Grade 8

Creed

Worship and Prayer

Moral Life

Community Life

Apostolic Life

Students will grow in their understanding of the Triune God. 

Students will grow in their understanding of God the Father. 

Students will grow in their understanding of God the Son. 

Students will grow in their understanding of the Holy Spirit. 

Students will grow in their understanding of the Church. 

Students will grow in their understanding of Revelation. 

Students will grow in their understanding of the Saints. 

Students will grow in their understanding of Worship and prayer. 

Students will grow in their understanding of the Sacraments. 

Students will grow in their understanding of the Liturgical Year. 

Students will grow in their understanding of other Liturgical celebrations. 

Students will grow in their understanding of prayer. 

Students will grow in their understanding of Life in Christ. 

Students will grow in their understanding of the Beatitudes. 

Students will grow in their understanding of the Commandments. 

Students will grow in their understanding of Conscience. 

Students will grow in their understanding of Sin and Forgiveness. 

Students will grow in their understanding of the Church Law. 

Students will grow in their understanding of participation in the liturgical life of the Church. 

Students will grow in their understanding of participation in life-long faith formation. 

Students will grow in their understanding of Church life at parish, diocesan and universal levels. 

Students will grow in their understanding of participation in the ministry of the Church. 

Students will grow in their knowledge of Catholic social teaching. 

Students will grow in their understanding of justice and service. 

Students will grow in their understanding of the life and dignity of the human person. 

Students will grow in their understanding of the call to family, community and participation in society. 

Students will grow in their understanding of the rights of all people and their responsibilities towards others. 

Students will grow in their understanding of the preferential option for the poor and vulnerable. 

Students will grow in their understanding of the dignity of the work and the rights of others. 

Students will grow in their understanding of solidarity. 

Students will grow in their understanding of the importance of care for God’s creation. 

Students will know that God has revealed his love to us by sending his Son and the Holy Spirit. 

Students will know that faith is a gift that must always be nourished.

Students will know that in the Trinity the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. 

Students will know that the Trinity is three persons, distinct from one another. 

Students will know that the Kingdom of God comes in its fullness only in heaven, but we are called to bring about the kingdom here on earth.

Students will know that God orders all things for good. 

Students will know that God’s love triumphs over all evil and pain. 

Students will know that God created the human person as a union of body and soul. 

Students will know that the result of original sin is ignorance, suffering and death. 

Students will know that Jesus Christ is not part God and part man but truly God and truly man. 

Students will know that Jesus learned as we do. 

Students will know that the Incarnation is the wonderful mystery of the union of the divine and human natures in the one person of the Word. 

Students will know that Christ’s redemption is a ransom from sin. 

Students will know that Christ freely offered himself as the sacrifice of the New Covenant. 

Students will know that Christ will come again to judge everyone according to their works. 

Students will know that the activities of the Son and the Spirit in salvation history are distinct but inseparable. 

Students will know that the Church is the sacrament of the Trinity. 

Students will know that the Holy Spirit builds up the Church. 

Students will know that Jesus founded the Church. 

Students will know that the Church is Trinitarian. 

Students will know the images of Church: People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit, Communion. 

Students will know that the Church has a hierarchical structure with the Pope as the head. 

Students will know that all salvation comes from Christ through the Church. 

Students will know that the Catholic Church has the fullness of means of salvation but other Christians share elements of grace and truth. 

Students will know that we are to proclaim the Gospel to the world. 

Students will know that Revelation is complete in Jesus Christ. 

Students will know that the human writers of scripture are true authors. 

Students will know the literary forms used to understand scripture. 

Students will know that scripture is read within the living tradition of the Church. 

Students will know that scripture reveals that humans were created in a state of original holiness. 

Students will know that in the Old Testament God was addressed as “Lord.” 

Students will know that Mary remained a virgin in conceiving her Son by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

Students will know that Mary cooperated with Christ in the work of redemption. 

Students will know that the Paschal Mystery is present and celebrated in the liturgy. 

Students will know that we truly encounter Christ in every sacramental liturgy. 

Students will know that the Nicene Creed is prayed at Sunday Mass in the United States. 

Students will know that Christ is present in the assembly, the Word, the presiding celebrant, and in his Body and Blood. 

Students will know that the liturgy not only recalls saving events, but makes them present in each celebration. 

Students will know that the liturgical services are not private functions but celebrations that belong to the Church. 

Students will know that in the liturgical celebration we are joined to the heavenly celebration. 

Students will know the sacraments of initiation: Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. 

Students will know that when we celebrate the Eucharist we are united with the Communion of Saints. 

Students will know that Christian maturity in reference to Confirmation does not refer to age, but rather to one’s growth in Baptism. 

Students will know that the Eucharist is thanksgiving to God the Father for all creation. 

Students will know that the Eucharist recalls Christ’s Passover and at the same time makes it present. 

Students will know that the substance of bread and wine is transformed into the substance of the Body and Blood of Christ. This is called transubstantiation. 

Students will know that the individual confession of sins is the ordinary means of reconciliation with God and with the Church. 

Students will know that the proper time for the anointing of the sick is serious illness or old age. 

Students will know that the anointing of the sick can be received each time one becomes seriously ill. 

Students will know that the anointing of the sick can heal physically as well as spiritually. 

Students will know that priests are ordained to serve as co-workers with the bishop in serving the community. 

Students will know that the priesthood reaches its high point in the celebration of the Eucharist. 

Students will know that Jesus taught that marriage is permanent. 

Students will know that an annulment means that a sacramental marriage did not exist and that those who remarry without one cannot receive communion. 

Students will know that the Christmas season celebrates the reality of the Incarnation. 

Students will know that Christmas makes present the Savior in our world today. 

Students will know that in the course of one liturgical year the whole mystery of Christ is unfolded. 

Students will know how to prepare and lead Morning and Evening prayer. 

Students will know the difference between liturgical prayer and devotional prayer. 

Students will know the many forms of blessings of the Church and become familiar with the blessings that can be used in the domestic church [the home]. 

Students will know the Nicene Creed which comes from the Council of Nicea. 

Students will know that the Lord’s Prayer is the most perfect of prayers. 

Students will know each part of the Lord’s Prayer and its meaning for their lives. 

Students will know the great commandment to love God and others. 

Students will know that our attitudes toward our neighbor reflect our acceptance or refusal of grace. 

Students will know that rejection of God’s grace and love can lead to our condemnation. 

Students will know that freedom is not just doing what we want, but that we become free when we do good. 

Students will know that the Beatitudes are the heart of Christian teaching. 

Students will know concrete ways to live out the Beatitudes in their daily living. 

Students will know that we are meant to love God beyond all things. 

Students will know that indifference and or hatred of God is opposed to the first commandment. 

Students will know that we sanctify the Lord’s Day by celebrating the Eucharist, visiting the sick and helping the poor. 

Students will know that the fourth commandment provides the foundation for the Church’s social doctrine. 

Students will know that parents must respect their children’s vocation. 

Students will know that the fifth commandment teaches that human life can never be deliberately taken. 

Students will know that the sixth commandment teaches that homosexual acts [not tendencies] are gravely sinful. 

Students will know that discrimination against homosexual persons should be avoided. 

Students will know that the seventh commandment teaches that we are called to show a preferential love of the poor. 

Students will know that the eighth commandment teaches that we are to keep personal confidences. 

Students will know that the ninth commandment teaches that the Good News of Jesus Christ should renew culture. 

Students will know that the tenth commandment teaches that we live for the kingdom of heaven and should be detached from material things. 

Students will know that our conscience leads us to know and long for God. 

Students will know that our conscience is a judgment of reason that helps us to recognize the moral quality of each action. 

Students will know that without a sense of sin and an awareness of God’s love, it is impossible to find conversion and forgiveness. 

Students will know that original sin is a deprivation of original holiness and justice. 

Students will know that sin upsets our relationship with God. 

Students will know that the power to forgive sins is a great gift of Christ to the Church. 

Students will know that some acts are always wrong. 

Students will know that God always forgives us. 

Students will know that Church law teaches that we do not miss Mass on Sunday and Holy Days of Obligation. 

Students will know the precepts of the Church and be able to apply them to their daily lives. 

Students will know that Christ is present in the gathering of the faithful on Sunday. 

Students will know that full, conscious and active participation in the Eucharist includes their participation in responses, songs, prayers, silence and gestures. 

Students will know that catechesis aims to put people in communion with Jesus Christ. 

Students will know that ongoing faith formation leads us to share more deeply in the life of the Trinity. 

Students will know that the bishops form a college of which the pope is the head. 

 Students will know that the pope and the bishops in communion make up the Magisterium of the Church. 

Students will know that the pope and bishops normally teach on moral matters by catechesis and preaching. 

Students will know that in her ministries, the Church has always showed a preferential love of the poor. 

Students will know specific ways that they can do evangelization in the Church. 

Students will know that social situations are improved by conversion of heart and then by changing the unjust situation. 

Students will know that the fourth commandment provides the foundation for the Church’s social doctrine.  

Students will know that the natural law is written on the hearts of each person and forms the basis for a just society. 

Students will know the major themes of Catholic social teaching. 

Students will know that Catholics are called to foster dignity, prosperity and peace for all. 

Students will know the importance of the dignity of human sexuality. 

Students will know that Catholics are not just individualists, but are committed to the common good. 

Students will know that the family is the original cell of social life.

Students will know that our attitudes toward our neighbor reflect our acceptance or refusal of grace. 

Students will know that the common good is achieved through the protection of the rights of others. 

Students will know that they are responsible to one another, their families and to society at large. 

Students will know that we sanctify the Lord’s day by celebrating the Eucharist and visiting the sick and helping the poor. 

Students will know, identify and recognize the needs of the poor and vulnerable in their communities and in the world. 

Students will know that the seventh commandment teaches that we are called to show a preferential love of the poor. 

Students will know that the Church teaches that everyone is entitled to a just wage and benefits. 

Students will know that every person has a right to private property. 

Students will know what it means to respect the basic rights of others. 

Students will know that preserving the common good requires that ‘aggressors’ are unable to inflict harm. 

Students will know the meaning of social sin. 

Students will know that when one member of the Body of Christ suffers, all suffer. 

Students will know that we can know God through his creation.