Writing About Pictures: Responding to the Art 


 Do you see, think, and feel when you look at this picture?

Description

•  Write about what you see in the picture. You maystart off by listing what is in the image (the nouns). 
• Next, you can include descriptive words (adjectives).

Questioning

• Write questions you have about the image. These might be questions about the person, setting, or action depicted, or they might be questions you would like to ask the artist.

 Reflecting

• Write about your own personal reactions to the image
• . What is the overall mood or message of the picture?
•  Do you like it or not? Why? 
• It might may be helpful for them to think in terms of themes, for example: hardship, love, work, and daily life.

GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Holy eucharist from CAstañares Inutsij

We have been discussing the Holy Mass. Rewatch the powerpoint above and post 3 things that you learned about the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
 Use the powerpoint to answer the assigned worksheet

LENT WEBQUEST

What are Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Lent?

Make some notes under three different headings of Shrove Tuesday; Ash Wednesday and Lent.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/easter/lent.html

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/powerpoint/shrovetuesdayandlent.swf

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/religion/christianity/lent.shtml

http://www.refuel.org.uk/curric/festivals/lent/shrove_stu.html

http://www.refuel.org.uk/curric/festivals/lent/whatislent_stu.html

http://www.refuel.org.uk/curric/festivals/lent/ash_stu.html

http://www.refuel.org.uk/curric/festivals/lent/fasting_stu.html

What do other ways do people mark this time of year?

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/conkers-and-ghosts/shrovetidelent.htm

CONFESSION

St. Kateri Tekakwitha

         St. Kateri Tekakwitha is one example of a Christian martyr. A Christian martyr is very serious and dedicated to its religion. Martyrs were willing to give up their life so they can continue their religion in heaven. St. Kateri was similar to St. Cecelia because they both thought their religion was their life and no joking matter. They were different by some Christians. Martyrs are scared of being killed but some really weren't. I think it's remarkable that they would die for their religion and if they had any Christian meetings they would have be secrets.

By: Chauntelle.D

Kateri's Journey As A Catholic

Kateri Tekawitha is a native but is also Catholic. She learned about the catholic faith by her mother who was also Catholic. But now she lives with her aunt and uncle in there tribe. Her aunt and uncle kept trying to convince Kateri that what she believes in is wrong, but even though they tried so hard to convince her as did everyone else she never stopped in believing the Catholic faith. What I learned from Kateri is that she is so dedicated to her Catholic faith and no matter what anyone says or does she does not stop believing in God. It was amazing that she, even though she was native, believed in the Catholic faith even with all the obstacles she faced.

By: MJ

Saint Cecilia

Saint Cecilia was a Christian Martyr. She was a young woman who loved God. She was said to be a noble women of Rome, but with her husband Valerian, and his brother suffering martyrdom, under the emperor Alexander Severus it was a very hard life for them.  Since she was a Christian, it was against the law, so she was sentenced to death. Because of her strong belief is God the romans couldn't take it right away they decided to kill her.  At first they tried to suffocate her in a sauna but it did not work. The second thing the romans tried to do was chop her head off. They kept trying and trying but it never worked, only a scratch was left on her neck, and while all this was happening she was singing to God, because she knew that he was going to protect her. After the execution she stayed alive for three more days living in a cell.  She was so very rich that the day before she died she gave all of her money to the poor and to the church. She is now a Saint in Heaven.

I learned that Christian martyrs were very happy to be Christian, but most people did not like the idea of Christianity and believing in God. Because of that most of the Christian martyrs were killed, just like Saint Cecilia and Saint Kateria Tekawitha. Some similarities between both of the saints is that they were both Christian martyrs, they both died young, and they both had to pray to God secretly on their own.  Some of the differences between the saints are that saint Kateria Tekawitha was a First Nation, saint Cecilia was Roman Catholic, and saint Kateria Tekawitha was beatified by Blessed Pope John Paul the second.  Some of the remarkable things about Saint Cecilia are that she was given a guardian angel from God which was protecting her as she was being killed, which only gave her a scratch on her neck. Some remarkable things about is that she survived smallpox when she was an orphan child, and she was beatified by Blessed Pope John Paul the second.

By: Cameron

St.Cecilia

                                            By: Hrishi

                     

          St. Cecilia was a very important saint. She was saint who was a musician. While being beheaded she was praising God and was singing to God. She of course was a martyr. She has the gift in fine arts and in poetry which made her an important marty. St. Cecilia was a virgin in Rome. She was married to a man named Valerian. Cecilia was a talented person who did amazing works. One work was when she turned 400 people into Christians just by preaching. Because of these acts she was arrested and beheaded. Before being beheaded she was thrown into the fire but was not harmed. This shows St. Cecilia should be known as a saint because she died for her religion. What needs to be learned is that these martyr's died for changing the lives of others.

Canadian Martyrs

St. Kateri Tekakwitha

         St. Kateri Tekakwitha was a Christian martyr. I learned that Christian martyrs were people that were very serious about their religion. They were willing to die to continue their religion in heaven. They were similar because all Christian martyrs took their religion very seriously and did not joke about it. They were different because some people were afraid of being killed if someone found out they were Christian while some people were not. A Christian martyrs life would have been very hard and secretive because everything they did for mass would have to be a secret.

By Tyler

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                      One of St. Cecilia's Miracles

       

        What I learned about St. Cecilia was that she lived through tough times.  She was a roman women living in a non catholic community.  So she had to hide her religion from many people because mostly everybody was protestant and if you were catholic and you got caught, you would be beheaded.  There was a symbol that signifies her Catholicism and that was the fish.  When people saw the fish they thought it was just a regular fish on a piece of paper or cloth, but to catholics it meant that they were catholic and were wondering where and when was the next mass. 

        One day when Cecilia and her dad were leaving mass, they ran into a group of soldiers and they were about to arrest them, but then 2 soldiers, Tiberius and Jacob, rescued them.  They both knew that Cecilia and her dad were catholic so they decided to arrest her in one condition: If Cecilia's dad gave Jacob's permission to marry her.  But her father didn't want Jacob marrying her because he wasn't catholic. So they arranged a meeting for Jacob so he can get baptized and then get married.  On the day of the meeting Jacob got baptized and married Cecilia.  But during that night a group of soldiers found Jacob and Cecilia and Cecilia got captured. 

        So Cecilia was scheduled for execution.  When she was getting ready for the beheading she was singing a little prayer and when the executioner was attempting to behead her she didn't die was beheaded.  She only got a severe scratch on her neck and then he tried to attempt to behead her 2 more times and still she only got severe scratches on her neck.  So all the executioner could do was to let her go because the law says that the executioner can only have three tries or else they have to let the prisoner go.  Later on Catholicism was allowed to be apart of the Roman community because of the miracle that St. Cecilia did.

 Answer Paragraph for Questions

        In class I was listening to 2 glory stories, one about St. Cecilia and the other about St. Kateri Tekawitha. What I learned about St. Cecilia and St. Kateri Tekawitha is that one option you can do when you're living through tough times is to pray.  3 similarities between these Christian Martyrs are: they're both saints, they're both catholic, and they both performed a miracle.  3 differences between these Christian Martyrs are: St. Cecilia was a Roman and St. Kateri Tekawitha was a Mohawk, St. Kateri Tekawitha wanted to become a catholic and St. Cecilia was already a catholic, and St. Kateri Tekawitha was the daughter of the Mohawk leader and St. Cecilia was the daughter of a regular Roman native.  St. Cecilia lived her life happily after she got axed 3 times to the neck and didn't die because after that miracle the Roman community allowed Catholicism into one of their religious faiths.  St. Kateri Tekawitha escaped from her home to go explore the amazing facts about Catholicism because she didn't want to live the way of life that her dad lived.  So overall these glory stories were great to hear because it taught me how to deal with difficult times and some facts about how my religious faith spread around the world.

By: Mark 

St. Cecilia

By: Joshua

St. Cecilia was an extraordinary person. She was a very strong Catholic and was talented at many things. St. Cecilia once preached to over 400 people who then became Christians. Being Christian used to be against the law and because St. Cecilia was such a strong Christian people thought she was giving too big of an influence on the population. Because of this soldiers captured her to behead her. On the day of her beheading the man struck her with all his might but all that appeared was a tiny scar. He hit her again but still all that appeared was a scar. St. Cecilia was such a great Christian that she started to sing praises to God while a man was trying to kill her. Everyone at the beheading was so overwhelmed that a lot of them became Catholics. After many failed attempts of trying to behead St. Cecilia they decided to throw her in the fire.   To everyone's surprise St. Cecilia survived being thrown into fire! Even though she survived these attempts of killing her 3 days later she died. I personally think that St. Cecilia was one of the greatest Martyrs ever. St. Cecilia worshipped and died in the name of God which is outstanding to me.

St. Kateri Tekakwitha

            St. Kateri Tekakwitha is an example of a Christian martyr. I learned that a Christian martyr is a person who will do anything including taking their own life to become closer to God and their faith. They were similar because they were all Christian martyrs that would do anything for their faith. They were different because some of them were very open about their Christianity while some weren't because they were afraid of being killed. Their life would have been hard because they had to live a partially secret life.

By Taylor

 

 

Kateri Tekakwitha

                Kateri Tekakwitha was the daughter of a Mohawk chief named Kennorkwa, and a Roman Catholic Algonquin named Tagaskouita. Kateri was pressured to get married around the age of thirteen but she refused.  She was a modest girl who didn't go out to social gatherings. She used a blanket to cover her head because she had smallpox scars. Kateri was skilled at traditional women's arts. She was able to make clothing and belts from animal skins, weaving mats, baskets and boxes from reeds and grasses. In 1675, at the age of eighteen, Kateri met Jesuit Father Jacques de Lamberville and started to study catechism with him. During the Holy Week, in 1679, people started to notice Kateri getting weaker, she was failing. When people knew she had few hours left, villagers and priests gathered around he. She died on April 17, 1680 at the age of 24. Kateri's last words were "I will love you in heaven".

By: Megan

St. Cecelia

St. Cecelia was a Christian martyr. They had to hide from people because they would kill all of the Christians. The Christians would celebrate mass in a cave so that no one could find them. One day soldiers found Cecelia and her father paying their respects to those who died. Cecelia was forced to marry Valerian or be taken away by the soldiers. Cecelia's dad did not want her to get married but she said that it was ok and that she would always have her angel's guidance. When St. Cecelia was beheaded, as they were going to cut her head off she began to sing. They kept on hitting an axe across her neck but all that it left were scars.

          I learned that Christians were treated unfairly. They couldn't speak out to people that they were Catholics otherwise they would be killed because of their faith. I think it is remarkable that they would risk their lives for their faith and for God. They were different because St. Cecelia was born a catholic while St. Kateri Tekawitha became a Catholic. Another difference is that St. Kateri Tekawitha was adopted but St. Cecelia was not. They are similar because they were both forced into marriage and they both were killed because of what they believed in.