Week 11

Dear Students - Here is a brief overview of the remainder of the semester to date
Weeks of March 27 & April 3rd - Unpacking Chapter 4 Choosing Life - Reading Mater et Magistra & Humanae Vitae
Assignments posted below.

• April   4, 5 & 6 - Possible Speaker on one of these days

• Action Plan for Advocacy/Service related to Praxis Project due this week. What service site or awareness campaign to you plan to complete before May 15th

• Further unpacking of Chapter 4

• Test Chapter 2 (key terms) & Chapter 4 (questions for discussion - See assignment #4) April 21 (Day 4)

Week of April 17th- Chapter 5 Building Community
Week of April 24th - Chapter 6 Working with Dignity
Week of May 1st -  Chapters 7 & 8 Living the Good Life
                  Handout on "Living in an Age of Gadgets"
Week of May 8th - Respect for the Earth - Laudato Si
Week of May 15th - Video Presentations
Assignments for Chapter 4  
In Class this week we will:
Pray/Journal
1.Review a power point on Catholic Social Teaching
2. Distribute and discuss St. John XXIII 's MATER ET MAGISTRA
3.Connected with MATER ET MAGISTRA  you will complete the questions for discussion at the end of the handout on MATER ET MAGISTRA. This is the link to the document
http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-xxiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_j-xxiii_enc_15051961_mater.html
Complete the questions for discussion in your notes.
4. You will read- independently- Chapter 4. This is what I would like for you to complete by April 17th.

• - In your journal respond 40 "D" & "E" on page 114. I would like to discuss this next week. Also, complete "N", page 128.

• AS your read,  complete the questions For Review #3 to #18. These are important. These questions will make of part of the test on 4/21. 

5. We will also discuss Natural Law & a key document related to Chapter 4 Humanae Vitae by Pope Paul VI.

• More videos and links to come...
  

Mater et Magistra

Week 10 - From the Woman at the Well to Harkness Method and Beyond

This week we will discuss a number of important topic related to Catholic Social Teaching (CST). Due Wednesday are the "CST 21" primer you are making for yourself. (See Week 9). You are also working on your interviews for the Praxis project.

Monday - Off

Tuesday - Minding Your Mind Foundation Assembly.
The is the Foundation's link:http://mindingyourmind.org

In conjunction with the Minding Your Mind Assembly and the themes of Justice and Mercy connected with Catholic Social Teaching, you will be led in a prayerful exercise connected with this past Sunday's Gospel John 4: 5 -42.

Time permitting Concluding Sing

Ziggy Marley - Joy & Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O32tEMQHRc

Prior to Wednesday's class, Review the definition of Chapter 2. Read the Trump's administration's policy on immigration as intially outline. See:https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/Immigration-Reform-Trump.pdf
Wednesday - CST 21 Due
Introduction to the Harkness Method (Discussion Table) using key definiton from Chapter 2 and the Catholic Church's stance on immigration in the Diocese of Los Angels, California. Please have on hand your definitnions.
International affairs expert Fareed Zakaria has recently suggested that America’s edge in education comes from its habit of making students think rather than just memorize and regurgitate (191-195).  Discussion based teaching (also called the “Harkness method,” after the oval discussion tables designed to facilitate conversation) challenges students to sit at the center of education, making meaning of new information together, talking, listening, and ultimately thinking.

A church in Southern California is helping prepare families for potential encounters with immigration officials by teaching them their rights while encouraging them to respect laws. MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff reports for Sunday TODAY on the plan that an archbishop says even the Pope would like.
 Part I View:http://www.today.com/news/church-los-angeles-county-teaching-immigrants-how-avoid-deportation-t109379

Part II: Harkness Method introduction & Discussion

Part III: Teacher wrap- up

Thursday & Friday - Looking at key documents - Joan of Arcadia
Prayer/Reflection- 

Gadium et Spes (Joy & Hope) - The Church in the Modern World
The following is a student production.

Week Nine - Chapter Conclusion & Catholic Social Teaching Themes

Refering to the "tree" of Catholic Social Teaching from the previous week (Week Eight), you will complete the following by our next upcoming Day 4. This is your assignment (and part of your assessment see #3)

1. Read pages 56 - 73 of text.

2. Define in your notes the following terms from pages 60 - 63:
participation, maginalization, common good, subsidiarity, rights, survival rights, thrival rights

From pages 64 - 73: option for the poor and vulnerable, dignity of work, rights of workers, solidarity, care for God's creation

3. CST "21" = 7 Themes x 3 facts
Using your text and the link to the Unites States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the following exercise is to be typed and submitted for upcoming Day 4. 
Link:http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/seven-themes-of-catholic-social-teaching.cfm
a. State the theme and give a brief description.
b. List at least two contemporary issues that are applicable to this theme. This can also include your Praxis theme.
c. Copy/Paste Scripture passages (roots) from above link. Demonstrated in class.
d. List at least two encyclicals that address this theme.  

Doubled spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman or Arial

Format Example (Word) - Google Docs link
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dqepSUPKz6hHMRchr3SwN2uoY78S6HPvGEOtgUDYfTU/edit?usp=sharing
When completed, send to me via a Google doc or Word attachment.

Friday - Showing of 1968 pilot of what later became "all in the Family" - "Justice for All"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRy1BDQack0&t=1805s

Week 8 The Development of Catholic Social Teaching

During this short week we will explore the first part of Chapter 2. We will  not only define Catholic Social Teaching (see top  of page 45) but also explore its historical context beginning with Pope Leo XIII. Central to the chapter are pages 52 - 54 and the overview of the Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching (CST) p. 56:

For Wednesday: Have read up to page 49. Define these terms in your notes:
 Catholic Social teaching, the Enlightenment, capitalism, socialism & communism.
 Be prepared to discuss #4 p. 49

Rerum Novarum

http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html

Rerum novarum (from its first two words, Latin for "of revolutionary change" ^[n 1]), 
or Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor, is an encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII 
on 15 May 1891.

For Thursday, please read article for Colloquium (distributed in class) as well as this article
 found here:http://www.crs.org/stories/building-up-youth-and-communities-in-el-salvador

For Friday: Read pages 50 - 56. What are the six themes of Rerum Novarum (#5 , p 56)

 Please offer an example for each and why they are relevant for today? Please complete

 this exercise in your notes.

Discussion of #4 p.49

 

What are the six themes of Rerum Novarum (#5 , p 56) 

Please offer an example for each and why they are relevant for today?

Songs used for our class activity 

Song 1- Capitalism

Money, Money, Money by the O'Jays (from Ohio but produced in Philadelphia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXE_n2q08Yw

You have heard the intro to this song , but have you ever listened to the lyrics?

Song 2 - Socialism

Dublin City 1913 by the Buskers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc1pp9TvVOI

1916 is often mentioned as an important year in Irish history, 

and it’s due to get a lot more attention with the centenary of the Easter Rising occurring next year. 

However, just 3 years before that was another momentous time for Ireland that doesn’t often 

get the recognition it deserves. It’s all to do with a man by the name of James Larkin 

(or ‘Big Jim’ as he was commonly known), who fought for worker’s rights, introduced trade unionism to Ireland,

 and generally made the country a better place in more ways than one. 

Here’s what you need to know about 1913, the year of the now infamous ‘Lockout’.

 https://www.claddaghdesign.com/history/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-1913-dublin-lockout/

Song 3 - Communism

Bulls on Parade by Rage Against the Machine (RATM)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTyekEjmWxk

Lead guitarist , Tommy Morello identifies himself as a communist

Dismissal

Renegades Of Funk - Rage Against The Machine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0QhSnNDU5I

 

Week Seven - Short Test review

Please review these items (refer to notes) for your short test Thursday, March 2, 2017:

• Key Terms for Chapter 3 - found right column of blog under "Key Terms & Links"
• Faith in Action Circle
• 3 items defining the social structure (blocks to justice) of sin from "The Social Concerns of the Church" by Pope (Saint) John Paul II
• Power over versus Power-with 
• Definition of Social Justice found on the notes with the Two Feet of Justice (Service) - extra credit

All objective test except for extra credit