As we commence week 3, all year groups will be commencing a new unit of work.

Year 11 SICT: Vice, Virtue and Salvation

Students investigate the challenge of evil and suffering in the world. Students consider where God is in both ‘the good’ and ‘the evil’. Students explore the works of St Paul and other theologians and encyclicals, which developed a Christian framework for understanding what is the good, how to be good and the gift of grace.

Year 11 SOR 1U and 2U: Religious Tradition of Islam

The focus of this study is the contribution of significant people, ideas, practices, and ethical teachings to an understanding of Islam as a living religious tradition. The study of Islam is to be of the WHOLE tradition where applicable.

Year 10: Ecumenism and Interfaith Dialogue

Though all religions seek to understand and make sense of the world and our place in it, they each have a distinct set of beliefs and practices that help their believers to do so. This unit allows students to explore the emergence of diverse expressions that exist within Christianity and the beliefs and practices of the Abrahamic traditions. Students will also be encouraged to develop an appreciation of the importance of ecumenical and interfaith dialogue as ways for religious believers to work together in promoting understanding and acceptance.

Year 9: The Church in Australia

The Catholic Church is a community; a family with a history and a story that continues to unfold today. Catholics in Australia come from many different cultural backgrounds and celebrate their faith in many diverse ways. For all of its diversity and unique character, the Australian Church remains firmly a part of the universal Church, founded on the teachings of Jesus Christ, and participating in its mission. In this unit students will explore the rich common heritage and diverse contemporary expressions of the Catholic faith in its uniquely Australian context. 

Year 8: Alive in Christ

Prayer is an essential means through which individuals and the Christian community deepen their relationship with God. In this unit students will explore a range of prayer forms (personal, communal, and liturgical) and experience its different expressions, vocal prayer, meditation and contemplative prayer. Students will also become familiar with the pattern of the Church’s liturgical year and appreciate the significance of liturgy as public worship.

Year 7: Affirming Human Dignity

Scripture teaches that we are all made in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:27). This belief informs much of the Catholic Church’s social and moral teaching and shapes our understanding of human relationships. In this unit students will be encouraged to deepen their understanding of the human person; the inherent dignity and equality of all people and Christian moral decision making

Mrs Christine Meharg