View: What's Cooking?
Read: Bible: Genesis 18:1-33 Song of Songs(all of it) Sirach 7:18-36 Luke 19:1-10 1Peter 3:1-12
Hebrews 13:1-8
US Bishops' Pastoral Letter: Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope
To answer the following, please be certain to use specific citations from the above readings to clarify and to support your answers.
Questions for Discussion: Use 75-100 words to answer each question
What makes for good relations within a family?
What role does peer pressure play in your life?
Why are meals so important to humans? We are the only animals who eat for pleasure.
What are some traditions in your family that center around meals?
Long Essay: Please use 400-500 words to complete the Long Essay
Each family in the movie has a guest who doesn't "fit." What is the importance of the guest? Are there any people in your family or life who don't "fit." How are they a blessing and challenge?
Have you ever been the person how doesn't "fit?" How did that work out?
View: As Good as It Gets
Read: US Bishops' Pastoral Letter: Always Our Children
To answer the following, please be certain to use specific citations from the above readings to clarify and to support your answers.
Questions for Discussion: Use 75-100 words to answer each question
Reflect on your life. How do you treat others? How do you influence others' lives in a positive way?
Do you allow others in your life to affect you in a positive way? Are you willing to trust others to help you or do you try to accomplish things on your own? Why?
Do you accept diversity in your life? Do you accept those who are different from you? Why? or why not?
Long Essay: Please use 400-500 words to complete the Long Essay.
Reflect on the story in the movie. Which character are you most like? How do we make our lives better? What is the significance of the title?
Where do you see yourself 5, 10, 20, 50 years from now? How are you going to get there? Who are you taking with you? Explain.
View:Deadman Walking
Read: Joseph Cardinal Bernadin's A Consistent Ethic of Life (aka Seamless Garment of Life)
To answer the following, please be certain to use specific citations from the above readings to clarify and to support your answers.
Questions for Discussion: Use 75-100 words to answer each question.
Can one be against abortion and for Capital Punishment? Explain. consider the recent comments of Pope Francis regarding the Death Penalty.
Did your thoughts about Capital Punishment change during the film? How?
Discuss your feelings for Matthew Poncelet? Did they change during the film? Explain.
Long Essay: Please use 400-500 words to complete the Long Essay.
Please discuss the pros and cons of the Death Penalty. What does the Catholic Church teach about it? What are your thoughts concerning the Death Penalty?