Religious Education Outcomes - 8th Grade CATHOLICISM

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pillar # 1 --Profession of Faith

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pillar # 2 -- Celebrating the Christian Mystery

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pillar # 3, Life in Christ

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pillar # 4 -- Christian Prayer:

1: Describe the gradual stages of God’s Revelation

1a: Child will within the family

2: Read, understand and pray the Sacred Scripture as the inspired Word of God

2a: Child will within the family

3: Know the basic teachings of the Church as identified in the Creed and Traditions; and show how these teachings are applied and lived out in the individual’s life

3a: Child will within the family

4: Interpret one’s life and faith as gifts from God and recognize that both gifts must be cultivated and nurtured for eternal life

4a: Child will within the family

5: Identify how liturgy is the primary way Catholics worship God

5a: Child will within the family

6: Demonstrate knowledge of the liturgical seasons and the importance of Sunday as the Lord’s Day and other practices in the liturgical life of the Church

6a: Child will within the family

7: Describe the person of Jesus Christ in the Paschal Mystery as the root of every liturgical celebration

7a: Child will within the family

8: Describe the seven sacraments, their symbols and ritual

8a: Child will within the family

9: Demonstrate Christ’s redeeming life and our Baptismal response through a well formed conscience

9a: Child will within the family

10: Describe the reality of original sin, evil in the world, and how our wounded nature is redeemed through the Paschal Mystery

10a: Child will within the family

11: List and describe the Ten Commandments and apply them to a personal life of virtue to today’s world

11a: Child will within the family

12: Give examples of works of mercy and action on behalf of justice and stewardship as Disciples of Christ

12a: Child will within the family

13: Develop and practice forms of prayer including adoration, blessing, petition, intercession, thanksgiving and praise

13a: Child will within the family

14: Demonstrate the skills necessary for a personal and communal life of prayer integrating the traditions of the home

14a: Child will within the family

15: Demonstrate the skills needed to pray using Scripture and meditation

15a: Child will within the family

Student will: Describe the goodness of God’s creation and how Catholics are called to work to support that goodness in the world even in light of original sin

Student will: Write a story about our first parents and how they abused their freedom

Student will: Develop the pros and cons of living a virtue-filled life

 Practice good stewardship of created goods 

Deepen in a sense of the goodness of individuals 

Work for peace when there are disagreements 

Student will: Compare the meaning of “just people” with the beatitudes 

Student will: Read and analyze scripture texts

Student will: Pray about situations that affects him/her and the world

Describe passages of scripture in relationship to life’s situations

Develop a prayer attitude with scripture 

Become familiar with using the Bible 

Student will: Describe the work of the Holy Spirit in the Church

Student will: Identify as the Body of Christ and the unity that is possible through Christ

Student will:  Define the four marks of the Church: one, holy, catholic and apostolic

Pray the creed during Mass with reverence and understanding 

Willingly participate in Church ministry and activities 

Understand the communion of saints 

Student will:  Describe faith as gift in own words and situations

Student will: Recognize the presence of grace in one’s life and how to cooperate with God’s grace

Student will:  Compare different saints’ understanding of eternal life

 Offer thankfulness to God for the gift of faith in his/her life 

Connect the presence of God in life 

Practice graciousness 

Student will: Participate in planning a liturgical season liturgy

Student will: Create a welcoming environment for the Church

Student will: Identify the parts of the Mass and the role of the assembly in each part of the Mass

Willingly attend Sunday Mass 

Participate in the Sacrament of Reconciliation 

Show reverence at liturgy 

Student will:  Organize a prayer experience for the Feast of St. Francis as the saint for the Archdiocese of San Francisco

Student will: Create a saints calendar for younger children in the program

Student will: Write invitations to the sick for an Anointing of the Sick service during the Lenten season

Celebrate saints’ days and feasts 

Understand the words Incarnation, Annunciation, Christmas and Epiphany

Explain why keeping the Lord’s Day is important 

Student will: Identify with Jesus and discipleship 

Student will: Define Paschal Mystery

Student will:  Outline the structure for a liturgical celebration

Develop a personal relationship with Jesus and takes time to foster it 

Identify various martyrs in the Church and how they modeled the life of Jesus 

Recognize suffering as a value in life through Jesus 

Student will: Identify how Christ lives and acts in and with the Church through the sacraments

Student will: Name the seven sacraments, who celebrates them, their symbols and the role of the assembly

Student will: Recall various pieces of liturgical music appropriate for different sacramental celebrations

Participate in Sunday Eucharist and receiving communion 

Volunteer to minister at liturgy 

Share what s/he wants to do in life and how one can share in the sacramental life of the Church 

Student will: Describe the just societies theory, the economic social disparity between individuals and the meaning of solidarity 

Student will: Write to congress and legislative persons on issues of justice

Student will: Identify social justice agencies in the area and how their mission supports what the Catholic Church calls the baptized to accomplish

 Develop moral decisions considering the role of justice 

Live the Corporal Works of Mercy 

Identify un-Christian attitudes 

Student will: Recall how God’s love is a response to the moral life 

Student will:  Discuss the meaning of “conversion of heart”

Student will: Apply the need for forgiveness because of original sin, evil in the world and our call to redemption

Identify his/her participation in sin and the need for forgiveness 

Pray for guidance in difficult and sinful situations 

Describe the evil found in the world and how Jesus gives us another way of living 

Student will: Compare the Sermon on the Mount and the Ten Commandments 

Student will:  Recognize people who have lived holy lives

Student will: Create a virtue chart of people in society today who live out virtues for the good of others

Measure his/her life in relation to the Ten Commandments

Formulate a way to live out virtues in daily life 

Examine the role of media and the stories presented in relationship to living a life of discipleship

Student will: Discuss in small groups how to practice the dismissal words of the Mass; “Go in peace to love and serve the world” 

Student will: Work with St. Vincent de Paul Society, Knights of Peter Claver, or Knights of Columbus to do works of mercy

Student will: Participate in a justice rally in the area

Practice a Corporal Work of Mercy during Lent 

Identify with the need to speak out for the poor 

Practice patience 

Student will: Formulate vocal and meditative prayers 

Student will:  Compose a booklet of various saints and the way they prayed. Include in the booklet personal prayers from the saints

Student will: Have a living rosary for various classes during May

Contemplate on a regular basis 

 Identify with traditional prayers of the church 

Pray in the morning and evening 

Student will: Define the role of Mary and her trust in God as model for Christians 

Student will: Be comfortable with vocal prayer

Student will: Meditate with scripture

 Explain the need for prayer in his/her life 

Recite traditional and family prayers 

Participate in family prayer time

Student will: Develop a scriptural prayer booklet 

Student will:  Share guided meditations with younger children

Student will: Participate in a play on ways to pray from scripture

Pray with Scripture on a regular basis

Share prayer willingly with the family 

Recalls meditations that are meaningful to him/her