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Education & Theology Department at Holy Spirit Prep
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Religious Education and Theology Department Courses REL070 – 7th Grade Religion: The Life of Grace. This course introduces students to the basic truths of the Church, with an emphasis on revelation, grace, and the moral life. Special focus is placed on the sacraments and the practical aspects of living the faith. REL080 – 8th Grade Religion: Scripture. This course focuses on biblical theology, the branch of theology that deals with the study of Sacred Scripture. Our study of Sacred Scripture is in light of St. Augustine’s understanding of the relationship between the Old Testament and the New: “the New Testament lies hidden in the Old and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New.” REL100 – 9th Grade Religion: Commandments & Sacraments. This course is a general course which covers the beliefs of the Catholic Faith, focusing on the Ten Commandments and their fulfillment in Christ and the New Law, and the Seven Sacraments, with the Church as instrument of our salvation. REL200 – 10th Grade Religion: Apologetics. This course presents the fundamental structure and reasons underlying Catholicism and explains the principle beliefs of Catholics. Catholics should not merely know what the Church teaches, but they should be able to articulate why the Church teaches her doctrines. Accordingly, the course emphasizes Apologetics, the science that aims to explain and justify religious doctrine. Topics include the existence of God, the miracles of Christ and those occurring in modern times, the medical and historical evidence for the resurrection, papal infallibility, ecumenism, heaven, hell, purgatory, and the role of the Blessed Mother in the Church and in the world. In addition, the Creed is focused on particularly. The emphasis of this course prepares you for Confirmation and your new mission to increase God’s Kingdom on earth. REL300 – 11th Grade Religion: Ethics. This course focuses on ethics, the science that guides our judgment about the morality of human acts. In a given situation, ethics dis-covers what ought a person to do. Socrates’ famous quotation, “an unexamined life is not worth living,” applies to ethics. However, ethics specifically examines the area of life that involves action. To apply ethics, ask yourself questions that begin, “ought I...” For example, “ought I use steroids in preparation for next season?” This course provides you with the content to make such decisions wisely. REL400 – 12th Grade Religion: Social Ethics. This course focuses on the application of the basic moral principles given to us by our Blessed Lord in the Sermon on the Mount to the fundamental problems facing the family and society today. The laity particularly possess the duty to transform society because the laity, unlike clergy and religious, live and work amidst general society. Topics include vocations, marriage and the family, womanhood, the aging, racial justice, stewardship, morality in public life, cults and the New Age Movement, and the atheistic assault on religion as typified by Marxism and socialism. Elective – Advanced Apologetics. This course considers controversial moral issues of today in the areas of social, medical, and sexual ethics. Students will explore Catholic morality in light of Holy Scripture, Tradition, the Magisterium and Natural Law in order to develop reasonable arguments for matters of morals. Topics covered include the death penalty, just war theory, principle of double effect, euthanasia, abortion, and contraception. Elective – Theological Investigations. This course allows students to investigate essential Catholic beliefs by means of Holy Scripture, the Magisterium, early Christian writings, historical evidence, and reason. Topics include the divinity of Christ, the Real Presence of the Eucharist, papal authority, Marian doctrines, and the Communion of Saints. Elective – The Case for God. This course is an apologetics course that focuses on proofs for God’s existence. It addresses the problems of evil and suffering, and focuses on St. Thomas Aquinas’s Five Ways.
Religious Education and Theology Department Homework Policy 1. Reading assignments, which should not exceed 10 minutes per night for an average student reader, ought to reinforce and prepare students for class material. The responsibility lies with the teacher to include reading assignments in regular class material and to make clear its relevance to the goals of the class. Accordingly, as he sees appropriate, the teacher should formally or informally assess the students on reading assignments. 2. Study and memorization hold an appropriate place in religious education. However, students should only memorize content essential to the Catholic faith, including, as Pope John Paul II writes, “words of Jesus, of important Bible passages, of the Ten Commandments, of the formulas of profession of the faith, of the liturgical texts, of key doctrinal ideas, etc.” On Catechesis in Our Time, n.55). Moreover, teachers should give students a reasonable and generous amount of time for memorization. 3. Weekly homework in the form of written assignments and projects should not exceed one hour per week for the average student and ought to reinforce class material. Again, as for all assignments, weekly homework assignments serve the purpose of communicating the essentials of the Catholic faith or an aspect there of. 4. With administrative approval, teachers may assign special assignments, such as large projects and essays, which require time outside of class that exceeds weekly homework restrictions.
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