8th Grade

Knowledge of Faith

Liturgical Education

Moral Education

Teaching to Pray

The Life, Community and History of the Church

The Church’s Missionary Life and Service

Describe the connection between Scripture and Tradition and the true faith we find in both that make up a single deposit of the Word of God.

Demonstrate an understanding of Salvation History and identify how the Acts of the Apostles, the epistles, and our lives are a continuation of Salvation history.

Describe how God the Father sent the Son, Jesus to redeem us and how the grace of the Holy Spirit continues to give us new life.

Describe all the parts of the Mass and the role of the assembly.

Articulate how the sacraments strengthen their relationships with God and the faith community and benefit both the individual and community.

Identify and describe how conscience is a function of reason that allows one to be responsible for one’s actions.

Identify and articulate the morality of human (personal) acts and how both venial and mortal sin can result in social sin.

Articulate how all prayer forms help us lead holy lives through blessing, adoration, petition, intercessions, thanksgiving and praise.

State how we use the prayers of the saints to help up pray

Explore, experience and reflect on the various expressions of prayer: vocal, meditative and contemplative.

Identify the responsibility of the Body of Christ to work for the Kingdom of God on Earth throughout history, today and in the future.

Appreciate the benefits of chastity/chaste lives with maintaining our bodies as Temples of the Holy Spirit.

Apply the concept of being made in God’s image to the response to God’s call through vocation.

Explain the stewardship equation- receive/cultivate/share/return.

Recall and understand the implications for your own life that Jesus commanded the disciples to “go and make disciples of all nations.”

Credible Catholic Connection: Essential Module 2: Evidence of God’s Existence from Science, Module 3: Proof of God’s Existence from Philosophy, and Module 4: Proof of Jesus’ Resurrection and Divinity

Credible Catholic Connection: Essential Module 5: Why Be Catholic? Recommendation 1

Credible Catholic Connection: Essential Module 1: Evidence of a Soul from Medical Studies

Credible Catholic Connection: Essential Module 5: Why Be Catholic? – Recommendation 2

Credible Catholic Connection: Essential Module 6: True Happiness and Module 7: Why Does God Allow Suffering?