GCSE RS at STM

Homework due on Monday 9 March.

Imagine you are Peter. Write the diary entry entries for each day during Holy Week. There are sentence starters below to help you. (If you prefer, you could choose Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Jesus, Caiaphas the High Priest, Pontius Pilate or a Jewish pilgrim to Jerusalem instead.)

Sunday. What an amazing day! We walked into Jerusalem, Jesus riding on a donkey, with people waving palm branches and …

Monday. I’m really nervous. I’ve never seen Jesus like this before. He …

Tuesday. Today Jesus taught us …

Wednesday. It was nice to stay at home today.

Thursday. What a terrible, terrible day. I’ll never be able to look Jesus in the eye again. I’m so, so scared. It had all started off so pleasantly, when we …

You could include some of the following emotions:

Excited
Powerful
Nervous
Worried
Scared
Indignant
Sad
Depressed
Happy
astonished

Homework due on Monday 9 March 2009.

Imagine that you are a Catholic who is against the ordination of women. Write a letter to the editor of The Tablet (Catholic Newspaper) explaining your views.

Remember to comment on alternative points of view, explaining why you disagree with them.

For example, you could start:

Dear Sir,

I am concerned that the recent discussions in the Anglican Communion regarding the role of women in the priesthood might encourage Catholics to want women priests as well. I feel that it is necessary to write to let you know my views.

This homework was due last Monday, 2 March 2009.

“Christmas is the most important Christian festival.” Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer, showing that you have considered another point of view.

(Remember to compare Christmas to Easter – which do you think is more important, and why? Why might people think each is the most important?)

Regular readers of this blog will have noticed that I haven’t updated it for three weeks! Many apologies! I had a busy half term and since then have not managed to update the blog – but you have still been getting homework! I am going to now add the homework that should have been completed as well as the homework that I have set this week!

Homework is due on Thursday 12 February.

a) What is Holy Week? (2 marks)
b) Outline what Catholics do to mark Lent. (6 marks)
c) Explain why Christmas is important for Christians. (8 marks)
d) “Easter is more important than Christmas.” Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another point of view. (4 marks)

Homework due on Friday 13 February.

a) What is promiscuity? (2 marks)
b) Outline the attitude of the Catholic Church to homosexuality. (6 marks)
c) Explain how Churches help to keep the family together. (8 marks)
d) “No Christian can be a homosexual.” Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another point of view. (4 marks)

Homework due on Friday 6 February.

a) What is a reconstituted family? (2 marks)
b) Outline ways in which the Church helps with the upbringing of children. (6 marks)
c) Explain how the marriage service shows the purposes of marriage for Christians. (8 marks)
d) “Without religion, family life would collapse.” Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another point of view. (4 marks)

Homework is due on Thursday 5 February.

a) What is absolution? (2 marks)
b) Outline how the sacrament of reconciliation is celebrated. (6 marks)
c) Explain why very ill Catholics may want to receive the sacrament of anointing of the sick. (8 marks)
d) “You don’t need the liturgical year to remember and celebrate the beliefs of Christianity.” Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another point of view. (4 marks)

Homework due on Friday 30 January.

Answer in booklet.

a) What is adultery? (2 marks)
b) Outline the purposes of marriage. (6 marks)
c) Explain why there are differences among Christians in their attitudes to sex before marriage. (8 marks)
d) “A Catholic wedding ceremony helps to make a marriage work.” Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another point of view. (4 marks)

Homework due in on Thursday 29 January.

a) What is the Real Presence? (2 marks)
b) Outline the structure of the Mass. (6 marks)
c) Explain why there are different Christian beliefs about the Eucharist. (8 marks)
d) “You don’t need symbols of bread and wine to feel God’s presence.” Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another point of view. Refer to Catholic Christianity in your answer. (4 marks)