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2012 - 2013 Curriculum

October 2	Get to know them
October 16	Salvation History and the Capacity for God, Sin and the need for a Savior
October 23	Revelation of the logos, and the Bible
November 13	The Creed - I believe in one God, the Father almighty
November 20	The Creed - and in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord. He was conceived...
November 27	The Creed - The Holy Spirit
December 4	Mary
December 11	Prayer
December 18	Advent/Christmas Season - Incarnation
January 4	Ecclesiology - Church as Sacrament and Communion: Saints, Hierarchy, Religious, People of God
January 28	Ecclesiology - Church as Sanctifier: Sin, Penance and Reparation
February 4	Ecclesiology - Church as Prophet/Teacher: The Magisterium
February 11	Lent, Stations of the Cross, Sacramentals
February 11	Ecclesiology - The Church's regal office: Catholic Social Teaching
February 19	Moral Theology - Virtue and the Pursuit of Happiness - Overview of Structure of the X Comm., Conscience
March 3	1st. Scrutiny
March 4	Moral Theology - The new Law of Grace: The Sermon on the Mount, Rom 12-15
March 5	Rite of election at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
March 10	2nd. Scrutiny
March 12	Moral Theology - Sexual Ethics, Marriage and Family
March 17	3rd. Scrutiny
March 19	Mystagogia Sacraments - What is a sacrament? The Church as sacrament
March 30	Easter Vigil
April 2	Mystagogia Sacraments - Baptism/Confirmation
TBD	Mystagogia Sacraments - Eucharist
TBD	Mystagogia Sacraments - Confession / Anointing
TBD	Death and the Last Things
TBD	Mystagogia Sacraments- Marriage / Holy Orders
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Other Possible Field Trips/Special Meetings

• Nat. Shrine/Franciscan Monastery
• St. Matthew
• A Religious House
• Nat. Gallery (religious art)
• Extraordinary Form Mass
• Give them an examen in preparation for the Scrutinies (3rd 4th & 5th Sundays of Lent)
• An explanation of the liturgies of Holy Week

Scripture and Readings

• Dismissal Catechesis Epiphany year A

Resources

• Baltimore Catechism
• The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church
• Mass readings for the day
• Dei Verbum -Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revalation
• Busted Halo

References

• The Catholic Vision
• The Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes)