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1350 – The Sacraments
Grade: 11 Credit: 0.5
Prerequisite: None
This course is designed to help students understand
the Sacraments as the gifts given by Christ through
His Church in and through which they can encounter
Jesus Christ today in a full and real way. Students
will examine each of the Sacraments in detail, but
special emphasis will be placed on the Sacrament of
the Eucharist.

1360 –Morality
Grade: 11 Credit: 0.5
Prerequisite: The Sacraments
The purpose of this course is to help students under-
stand that it is only through Jesus Christ that they
can fully live out God’s plan for their lives. This
course of study will present the moral concepts and
precepts that govern the lives of Christ’s disciples,
studying in depth the Ten Commandments and the
Beatitudes.

1429 – History of the Catholic Church
Grade: 12 Credit: 0.5
Prerequisite: None
This elective course is designed to supplement the
sophomore catechesis on the Church. It will supply
students with a general knowledge of the Church’s
history from Apostolic times to the present, noting for
them both the Divine and human elements of the liv-
ing Body of Christ throughout its 2000 years of histo-
ry.

1437 – Catholic Social Teaching
Grade: 12 Credit: 0.5
Prerequisite: None
This elective course is a sequel to the junior level
study of Morality. It introduces students to the
Church’s Social Teaching, showing them how Christ’s
concern for others, especially for the poor and mar-
ginalized, is being lived out today in the Church’s so-
cial teaching and mission.

1447 – Christian Vocations
Grade: 12 Credit: 0.5
Prerequisite: None
This elective course emphasizes the universal call to
holiness and enables students to compare and con-
trast the various vocations of Christian life: married
life, single life, priestly life, and consecrated
life. Through this study students are given the op-
portunity to learn what it means to live life for the
benefit of others, in a self-giving style of life that re-
flects that of Jesus himself.

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