1. Define the term ‘beatitude’.
Beatitude Any of the declarations of blessedness made by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.
2. Explain the purpose of the beatitudes. Set rules made by God to go by in our everyday lives in order to be a good Catholic person who will one day be sent to Heaven.
CST / IST 3 / 4
Group Criteria
Demonstrate Leadership
Can be any race or culture
Must be inspirational
Strong religious beliefs
Actions must stand out from others
Good communicator with good people skills
Must have the qualities of St Marcellin Champagnat and Jesus Himself
Must be older than 18
Self motivated and able to motivate others
Modest about his/her actions
Role model to local, national and/or international communities
Be sacramental to the Christian community
Might be involved in a national and/or peoples freedom movement
Might be involved in a Marist community in some way
Might belong to a religious order
Fred Hollows
Frederick Cossom Hollows was an opthalmologist who became known for his work in restoring eyesight for countless thousands of people in Australia and many other countries. It has been estimated that more than one million people in the world can see today because of initiatives instigated by Hollows.
Work
Early in the 1970s, Hollows visited isolated New South Wales towns and stations in Aboriginal communities. He was very amazed with the amount of Aborigines with eye disorders, the most concerning was trachoma. In 1971 Fred Hollows, Mum Smith and others set up a Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern Sydney and he was officially the founder for the establishment of medical services for Aboriginal people throughout Australia. Fred Hollows himself went three years visiting Aboriginal communities to provide eye care and carry out a servey of eye disfunctions. More than 460 Aboriginal communities were visited, and 62 000 Aboriginal people were examined leading to 27 000 being treated for trachoma and 1000 operations were taking place. Hollows received an Advance Australia Award in 1981 and Hollows was an Australian citizen in 1989.
Fred Hollows visited Nepal in 1985, Eritrea in 1987 and vietnam in 1991 he started teaching training programs for the local technicians to perform eye surgey. He organized LOL laboratories in Eritrea and Nepal.
Awards
He was given a Human rights medal and was also named Australian of the year in 1990. He also received another advanced australian of the year award for aiding people overseas. He was named Humanist of the year and received an honorary citizenship in Eritrea in 1991. Fred Hollows was a consultant to the (WHO) World Health Orginisation. In 1992.
Early life
Fred hollows was 1 of 4 children born in Dunedin New Zealand to Josheph & Clarice Hollows. He lived in dunedin for 7 years , he went to north East valley primary school for 1 year. Fred then when to palmerstone north boys high school where he completed his schooling. Hollows then went to university and received a Ba degree at victoria university of wellington. After a short while in a seminary he decided against a live at clergy and enroled to otago medical school.when he lived in dunedin he was a member of the new zealand Alpine club. He was a member of the comunist party of new zealand dureing the 50’s and 60’s. Fred hollows was married twice 1st in 1958 to mary skiller who died in the year 1975 and 2nd in 1990 to gabi O,sullivan
