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Worksheet

VOCATIONS WEEK

This week is Vocations week (August 7- 14)

Vocations not only refer to being a Priest or Religious but the vocation to be a nurse, teacher, doctor and other service careers etc.

Please examine the following web sites and answer the questions relating to them.

http://www.stmarysbroome.wa.edu.au/home/religioused/vocations.htm

1.  With the web site ABOVE, click on Broome Diocese. Who is the Priest responsible for promoting vocations in the Kimberley and what is his email address. ANSWER:

2.  What was the name of the order of Priests who first came to Beagle Bay? ANSWER:

3.  When was Beagle Bay started? ANSWER:

4.  When was the first priest ordained (or made a priest) in Broome? ANSWER:

OZ VOCATIONS - MARRIED PERSON, SINGLE PERSON, PRIEST, SISTER, BROTHER, LAY MISSIONARY, DEACON.

5.  Click on the web site above and go to the link ‘Lay missionary’. What is the organisation which people can join to volunteer their skills. Write down a few sentences about this organisation, for example what it aims to do etc. ANSWER:

6.  Click on marriage. How can we say that marriage is a vocation? ANSWER:

7.  Click on the movie link and choose 3 movies on ‘vocation’ that would be suitable to watch for students http://www.catholicozvocations.org.au/movies/index.php ANSWER:

8.  What does a priest do mostly http://www.catholicozvocations.org.au/thinking/priest.html ANSWER:

9.  From the list you wrote in the last question, what do you think the most important role of the priest is ANSWER:

10. What does a religious sister promise to do with her life? http://www.catholicozvocations.org.au/thinking/sister.html ANSWER:

11. What is the aim of vocations week on August 7th? http://www.catholicozvocations.org.au/nvaw/index.html ANSWER:

http://www.visionguide.org/

12. Click on the web site above and answer the following question. You must only choose an answer from the left hand side of the web page. What do you think is the most challenging thing about being a religious priest, sister or brother. Cast your vote

Community life/living with others The promise to be celibate The discipline of regular prayer A life of service to others Seeing less of family and friends

***** Write down your opinion in a paragraph about choosing the life of a religious – priest, sister or brother. What do you think would be some of the most rewarding and challenging aspects of this life.

ANSWER:

Here are some other Vocations week sites below:

Australian Catholic Vocation Directory

Christian Life.url

Columban Fathers.url

Disciples of Jesus Covenant.url

Knights of the Southern Cro.url

Neocatechumenal Way.url

New Norcia- Index.url

Oblates of the Virgin Mary.url

Religious Life.url

SisterSite.url

Sisters of Our Lady of Char.url