Journal Entry 4

Q1) What form of medium (music, art or literature) allows you to best connect with Jesus and why?

I think that music allows me the best to connect with Jesus because the music is peaceful and allows me to think quietly about what God wants me to be and why and also I feel that music can make me realise that God is always there for me. Art and statues of our Lord is another good way for me to communicate with Jesus, as when I look hard at those statues and images, I can see myself closer to Jesus.

This image is of a guitar and when it is played, it is the type of sound that I like to listen to when im in the church and reflecting upon my relationship with God.

Q2) Why has Jesus been portrayed in so many different ways throughout history?

I think that Jesus has been portrayed in so many different ways throughout history so that the Artist can express their own opinions through what they believe an image of Jesus would look like and there were so many different ways because of the fact that they were influenced by the art period going through around that time of the artwork. These images are also different because they are looked through the eyes of other people and they draw what they believe an image of Jesus would look like.

This is an image of Jesus which was drawn a long time ago and by the artist unknown, but this would be him vision of Jesus, being on the cross.

This is another image of Jesus and quite obviously the artist has an image or vision of Jesus with concern about the Earth and as you can see, there is a tear drop in his eye.
Q3) How is Jesus portrayed in Parramatta Marist?

I personally think that Jesus is portrayed at Parramatta Marist by everyone, including students, teachers, helpers and cleaners etc, by showing that they all interact well as a group and school community. We all help each other and that what Jesus wanted us to do. I think that this is so because everyone cares for each other and treats everyone equally, and being a Christian school, we are following and listening to Saint Marcellin Champagnat, our patriot saint, we are believing in the visions and thoughts of Jesus, Mary and God ect. We also portray Jesus by small things like the mid day pray where we as a school stop for that little minute or that, so that we can reflect and pray to the angels in Heaven. And other things like just recently participating in the Saint Marcellin Champagnat day mass with four other schools is a symbol or sign of Jesus in all of us.

In conclusion, all most everything at Parramatta Marist High portrays the views, beliefs and images of Jesus. And being such a multi cultural school and a school with many religions, we are all one and all for one, showing a major value of Jesus, in that being love one another as I loved you.

This image is one where Jesus is helping two kids who obviously about to die, so Jesus is helping those two kids, and thats what us at Parramatta Marist High School do, not necessarily saving a life, but helping each other.

Q4) Which artistic time period do you think best represents your image of Jesus and why?

I think that the Art period that would best represent my image of Jesus would be the Baroque style art and I feel that my image of Jesus best fits into the Baroque Art Style because those image of Jesus are based on those images which shows the struggle and pain that Jesus endured in His life.
Q5) Identify 1 images that appeals to you? What do you like about the representation?

This picture appeals to me the most because it is one with Jesus and Him helping and teaching a yonger boy. This appeals to me the most because I really want everyone to be like that in the world, instead of having everyone fighting and having wars. I like the fact that this image of Jesus is with another person and this image of Jesus shows His attributes and morals by him talking to the younger boy.
Q6) What factors currently shape your image of Jesus and why?

Some of the factors that are currently shaping my image of Jesus is the colour, the time period and what should I include in my own Image of Jesus, these factors are shaping my image of Jesus because they are the main ones to think about when you are making your own image of Jesus.

Individual Activity 2

Select 2 of the Following Bible passages:12:9-21

- Matthew 12: 19-21
- Matthew 19:18-28
- Mark 10:46-52
- Luke 9:51-56
- Mark 8:22-25
- Luke 3:15-23
- Jude 1:16-20
- Matthew 4:22-24
- John 12: 20-35
- John 1:29-32

The first passage that I have chosen to do is the Mark 10:46-52 which is titled Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight.

1. Describe in your own words the message of each Bible passage?

The message of this bible passage is that Jesus is always there to help anyone when they need it like in this situation the blind man, but in general the message of this bible passage is to trust God/ Jesus and he is always there for you and to help you when you need it even if other people are bagging you out. And that Jesus cares for everyone and treats everyone as his brother and sister.

This image of Jesus with His lamb regonises that he cares for everyone and treats them equally.

2. How is Jesus portrayed in the chosen passages.

- Jesus is portrayed in this passage by the Blind Man as “Jesus, the Son of David”, and with Jesus’ actions it suggests that Jesus was very kind and treated everyone equally even if they are disable in a way. He is portrayed as a healing and kind man through this bible passage.

This is an image of Jesus healing the Blind Man, as you can see, Jesus is treating the man very nicely and softly as he realises that the Blind Man is one of His brothers.

3. Discuss your personal response to the messages portrayed by the passages?

My personal response to the message being portrayed by this passage is:

- That Jesus is always there for us and even if we think that Jesus may not help us, we should always know that he is always willing to help us.

- One thing that this passage has taught me is to always love and trust God and he will help and stay with you.

- Jesus cares for everyone and always has time for everyone.

The second passage that I choose is Matthew 4:22-24 which is titled Jesus Heals the Sick

1. Describe in your own words the message of each Bible passage.

 - I think that the message being put through with this passage is that Jesus cares and loves us for him to preach the word of the Lord and Heal People who are sick.

- The real message being put through is that Jesus is always there for a helping hand when ever we need him and all we have to do is trust and believe.
2. How is Jesus portrayed in the chosen passages?

In this passage Jesus is being shown as a man of great power as he heals people who are sick of many ways and also that he is humbe, and kind with much love for His fellow brothers and sister (us).

This image above shows that Jesus is healing a sick man showing his love towards the sick man.
3. Discuss your personal response to the messages portrayed by the passages?

My personal response to the messages portrayed in this passage is that it is showing us Jesus’ true amount of love and devotion he has towards everyone.

And also that he is always there for you if you need him and all you have to do is believe Him, love Him and trust Him.

4. From the portrayal draw your own image of Jesus in one of the parables?

This part of my individual activity will be handed in with my hardcopy of this task on a seperate piece of paper.

Individual Task 1

Students are required to choose one artistic time period other than that presented in group activity. Select ONE RELIGIOUS artwork and complete the following:

1. List the Image:

This image below is the a Gothic version or image of Jesus.

This image is titled California Gothic Jesus.

2. Name the artist where possible.

This image was made or produced by a man named Reverend Leviathan.

The image above is the image of Reverend Leviathan, the man who painted the above image of Jesus.

3. Identify features of the artwork significant to the period.

This image above represents the Gothic view of the image of Jesus, therfore being he Gothic style, the features that made this artword significant to the period include:

~ The image uses dark colours like the purple as this is used for hair, eyes and lips.
~ Piercings are also used in this image which also gives the gothic touch.
~ But really, the main thing that makes this image Gothic is the dark colours that this image uses.

4. Discuss your personal response to the message portrayed by the artwork.

 My response to the message portrayed by the artwork is that with this image of Jesus shows or represents a new look for Jesus and that Jesus is different than his usual self and the colurs (purple) show that he is a Gothic person and the Gothic art tend to make their figures look Gothic.

Journal Entry 3

Q1) What words or images of Jesus come to your mind when you hear the word Jesus?

When I think or hear the word Jesus I think of:

- A person of amazing strength and value.
- A person that is of high class.
- A very caring and humble person.
- A loving and forgiving person.
- A person who loves everyone as His own brother.
- A miracle worker who preaces the word of the Lord.
- A person who gave up His wonderful and extrodinary life to save us.

This above picture shows the quality of heart that Jesus posses, by giving up his life to forgive our sins and to save us humans.

Q2) Why might it be important for young people to identify an image of Jesus?

It might be important for young people to identify an image of Jesus so that they can see im themselves, what they believe God or Jesus to be, and so that they can develop a closer realationship to almighty Jesus within themselves.

There are many pictures of Jesus, that people can remember him for, some pictures can include

Jesus, the good Sheperd, holding a lamb.

A very famous picture with that of the amazing birth of the Saviour Jesus our Lord

Q3) Where in your life do you most associate with images of Jesus?

I think of Jesus in my everyday life and believe that he is always there watching every move I make and every breath I take, so I associate images of Jesus every where I go as I believe that he is always there with me and there looking after me. But if there had to be, one part in my life, it would probally be now.

This is a picture of the different images of Jesus, as you can see here, there is one with him and that beloved cross and there are 2 of him with completly different gestures.

Journal Entry 2

Q1) How many rubrics are there in the project?

In this project, there are 3 rubrics, there is one for group task 1, there is one for the individual rubric and there is one for the group rubric.

Q2) Describe the purpose of a rubric?

The person of a rubric is to help or ensure the student the right things to do for the project and what to include to ensure that the student gets the best possible marks.

Q3) How can you use the rubric to get the best possible marks?

You can use the rubric to get the best possible marks by taking advantage of it and constantly refering to it and using it for the tasks and class work for example.

Journal Entry 1- IST/ RE

1. List TWO problems that could occur from students selecting their own groups.

- We will choose our friends and in the work force, you need to work with people that you might not get along with.. But by choosing your friends, you might not get your work done as you would keep talking and bludging during class.

- Another problem that could occur is that we wont get to work with other people in our classes that we might not know as good and by working with them, we might get to know them a little bit more.

2. Which type of student do you think would be selected first?

Well a quite obvious question, but never the less, by far the Smart people and the people that do their work and do it well will be chosen first in my opinion.

3. Why do you think they were selected first?

I think that they will be selected first because they do their work and do it well and have the ability to communicate to other people that they might not know as well. And becasue they will help the others in their group if they have difficulty.

4. Which type of student do you was selected last?

I would most probally select the student that never does their work or even if they do it, it would be copy and paste, and the student that is quite and never express their opinions and the naughty kids as they might cost my group marks.

5. What beneficial characteristics can you offer to your group?

Some beneficial characteristics that I can offer to my group would be
- Leadership
- A helping hand if needed
- Sense of humour
- Co-operation skills
- The ability of doing work to 100%

6. List THREE things you personnelly would like to improve on during this project.

During this project, I would like to imporve:

1. My Time Management

2. My Photoshop skills. ( I feel as though i know alot, but there is still some that I need to know about Photoshop)

3. My Marks.

Journal Entry 1

1. How is my group travelling so far?

- So far my group is doing well, everyone is co-operating with each other and getting along fine. We have all allocated group rules, tasks for given dates and allocated a person to do all work set by Mr Trotz and explain to the group about that activity.

Journal Entry 1

What perliminary reasearch have you done to commence your project?

- I have started this project well and done so with my reasearch. I have firstly started my reasearch with getting the important and precise definition of ‘ prototype’ which me and my partner can understand clearly. So me and my partner after reading and making our own definition of prototype, we came up with ” A prototype is an original form of something, which can include drawings about how the car will turn out to look like”. Also, then, I myself looked at some types of ford cars like the Falcon and Fiesta and looked at some parts of the car that we could ad to ours including the engine, muffler,  and wheels and also some features like spoilers and rims for the car.

Then I looked at drawing some designs with my partner using those features which make Ford cars unique. We tried drawings and using photoshop.

2. Define the term ‘Prototype’?

- After reading and examining the definitions of prototype, we came to a conclusion that a prototype is a drawings or something to that extent, which are used for drawing desings and examples on how the car might look like in the final product, when its finished.

3. Identify Ford Australia’s business brand?

- Well, ford is known all around the world but also in Australia. They are well known for their rivilry against Holden as can be seen with the V8 cars racing against each other. Ford use their logo to best sell their cars and that logo is known all around Australia.

Journal Entry 15

What is an Informed Conscience?

In order to make a decision doctor’s access a wide range of medical knowledge and patient history in order to diagnose a problem and treatment. The same principle can be applied to making moral decisions. We must be well informed regarding all the facts of the situation, moral values, virtues and laws in order to make our final decision. Therefore, an informed catholic conscience is an educated conscience that knows in any given situation.

Read the following scenario and answer the questions:

Roger Smith, a quite competent swimmer, is out for a leisurely stroll. During the course of his walk he passes by a deserted pier from which a teenage boy who apparently cannot swim has fallen into the water. The boy is screaming for help. Smith recognizes that there is absolutely no danger to himself if he jumps in to save the boy; he could easily succeed if he tried. Nevertheless, he chooses to ignore the boy’s cries. The water is cold and he is afraid of catching a cold — he doesn’t want to get his good clothes wet either. “Why should I inconvenience myself for this kid,” Smith says to himself, and passes on.

1.) There are always TWO sides to a conscience. What would Roger’s conscience be telling him?

-Well there is no doubt 2 sides to his conscience. One which is the postive one will be telling him to jump in and same the little boy which would be the best thing to do and one is telling him, no, its not worth it, let the kid drown or freeze. It doesnt worry me. Which would be the negative and bad thing to do.

2.) Think of an example of Jesus’ teaching and explain how his teachings can help us to make an appropriate decision?

Well there is one special bible passage that I recall called the the good samaratin. This is a prime example when there conscience is tested to choose weather they help the man dying or just leave him there to die.

Journal Entry 14

beatitudes.doc

1. Open the beatitudes worksheet.

2. Complete exercise 8, Questions 1-4.
 
BEATTIUDES:

1.  How blessed are the poor in spirit;the kingdom of God is theirs;     

2.  Blessed are the gentle;  they shall have the earth as their inheritance

3.  Blessed are those who mourn; they shall be comforted

4. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for uprightness; they shall have their fill

5. Blessed are the merciful; they shall have mercy shown them

6.  Blessed are the pure in heart; they shall see God

7. Blessed are the peacemakers;they shall be recognised as children of God

8. Blessed are those who are persecuted in the cause of uprightness; the kingdom of heaven is theirs

BEATITUDE FOR TODAY:

1.  Blessed are you in your poverty;you are not shut in the falseworld of conventions,rices and human security..

2. Blessed are you because you are gentle,you refuse vilonece and agressiveness…

3. Blessed are those who are those who weap; they will be healed…

4. Blessed are you because you hunger and thirst for justice;your heart beats in the rhythm of the heart of Jesus…

5. Blessed are you because you are merciful;you attatch your heart to misery;you will receive mercy…

6. Blessed are you because your heart Is pure;you do not accept compromises…

7.  Blessed are you because at all times and every moment you want to be an instrument of peace;seeking reconciliation above all things…

8. Blessed are you because you have allowed your conscience to develop ;you have accepted persecution;you have not been afraid to proclaim the truth…..

BEATITUDES VALUE:

1. Putting trust in God not things…

2. Peacemaking, Loving those people who are hard to love….

3. Patient suffering and enduring hardships reap their reward….

4. loving God with one’s whole heart , whole mind and whole soul

5. Humanity in all we do; non violence….

6. Getting involved helping the downtrodden;  working for the equality of people….

7. Peacemaking;  loving those who are hard to love….

8. Being willing to suffer for the right thing even if abused verbally of physically; accepting the consequences of living a good life….