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PERSONAL CLARITY
IF YOU WERE A
CELEBRITY,
WHO WOULD
YOU BE?
Name: “I am_______________
Age: “I’m_______________
Ministry Assignment and
parish or GKK: “I SERVE
AS_________AT__________.
Celebrity name: “and I
am___________
DESCRIBING ME
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE WORDS YOU
SELECTED TO INCLUDE ON THE LIST ABOVE
THAT DESCRIBE YOU?

WHY DO YOU FEEL THESE WORDS DESCRIBE

YOU? GIVE EXAMPLES.

WHICH OF THESE DESCRIPTIONS DO YOU

FEEL PROUD OF?

WHICH OF THESE WORDS DESCRIBE THINGS

ABOUT YOURSELF THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
U-SPEAK: DISCUSSION QUESTION

1. IN YOUR OWN WORDS, WHAT IS

“IDENTITY”
2. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE “FALSE”
IDENTITIES THAT PEOPLE AROUND YOU
CLING TO?
3. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT
YOUR IDENTITY IS?
4. WHAT IS DANGEROUS ABOUT FINDING
YOUR IDENTITY IN SOMETHING THAT
CAN CHANGE OR BE TAKEN AWAY?
ISAIAH 44:2
“I AM YOUR CREATOR. YOU WERE IN MY CARE EVEN
BEFORE YOU WERE BORN.”

PSALM 139:13-14
“YOU MADE ALL THE DELICATE, INNER PARTS OF MY
BODY AND KNIT ME TOGETHER IN MY MOTHER’S
WOMB.”

PSALM 139:13-14
“THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME SO WONDERFULLY
COMPLEX! YOUR WORKMANSHIP IS MARVELOUS—HOW
WELL I KNOW IT”

JEREMIAH 1:5 ESV

1 CORINTHIANS 6:19-20 ESV
“OR DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU, WHOM YOU HAVE FROM
GOD? YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN, FOR YOU WERE BOUGHT
WITH A PRICE. SO GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY.”

GALATIANS 33:27-29 ESV

“FOR AS MANY OF YOU AS WERE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST
HAVE PUT ON CHRIST. THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK,
THERE IS NEITHER SLAVE NOR FREE, THERE IS NO MALE
AND FEMALE, FOR YOU ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS.
AND IF YOU ARE CHRIST’S, THEN YOU ARE ABRAHAM’S
OFFSPRING, HEIRS ACCORDING TO PROMISE.
COLOSSIANS 3:1-4
“IF THEN YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH CHRIST,
SEEK THE THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE, WHERE
CHRIST IS, SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD.
SET YOUR MINDS ON THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE,
NOT ON THINGS THAT ARE ON EARTH. FOR YOU
HAVE DIED, AND YOUR LIFE IS HIDDEN WITH
CHRIST IN GOD. WHEN CHRIST WHO IS YOUR
LIFE APPEARS, THEN YOU ALSO WILL APPEAR
WITH HIM IN GLORY.”

JOHN 15:5 ESV

“I AM THE VINE; YOU ARE THE BRANCHES.
WHOEVER ABIDES IN ME AND I IN HIM, HE IT IS
THAT BEARS MUCH FRUIT, FOR APART FROM ME
3-5 MINUTES

1.WHAT IMPORTANT DISCOVERY DID

I HAVE IN THIS SESSION?
2.I INTEND TO PRACTICE WHAT I
HAVE LEARNED BY…
WHO I AM- SEEING
MYSELF IN THE
EYES OF GOD’S
GIFT OF
PERSONALITY
MESSAGE BEHIND
EACH OF US IS
UNIQUE
PSALM 139:14
 EACH OF US IS
GIFTED
ROMANS 12: 6-8
NIV
EACH OF US NEED TO
STUDY OUR BEHAVIOR
PROVERBS 25:11
DISC PROFILE
DISC THEORY, RESEARH BY DR. WILLIAM
MOULTON MARSTON AT HARVARD
UNIVERSITY, IS A METHOD OF IDENTIFYING
PEDICTABLE ACTIONS AND PERSONALITY
TRAITS INTO FOUR DISC PERSONALITY
TYPES: DOMINANCE, INFLUENCE,
STEADINESS, AND CONSCIENTIOUSNESS.
DISC IS A NON-JUDGEMENTAL TOOL THAT
MEASURES YOUR PERSONALITY AND
BEHAVIORAL STYLE.
IT DOES NOT MEASURE
INTELLEGENCE, APTITUDE,
MENTAL HEALTH OR VALUES.
DISC PROFILES DESCRIBE
HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN
VARIOUS SITUATIONS, FOR
EXAMPLE HOW YOU RESPOND
TO CHALENGES, HOW YOU
INFLUENCE OTHERS, YOUR
HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU WERE THE
ONE WRITING THE POSITIVE WORDS?

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORDS

PEOPLE WROTE ABOUT YOU?

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE THINGS THEY

WROTE DOWN?

DOES THE ACTIVITY HELP YOU KNOW

YOURSELF MORE? HOW?
A 6 D

B 5 I

C 7 S

D 6 C
DOMINANCE
INFLUENCE
STEADINESS
CONSCIENTIOUS
NESS
 STUDY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
THEIR PERSONALITY TYPE;
CITE A SPECIFIC INSTANCE WHERE
EACH OF THEM MANIFESTED ANY
ONE OF THE LISTED TRAITS;
AGREE OR DISAGREE ON ONE MORE
OF THE TRAITS; AND
APPRECIATE THEIR OWN
PERSONALITY TYPE.
GALLERY
WALK
WHAT TYPES OF PEOPLE ARE
EASIEST FOR YOU TO GET
ALONG WITH? MOST
DIFFICULT?

DOES LEARNING YOUR

PERSONALITY TYPE HELP YOU
TO EMBRACE YOURSELF? HOW
WHO I AM---
BEING A
CATHOLIC
1.THE PARTICIPANTS MEET THEIR
GROUPMATES IN SESSION 1 FOR
A GROUP ACTIVITY.
2.THE FACILITATOR GIVES EACH
GROUP A ½ SIZE MANILA PAPER,
COLORING MATERIALS, AND
PERMANENT MARKERS.
3.THE GROUP ASSIGNS A LEADER
WHO WILL CO-FACILITATE HIS OR
4. THE FACILITATOR PRESENTS THE
PRELIMINARY TEXT AND EACH GROUP WILL
BE GIVEN A COPY OF IT.
5. FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, THE GROUP
REFLECT ON YHE QUESTION:
WHO AM I? IMAGINE POPE FRANCIS
CALLED YOU AND ASKED YOU TO
DEVELOP A CATHOLIC ID CARD, WHAT
KIND OF INFORMATION SHOULD BE
INCLUDED ON YOUR ID CARD?
6. FOR 15 MINUTES, EACH GROUP
HOW DOES THE
INFORMATION SHOWN
ON EACH OF THE
IDENTITY CARD
REFLECT CATHOLIC
5 MINUTES READING BEFORE THE DISCUSSION

CATHOLIC FAITH
CHART
 WE PRAY,
AS CATHOLICS:

WE BELIEVE, WE
PRACTICE THE
FAITH, AND WE
WORK FOR
1.WHAT ARE THE THINGS IN THE LIST
THAT DESCRIBE YOU, THINGS THAT
FEEL LIKE PART OF YOUR IDENTITY?
YOU MAY CIRCLE JUST ONE WORD,
SEVERAL, OR THE WHOLE SENTENCE.
2.WHAT ARE THE PARTS WHICH YOU
DID NOT CIRCLE AND WOULD LIKE TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT? UNDERLINE
THEM.
3.WHICH OF THE UNDERLINE SECTIONS
CATHOLIC IDENTITY IS A
GIFT GIVEN TO US BY
JESUS THROUGH THE
CHURCH. LIKE ANY GIFT,
IT CAN BE PUT AWAY
AND FORGOTTEN OR WE
CAN CHERISH IT AND
BY BEING TRUE TO OUR
CATHOLIC IDENTITY, WE
CAN HELP MANIFEST AND
REALIZE GOD’S KINGDOM,
COMING TO BE HERE AND
HERE AND NOW, A
KINGDOM OF TRUTH,
PEACE, JOY AND LOVE THAT
I WILL CHERISH AND USE MY CATHOLIC IDENTITY
BY:

KNOWING MY FAITH BETTER BY

____________________.
LIVING MY FAITH BETTER BY ______________________.
SHARING MY FAITH BETTER BY
_____________________.
WHO I AM–
BEING A
MINDANAOAN
WHITE: IDENTITY OR
CORE CHARACTERISTICS
OF A MINDANAOAN
(PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES,
CULTURE OR ETHNICITY,
BELEIFS AND VALUE
YELLOW: OUR
ASPIRATIONS FOR
MINDANAOAN.
BLUE: ISSUES THAT
IMPACT OR
INFLUENCE THE
IDENTITY OF A
MINDANAON.
ISSUE IDENTITY ASPIRATIONS
CORE
S
WHITE YELLOW
BLUE
1.WHAT DID YOU FEEL WHILE DOING THE
WHOLE PROCESS?
2.WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS AS YOU
BRAINSTORMED FOR THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF MINDANAOAN
IDENTITY?
3.HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO COME UP WITH
YOUR MINDANAOAN IDENTITY?
WHAT SPECIFIC INDICATORS DID YOU USE:
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES?
VICARIOUS EXPERIENCE?
SCHOOL TEACHING?
4. WHY DO YOU THINK WE NEED
TO DISCUSS ISSUES AND
ASPIRATIONS IN UNDERSTANDING
OUR IDENTITY AS
MINDANAOANS?
5. WHO AM I NOW AS A
MINDANAOAN? FOCUS ON THE
UNIQUE POSITIVE TRAITS.
1.WHAT PART OF THE VIDEO HAS
STRUCK YOU MOST? HOW DO YOU
FEEL ABOUT IT?
2.WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MAIN
MESSAGE OF THE VIDEO?
3.HOW DOES THE PEACE AND
ORDER SITUATION IN MINDANAO
AFFECT OUR IDENTITY?
4.AS CATHOLICS AND
MINDANAOANS, HOW CAN WE
I AM A CHILD OF GOD.
I AM GIFTED AND
UNIQUE.
I AM A CATHOLIC.
I AM A MINDANAOAN.
End