4th Quarter CVL Exam

• Absolute Freedom


  Freedom to do anything you want.
• Determinism 


  No freedom at all. Determined by genes, heredity, instinct, tradition, etc. Blaming their DNA for their action. It removes moral responsibility for one's actions.
• True Freedom


  Doing the good.
• Free choice and Fundamental freedom


  What are the two levels of personal freedom?
• Free choice


  Is about people being able to decide things for themselves and not being treated unfairly because of it.
• Fundamental Freedom 


  Refers to the kind of person we are or become because of the moral choices we make.
• Sin


  The greatest single obstacle to our authentic freedom.
• We are historical beings


  What characteristic of a human person is this?

  
  

  We are constantly growing in many different aspects. We mature in discernable stages not only in physical terms but also in the way we relate with others.
• We are conscious beings


  What characteristic of a human person is this?

  
  

  The capacity for self-reflection shows how we are conscious beings, aware of ourselves in our outgoing acts.
• We are embodied spirits


  What characteristics of a human person is this?

  
  

  We have the bodies through which we interact with the world. We experience them even through our senses. We express who we are - our thoughts, our choices-only through our bodies.
• We are relational beings


  What characteristics of a human person is this?

  We are social beings or persons in the community always by, with, and for others.
• We are unique though fundamentally equal


  What characteristics of a human person is this?

  We have different physical characteristics and varying opinions, as well as diverse beliefs, traits, and behaviors.
• Conscience is individualistic


  What misconception of conscience is this?

  The notion of doing things "My way"
• Conscience is God's voice within us


  What misconception of conscience is this?

  Learnings from experiences. Conscience can mistakenly judge something objectively evil to be good or something objectively good to be evil
• Conscience is our feeling of guilt


  What misconception of conscience is this?

  To avoid equating our feeling of guilt with our conscience is to reduce conscience to a feeling that results from our temperament, upbringing, or maturity and not from an actual objective moral judgement
• Media's depiction of conscience as an external reality is accurate


  Films and advertisements usually depict human conscience in very entertaining although misleading ways.
• Right and Erroneous


  What are the two kinds of conscience?
• Conscience


  The inner voice which guides us in our moral life which tells us to do the good and avoid evil.
• Right Conscience


  Judge what is really good as good and evil what is really evil.
• ErroneousConscience


  Judges what is bad as good and good as bad.
• Scrupulous Conscience


  Constantly afraid of committing evil. This conscience is a result of a stubborn character.
• Lax Conscience


  Tends to follow the easy way and to find excuses for mistakes.
• Instinctive, ethical or moral stage, and Christian or religious level


  What are the levels of conscience?
• Instinctive


  A stage where most young children are. At this level, an act is judged as good if it is rewarded, and evil if it is punished.
• Ethical or moral stage


  At this level, a person begins to realize that the goodness or evilness of an act does not depend on the approval or disapproval of others or on the prospect of a reward or punishment.
• Christian or religious level


  At this stage, individuals begin to see their moral acts as a response of faith to God our Father, who summons everyone through the Risen Christ and the Holy Spirit to do what is good and to live the fullness of a graced life.
• Jean and Bertrande de Moras de Paul


  Who were Saint Vincent de Paul's parents?
• the village of Pouy, in the Province of Guyenne and Gascony, the Kingdom of France


  Where and when was Saint Vincent de Paul born?
• 5


  How many siblings did Saint Vincent have?
• 15


  At what age did his father send him to a seminary?
• Oxen


  What did Saint Vincent's father sell in order to pay for the seminary for Saint Vincent's education?
• For 3 years, Vincent received his education at a college in Dax, France.
• In  1597, he began his studies in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Toulouse.
• Saint Vincent de Paul was taken captive by Barbary pirates, who took him to Tunis where he was auctioned off as a slave, and spent two years in bondage.
• First master was a fisherman,

  Next master was a physician, alchemist and inventor

  The old man died and Vincent was sold once again

  His new master was a former priest and Franciscan who had converted to Islam in order to gain his freedom from slavery and was living in the mountains with three wives
• January 25, 1617(Folleville) -St. Vincent encountered face to face an agonizing person who experienced extreme moral loneliness.
• August 1617 (Chatillon-les-Dombes)he encountered the material misery of a family.
• 1623 - On a trip to Burdeos, he saw the misery of the galley slaves.
• April 17, 1625 - Congregation of the Mission was founded
• November 29, 1633 - foundation of the Daughters of Charity