Catholic Personality Profile

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Hello! I teach high school CCD, and I am looking for a Catholic personality profile for the class to do. My co-teacher did this when he attended Catholic high school, and we are looking to do the same. The only thing is that I cannot find anything online about this. The idea of the project is to learn about your inner self religiously, how you perceive things, how you relate your religion (Catholicism) to yourself and others, etc. Does anyone know what I’m takling about? Is there a specific name for this project? I appreciate any advice you can offer!

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The four temperaments are definitely limited. There are a few personality systems based on cognitive theories that, in my experience, are more useful in giving a picture of perception and processing differences (MBTI/Kiersey or Jung/socionics), and thus an understanding of relationship dynamics. (MBTI is also required during the course of one well respected seminary I have attended).

But as far as religious application, I can’t think of any that have been significantly explored in the context.
 
I know my Lifeteen program had a “spirituality” test to see what charism you had. It included, Franciscan, Dominican, Vincentian, Benedictine, Jesuit, Augustinian, Carmelite, Paul-something and a few others…

It wasn’t ment to direct one to a vocation, but to help one figure out what role they were best suited to help in the church.
 
purplesunshine said:
I know my Lifeteen program had a “spirituality” test to see what charism you had. It included, Franciscan, Dominican, Vincentian, Benedictine, Jesuit, Augustinian, Carmelite, Paul-something and a few others…

It wasn’t ment to direct one to a vocation, but to help one figure out what role they were best suited to help in the church.
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Come to think of it I have seen a few of those, certainly a good way to determine Catholic personality! Here is one, but I know there are betters out there. Check vocation sites (or forums) to find the better ones.
 
A personality profile isn’t helpful to the Christian. What IS helpful is prayer, specially meditation. Teach that in class!
 
Eucharisted said:
A personality profile isn’t helpful to the Christian. What IS helpful is prayer, specially meditation. Teach that in class!
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A personality “profile” can be a great help to a confused Christian teen who feels alone. They are constantly trying to figure out their personality.
 
purplesunshine said:
A personality “profile” can be a great help to a confused Christian teen who feels alone. They are constantly trying to figure out their personality.
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Only those who do not meditate need to use such constricted profiles. They are fun to use but not useful or informative. Meditation, however, is. It is as a mirror of the soul, which shows what the soul is in the sight of God, and as much as the soul is in the sight of God, so much it is and no more.
 
Eucharisted said:
Only those who do not meditate need to use such constricted profiles. They are fun to use but not useful or informative. Meditation, however, is. It is as a mirror of the soul, which shows what the soul is in the sight of God, and as much as the soul is in the sight of God, so much it is and no more.
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The average teen in CCD who reads cozmo to discover what their hairstyle should be are in need of simpler things.
 
You can also select Catholic saints belonging to the age group of your students. Discuss their lives, issues they were confronted with in their particular circumstances, draw parallels with issues we have in our modern world, and then close with group discussions on how THEY would respond when faced with same struggles.
 
Sister_Helena said:
You can also select Catholic saints belonging to the age group of your students. Discuss their lives, issues they were confronted with in their particular circumstances, draw parallels with issues we have in our modern world, and then close with group discussions on how THEY would respond when faced with same struggles.
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Good idea Sister! 👍
 
Eucharisted said:
A personality profile isn’t helpful to the Christian. What IS helpful is prayer, specially meditation. Teach that in class!
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Actually, there is a good deal of self knowledge that can be found by the proper use of personality profiles. The way in which you receive information, how you process it, how you react to it, all can be compared to the way others do, to better understand the world we live in.

In fact, reading up on personality typing lead me to some important discoveries in why I am attracted to certain spiritualities (Desert Fathers) and not to others (Carmelite; Franciscan). There is such a wide variety in people, and the Church accepts a wide variety in spiritualities to reflect that. To those, like myself, who find most forms of meditation difficult (clearing my mind is beyond by unaided capability), or devotions overly sentimental (for me, I understand other’s attraction to them), can find comfort in the fact that they may be drawn to a Liturgical spirituality (Benedictines; if the Church has an official spirituality, this is it :D) or to a more intellectual spirituality (Dominicans; old-school Jesuits) or to a noisier spirituality (“charismatics”) or to a service driven spirituality (Franciscans).

Don’t just teach a classroom one way of prayer, teach many forms of prayer, so that you encourage as many students as possible.
 
CDNowak said:
Don’t just teach a classroom one way of prayer, teach many forms of prayer, so that you encourage as many students as possible.
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Agree! Meditation isn’t going to be equally accessible to all students.

I think I, as an adult, could benefit from a better idea of how different people live their faith. I’m starting to realize that meditation is not sufficient for me with my busy lifestyle, and since God isn’t putting me in a position where I can cut back on what I am doing, obviously He wants something else from me. Service is something I love, but again, I don’t have the resources to do more than the most convenient forms of service to those around me (but God blesses me by giving me convenient opportunties to serve those around me!).
 
I have recently posted a couple of lives of saints – one is Fr. Robert Barron showing how Thèrése Of Lisieux is an example of elevated prudence – it gives you an idea of how people become Saints.

payingattentiontothesky.com/2009/11/06/therese-of-lisieux-an-example-of-elevated-prudence/

As does another post, a book recommendation of The Seven Storey Mountain that is perfect for teens. This will give them an idea of what the book is about and whet their interest to read more.

payingattentiontothesky.com/2009/11/09/book-recommendation-the-seven-storey-mountain-thomas-merton/

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