/explain your image of the Church for the present and another
image for the future image of Church.
Arrange your images in a circle using a wedge for each period except the
future. Place the image for the future Church/or the ideal Church in the
center of your circle.
Please be creative. Write a brief explanation for each symbol, explain what
it says about what the Church is/was like.
