Describe the background of this person:
Mary Mackillop was born on the 15th of January 1842, in Fitzroy Melbourne, the eldest of eight children. She was well educated by her father, who unfortunately lacked finial awareness so would often travel without a home. She was born into a catholic family. Her mother was called Flora and her father Alexander, both who had migrated from Scotland to Australia.
Describe the context in which this person was living:
The Mackillop children experienced an unsettled childhood where the family home was neither happy due to the many failed and flawed business dealings of Mary’s father. As the eldest, she bore the responsibility for her fathers failings as a provider for a large family. The idea that ‘’God will …show more content…
She would often write of her tiredness and loneliness. She visited her ancestors in Scotland, sought postulants in Ireland and visited schools in England, Germany and France.
Father Woods needed help in the religious education of children in the outback. At the time Mary’s family depended on her income so she not free to follow her dream.
Explain why responsible choices are moral choices:
People have discovered there is one key requirement of a choice is to lead to long term happiness - it must be a morally good choice. A morally good choice if one directed to what is truly good and conductive to long term happiness. Responsible choices tend to prevent unnecessary harm to self and others, therefore they are moral.
Identify three catholic moral principles and show how this person upheld these principles:
Behaving in loving ways: Mary set up schools for this less fortunate and taught students who couldn't afford school
Do good, because God does only what is good: When Mary became a nun, she vowed to live a life of service to God
Treat every human being with respect: Mary treated every child equally and with respect. She didn't treat the richer kids better and different then the more poor kids but instead treated all of them the
Mary Mackillop was born on the 15th of January 1842, in Fitzroy Melbourne, the eldest of eight children. She was well educated by her father, who unfortunately lacked finial awareness so would often travel without a home. She was born into a catholic family. Her mother was called Flora and her father Alexander, both who had migrated from Scotland to Australia.
Describe the context in which this person was living:
The Mackillop children experienced an unsettled childhood where the family home was neither happy due to the many failed and flawed business dealings of Mary’s father. As the eldest, she bore the responsibility for her fathers failings as a provider for a large family. The idea that ‘’God will …show more content…
She would often write of her tiredness and loneliness. She visited her ancestors in Scotland, sought postulants in Ireland and visited schools in England, Germany and France.
Father Woods needed help in the religious education of children in the outback. At the time Mary’s family depended on her income so she not free to follow her dream.
Explain why responsible choices are moral choices:
People have discovered there is one key requirement of a choice is to lead to long term happiness - it must be a morally good choice. A morally good choice if one directed to what is truly good and conductive to long term happiness. Responsible choices tend to prevent unnecessary harm to self and others, therefore they are moral.
Identify three catholic moral principles and show how this person upheld these principles:
Behaving in loving ways: Mary set up schools for this less fortunate and taught students who couldn't afford school
Do good, because God does only what is good: When Mary became a nun, she vowed to live a life of service to God
Treat every human being with respect: Mary treated every child equally and with respect. She didn't treat the richer kids better and different then the more poor kids but instead treated all of them the