Module Focus This module is the third of three ‘Land, People and Spirit’ modules which explore Aboriginal spirituality and its connections with Catholic spirituality. In an Aboriginal way of being, everything is connected - land, people and spirit. Aboriginal people ‘learn to be’ largely within their relationship with the land through which they express themselves physically, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. Catholic spirituality also sees land and people as being sacred and as revelations of God in the world. There is therefore a beautiful connection between Aboriginal and Catholic spirituality’s, which may only be made with the intention of offering respect to Aboriginal beliefs and cultures. Some experiences in this module will offer students an opportunity to ‘learn to be’ in an Aboriginal way, thus moving away from the concept of an external study of Aboriginal cultures. “Learning through experiences…allows people to get a glimpse of an Aboriginal way of seeing the world” ( Edwards, O. and Buxton, L Guyunguu: Teacher’s Notes 1998 Catholic Schools Office, Diocese of Broken Bay, p. 8) Sourced from Outcomes GRHD S3.1b: Describes how Christian life, nurtured by the Holy Spirit, is a response to God’s love for creation PS S3.4a: Explains how prayer, sacraments and liturgical action are integral to the faith life of a Catholic S S3.5b: Demonstrate how the message of Scripture can be applied to contemporary life Learn About Learn To GRHD S3.1b GRHD S3.1b the responsibilities of Co-creators name and describe the responsibilities of ways to fulfil the role of co-creator Christians as co-creators ways the Holy Spirit is active in renewing formulate plans of commitment and action creation identify the Holy Spirit as active in a Christian Sacred Stories of the Indigenous people response recall Aboriginal creation stories identify and describe Aboriginal ways of viewing and caring for the environment identify the meaning and significance of Aboriginal creation stories PS S3.4a PS S3.4a reflect on the role of prayer in developing a meditative expressions of prayer liturgical action relationship with God
Module Focus This module is the third of three ‘Land, People and Spirit’ modules which explore Aboriginal spirituality and its connections with Catholic spirituality. In an Aboriginal way of being, everything is connected - land, people and spirit. Aboriginal people ‘learn to be’ largely within their relationship with the land through which they express themselves physically, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. Catholic spirituality also sees land and people as being sacred and as revelations of God in the world. There is therefore a beautiful connection between Aboriginal and Catholic spirituality’s, which may only be made with the intention of offering respect to Aboriginal beliefs and cultures. Some experiences in this module will offer students an opportunity to ‘learn to be’ in an Aboriginal way, thus moving away from the concept of an external study of Aboriginal cultures. “Learning through experiences…allows people to get a glimpse of an Aboriginal way of seeing the world” ( Edwards, O. and Buxton, L Guyunguu: Teacher’s Notes 1998 Catholic Schools Office, Diocese of Broken Bay, p. 8) Sourced from Outcomes GRHD S3.1b: Describes how Christian life, nurtured by the Holy Spirit, is a response to God’s love for creation PS S3.4a: Explains how prayer, sacraments and liturgical action are integral to the faith life of a Catholic S S3.5b: Demonstrate how the message of Scripture can be applied to contemporary life Learn About Learn To GRHD S3.1b the responsibilities of Co-creators ways to fulfil the role of co-creator ways the Holy Spirit is active in renewing creation Sacred Stories of the Indigenous people PS S3.4a meditative expressions of prayer liturgical action GRHD S3.1b name and describe the responsibilities of Christians as co-creators formulate plans of commitment and action identify the Holy Spirit as active in a Christian response recall Aboriginal creation stories identify and describe Aboriginal ways of viewing and caring for the environment identify the meaning and significance of Aboriginal creation stories PS S3.4a reflect on the role of prayer in developing a relationship with God