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DECREE of PROMULGATION Dear High School Priestly Administrators, Principals, Religion Department Chairpersons and Religion Teach DECREE OF PROMULGATION Dear High School Priestly Administrators, Principals, Religion Department Chairpersons and Religion Teachers: The following is an application of the United States Bishops’ document Doctrinal Elements of a Curriculum Framework for the Development of Catechetical Materials for Young People of High School Age (henceforth “Curriculum Framework”) for all high schools within the diocese of Covington. It is to be implemented one year at a time, beginning in the fall of 2014 with grade nine. This new course of study follows the Curriculum Framework very closely. However, a few adaptations have been made. Most of the courses have been given different titles than found in the Curriculum Framework. As well, while the Curriculum Framework contains six Core semester-length courses, our course of study contains seven core courses. (These seven core courses are to be taken in sequence.) Our seventh core course was created by moving a course on Christian vocations from the Elective category of the Curriculum Framework to our required Core Courses category. This seventh core course is titled, “The Call of Christ: On Christian Vocation.” In addition to a standard treatment of Christian vocation, this course is also to include a thorough study of the Theology of the Body. CURRICULUM ELECTIVES This curriculum course of study allows for one elective course placed in either the junior or senior year. This elective course is to be chosen from the group of Electives given in Curriculum Framework. This policy must be followed in its entirety. THE STRUCTURE OF OUR COURSE OF STUDY DOCUMENT To make the contents of the Curriculum Framework a bit more user friendly for teachers, we have provided a list of “Objectives” for each course. The objectives list for our seven core courses end with a list of “Challenges.” The challenges have been formulated from the Challenges section provided in the Curriculum Framework for each course (the challenges provided are not intended to be exhaustive and teachers are encouraged to formulate additional ones). Teachers are likewise encouraged to formulate challenges for the elective courses from the ones provided in the Curriculum Framework content outlines for the elective courses. The purpose of the Challenges is to provide an apologetical element to each course. This is to help equip our students to effectively handle common questions and critiques, and to strengthen their confidence in the reasonableness of our Catholic Faith in the midst of the many challenges encountered in our contemporary culture. Each list of objectives is then followed by the full doctrinal content outline reproduced verbatim from the Curriculum Framework. Religion department chairpersons and teachers are asked to familiarize themselves with these full outlines from the Curriculum Framework and to make sure their course content is consistent with them. TEXTBOOKS The use of textbooks designed in light of the Curriculum Framework will be essential to a successful implementation of this new course of study. Thus far, the most complete series is the Didache semester editions series published by Midwest Theological Forum. For more information go to www.theologicalforum.org (make sure you are looking at the semester editions, rather than the complete course editions). Therefore, in keeping up with our diocesan policy, a textbook series has already been selected for you to use in our high schools. This textbook series is the Didache semester editions published by Midwest Theological Forum. The Didache semester textbook editions series is listed by the USCCB as being in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church. To check out on the conformity of this series, please, visit www.usccb.org. I find it reasonable as your bishop to replace the current Didache complete course editions series after ten years of usage in our high schools. Therefore, the new religion textbook editions series must be implemented between 2014 and 2017; ten years after the Didache complete course editions were implemented. The High Schools will have complete freedom in deciding the time frame within this deadline: one year at a time, two years at a time, or all at once, etc. In this Holy Year of Faith, on Thursday, August 15, 2013, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I promulgate the Religious Education Curriculum for Young People of High School Age manual and urge high school pastoral administrators, principals, Religion department chairpersons, and Religion teachers to implement and utilize them in the most appropriate manner in each School. Devotedly Yours in Christ Jesus, Most Reverend Roger J. Foys, D.D. Bishop of Covington CONTENTS CORE CURRICULUM Core Course 1: Faith and Revelation: An Introduction to Scripture 4 Core Course 2: Who is Christ? 10 Core Course 3: The Mission of Christ 17 Core Course 4: Christ and the Church 23 Core Course 5: Christ and the Sacraments 31 Core Course 6: Moral Living in Christ 42 Core Course 7: The Call of Christ: On Christian Vocation 50 ELECTIVES ELECTIVE 1: Dei Verbum: An In-depth Study of the Bible 59 ELECTIVE 2: Church History 67 ELECTIVE 3: Catholic Social Teaching 79 ELECTIVE 4: World Religions and Catholic Faith: Ecumenism and Apologetics 85 Core Course 1 - “Faith and Revelation: An Introduction to Scripture” The purpose of this course is to give students a general knowledge and appreciation of the Sacred Scriptures. Through their study of the Bible they will come to encounter the living Word of God, Jesus Christ. In the course they will learn about the Bible, authored by God through Inspiration, and its value to people throughout the world. If they have not been taught this earlier, they will learn how to read the Bible and will become familiar with the major sections of the Bible and the books included in each section. The students will pay particular attention to the Gospels, where they may grow to know and love Jesus Christ more personally. (Note: At the discretion of each school, this course may begin with a basic introduction to Catholicism.) Core Course 1 objectives: I. HOW DO WE KNOW ABOUT GOD? Primary objectives – students will… Covered by teacher Demonstrated by students 1. Identify, in their own life, a personal longing for God and a societal longing for God 2. Distinguish how God is revealed through natural and divine revelation 3. Compare and contrast the ways that God is revealed through natural and divine revelation 4. Justify how sacred scripture is an outgrowth of God’s revelation through Tradition 5. Explain how Apostolic tradition connects us to the person of Jesus II. ABOUT SACRED SCRIPTURE Primary objectives – students will… Covered by teacher Demonstrated by students 1. Characterize the authorship of Scripture as both divine and human 2. Describe the Catholic understanding of biblical inspiration 3. Summarize how the Bible came to be 4. Utilize Sacred Scripture in a variety of ways for personal and communal prayer 5. Describe the purpose and steps of Lectio divina III. UNDERSTANDING SCRIPTURE Primary objectives – students will… Covered by teacher Demonstrated by students 1. Explain the role of the teaching office of the church in the authentic interpretation of Scripture 2. Apply the four senses of Scripture (literal, allegorical, moral, and anagogical) to their daily lives 3. Articulate and apply the Church’s criteria for the personal reading of Scripture 4. Distinguish between theological truth, scientific truth, and historical truth. Explain why they cannot be in conflict High School Religion Course of Study – Diocese of Covington (1/2/2014) Page 4 IV. OVERVIEW OF THE BIBLE Primary objectives – students will… Covered by teacher Demonstrated by students 1. Identify the major sections of the Old Testament 2. Explain how the Old Testament foreshadows the coming of Jesus 3. Explain the difference between Catholic and (some) Protestant Old Testament books 4. Identify the major sections of the New Testament 5. Demonstrate the unity between the Old and New Testament V. THE GOSPELS Primary objectives – students will… Covered by teacher Demonstrated by students 1. Explain why the Gospels occupy the central place in Scripture 2. Illustrate how the Gospels lead us to accept Jesus Christ in faith and apply His teachings to our lives 3. Define the term “synoptic” and describe the characteristic features of the synoptic Gospels 4. Compare and contrast the Gospel of John with the synoptic Gospels VI. CHALLENGES Primary objectives – students will… Covered by teacher Demonstrated by students 1. Explain the role of the teaching office (magisterium) of the Church in our understanding of the Bible. 2. The Catholic Church teaches that Divine Revelation has been given to us in two forms: “written” (Sacred Scripture) and “passed on” (Sacred Tradition). Describe one or two specific sources where one can encounter this “Sacred Tradition.” 3. Explain what it means to read Scripture in light of the “analogy of faith.” The following is the full content outline from the US Bishops’ Curriculum Framework. The title of Core Course 1 in the Curriculum Framework is “The Revelation of Jesus Christ in Scripture”: I. How Do We Know About God? A. The thirst and desire for God (Catechism of the Catholic Church [CCC], nos. 27-30, 44-45, 1718). 1. Within all people there is a longing for God. 2. That longing itself is from God, who desires and initiates a relationship with each person. 3. Only in God can lasting joy and peace be found in this life and in the next. B. God revealed in many ways. 1. Natural Revelation (CCC, nos. 32-34). a. Natural Revelation attested to in Sacred Scripture (CCC, no. 32). 1) Old Testament references, including Genesis and Wisdom. 2) Paul’s Letter to the Romans. b. Patristic testimony (CCC, no. 32). c. Scholastic theology’s arguments for the existence of God (CCC, nos.
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