Stage 4 & 5 Religious Education

The Religious Education program in Stages 4 & 5 aims to assist students towards:

• Making sense of everyday life experiences in the broader contexts of mystery, complexity, confusion and awe.
• Gaining access to and understanding the traditions of the Catholic community, its story, its experiences and its teachings.
• Celebrating with others the mystery and life of the Risen Christ.
• Responding to the activity of God in their lives and in the whole of creation.

Students study the following areas:

Stage 4 (Years 7 & 8)

• What It Means To Be Catholic
• Sacred Scriptures
• Stewards of Creation
• Ways of Praying
• The Teachings of Jesus
• Sacraments of Initiation
• Disciples, Martyrs and Witnesses of the Faith
• Alive in Christ
• Striving For Goodness

Stage 5 (Years 9 & 10)

• Biblical Writing
• The Church In Australia
• The Search For Meaning
• Sacraments of Healing
• Living The Commandments and Beatitudes
• The Gospels
• The Church –Tradition, Challenge and Change
• Ecumenism and Interfaith Dialogue
• Sacraments at the Service of Communion
• Catholic Social Teaching