Comprehensive Take Home Exam (PCE)

in Philosophy of Catholic Education

PROJECT:

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Documentation of the different issues in our society

(Philippines), the possible outcome, and how you can help solve or
reduce the severity of the problem

LEARNING MATERIALS TO BE USED: Video Presentation/Documentation

TARGET: Students

OBJECTIVES:

1. By the end of the project, the students would be able to identify the
different issues that the society is having right now;
2. The students would then be able to make judgment of the issues in our
society;
3. The students would make a better understanding of the society’s
situation and think of ideas on how to reduce or solve the issues even as a
student;
4. The students will be able to reflect on the issues and problems that the
society is having right now and the possible contribution that they were
making to add on the severity of a problem.

PROJECT CONTENT:

With the growing country that were in, there will be issues and problems that we
will encounter. One by one, day by day, from easy to mild then severe, issues and problems
will arise, increase and would take a toll in every one of us.

As a saying from our National Hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal “Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng
bayan”, the students or the youth should be aware and be proactive regarding the issues
that our country is experiencing right now.

To be able to understand the different issues that the country is experiencing right
now, the students will make a video presentation of the different issues or problem that the
society is experiencing right now that will be done by group and they will tackle a
particular issue, this may include:

 Political corruption - cronyism, necropolitics, narcopolitics, political dynasties

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  Lack of agricultural reform and national industrialization - without these we
will not attain food security and would not be able to establish proper heavy
industries
 Rise of neoliberalism in a non-competent economy - Oversaturation of foreign
goods in the market resulting in local industries dying. Becoming a part of an
assembly line of products without actually producing industrial goods for our own
benefit. Privatization of social services. Monopolies are allowed to exist even though
it is illegal.
 Unemployment and Housing - Lack of affordable housing in job hotspots; lack of
job hotspots in rural areas resulting in Rural to Urban migration thus causing
overpopulation in cities
 Red tape in the government - part of corruption but this also affects legal branches
of the government too
 Lack of reliable, affordable, and quality social services - Healthcare remains
expensive, public schools are overcapacity and the quality of education leaves much
to be wanted, mass transport remains shitty
 Politics remains to be a popularity game - this is an issue of voters that do not
feel a personal responsibility towards the nation and the System which allows
mediocre politicians who do the bare minimum to continually run for public office
 Lack of regard on the usage of natural resources - the mining industry remains
extractive, we do not have the necessary industries to process them and they are
exported to be processed by other countries to become products that will then be
sold to us.

What are the problems facing the Philippines, (Jose, Anjeanette 2016)
Retrieved Sept. 03, 2019
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-problems-facing-the-Philippines

 Crab mentality - passed to generations to generations. Pulling each other down.

 Transpo, and metrorail system - the Philippines does not ride at the backseat of
the car, she is at the trunk of the car. Left behind. Very behind compared to its
developing neighbors. Lrt/mrt malfunctions and stops before it reaches the station.
 The mayor is my father’s ‘kumpare’ system. - even on applying for a job, the
recommended people gets the job even though you’re at the office at dawn.
 A wide gap between the rich and the poor
 Drug cartels - courtesy from the biggie neighbors of the small Philippines.
 Crooked Politicians - The elites of the country. Some politicians are working for
themselves and not for the interest of the people. Yet the mass keeps on voting for
them.
 Political Dynasty - Each city, each family. Impossible to penetrate the family-ruled
city.
 There is an absolute justice……….. for the richest.
 Low quality healthcare - scarcity of doctors especially for the people at remote
areas. Government hospitals does not provide well. Expensive hospitals have the
highest quality of service.

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  Monopoly of businesses
 Filipino businessmen are overshadowed by large foreign businesses. Too hard
to penetrate the market for small Filipinos. There is a chance to make it up to the top
but it’s a small chance.
 NO MILITARY power - the country can’t even protect its islands and boundaries.
The result → the philippines gets bullied by bigger neighbors. She just watches as
countries violates the sovereignty of the ‘pearl of the orient seas’.
 Sits at the pacific ring of fire - prone to tropical super typhoons, earthquakes, and
volcanic eruptions.

What are the problems facing the Philippines, (Anonymous, 2017)

Retrieved Sept. 03, 2019
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-problems-facing-the-Philippines

The presentation may consists of videos of the actual problem or picture, caricature,
and the likes to represent the issue. It will also include the possible outcome of a specific
issue and the ways on how to help solve them.

The video presentation will then be presented in class to show their fellow students
of the different issues of the country.

VISION, MISSION, and CORE VALUES

DPC’s VISION

Divina Pastora College is a Christ-centered Catholic educational institution, inspired

by Mary Mother of the Good Shepherd, committed to providing transformative and holistic
education, witnessing to new evangelization, and with preferential option for the
underpriviledged.

The project will provide transformative and holistic education. The project will be
the eye opener for the students for better understanding of the issues that our country is
experiencing now and how they can help as a student, youth and a citizen of the
Philippines.

DPC’s MISSION

Divina Pastora College is known for standards-based and value-laden educational

programs and services, mission-led initiatives, dynamic Christian formation and devotion to
Mary Mother of the Good Shepherd.

The project will be a step to appreciate the creation of God. Upon realizing the
possible outcome and how it can affect the society, the students will help preserve the
beauty of the creation of God in their own little ways. It doesn’t mean that they have to fight
against the corrupt people, an example would be a wiser decision-making on whom to vote
to be placed in position for the government officials in our country. It can also be by means
of not cutting trees so that when flood came, those trees will be the one to absord the water
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brought by the rain. Another example is burning of waste that is affecting the oxone layer, it
can be of help if every one will stop burning of waste and may rather segregate and make
fertilizers on the bio-degradable and recycle the non-biodegradable.

DPC’s CORE VALUES

Christ-centeredness

Excellence

Integrity

Service

The project will help the students be Christ-centered by means of appreciating God’s
creation, helping preserve the environment, and being a good example and not doing
things that would affect negatively the environment, the society, and community. It will be
a guide for excellence to be a better person. The integrity and service of the students would
then be of utmost performance, for the betterment of the student and the community and
environment as well.

ESSENTIAL DIMENSIONS OF FAITH (4 PILLARS)

1. Creed – What we believe

Doxological Confession
It’s possible that we have become so familiar with the creed that we’ve become
blind to some of its unique qualities. The creed is not merely a catalog of doctrines
but is phrased as a confession. “We believe,” it urges us to say. Sincere recitation of
the creed requires faith in the God who has accomplished these great things and
belief that these great things were accomplished.
In this way, the Apostles’ Creed is not just theology, but doxology, and as it is so
often included in the liturgy of Christian worship services, it is meant to be recited
together, as a body of believers, as an act of worship.
The creed is a confession in the truest sense of the word: Christians confess with the
creed that these are things they must believe to be saved.
Proclamation of the Gospel
The creed is narrative and tells the gospel story!
 Beginning with the one true God—who is self-sufficient and needful of
nothing—creating the universe.
 It then goes on to detail the incarnation of God in flesh, giving us the
historical detail of Christ’s birth and life and death.
 Then it moves on to the next plot point in the grand tale of redemption: the
resurrection; then the ascension.
 And this is why the Holy Spirit, who is the third person of the triune Godhead,
doesn’t appear until the latter portion of the creed. Confession of the Spirit
coincides narratively with the sending of the Spirit at Pentecost after the

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 ascension of Christ. The Spirit empowers the gospel of Christ then to build
the church, unite the saints in their spirits, and save the lost.
 Finally, the creed ends with the new beginning when the dead in Christ are
raised incorruptible and the Lord’s return ushers in the eternal joy of the
new heavens and the new earth. This is what “the life everlasting”
corresponds to – Jesus’ renewing all things, not simply our receiving a ticket
to heaven when we die.

Roughly half of the creed centers on the person and work of Jesus Christ, whose
accomplishments became the gospel.

We pair the Father with the Son because we only know the Father through the Son
(Matthew 11:27), because the Son does the Father’s will (John 4:34, John 10:25),
and because the Son is equal to the Father (John 5:18)

We know these things not primarily from the creed but from the Scriptures the
creed summarizes.

When the Apostle Peter proclaims, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God”
(Matthew 16:16), Jesus affirms his conviction and promises that the gates of hell will
not prevail against the church that holds to this doctrine (Matthew 16:17).

By the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 1:9 three
important things about Jesus that the creed affirms: he is Son, Christ, and Lord.
Creed, (Wilson, Jared)
Retrieved: Sept. 03, 2019
https://www.christianity.com/theology/the-apostles-creed-part-one-introduction.html

2. Prayer – What we do
The “Our Father” is a model of our prayer to God, expressing our intimate
relationship with the Father. In it we pray that the Father’s name be sanctified, that
his Kingdom come, and that his will be done both in heaven and on earth. We then
ask the Father for the things we need: our daily sustenance, our need to be forgiven,
and our desire not to be led into temptation. Asking for forgiveness from the Father
presupposes that we have (already) forgiven those who have sinned against us. For,
indeed, how can we ask the Father to forgive us our trespasses (opheilēmata in
Greek) when we have not forgiven those who trespass against us?
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/02/19/the-lords-prayer-4/

The central insight of Catholic Christianity is the sacramental economy, which is the
work of the Holy Trinity in human history. Our liturgical and sacramental life is the
mirror of our belief and one of the means by which our Tradition is handed on to
each generation. Our individual prayer prepares us for the liturgy and extends its
celebration in our spiritual life. The module will consider the liturgy, the seven
sacraments, and devotional prayer.
https://4pillarsofthechurch.wordpress.com/prayer-what-we-do/

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 3. SACRAMENTS – How we celebrate
The seven sacraments can be explained through three different types of sacraments:
Sacraments of Initiation:
Baptism -the basis for the whole Christian life. It welcomes us into the life of the
Spirit and into the family of faith – the primary symbols are water, oil, a white
garment and fire.
Confirmation – deepens baptismal grace, opening full membership in the church
for the individual, beginning a lifelong journey into the mystery of God revealed in
Christ – the primary symbols are oil and laying of hands.
Eucharist – the Body and Blood of Christ consumed through communion, usually at
mass. Through receiving the Eucharist we delve deeper into becoming what we
consume – the primary symbols are bread and wine.
Sacraments of Healing:
Reconciliation – celebrates God’s generous mercy for our sins. It calls us to
conversion and heals our souls – the primary symbol is laying on of hands.
Anointing of the Sick – commends those who are ill or suffering to the suffering of
Christ and raises them up in prayers, it can be received each time a person suffers a
serious illness, faces surgery, experiences the worsening of an illness or faces death
– the primary symbol is oil.
Sacraments of Service:
Holy Orders – includes deacons, priests and bishop, continuing the apostolic
mission of Christ – the primary symbol is laying on of hands.
Matrimony – binding a man and a woman into a partnership for life and is a sign of
God’s covenant and faithful love of us – the primary symbol is the exchange of vows.
https://4pillarsofthechurch.wordpress.com/sacraments-how-we-celebrate/

4. MORALITY – How we live

Our belief draws forth a vocation to life in the Spirit.
That life is grounded in the dignity of the human person and the communal
character of the human vocation, including free will, conscience, virtue, and
sin. Catholic Social Teachings are one way to strive to life a moral life.
As a family: Learn about the seven social teachings of the church.
Life and Dignity of the Human Person: All human life is sacred and has inherent
dignity from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death. God is the
source of life, making life sacred. We believe that every person is precious
regardless of his life circumstances.
Call to Family, Community and Participation: Families and communities must be
protected and promote participation in social life. We are social by nature, since we
are created in the image of a God, who is one in three persons.

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 Rights and Responsibilities: As Catholics, we must consider both rights and
responsibilities as connected. Our rights are limited by our responsibility to make
sure everyone has enough. For example, those that have much need to limit their
consumption, so that others might have something.
Option for the Poor and Vulnerable: A basic moral teaching for any society is how
our poorest and most vulnerable members are cared for. Jesus proclaimed that we
are judged on how we treat these people. Look up Matthew 25:40 in scripture to see
what Jesus teaches.
The Dignity of Work and Rights of Workers: The dignity and rights of workers
must never take a backseat to profits. Employers must respect fair wages,
productive work, decent working conditions, the right to organize and the right to
private property. The economy must serve people, not the other way around.
Solidarity: Countries tend to turn inward and become isolated from the concerns of
the rest of the world. In Christ we are all brothers and sisters. Our decisions and
actions do affect the lives of people all over the world. We are one human family and
must care for each other.
Care for God’s Creation: Creation is a gift from God, and it is an insult if we trash
the gift. Having dominion over creation does not give us permission to do whatever
we please. We must humbly serve creation.
https://4pillarsofthechurch.wordpress.com/morality-how-we-live/

ORIGIN OF THE BIBLE

The Bible is the holy scripture of the Christian religion, purporting to tell the
history of the Earth from its earliest creation to the spread of Christianity in the first
century A.D. Both the Old Testament and the New Testament have undergone
changes over the centuries, including the the publication of the King James Bible in
1611 and the addition of several books that were discovered later.

DIVISIONS OF THE BIBLE

1. Old Testament

The Old Testament is the first section of the Bible, covering the creation of Earth through
Noah and the flood, Moses and more, finishing with the Jews being expelled to Babylon.

The Bible’s Old Testament is very similar to the Hebrew Bible, which has origins in the
ancient religion of Judaism. The exact beginnings of the Jewish religion are unknown, but
the first known mention of Israel is an Egyptian inscription from the 13th century B.C.

The earliest known mention of the Jewish god Yahweh is in an inscription relating to the
King of Moab in the 9th century B.C. It is speculated that Yahweh was possibly adapted
from the mountain god Yhw in ancient Seir or Edom.

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 2. New Testament

The New Testament tells the story of the life of Jesus and the early days of Christianity,
most notably Paul’s efforts to spread Jesus’ teaching. It collects 27 books, all originally
written in Greek.

The sections of the New Testament concerning Jesus are called the Gospels and were
written about 40 years after the earliest written Christian materials, the letters of Paul,
known as the Epistles.

Paul’s letters were distributed by churches sometime around 50 A.D., possibly just before
Paul’s death. Scribes copied the letters and kept them in circulation. As circulation
continued, the letters were collected into books.

Some in the church, inspired by Paul, began to write and circulate their own letters, and so
historians believe that some books of the New Testament attributed to Paul were in fact
written by disciples and imitators.

As Paul’s words were circulated, an oral tradition began in churches telling stories about
Jesus, including teachings and accounts of post-resurrection appearances. Sections of the
New Testament attributed to Paul talk about Jesus with a firsthand feeling, but Paul never
knew Jesus except in visions he had, and the Gospels were not yet written at the time of
Paul’s letters.

https://www.history.com/topics/religion/bible

MAJOR THEMES OF THE BIBLE

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

1. Centered in the person of Jesus Christ.

2. Contributing to the evangelizing mission of the church.

3. Distinguished by excellence.

4. Committed to educate the whole child.

5. Steeped in a Catholic worldview.

6. Sustained by Gospel witness.

7. Shaped by communion and community.

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8. Accessible to all students.

9. Established by the expressed authority of the bishop.

Ten commandment

The ten commandments, in order, are:

1.“I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt not have any strange gods before Me.”

This commandment forbids idolatry, the worship of false gods and goddesses, and it
excludes polytheism, the belief in many gods, insisting instead on monotheism, the belief in
one God. This commandment forbids making golden calves, building temples to Isis, and
worshipping statues of Caesar, for example.

2.“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.”

The faithful are required to honor the name of God. It makes sense that if you’re to love God
with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, then you’re naturally to respect the name of
God with equal passion and vigor.

3.“Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.”

The Jewish celebration of Sabbath (Shabbat) begins at sundown on Friday evening and
lasts until sundown on Saturday. Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christians go to church
on Sunday, treating it as the Lord’s Day instead of Saturday to honor the day Christ rose
from the dead.

4.“Honor thy father and mother.”

This commandment obliges the faithful to show respect for their parents — as children and
adults. Children must obey their parents, and adults must respect and see to the care of
their parents, when they become old and infirm.

5.“Thou shalt not kill.”

The better translation from the Hebrew would be “Thou shalt not murder” — a subtle
distinction but an important one to the Church. Killing an innocent person is considered
murder. Killing an unjust aggressor to preserve your own life is still killing, but it isn’t
considered murder or immoral.

6.“Thou shalt not commit adultery.”

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The sixth and ninth commandments honor human sexuality. This commandment forbids
the actual, physical act of having immoral sexual activity, specifically adultery, which is sex
with someone else’s spouse or a spouse cheating on their partner. This commandment also
includes fornication, which is sex between unmarried people, prostitution, pornography,
homosexual activity, masturbation, group sex, rape, incest, pedophilia, bestiality, and
necrophilia.

7.“Thou shalt not steal.”

The seventh and tenth commandments focus on respecting and honoring the possessions
of others. This commandment forbids the act of taking someone else’s property. The
Catholic Church believes that this commandment also denounces cheating people of their
money or property, depriving workers of their just wage, or not giving employers a full
day’s work for a full day’s pay. Embezzlement, fraud, tax evasion, and vandalism are all
considered extensions of violations of the Seventh Commandment.

8.“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.”

The Eighth Commandment condemns lying. Because God is regarded as the author of all
truth, the Church believes that humans are obligated to honor the truth. The most obvious
way to fulfill this commandment is not to lie — intentionally deceive another by speaking a
falsehood. So a good Catholic is who you want to buy a used car from.

9.“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife.”

The Ninth Commandment forbids the intentional desire and longing for immoral sexuality.
To sin in the heart, Jesus says, is to lust after a woman or a man in your heart with the
desire and will to have immoral sex with them. Just as human life is a gift from God and
needs to be respected, defended, and protected, so, too, is human sexuality. Catholicism
regards human sexuality as a divine gift, so it’s considered sacred in the proper context —
marriage.

10.“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s goods.”

The Tenth Commandment forbids the wanting to or taking someone else’s property. Along
with the Seventh Commandment, this commandment condemns theft and the feelings of
envy, greed, and jealousy in reaction to what other people have.

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JEEPGY

Justice and Peace

Ecological Integrity

Engaged Citizenship

Poverty Alleviation

Gender Equality

Youth Empowerment

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