Senior Project
Encyclicals
The 7 Themes
Scripture
Virtues
100

Which Catholic Church-approved translation of the Bible is required for the Senior Project? (HINT: it is the translation used in Mass)

New American Bible (NAB) or New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE)

100

Who wrote Laudato Si’?

Pope Francis

100

List the 7 Themes of Catholic Social Teaching

Dignity of the Human Person; Call to Family, Participation, and Community; Rights and Responsibilities; Option for the Poor and Vulnerable; Dignity of Work and Workers; Solidarity; Care for God's Creation

100

What is the term used to describe the state humans are born into as a result of the Fall? (HINT: we lost harmony with God and neighbor)

Original Sin

100

What are firm attributes, stable dispositions, habitual perfections of intellect and will that govern our actions, order our passions, and guide our conduct according to reason and faith?

Virtues

200

What three theological sources do you need to reference in your paper?

Catechism, Bible, and Papal Document/Encyclical

200

Gaudium et Spes was published in 1965 during the Second Vatican Council. Which Pope promulgated Gaudium et Spes? 

Pope Paul VI

200

Rerum Novarum was written following the Industrial Revolution, which CST theme was MOST addressed in this document?

Dignity of Work and Workers

200

“Blessed are you who are _______, for yours is the kingdom of God.” (Luke 6:20)

poor (in Spirit)

200

"To will the good of the other," is how St. Thomas Aquinas defines what virtue?

Love/Charity

300

MULTIPLE CHOICE: When writing an in-text citation for a papal encyclical, which is the correct format?

a. (Caritas in Veritate, 2009)

b. (Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict XVI)

c. (Caritas in Veritate, 2009, para, 53)

d. (Pope Benedict XVI, 2009, para. 53)

d. (Pope Benedict XVI, 2009, para. 53)

300

Pope John Paull II published Evangelium Vitae in what year? (HINT: it is the same year Mr. Reichley was born.)

1995

300

This theme is is the commitment to the common good meaning the wellbeing of all people and the world.

Solidarity

300

“_________ your father and your mother.” (Exodus 20:12)

Honor

300

MBOC, also known as the ______________, is the recognition that every person is interconnected and what says or does can positively or negatively affect those around them.

Mystical Body of Christ

400

What is the foundation of Catholic Social Teaching? (HINT: according to Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical Caritas in Veritate [2005])

Love/Charity

400

Who wrote Pacem in Terris (1963)?

Pope John XXIII

400

“The existence of each individual is deeply tied to that of others: life is not simply time that passes; life is a time for interactions.” (Pope Francis, 2020, para. 66). Which theme of CST is best described here?

Call to family, community, and participation. 

400

Since we are made Imago Dei, our bodies are what?

Sacred.

400

This vice leads leads to a cycle of materialism.

Greed.

500

What is a letter written by a Pope to a particular audience of Bishops that offers guidance on past, current, and future issues AND can be beneficial to all people, not just Catholics called?

A Papal Encyclical

500

Who wrote Deus Caritas Est (On Christian Love)?

Pope Benedict XVI

500

“One generation departs and another generation comes, but the world forever stays.” (Ecclesiastes 1:4) What theme is best described here?

Care for God's Creation

500

“For the measure you give back will be the __________ you get back.” (Luke 6:38)

Measure

500

According to St. Thomas Aquinas, which virtue gives order and balance to our life and teaches us to cherish and enjoy the good things of life while respecting natural limits?

Temperance