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Hypothesis: Over the many years SFC has been thriving, the mutual inner spirituality experienced across the school grounds has significantly decreased. Now, the school does not hold a special or sacred place in many student’s hearts like it did (for example) one decade ago.

·         In what way does “In Simplicity and Harmony” relate to spirituality?
- especially in the practice of dadirri, the school motto promoting social concord can be linked to spirituality; as the connection to not only the land, but the family formed at SFC is a bond not found outside the realm of inner spirituality.

·         What landmarks at the school hold spiritual value and meaning to SFC?
- Lorna’s garden, ANZAC memorial, the Labyrinth, the pavilion was once a tree grown from a seed from ANZAC cove. 2 of these mentioned have been since removed since their creation, further pushing the hypothesis of the loss of spirituality across SFC.

·         How is the spirituality of this school to be measured? Percentage-rates, educated guess?
- going to students of SFC (primary, middle, and high school) and (in a comprehensible and universal manner) ask if they feel a spiritual connection to SFC. This same question can be asked to teachers who have been at SFC for longer than anybody else.
- referring to the loss of spiritual relics and murals the school once valued can point to the eventual decline of emotional and mental connections felt to the school grounds.

·         What does it mean to be spiritual? (Customs, symbolism, etc.)
- to believe there is more to the world than what meets the eye
- value empathy, compassion and concord (relation to cool connections)

Summary (tl;dr): While SFC once thrived in a buzz of spiritual connection across the school grounds, it feels that some has eventually been lost to time and evolution of the college. SFC has a few murals and relics around the school (such as the painting on Perugia, the Labyrinth and the ANZAC memorial), but the feel and vibe once experienced in these areas no longer seems to uphold its spiritual value and interconnectedness with the school and the students who attended as well as the teachers who led the way. While St Francis College is filling with more and more eager students ready to make their marks, there does feel like there is something missing from what SFC was back when Lorna’s garden was a hotspot or when the old tree of the college was the central point of the high school campus.

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Hypothesis:
St Francis College is not spiritual anymore.
Summary:
After collecting information from students of SFC it can be divulged that St Francis College is no longer spiritual. Despite some of the students interviewed saying that they themselves, are spiritual a vast majority of people also said that the school itself is NOT spiritual.

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Hypothesis

St Francis College is decreasing in their spirituality due to the fact of the decrease of nature in the school.

Summary
St Francis lived his life spiritually connected with the animals and the plants. Today in St Francis College, the people in charge are cutting down the nature of the school. A huge number of the trees in the school are been cut down to make the school more ‘developed’, but can this be considered as development?

Besides, 10 years ago St Francis College was a garden of green. They had sanctuaries for contemplation among nature. As stated by a current Year 11 student who has been attending St Francis College since prep; ‘I used to go to SFC when it was nature-oriented, now its disappearing for the industrial need and development of the school. We used to be entwined with the garden in the school, but now that’s slowly disappearing.’ Also, another Year 11 student states; ‘I hate it…St Francis was all about nature and now the only place we have trees were not allowed to go to.’

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Hypothesis:
Students in St Francis are more spiritual than they are religious.

Summary:
Franciscan spirituality revolves around 7 principals. They include; dignity of the human person, community participation, rights and responsibilities, helping the poor, dignity of work and rights of workers, solidarity and care for God’s creation. In St Francis College, we conducted an orated survey regarding their spirituality. Rituals that have taken place in this school includes; mass, liturgies and Ash Wednesday.

It was discovered that St Francis College is more religious than it was spiritual, disproving the hypothesis. While people were affiliated with a myriad of religions, they reported that the hallmarks of spirituality did not apply to them: that is, feeling interconnected with others and a transcendental presence while participating in rituals and on the school grounds. Seven participated in the rituals because they were forced, and only two out of eight felt connected with their community of enlightened, although six out of eight people followed a definite faith tradition (and non of them were Franciscan).

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Here is a short reading to do that you may find useful as a base point for your assignment.....
It's in your SoR text book "Investigating Religion", the section "Australian Spirituality", pp159-160.

This book has some good resources in it if you are struggling to start, or to find something that pins your essay together. :)

Here are the last readings for your assignment. They give information about religious practices and the beliefs that underpin them.
Again, they are in your SoR text:
Hindu p 193
Jewish prayer and worship p 223
Buddhist p 247
Christian p 261
Islam p 287

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We touched briefly last week on the Aboriginal spiritual practise of Dadirri.
We read the description together as a class.
There are 3 key themes of Dadirri:
1. Listening/awareness;
2. Quiet stillness;
3. Waiting.

In your RE book, reflect on which of these three things you might find the most difficult. Why?

Take yourself outside to a quiet, natural place near your house, perhaps in your garden.
Sit quietly for at least 10 minutes, and become aware of the space and place around you and your part in it. Be silent. Listen. Be still. Wait.

When you come inside, reflect on and evaluate your experience of Dadirri by reflecting one of the following, and making a written or drawn response in your book:

All persons matter. All of us belong.

Dadirri recognises the deep spring that is inside us. We call on it and it calls to us.

My people are not threatened by silence. They are completely at home in it.

We do not try to hurry things up. We let them follow their natural course like the seasons.

Everything must be done in the proper way.

We will take some time to share this homework on Friday. :)

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How Spiritual is St Francis College?
Frame questions that relate to the question.
In pairs, form an hypothesis as a plausible answer to the question.
Brainstorm what kinds of evidence you require in order to prove your hypothesis.
Work in pairs to collect the evidence you require.
Sort through and evaluate the evidence as proof of your hypothesis.
Generate a summary of your findings and draw a conclusion.
Post your hypothesis and summary to the class Padlet.

Your inquiry will be posted to the Padlet by the end of Period 3 tomorrow. :)

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We will be using these links in todays lesson:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=mandala&qpvt=mandala&form=IGRE&adlt=strict&first=1&cw=1440&ch=751
Investigate the diversity of Aboriginal seasons:
http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/
Explore the Miriwoong Seasonal Calendar:
http://www.mirima.org.au/calendar/
Or the Bininj/Mungguy Calendar of Kakadu:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/national-parks/kakadu-national-park/natural-environment/six-seasons

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Hi Everyone. Sorry I'm away again. I've been called to a meeting at Jimboomba so I will see you tomorrow.
Below is the lesson for today. Whatever you don't finish in class, please finish at home tonight, as we will be moving on to creating some art tomorrow.
Please follow the links I have put, but you might have to manually type in the address if it doesn't work. :)
Explore the Creative Spirits website: (you don't have to sign up, just click on explore Culture, and find the Spirituality section on the left hand side ) https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/ to investigate Indigenous spirituality and beliefs, then complete the following activities:  ​
a. (10 minutes) Determine Indigenous attitudes and connectedness to the land. You may brainstorm with others, but make sure to record all your thinking in your RE book;
b. ( 30 minutes) Read the poem Spiritual Song of the Aborigine:  http://www.worawa.vic.edu.au/our-school/aboriginal-culture/spiritual-song-of-the-aborigine/ Reread the lines of the poem that begin with I am or I’m. Record these and complete a twenty word summary of the poet’s spirituality.
c. (10 minutes) Spend 5 minutes outside by yourself in silence and focus on the natural environment. Reflect on how you feel about your own spiritual connectedness to the land and everything in it. The teacher will take you outside for 5 minutes to do this activity. It is a solo reflective time. Please be respectful of this and don't talk to others in the group. You will come back in for 5 minutes to record your reflections in your RE book. Remember to write reflectively, not factually!

We will debrief about all this work tomorrow. Have fun! :)

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Hi Peeps!
By the time you read this I will be sipping Singapore Slings at the poolside on Sentosa Island. Well, probably not but I can dream. I'm actually still sitting in the staffroom typing it up lol.
Anyway, your mission for today, that you WILL choose to accept, is to complete the expert group research we started last Friday.
Cameron and Penny, the class will tell you which group you are in.
Do the activity in your RE books.
The activity looks like this:

You will investigate the various Christian spiritualities. You will become ‘experts’ in two of the spiritualities and form expert groups to share your expertise.

Choose from Carmelite, Franciscan, Benedictine, Jesuit, Feminist and Solidarity.

In your groups read your allocated articles and use an online dictionary to define any terms you don’t understand.

By yourself in your group, summarise three key points about the essence of this spirituality and its appeal to young people.

Come together with your group and share your key points and understandings.

Generate a group summary that you will share with the other expert groups.

When I get back on Monday, we will share our findings together as a class.
Enjoy!

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Reflect on spiritual and religious moments in your life so far by marking them on the road map I gave you in class. (Kaitlyn and Arni, I will give you yours on Wednesday

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Religious not spiritual
- Being religious but not believing it to be an independent belief based on choices such as 'spirituality.'

Spiritual and Religious
-When religion and spirituality are experienced by a person throughout their lives. Spirituality can be felt through religion.
Non-spiritual and non-religious
- Not associating with, relating to or believing in religion and spirituality.

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Definitions by Larni, Rubeus and Rachael

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Definitions by Larni, Rubeus and Rachael

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Religious not spiritual: do not think outside of the creeds and dogmas of their religion, and do not practice outside the community they belong to and the established rites and rituals.
Spiritual and religious: belong to a religion, practice with community and have their own time to practice for yourself and reflect on the teachings and rules of the religion. May interpret beliefs differently or act on that belief differently.
Non-spiritual and non-religious: may be looking for something and taking the time to find something that is meaningful to them. Or may be atheist. Does not consciously wonder on own beliefs or go out of their way to search for a higher 'meaning'. May not care enough, or not think it is important.

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Hi Everyone.
Sorry I'm away. Unexpected again. But I have left the instructions here for you so yay. :)

Today we will continue to distinguish between various belief positions: nonspiritual, non-religious, spiritual not religious, religious not spiritual, spiritual and religious, non spiritual and non religious. The ones we looked at on Tuesday are on the note below.
In your groups of 3, continue to research, discuss and write your definitions for the final 3 belief positions. I have cleverly highlighted them for you :)
When your group has decided on the definition you want to write for each, put them onto a note here with your names. We will decide on our final definitions as a group on Monday. Spend half the lesson on this activity.
Next, I would like you to consider the definitions from various writers including Christian spiritual writers in the articles I have put the links for below, and copy words or phrases that fit with your understanding. If you have time, you might like to do a PMI for each article in your book. Spend the other half of the lesson on this activity :)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/hot-thought/201610/spiritual-not-religious

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/05/american-atheists-religious-european-christians/560936/

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160422-atheism-agnostic-secular-nones-rising-religion/

http://www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/20121116_1.htm

I will go through everything with you on Monday. See you then!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Kwq_fhQNU&t=0s&list=PLITIvf9e1aLNoZhARfc_6iMyJNROIOT1H&index=23

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Plus
- Mentions that people often use the words spirituality and religion interchangeably, which reflects the reality.

- Mentions that signs, symbol and human ritual existed before spoken language.
Minus
- It interchangeably uses the terms spirituality and religion to describe the property of connectedness, self-image, and hope. Implying they both are the same. This can be exclusive to people who don’t associate with a religion.
- Doesn't mention the distinction between rituals and the emotions that make it more than another action.

Interesting
- The fact that people bothered to dislike the video.

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PLUS:
-It used images and videos, this was good
-Recognition of varying indigenous cultures
-It used facts to capture attention.
MINUS:
-a bit monotonous
INTERESTING:
-The facts throughout the video
-Meditation, the affects and impact.

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PLUS
-imagery
-explanations
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MINUS
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INTERESTING
- There are many different types of spirituality
- Quotes, facts
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Plus:
- The way of explaining both spirituality and religion and including differences and similarities between the two.
- Linking religion to spirituality.
- relating to spirituality when explaining the meaning of religion.
Minus:
- clarifying more about the points that were mentioned in the video
- the some of the images were not relating to the speech
Interesting:
- The idea that religion is CONNECTED to spirituality

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Plus:
-Describing spirituality as an emotional relationship & connectedness
-Quotes
-religion faith and life force
-Images
Minus:
- Sad music
-comparing spirituality and religion
Interesting:
-Meditation can be used in more ways than 1
-Signs and symbols

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Plus:
-the usage of famous quotes to support the main argument
-the diverse use of imagery and video to support the speech and keeps the audience engaged with the overall production

Minus:
-somewhat vague points made in the video; could use additional specificity in clarifying the primary points

Interesting:
-the narrator told us some facts revolving around spirituality that allows us to ponder about the reaches of spirituality as a whole

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Plus: Gives an overview of what spirituality is. Explains how it benefits people, how it is expressed, and how it connects with others.
Minus: Doesn’t differentiate spirituality from religion; a lot of what was said to identify spirituality also seemed to be religious.
Interesting: Rituals, signs, and symbols existed before human language.

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Plus
- The clear distinction of what will be learned in the unit
- The quotes
Minus
-  Still pictures
- Boring music, repetitive
Interesting
- The amount of dislikes an educational video can receive on YouTube

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Plus: I really enjoyed the images that went with the information. They were relevant and not particularly religious. But also linked to religion.

Minus: The music was a bit dull. That took away from the experience of the images for me.

Interesting: The quotes were ones I hadn't heard before, and were very timely.

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Yes I have had a look but I'm not sure how to turn comments on. I do like the layout though....it's in order so I know when people have posted stuff.

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Also comments are disabled and the layout is difficult to read :/

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I didn't even know I posted that :D

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This is cool Rachael but I'm not sure what it is lol

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See all the wonderful things Rachael has made

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Rubeus

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I hope it’s legible
- Kaitlyn

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This is the venn diagram. Sorry about the yellow thing in the middle :)

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Hey Everyone! Here are the instructions for Period 3 on Tuesday :)                                              *You each need one copy of each of the three readings. The relief teacher has these.                          *You also need one of the A3 Retrieval Charts, for taking notes. We will use this information on Friday to analyse the texts.                                                                                                                  *Read each text, and fill in the retrieval chart as you go. *That's all! If you don't finish during the lesson, make sure this is finished by Friday ready for our discussion. Also, if you haven't already uploaded your Venn Diagram from Monday here, do so before Friday. Thanks!

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Spirituality Vs Religion Y Chart

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Let me know what you think of this new layout....I went with a text box theme. If it doesn't work I'll change it. :) Anyway, here is the stuff I promised I'd post from today.

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Hi Everyone! Welcome to Term 3!