Hello! I teach the confirmation class at St Mary's Mission in Elberton, GA. I used this graphic in the section I teach on Virtues. I wish had something like this when I was their age. I am so thankful to have it now, and very thankful that we can share this knowledge. Non Nobis Domine!
I've read your book and glad to have the color PDF. Yours is a very useful classification system for Virtues. I have long used the Seligman and Peterson Classification of Virtues and Strengths. This is another way to look at the classification. Thank you for your important contribution!
I love this graphic and will read your book. I would like to refer to this in the book I am (very bravely) writing and will ensure I include the link. I don't know if I can include the graphic in the book - but I certainly wish to make reference to it and include the link. Thank you so very much. This is my website, however, I can't link to my book yet as it isn't finished! http://crescendo.com.au/
Hi Debbie - glad you like it! Yes, please feel free to include a link in your book. If you want to include the actual image, please send me a direct message.
This week I will review the book (Amazon and social media) and link to this page in my eNews and blog. Thanks for your generosity in giving permission to use this, with related info. I’ll email links to Dr. Abela.
Thanks. Great chart to help breakdown aspects of the virtues. Sharing it with my wife and plan to incorporate it in my family’s growth journey sometime in the future.
Absolutely love this chart! Thank you for making it available!
I'm trying to imagine a clean way to include the deficiencies and excess, as well. It seems like you would need on layer for each and maybe have a flip chart. Not sure if this is of interest to anyone else or of what value it would be, but that's where my mind went.
Thanks Carlos. I’ve spent quite a bit of time trying to come up with a way to add vices as well, but haven’t found anything I like yet. I also think, though, that focusing on the good might be preferable and sufficient.
I've long struggled with temperance and curiosity in particular. I've noticed this vice, often justified as a good, in many of my peers who are studied in the faith and striving for holiness. I've also seen this vice encouraged by my generation while raising the next generation.
My amateur understanding is that curiosity is an excess of studiousness. It is a failure to temper the desire "to know" according to prudence, humility, and a sense of wonder and awe.
I wonder if the "To Know" block could be split into two: What to learn (studiousness) and how to learn it (diligence).
Interested in your thoughts and happy to accept the advice to focus on the good. I've had similar thoughts in other arenas.
Thank you so much for providing this! I am a priest and professor of moral theology at St. John's Seminary in Boston. I would like to use this in our formation program and in the classroom. This will be an excellent resource for covering the virtues!
Hello! I teach the confirmation class at St Mary's Mission in Elberton, GA. I used this graphic in the section I teach on Virtues. I wish had something like this when I was their age. I am so thankful to have it now, and very thankful that we can share this knowledge. Non Nobis Domine!
Thank you! I intend to use this as I develop a high school course on living a life of virtue.
I've read your book and glad to have the color PDF. Yours is a very useful classification system for Virtues. I have long used the Seligman and Peterson Classification of Virtues and Strengths. This is another way to look at the classification. Thank you for your important contribution!
Roger Hall
Thank you Roger!
Very helpful and well explained, thank you
Hello!
I love this graphic and will read your book. I would like to refer to this in the book I am (very bravely) writing and will ensure I include the link. I don't know if I can include the graphic in the book - but I certainly wish to make reference to it and include the link. Thank you so very much. This is my website, however, I can't link to my book yet as it isn't finished! http://crescendo.com.au/
PS - I am brand new to Substack.
Hi Debbie - glad you like it! Yes, please feel free to include a link in your book. If you want to include the actual image, please send me a direct message.
Thank you! I am so interested in your work and look forward to further reading.
This week I will review the book (Amazon and social media) and link to this page in my eNews and blog. Thanks for your generosity in giving permission to use this, with related info. I’ll email links to Dr. Abela.
Thank you John - yes, we’re happy for everyone to share a copy of the Anatomy of Virtue.
Thanks. Great chart to help breakdown aspects of the virtues. Sharing it with my wife and plan to incorporate it in my family’s growth journey sometime in the future.
Absolutely love this chart! Thank you for making it available!
I'm trying to imagine a clean way to include the deficiencies and excess, as well. It seems like you would need on layer for each and maybe have a flip chart. Not sure if this is of interest to anyone else or of what value it would be, but that's where my mind went.
Thanks Carlos. I’ve spent quite a bit of time trying to come up with a way to add vices as well, but haven’t found anything I like yet. I also think, though, that focusing on the good might be preferable and sufficient.
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I've long struggled with temperance and curiosity in particular. I've noticed this vice, often justified as a good, in many of my peers who are studied in the faith and striving for holiness. I've also seen this vice encouraged by my generation while raising the next generation.
My amateur understanding is that curiosity is an excess of studiousness. It is a failure to temper the desire "to know" according to prudence, humility, and a sense of wonder and awe.
I wonder if the "To Know" block could be split into two: What to learn (studiousness) and how to learn it (diligence).
Interested in your thoughts and happy to accept the advice to focus on the good. I've had similar thoughts in other arenas.
Thank you so much for providing this! I am a priest and professor of moral theology at St. John's Seminary in Boston. I would like to use this in our formation program and in the classroom. This will be an excellent resource for covering the virtues!
Delighted to hear that, Fr. Denis. Please feel free to use it. Don’t hesitate to contact me if I can be of any help in any way.