9.2.1+Content+Area+One+Term+Three

=Content Area One Term Three: Exploring Spirituality=

us? || Review the concept of the Trinity, and that God is also the Holy Spirit.
 * || **Sequence** || **Topic** || **Fertile Question** || **Background Knowledge for students** || **Learning and Teaching Sequence** || **Exploring Spirituality** || **Ideas for Backup** ||
 * **Exploring Spirituality** || 1.1 || Awe and Wonder || How do we see God living among

Also review the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit before exploring this topic which were discussed in previous lessons. || 1. __**View the Bethany Hamilton**__ **__video__** from YouTube [|Bethany Hamilton Video] 2. __**Complete worksheet**__ questions "How do we see God in our lives?" 3. __**Create a single page poster**__ on Publisher using Bethany's Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Use pictures and words to describe how God and the Spirit is working through Bethany in her life. 4. **__Self Reflection Activity:__** Using a red candle at the front of the room to represent the Holy Spirit, and red cards if possible, have the students write one or more of their gifts and talents on the card, and place them around the candle. 5. See RE Module //Spirituality in the Christian Tradition// for definitions of spirituality and other activities. || God is always with us. It is we who forget. In the Bethany Hamilton story, we hear her say that she has "committed her life to God", and that in her life she wants to "glorify God". Students will be exploring Bethany Hamilton's spirituality in this lesson, relating her story to the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. Through these activities, and particularly though activity 4, students are exploring some of the gifts of the Holy Spirit such as Awe and Wonder, Courage and Reverence. Discuss the symbolism of using the colour red. || Newspaper article is available for back-up if technology is not available for any reason. This could be photocopied for students if necessary. [|Bethany Hamilton Article] ||
 * (Marymount) || 1.2 || Catholic Christian Spirituality || What is Catholic spirituality?


 * Is there a difference in emphasis between Catholic Christian Spirituality and other Christian spiritualities?** || Catholic Spirituality sees God in all things: other people, communities, movements, events, places, objects, the environment, the world at large, the whole cosmos.


 * Is there any real use in exploring exclusively Catholic spirituality if half the class is not Catholic?** || Students are to view the following YouTube clip

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It gives some background information on Archbishop Oscar Romero.


 * Quote from Archbishop Oscar Romero about Church as being all of us**.


 * The Church is All of You**
 * Gods best microphone is Christ, and Christs best microphone is the Church, and the Church is all of you. Let each one of you, in your own job, in your own vocation : nun, married person, bishop, priest, high school or university student, day labourer, wage earner, market woman each one in your own place live the faith intensely and feel that in your surroundings you are a true microphone of God our Lord. Archbishop Oscar Romero**

Student use “Type with me” and reflect on the above quote by Archbishop Oscar Romero. All Catholics have a ‘Catholic Spirituality” and are called to use this in everyday life.
 * The Church is All of You **
 * Gods best microphone is Christ, and Christs best microphone is the Church, and the Church is all of you. Let each one of you, in your own job, in your own vocation nun, married person, bishop, priest, high school or university student, day labourer, wage earner, market woman each one in your own place live the faith intensely and feel that in your surroundings you are a true micro **

Use Biblegateway [] Locate the following Bible readings “1 Corinthians 12:12-30 and Colossians 1:18”.

Saint Paul used the image of the human body to speak about the Church and says we are baptized by one Spirit. Draw a diagram or design a poster that presents some aspect of what Saint Paul is saying about the Church. You can use a contemporary image from[]or[]to represents his aspect of Saint Paul. Label it with a sentence from the Scripture passage.

Catholics communities, including homes and schools, show their Catholic spirituality in many ways. One way of understanding Catholic Spirituality is to look at what Catholic believe, what are Catholic Sacred images, symbols and texts, how Catholics pray, worship and act, what are Catholic customs and organisations.

Students are divided into groups of three and are given one of the following topics. Each group is to make a “smart search” and put together a one-minute presentation and report back to the class. The can use any form of medium in the presentation – poster, flyer, PowerPoint, front page news report, etc. These can be found in Word. The students need to be given between 20 or 30 minutes to make the presentation.

The topics


 * Spiritual Reading
 * Worship and Prayer
 * Religious Images, symbols
 * Important beliefs
 * Membership of orgainisations
 * Religious Orders
 * Customs and Practices

The Catholic Church is established throughout the world and wherever it is found it is organised into local Churches or dioceses, each given to the care of a particular bishop. Through their bishops these local Churches are in communion with each other. From the earliest times the various local Churches have looked to the Pope, the successor of Saint Peter, as their head and visible source of unity.

Students are to locate a map of the entire dioceses throughout Australia and they are to make a Snap Grab of the map.

Students are to create montage of images of the different ministries and organisations in their local parish to demonstrate the work of the Holy Spirit. The Students can use ‘IPhoto’ or “IMovie” to complete this task. || Oscar Romero states ‘you have your own place to live the faith intensely and feel that in you surroundings. How can we be a true microphone of God? How can the Holy Spirit work in our life? How does He help us be a ‘microphone of God’? Where to you see “Holy Spirit work in your life?

We are all part of the Body of Christ.Everybody's has gifts and talents and a purpose for being. Every part of the human body is important, so to all us have imortant part to play in the Body of Christ

As each person is part of the Body of Christ, so do all Catholic communities are part of the Body of Christ.

Teacher background:[|Christian] [|Spirituality] and [|Catholic Spirituality] || Give students the outline of a blackline master of a recognisalble Jesus figure or human figure. students put the names of family, friends, classmates, teachers to represent the Body of Christ. They can use magazine, newspaper clippings etc. The activity could be a whole class activity or individual. || world? || The worksheet provided include links that are useful for student/teacher reference. || 1. **Divide students into groups** of approximately 3 students. Each group of 3 will be exploring the expression of spirituality in different faiths throughout the world. 2. **Using the Group Activity Sheet** "World Spiritualities" each group will have 3 questions to answer relating to different faiths. Their answers including pictures (use Corbis Images or other suitable sites) will form their presentation to the class. Answers for each group are compiled into a single document for the 3 students to present together. 3. **Students present their findings to the class**__ in a //short up to 3 minute// presentation including pictures showing how spirituality throughout the world is expressed in different forms.
 * || 1.3 || Other spirituality eg: eco-spirituality, other world || How is spirituality expressed and experienced throughout the

The following resources may assist students: [|Catholic Earth Care]

The worksheet below is the main source required for the lesson. It is used by the students to explore spiritualities throughout the world: ||  ||   ||