Catholic Studies 9
CS9.7
Investigate how individuals within Catholic communities can help the Church achieve her mission.
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Indicators for this outcome
| (a) |
Express diverse perspectives on the mission of the Church (e.g., CCC773). |
| (b) |
Recognize individual responsibility within Catholic communities to help achieve the Church's mission and describe how students can help. |
| (c) |
Discuss personal and societal benefits of being a contributing member in Catholic and other Christian communities. |
| (d) |
Describe how the Church's mission of uniting people through love is supported by models of church proposed by Cardinal Avery Dulles (i.e., institution, mystical communion, sacrament, herald, servant, community of disciples). |
| (e) |
Describe how tragic events in Church history (e.g., residential school experiences, religious wars, sexual abuse scandals) have harmed individuals, the Church and her mission. |
| (f) |
Express how loving acts involving the Church and her teachings (e.g., charity, education, health care, reconciliation, cultural understanding) can help unite communities locally and globally in support of the Church's mission. |
| (g) |
Recognize how one's daily actions reflect the five actions identified by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to support the mission of the Church (i.e., proclaim Jesus, worship Christ through the sacraments, form a communion of people, give witness to Jesus Christ, serve in the model of Jesus). |
| (h) |
Examine individual responsibility to share the story of salvation (i.e., evangelize) and encourage accountability for one's actions (e.g., standing up to bullying). |
| (i) |
Distinguish the mission and recruitment methods of the Church from those of destructive cults, extremist groups, and those seeking to proselytize. |
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