MIDDLE SCHOOL RELIGION CURRICULUM
The sixth grade curriculum focuses on learning more about God’s love for His people, and his action in their lives throughout history – Salvation History. The study includes learning about God’s Covenant with His people, major prophets, and Jesus’ fulfillment of the Covenant.
The seventh grade curriculum centers on Jesus’ life, teachings, and sacraments He instituted. It presents Jesus’ call to each person to become His disciple and the ways in which His teachings, His sacraments, and His Church nourish people for discipleship. It covers the Creed, Divine Revelation, learning about Jesus from the Gospels and Church teaching, Sacraments and liturgy, and Catholic social doctrine and vocations.
The eighth grade curriculum encompasses the Church from her beginning at the Pentecost event through her history of her teachings and Tradition. It presents the mission of the Church, entrusted to her by Jesus, as the responsibility of all baptized Catholics. Included is Catholic Morality, Church history with an emphasis on social justice and teachings and Tradition of the Catholic Church.
