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Saints Research
An online research module for Year 6 students preparing for Confirmation.
Can you choose the ten greatest Saints of all time?
Saints
Saints were people who accepted the challenge of loving God and others, sometimes at much cost to themselves. They are offered as models to us on our Faith Journey.
Congratulations!
You have been appointed on a panel to select the ten greatest saints of all time.
Task 1
Your first task is to find out what is a saint. Present your facts as a two minute speech to the class.
http://www.catholic.org/saints/
Task 2
Australia will soon have its very own saint, the Blessed Mary MacKillop. Look at the following websites and complete a timeline of her life . With a partner, list the reasons why you believe she would make a good Saint.
http://www.freenet.com.au/MaryMacKillop/default.htm
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~fliranre/mackillop.htm
http://abc.net.au/btn/australians/mackillo.htm
Task 3
Blessed Mary MacKillop is in the process of becoming a saint. Investigate the following website to write down and illustrate the steps needed . Print out and design a flow chart around the 'Steps to Canonisation' heading.
http://www.catholic.org/saints/faq.shtml
Task 4
Choose 20 saints from the following website and classify them according to the following criteria.
- 50% women and 50% men
- at least five different countries
- 50% canonised before 1900 and 50% after
http://www.catholic.org/saints/patron.php
Using the website below, make a pie-graph of the saints based on their country of origin. Compare your graph to others in the class.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Graphing
Task 5
List ten qualities that you believe a Saint would have. Choose a person that you know who would have these qualities. Design your own interview questionnaire.
Task 6
Find the Fruits of the Holy Spirit on the following website. List and write their meanings. Design a symbol to represent each Fruit of the Spirit and make into a mobile.
http://members.tripod.com/SASjohnson/fruitsof.htm
Read the following scripture passage, St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians (5:22-23). Design a class tree showing the Fruits of the Spirit.
Task 7
From your list of 20 saints, choose the top ten in order. Present to the class in a dramatic form. Your number one saint should be the one you have chosen as your Confirmation name.
Task 8
Investigate the symbols that represent your saint through the following website.
http://www.catholic-pages.com/dir/link.asp?ref=186
Design a stainglass window using the appropriate symbols. Look at the following websites for inspiration.
http://www.gmn.co.uk/ely.glass.htm
http://www.stpaulcathedral.org/vtwindow.html
Task 9
You will have chosen the saint you wish to use for your Confirmation name by now. You will complete a project on this saint using one of the following forms of presentation.
- Star Office - 'Presentation' or Powerpoint presentation
- 'This is Your Life' presentation
- Autobiography - set out in book form
http://www.catholic.org/saints/patron.php
http://www.catholic.org/saints/stindex.php
Task 10
Investigate present day Australian heroes. Who do you believe could possibly be a Saint for the future? Prepare a persuasive argument stating your case. Include the following:
- background information
- heroic deeds/mission
- qualities that make them special.
The following websites may help you.
- Fred Hollows
- Weary Dunlop
- John Flynn - Royal Flying Doctor Service
- Caroline Chisholm
- Colleen Shirley Smith (Mum Shirl)
- Nancy Wake
- Doctor Victor Chang
To investigate other Australian heroes go to the ABC Australians wesbite.