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Religion Department

Mission Statement:

ince religion is a gift from the Divine Persons through human persons to others, the mission of the Religion Department is
S concerned with the formation of the teachers as well as the students.

The Religion Department desires to form religion teachers who the live the Faith, witnessing in their lives to the union of men with
God in Christ, persons who give of themselves, with the Truth adhering, who pray and contemplate, persons of intellectual
competence, giving to their students the fruits of their contemplation.

The Religion Department desires to form the students to understand and be able to explain that Catholicism is the union of men with
God in Christ; to know their sacred identity as immortal children of God; to long to realize their destiny to live forever in Heaven; to
take a vivid interest in God, in Christ Our Lord, in Our Lady, in all the major facets of reality; to take a more active role in the
Church's worship, missionary call, and service to others.

The religion courses at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School reflect the curriculum guide ap-
proved by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in November 2007. Required as a part of the course of
studies for each of the four years, the curriculum leads the students to an encounter with Jesus Christ and
his teaching in order that they might come to know him and to be transformed by him. Students must take
one Religion course for each semester they are enrolled at Saint John Paul the Great.

Required Courses: Senior Required Courses:
Sacred Scripture (Seniors must choose two)
Revelation of Christ (Christology) History of the Catholic Church
The Mission of Jesus Christian Vocations
The Church Catholic Social Teaching
The Sacraments
Morality

1110 – Sacred Scripture 1230 – The Mission of Jesus
Grade: 9 Credit: 0.5 Grade: 10 Credit: 0.5
Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None
This course is designed to give students a general This course is designed to help students understand
knowledge and appreciation of Sacred Scripture. all that God has done for mankind through his Son,
They will learn how to read the Bible, becoming fa- Jesus Christ. Beginning with creation and proceed-
miliar with its major sections and books. Through ing to Jesus’ Paschal Mystery, this course of study
their study of the Bible, especially the Gospels, they reveals God’s plan for man’s eternal happiness with
will come to encounter the living Word of God, the him which has been made possible only in and
divine person Jesus Christ. through Jesus Christ. The students will also be in-
troduced to what it means to be a disciple of Christ
and what life as a disciple entails.
1120– Christology
Grade: 9 Credit: 0.5
Prerequisite: Sacred Scripture 1240 – The Church
The purpose of this course is to introduce students Grade: 10 Credit: 0.5
to the Mystery of Jesus Christ, the Living Word of Prerequisite: The Mission of Jesus
God, and the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. The purpose of this course is to help the students
This course will present Jesus Christ as the ultimate understand that in and through the Church by Christ
revelation to mankind from God. In learning about through the Apostles and sustained by him through
who Jesus is, the students will also learn who he the Holy Spirit.
calls them to be.

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