Scaffoldings 19: Career Skills

19 What Can I DO
19.1 Transferable Skills
Objectives:

To understand the concept of Transferable Skills.
To be able to transfer some skills to working environment.

19.2 What do I want to be?
Objectives:

To understand the meaning of job satisfaction.
To be able to start thinking about a job that will give one satisfaction.

19.3 Making a Decision
Objectives:

To be able to use a method of decision making.
To come up with one’s career objectives.

19.4 Getting Closer – Interview and C.V
Objectives:

To understand the dynamics in an interview.
To be able to write a good CV and face interview.

19.5 Soup for the Soul – Meaning of Work

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Scaffoldings 20: Youth Spirituality

20 Even You Can
20.1 Called to be Perfect
Objectives:

To understand the meaning of being holy.
To understand aspects of youth spirituality.

 
20.2 Celebrating Life in Happiness
Objectives:

To understand the meaning of true happiness and celebration of life.

20.3 Fulfilling Daily Duties
Objectives:

To understand the role of work in daily life.
To be convinced that spirituality is lived out in daily life.

20.4 Accepting Suffering
Objectives:

To understand meaning of union with God in relation to spirituality.

20.5 Union with God
Objectives:

To understand meaning of union with God in relation to spirituality.

20.6 Discovering One’s Calling
Objectives:

To understand the meaning of vocation.
To be able to relate meaning in life to vocation.

20.7 Social-Political Involvement
Objectives:

To understand that true spirituality makes one be part of the society.

20.8 Being Part of the Church
Objectives:

To understand one’s role in the church.
To be able to have a right model of church.

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Sermon for 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A Homily


To understand the impact of ‘persistent worrying’ here is an illustration.  Take a pen in hand and hold it with two fingers.  Would it be difficult?  Not yet?  Keep holding it for five minutes.  What happens?  The pen is becoming heavier, cumbersome, and the centre of your attention.  Keep holding it for ten minutes.  What is it like?  It is unbearable and heavy. You just want to get rid of it.  Yes, it is easy to get rid of the pen.  But we find it so difficult to get rid of our worries.  They hurt, we still hold on to them.
In the gospel text of today, as we continue to listen to his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us: do not worry.  Be free!
What is worry? It is the mental process of rumination about a negative experience. It is a […]

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School of Discipleship

HSI Schools of Discipleship are spearheading a major revival in the Church by teaching people the faith with three express purposes: to learn it, to live it, and to share it. Thousands of students in over 50 schools around the world are now living powerful lives of faith and outreach as they fulfill the Great Commission given by Jesus: to make disciples of all nations.
 

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