Welcome Morality Students!
Have you prayed today?
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Homework due Tuesday May 29
Text p. 230
1,5,6,8,11,12,14,16,18,19,20,27
p. 231
35,39,41
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Update May 14, 2012
Homework due Thursday May 17
Text page 200 #'s 7, 10, 24, 25, 29, 30,31, 32 and p 201 #1 and 2
Quiz on Thursday on the entire chapter 7
Poster project due on Friday May 18
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Update May 7, 2012
Homework due Thursday May 10
#13 and 14 p. 158
Each deserves a paprgraph
Quiz on Friday May 11 on Chapter 5 Be sure you can list each of the sins against faith, hope and charity, the second and third commandments and know the difference between an oath and a vow and the two types of oaths
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Update May 2, 2012
Please remember to bring toothbrushes, toothpaste and or a donation for vitamins by this Friday May 4th to help Dr. Stephanie Lindsay provide dental care at the Juncadella family mission in Nicaragua on her mission trip this June.
Please bring your green textbooks to class on Thursday May 3 and Friday May 4
Also be sure to discuss which classes you want to take next school year with your parents and have the yellow sheet signed by Friday May 4th. You will be signing up for classes that day during your scheduled Religion class.
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Update April 27, 2012
Test Wednesday May 2
on the Ten Commandments, the five Precepts of the Church, and the Beatitudes
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Update April 24, 2012
Morality Project- On the Commandments - My Commandment is number ____________
Make a poster worth one test grade due on May 18, 2012
Which will include:
The Commandment written out p109 10 points
Its number written out p. 109 10 points
A restatement of the commandment in the positive 10 points
A Scriptural passage about your commandment 10 points
A quote from a saint, pope, doctor of the Church or 10 points
Early Church Father about the commandment
The teaching from the CCC and the paragraph number 10 points
on your commandment
A list of all of the associated sins and their definitions 10 points
The poster must be neat, no pencil marks, 10 points
or streaks of color, no inappropriate folds, No handwriting
Colorful and Bold 10 points
Include one or more appropriate images 10 points
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Update April 18
Be sure to turn your Thursday homework in to turnitin.com
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Update April 14, 2012
Read text p 108-115
Quiz Friday April 20 on the Ten Commandments and five Precepts of the Church
Homework due Thursday April 19 p 124 #14, be very specific I am looking for about three hundred words
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Update March 26
Test on Friday March 30 on chapters 3 and 4, refer to the powerpoints on these chapters
Homework due Thursday March 29
Choose one biblical citation from the last slide of the chapter 4 powerpoint and in a page essay explain the biblical statement
Study guide for chapters 3 and 4
List the 4 characteristics of a valid law
List the 4 types of law
Define each of the 4 types of law
Give an example of each of the 4 types of law
Describe 4 things necessary for a law to be considered just
Define equality of proportion
What does a civil law not have the power to do?
How does one react to an unjust civil law?
What are the three things one judges to determine if a human action is moral?
Define each of these three things.
When can a good action be made bad?
When can a bad action be made good?
What can mitigate the guilt in a bad action?
What is double effect?
What four conditions must be met for a double effect situation be judged morally good?
What is consequentialism?
What is situation ethics?
What is proportionalism?
How are all these ways of thinking morally flawed?
How do you know that sin is real?
Describe original justice.
What destroyed original justice?
What does the tree of good and evil represent?
Why are all subsequent sins considered disobedience to God?
List the consequences of original sin.
Where do we find stories of sin inundating the world after original sin?
Why are all born with original sin?
What erases original sin?
What is left?
Define concupiscence.
Define sin.
What are 4 ways sin can be classified? (the gold)
What does commission mean?
What does omission mean?
Define mortal sin.
Define venial sin.
What are the three things necessary for the commission of a mortal sin?
Why is venial sin so dangerous?
What are the 7 capital sins?
Which virtues does each oppose?+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Update March 7
Remember the paper is due on Friday
Tomorrow we have retreat. Wear sneekers and jeans. You will get your shirt here tomorrow.
Next week's homework
due Thursday March 15 questions #9 and 11 on p. 85
There will be a quiz on ch 3 on Friday March 16
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Update March 5
Remember we have a test on Wednesday March 7
Our retreat is on Thursday March 8
and you have a paper due on Friday March 9 (see the 2/28 update for details)
Study guide for chapter two
The Test is ONLY on chapter two
Define:
Freedom or free will Freedom of indifference
Freedom of excellence Conscience
Divine Revelation Invincible ignorance
Moral act Examination of conscience
Spiritual director
Be able to tell me:
The theological virtues
The Cardinal virtues
John 8 says and who is speaking
What the three principles or moral law are
The 3 characteristics of moral life
The three things necessary for something to be a moral act
The connection between knowledge and responsibility
The five things that can diminish culpability for sin
The seven aspects of human freedom
Be able to explain Veritas Splendor 35 (p 48)
Know the derivation of the word conscience
How is conscience related to human experience?
Know the two sources of conscience
Know 4 aspects of the nature of conscience
Be able to list the 6 proven means of developing a well-formed conscience
Explain what a person in good conscience should do if they disagree with a tenant of the Church.
Explain why God who is all-good and all-powerful allows horrid evils like war, genocide, pollution etc. in the world. Be very complete.
What would happen if an individual or group claimed the right to determine what was good or what was evil? Be very complete.
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Update February 28
Homework due Friday of this week text p63 #14 choose from Romans 2:12-16; Romans 13:1-7; or 1 Timothy 1:18-20
There will be a quiz on chapter 2 of the text on Friday
Next week we have retreat on Thursday March 8, a test on the powerpoint and chapter 2 on Wednesday March 7, and the quarter three paper due on Friday March 9
The paper: 500 words must be turned in to turnitin.com
Discuss exactly what you did for the service hour/s, and where you do it
Relate your service to one or two of the theological or cardinal virtues
Add an anecdote from your experience that illustrates the virtues you described
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Update February 20
Remember there is a homework due 2/21 on what you are doing for Lent (see below for details)
Additionally prepare #12 on page 63 for Friday. You can use this website for a nice examination of conscience
http://www.ewtn.com/library/spirit/examcons.txt
On Friday there will be a quiz on the power point on Moral Law and conscience (chapter 2) p40-51 of your green Morality text
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Update February 13
Homework due Friday 2/17 have the permission slip for the Junior retreat signed including the medical coverage information
Homework due Wednesday 2/15 for periods 6, 7, and 8, and due Thursday for periods one and two Find an image of Christian love and write a paragraph describing why the image is Christian love. Be sure to go back to the official definitions.
Test on Friday 2/17 covering Genesis Ch 1and 2, and the handouts with the girl climbing the blue rock, the one on love, the one on the three theological virtues and one from the CCC.
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Update Feb 7
Because you have so many other tests this week I will move our test to next Friday February 17, but we will have a quick quiz this Friday February 10. It will focus on the handouts on Jesus and Love as the basis for moral decision making. It will be fill in the blank.
Homework due Tuesday February 21: Describe the three things the Church suggests an individual consider when choosing their activity for Lenten reflection. Next describe what you will be doing for Lent and why are you choosing this activity. I am looking for two good paragraghs approximately one half looseleaf page.
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Update February 1
There will be a quiz on Friday covering:
The definition of Morality, objective and subjective morality, Made in the image of God, Genesis 1&2
Homework- complete the letter you began in class due Thursday 2/2