Using Sanctity of life Worksheet

1. Read and complete FOCUS TASK q’s 1, 2 & 3. – USE a FULL A4 page in your books.

3. GROUP TASK –20 mins research time.

In your groups you are to explore the key question on your page from 2 perspectives – your own and that of the Catholic Church. (You will need to research using your PEDS the Catholic Church’s view – a good starting point is the Catechism of the Catholic Church – available online, bible passages. You can also just type in the issue and catholic teaching after it into google – make sure the source is reliable.)

You will need to present your 1 page research paper to the class – be make sure you are informative as an individual activity relating to these key questions will follow.

4. FOLLOW UP TASK

Select one of the questions that interested you the most (NOT ONE THAT YOU ALREADY DID IN YOUR GROUP) and write a half page response from describing your own view point and that of the Catholic Church’s . You

Is someone

in a

Our View Catholic Church’s view/ teaching

Is a fetus a human

life?

Catholic Church’s view/ teachingOur View

What if someone wants to die,

should we help them do so?

Our View Catholic Church’s view/ teaching

What quality of life awaits a brain-damaged

baby?

Catholic Church’s view/ teaching

Our View

Our View Catholic Church’s view/ teaching

Is a murder’s

life less sacred

Our View Catholic Church’s view/ teaching

In a time of war is your enemy’s life less sacred because they are your

enemy?

Our View Catholic Church’s

view/ teaching

Are plant life and

animal life sacred

Our View Catholic Church’s view/ teaching

Is a mother’s life more sacred than that of

her unborn child?