Dr. Maureen O’Brien, Ph.D. Duquesne University Theological Reflection and Social Analysis for Ministry I: Foundations of Theological Reflection Dr. Maureen O’Brien, Ph.D. Duquesne University Part 3 Unit 8 Click here for instructions.

Instructions Navigation through the course will occur by clicking on the following action buttons located in the lower right corner of each screen: The HOME button will be placed in the center of each slide and will bring you to the Table of Contents for further navigation. The NEXT and BACK buttons will move you through the course content. The EXIT button will be placed at the end of each Unit and will return you to the course menu.

Instructions This course is meant to be self-paced, though there will be opportunities to interact with your local and global JPIC groups. Course content and activities should be completed in the order that they are presented to maximize student success. The Table of Contents will be your starting point for each Unit

Activity Icons Each type of course activity has a unique icon located in the upper right corner of the screen. In this course you will: Online journal Local discussion Read online Create doc Reflect Global discussion Watch video Quiz/test

Part 3: Practicing TR Unit 8: Doing TR with Example 2

Table of Contents The unit is divided in several components. Start with 8.1 Description of Learning Journal OR click on the link below to navigate to the component where you left off. Revisit as needed. 8.1 Description of Learning Journal 8.2 Learning Outcomes 8.3 Micro-lecture 8.4 Reading 8.5 TR Method Summary 8.6 Discussion Questions 8.7 Closing Exercise Add Links

Description of Learning Journal Your Learning Journal is the place to record your responses to questions placed in each unit, as well as any notes that you take on the readings or in group discussions. These may be hand written or typed into a computer. If you type, please remember to save your work. Whenever possible, we encourage you to share your Learning Journal with other students in your own group and in other groups through the course’s online networking sites. Narrate?

Learning Outcomes By the end of this unit, students should have: Continued to gain practice in using the TR method with an example provided for them Compared their approaches within the group and with that of the instructor

Read the Text of the Lecture Micro-Lecture View the Lecture (01:51) Read the Text of the Lecture

Reading Instructor’s Notes Mexican Ministry to the Poor TR Example Kilcrann, John, CSSp. Excerpts from “Spiritan Life” (introduction to a collection of essays, Spiritans in Frontier Situations, May 2002)

TR Method Summary TR Method Summary

Discussion Questions Reflect and respond to the following questions in your Learning Journal as you work through this unit.   Then, please choose your response to one of the Discussion Questions that is especially important to you. Paste that response into a Wiki posting in order to promote and participate in a larger discussion with other students, locally and internationally.   All of your Discussion Question responses should be brought into your Group Meetings.

Discussion Question 1 Guided by the coordinator, pray together and then work through each phase of TR. Use the method and questions provided in TR Method Summary, and draw upon your individual responses from your Learning Journal. Go to Learning Journal (MS Word) Go to Learning Journal (Wiki)

Discussion Question 2 As you discuss, also be aware of what insights emerge that are most enthusiastically received by the group, where you have major questions and confusions, where you find yourself in strongest agreement or disagreement with the instructor’s TR points, etc. Go to Learning Journal (MS Word) Go to Learning Journal (Wiki)

Closing Exercise After completing the reading and participating in the group meeting and Google Group discussion, take time to write in your Learning Journal in response to the following questions.  You are not expected to share this information unless you choose to do so.

Closing Exercise After the reading and discussion, take time to write in your Learning Journal: What was easiest about your work with the TR example? What was hardest? What have you learned about yourself as minister through considering this example? What could you and other participants do next time to improve your participation in TR? Go to Learning Journal (MS Word)

Wiki If you are ready to respond to the Discussion Question most important to you: Click here to go to the JPIC 200 Wiki. Sign in so that you can post your entry. Choose the appropriate Unit Number Click reply to add your entry.