Personal Faith Development Journal #2

Name ______________________________

Date _____________

What is the Catholic understanding of happiness? What is the good life? How do the
theological virtues help us to live a good and happy life? How do the cardinal virtues help us to
live a good and happy life? How do the virtue of temperance and acts of penance and sacrifice
help to bring about the good? How is leading a virtuous life connected to grace and justification?
How does the Catholic understanding of happiness and the good life compare to societys
understanding? You are encouraged to re-watch the video clips of Fr. Robert Barron found in the
notes to help you in answering these guiding questions. You are also required to provide a
critique of the ideals of contemporary society by examining the philosophers we have covered in
this unit.
Knowledge

Demonstrates an understanding of the

Church being empowered by the Holy Spirit
and responsible for ethical and moral
formation of people.

Expresses an understanding of grace and its

implications for Christian living.

Demonstrate a Catholic understanding of

happiness.
Thinking

Evidence of thinking and inquiry skills in

discerning how the cardinal and theological
virtues are connected to goodness and
happiness.

Evidence of reflection on the connection

between living a virtuous life and grace and
justification.

Inquiry into grace and its implications for

Christian living.
Communication

Use of proper English, spelling and

grammar.

Clear and concise writing.

Answers are well explained.

Application

Evidence of making connection to real

world situations by providing examples.

All parts of the guiding question are met.

Neatness and completeness

Comparison between Catholic views and

societys views on happiness.

Making connections between the

philosophies presented in this unit and
societys understanding of happiness and
goodness.

Level 1
Demonstrates a
limited
knowledge and
understanding
of the content.

Level 2
Demonstrates
some knowledge
and understanding
of the content.

Level 3
Demonstrates
considerable
knowledge and
understanding
of the content.

Level 4
Demonstrates
a thorough
knowledge
and
understanding
of the content.

Uses critical
and creative
processing
skills with
limited
effectiveness.

Uses critical and

creative
processing skills
with some
effectiveness.

Uses critical
and creative
processing
skills with
considerable
effectiveness.

Uses critical
and creative
processing
skills with a
high degree of
effectiveness.

Expresses and
organizes ideas
and information
with limited
effectiveness.

Expresses and
organizes ideas
and information
with some
effectiveness.

Expresses and
organizes ideas
and information
with
considerable
effectiveness.

Makes
connections
between various
contexts and
transfers
knowledge and
skills to new
contexts with
limited
effectiveness.

Makes
connections
between various
contexts and
transfers
knowledge and
skills to new
contexts with
some
effectiveness.

Makes
connections
between various
contexts and
transfers
knowledge and
skills to new
contexts with
considerable
effectiveness.

Expresses and
organizes
ideas and
information
with a high
degree of
effectiveness.
Makes
connections
between
various
contexts and
transfers
knowledge
and skills to
new contexts
with a high
degree of
effectiveness.

Mark

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