1. Define the word Charism.
Charism is a spiritual power or personal quality that gives an individual influence or authority over large numbers of people.
2. Marcellin Champagnat outlined FIVE marist charisms that are identified within Marist schools.
Describe THREE of these charisms.
Presence
Family
In the way of Mary
3. Provide THREE examples of how you have seen these charisms evident within Parramatta Marist.
Saying the Hail Mary
Staying strong with family
Being a good presence for others, not disrupting others work.
4. List and describe TWO ways you believe we can create a better sense of ‘Marist Family’ within Parramatta Marist.
We could put our heads down and our work.
We could listen and co-operate with our team members.
What significant moment in Indigenous History occurs this week?
The apology to all Aboriginal’s for the carnage and pain that the government had placed upon them all those years ago.
How may you use this as supplementary material?
You could use this as supplementary because it is a statement correcting errors that happended not that long ago.
What is your aim for this lesson?
My aim for this lesson is too find out more information on the Aboriginal culutre.
1. List and Describe THREE different award programs (e.g “The Australian of the Year”)
- The Honarary Patriot award, is an event held in America, Where they award someone for their significant change to other peoples lives and to their community.
- Marist of The Year Award, is where the Marist community award someone who has devoted thier entire life to needs of others and the award is given to someone who is seen as sacramental.
- The Australian of the Year award, is where they appoint a local hero the chance to win an award for specialty in their own field of work, or for a signifacnt help to their community or places of the such
Provide hyperlinks to their respective websites.
http://www.shs911memorial.org/honorary_patriot_award.htm
There is no site to acces onto the Marist of the Year award, but hopefully there will be 
http://www.australianoftheyear.gov.au/pages/page2.asp
2. List as many characteristics as you can that are used to judge nominations for these awards. Remember some may not be easy to find you will have to work hard.
- An Australian citizen
- Made a significant shange to thier community
- Helped out other people
- Local hero
- Someone seen as sacramental
- Follow in the steps of Christ
- Gave up time to help other people
- Demonstrates excellency in their field of work
- Personal, academic and Professional achievements
- Degree of difficulties of achievements and sacrifices made
- A Seaford graduate who has gained distinction
- Someone who has sacrificed their entire lives to helping other people
1. Select ONE person who you consider to have inspired you and provide a short background of this person.
My best friend Timothy, He was my best friend in New Zealand, he supported me through the rough times and the good times, he taught me how to hold my own, and to stand my ground.
2. Discuss briefly why you consider them to be inspiring.
I consider him to be inspiring because he changed my life and taught me respect is a two way street, he taught me how to be street smart, and i know how to watch myself on the street at night because of what he told me.
3. Import atleast ONE picture and ONE hyperlink that can add to the information you have provided about your inspiring person or inspiring people in general.
Timothy is the Martin Luther King Of the streets
1. Why is it important to have regular group meetings?
It is important to have reguluar group meetings because we need to know what eachother is upto and what part in our role we are doing at the time.
2. Outline TWO other tools or strategies that can be used to assist group work.
One way to assist with group work is by using msn, only because you can have a group conversation with your wholeteam at the same time, while doing work.
Another way to assist is by having eachotheres home phone, so when you get stuck you can have a verbal conversation wiht your team mates.
3. Discuss THREE problems that you may face from working in your group.
One problem i could face from working in my group is being away on an important day and messing up with the whole system.
The second problem i could face is not having my work in on time.
The thrid problem i could face is not acting on my role to help out the group and get my group into trouble.
1. Define the term ‘inspiring’?
The term inspiring to me means someone who people can realte and look upto.
2.List THREE or more characteristics that you think would be found in inspiring people.
The characteristics they could have are:
- Someone who is a good rolemodel
- Kind and caring heart
- Good soul
3. Import a collage of pictures of people who you consider to be inspiring.
