2.  What do you remember about 9/11?  Consequences?  Racial and Religious Profiling and Stereotypes  Ex. Muslims as terrorists; Sikhs as Muslims=terrorists  Loss of Civil Rights regarding Freedom of Privacy and extra surveillance  Big Question: Are we better or bitter?  Religious issues: Love of God and neighbor;  Understanding and Dialogue with other religions: Jew, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, etc.

3.  Did you see anything on the news, radio, tv, online or other media source about 9/11 yesterday?  What did they say? What was it about?  What did you think and feel about the story “I Saved My Mother’s Life?” Why is Interreligious/Interfaith dialogue important?

4.  Why are dates, anniversaries, seasons, birthdays important?  What usually happens on these special occasions?  Group Guidance Today: 5, 7, 8 th Periods  Please all Procedure sheets to your left.

5.  Have meanings about History and Life: 9/11  Birthday: Day of Birth  Anniversary: Wedding, Death  Religious Dates: Saints Dates; Holy Days for the Church Calendar, (Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time, Lent, Triduum, Easter, Ordinary Time) or Jewish (New Year/Rosh Hoshanah 5773), Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh

6.  What do we mean by the “context” of a situation?  Why is “context” important to understand?  For example, a context for prayer, play, study, work, etc.  A “context” answers the question “What’s happening at this time?” It can refer to a present activity, and the larger situation we are living in, as in local or world events.

7.  2012-2013 “Year of Faith”  50 th Anniversary of Vatican II  New Curriculum and Books  Summer Olympics  Future New President  Your past, present, and future  PSAT TEST  Sports Championships: Hayes, Yankees, Orioles, Ravens  The “context” of adolescence and puberty

8.  How do you handle “ANGER?”  Anger is an emotion/feeling that is neither good nor bad. It is neutral like all feelings. Why is this true?  What makes anger bad?  Anger is one of four times we are vulnerable.  H.A.L.T.  Be careful when you are Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired.  Eat something. Talk to somebody. Get rest.