Tying It All Together: Franciscan Values, Catholic Social Teaching, and Contemporary Challenges.

Tying It All Together:The Final Exam is an opportunity to apply what you have successfully mastered in this course by explaining the meaning and interconnection of the Franciscan values, by summarizing Catholic Social Teaching in relation to these values and social justice, and by applying these values to challenges of the contemporary world.Topics: Tying It All TogetherObjectives:In successfully completing this module, you will: Explain the meaning of the Franciscan values and how they are interconnected with one anotherSummarize CST, especially in relation to Franciscan values (review the meaning of CST in the Notes in Module 6)Apply the implications of Franciscan values to the challenges of the contemporary worldSkip to main contentFranciscan Values Social Justice and ServiceCourse FacultyDetails & ActionsCourse ContentThis folder contains a Welcome Message & Course Layout document, the Course Syllabus, the Course Description & Objectives, and Faculty Bio document.This folder contains a document of University Policies, a document of Online/Hybrid Course Information, a link to the Student Handbook, and a document outlining the Mission & History of Madonna University.Click to access resources such as Zoom, Panopto, Respondus Lockdown Browser, the Blackboard workshop called “How to Thrive in an Online Course,” and a list of campus and community resources for health, safety, and well-being.ESSENTIAL COURSE INFORMATION, RESOURCES, AND MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS CAN BE FOUND IN THIS FOLDER.Topics: Course Fundamentals; Values; Religion; Bible; Biblical History. Objectives: In successfully completing this module, you will: Explain what “values” are; Identify the Franciscan/Felician values, as well as personal values; Explain how the human phenomenon of religion relates to the human search for answers to the “big” questions; Identify the difference between “religions” and “denominations,” as well as where Christianity and Catholicism are “located” in relation to these; Identify what the Bible is and what the parts of the Bible are; Summarize the basic story, significant events, and characters of the Old Testament.Topics: Value: Respect for the Dignity of Each Person; Introducing Francis; What is Human Dignity? Biblical Roots of Respect for Human Dignity; Gaudium et Spes. Objectives: In successfully completing this module, you will: Identify significant historical, geographical, social, and cultural coordinates of St. Francis of Assisi’s life; Explain the implications of biblical texts that ground Christian convictions about human dignity; Explain the meaning of “human dignity” as understood in Catholic Christianity; Analyze a Conciliar text in terms of its points of Catholic teaching on human dignity.Topics: Francis: Youthful Dreams; Implications of Human Dignity; Poverty: Assault on Human Dignity; Overview of Christian History, Part 1. Objectives: In successfully completing this module, you will: Describe St. Francis’s youth, including his aspirations and their consequences; Identify markers of how human dignity is valued in other religious traditions; Analyze the relation between faith convictions about human dignity and contemporary real-world conditions; Summarize the basic story, significant events, and characters of early Christian history.Topics: Value: Compassion; What Is Compassion? The Unfolding of Francis’s Vocation; Biblical Roots of Compassion; Religious Orders; The Felician Sisters; Objectives: In successfully completing this module, you will: Describe the impact of the profound religious experience St. Francis had as a young man; Explain the biblical roots of the value of compassion; Explain the meaning of compassion; Distinguish compassion from pity, in light of human dignity; Outline the circumstances that gave rise to religious orders and the typical characteristics of religious orders; Describe the charism of the Felician Sisters and the circumstances that led to their founding of Madonna University.Topics: Francis: Following the Gospel — Imitation of Christ; Compassion in Various Religious Traditions; Medieval Christianity. Objectives: In successfully completing this module, you will: Summarize what became the goal/guiding principle of St. Francis’s life; Describe how Jesus’s ministry in the Gospels is characterized by compassion; Explain significant points in the Buddhist understanding of compassion; Identify significant aspects of the Qur’an’s teachings on compassion; Outline the basic story, significant events, and characters of medieval Christianity.Topics: Value: Solidarity; Solidarity with People in Need; Francis: The Wider Church; Preferential Option for the Poor. Objectives: In successfully completing this module, you will: Describe how St. Francis’s life underscored a commitment to community; Explain the significance of “community” in relation to the Franciscan values; Discuss the biblical basis of the value of solidarity; Explain Catholic Social Teaching (CST) on the Preferential Option for the Poor; Explain the meaning of “solidarity with people in need”; Analyze how CST, including Pope Francis, underscores the meaning and importance of solidarity.Module 6 OverviewKey Terms/ConceptsSolidarity — CommunityFrancis and the PopeFrancis and the Pope/The Pope’s DreamAt his initial audience with the Pope, Innocent III advised Francis to spend a few days praying over his ideas for his new community and then return for his answer. Legend has it that meanwhile, the Pope had a dream in which he saw the church crumbling and beginning to tumble to the ground. In his dream, he saw a man dressed like a beggar come along and hold up the crumbling structure and prevent it from falling.Covenant and Law, AgainSolidarity — Preferential Option for the PoorStatement by the Felician SistersPope Francis’s Message for the World Day of Peace 2014Quiz FV Module 6Due date: 10/5/24, 11:59 PMTopics: Importance of Solidarity/Community in Various Religious Traditions; Francis: Early Way of Life — Community; Post-Reformation Christian History. Objectives: In successfully completing this module, you will: Describe how the early Franciscans lived out “community”; Explain Buddhism’s concept of “universal responsibility” and how it relates to the value of solidarity; Identify ways in which other cultures (e.g., African indigenous cultures) are shaped by an emphasis on community; Explain how all of the world’s peoples, regardless of religious affiliations, can work together for the greater good of the global community; Summarize the basic story, significant events, and characters of post-Reformation Christian history.Topics: Value: Justice; What Is (Social) Justice? Francis: Early Companions (Clare); Biblical Basis of Justice; Charity and Justice; Social Justice and the Mission of the Church. Objectives: In successfully completing this module, you will: Summarize how St. Francis’s example attracted followers, with special attention to the story of St. Clare; Explain what is meant by social justice and specifically how it differs from other types of justice; Explain the implications of the biblical roots of justice in both the Old Testament and the New Testament; Distinguish justice from charity, in terms of the meaning and importance of both.Topics: Social Justice and the Marginalized; Francis: New Horizons; Modern Prophets; Objectives: In successfully completing this module, you will: Indicate some of the challenges caused by the tension between St. Francis’s charismatic nature and the hard realities of the world; Examine implications of social justice teachings for contemporary problems, especially poverty and discrimination; Describe how modern prophets exemplify standing up for justice; Articulate ethical reasons for implementing social justice.Madonna LibraryBlackboard Help×Module 6 OverviewOverview: Solidarity: Solidarity is not explicitly listed among the Franciscan values on your syllabus, but it is implied by all of them. Solidarity is the value that acknowledges and carries out our responsibilities to humankind. It is a response to our fundamental call to live as members of our human community, to live in relationship with others, many others. From the first second of our existence, we are embedded in relationships of interdependence with the world around us and especially with other human beings. Central to the Franciscan values is honoring the responsibilities of our role as members of the human community. Catholic Social Teaching (CST) has a great deal to say about these responsibilities. CST is a blanket term that refers to all official teaching of the Catholic Church on social issues, especially the teaching contained in council documents, papal encyclicals, official Catholic Church publications, and other official statements by popes and bishops. The Felician value paired in this module with Solidarity is Solidarity with People in Need, which speaks to our responsibilities to the most vulnerable members of our human community. We discover how Francis intuitively lived out a concern for the human community – beginning with the community of the church – and implanted it in the way of life of his new religious community. We examine the biblical basis of this concern for community – and move from there to a recent message by Pope Francis on our call to solidarity.