Homework 5 – 9A and 9G
9A Assessment is on Monday 15 October.
9G Assessment is on Thursday 11 October.
Your assessment will involve writing an essay in class. You will have one question to answer, but your answer should show that you understand the whole topic of Vocation.
Therefore, your homework is to revise this topic; in particular you should learn the key words and their meanings. (There are two links there, to the words and to the meanings – these are pdf files that can be printed out and stuck to cards to help you learn and revise all the key words for year 9 – you will need to work out which ones are the necessary meanings for this term!)
Key Words:
Service, Vocation, Laity, Ordained, Religious, Discernment, Lay Ministry, Chrism, ‘Priest, Prophet, King’, Storge, Eros, Philia, Agape, Vows, Consent, Fidelity, Nuptial Mass, Marriage Register, Prostrate, Charism, Minister, Seminary, Deacon, Divine Office, Anoint, Laying on of Hands, Monastery, Habit, Contemplative, Friar, Monk, Nun, Apostolic, Religious Order.
One very good way to revise a topic is to use a mindmap. I would recommend using lots of colour pens on a piece of paper, but you can download Freemind, a free mindmapping software written in Java. The school has OpenMind installed in the ICT suites – perhaps some of you might have that at home.
Follow the links to find images of mindmaps.
If you prefer a more linear way of learning and revising, then you could write bullet points about Vocation, and ask your parents to test you. It would be especially good to buy some index cards and highlighters to help you with this!
Here are the topics we have covered in this unit:
What is vocation?
Christian Vocation
Discernment
Taking Flight (or Taking Risks – What if God wants us to do something we don’t want to do?)
Lay Vocation (’Priest, Prophet and King’ and what can be learnt from the Second Vatican Council)
Marriage
Rite of Marriage
Holy Orders
Priestly Life
Religious Life (The three vows of Obedience, Chastity and Poverty)
