HS RCIA Class 2023-2024
Curriculum and handouts for the 2023-24 HS RCIA Catechism class
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Catechism: Ten BIG Ideas
- Content:
- list of ten BIG ideas for catechism (learning about the Catholic faith)
- presented in short (1 page) and long forms (2 pages)
- Purpose: students to identify large concepts and measure their knowledge and learning progress with them
- Format: single page pdf in table form (portrait)
- Related pages: Catechism definition, Big Ideas for Catechism
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Catechism: Ten BIG Ideas (long form)
- Content: list of ten BIG ideas for catechism (learning about the Catholic faith)
- Purpose: students to identify large concepts and measure their knowledge and learning progress with them
- Format: multi-page pdf in table form (portrait)
- Related pages: Catechism definition, Big Ideas for Catechism/Detailed list of the BIg Ideas for Catechism
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The Catholic Mass
The Catholic Mass overview (simple outline)
- Content: parts of the Mass with brief descriptions of their liturgical purpose and context
- Purpose: student familiarity with the Mass
- Format: multi-page pdf in outline form (portrait view)
- Related pages: Catholic Mass (overview), Mass responses in English and Latin, Mass responses in English and Spanish
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The Catholic Mass (detailed outline)
- Content:
- the parts of the Mass
- their Scriptural origins and purposes
- Priestly text and People's responses
- Purpose: deeper awareness and understanding of the parts of the Mass
- Format: multi-page pdf in outline form (landscape view)
- Related pages: Catholic Mass
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Eucharistic Prayers
- Content: Comparison of the various Eucharistic Prayers
- Purpose: for students to view and appreicate the differences in Eucharistic Prayers
- Format: pdf chart (landscape)
- Related pages: Catholic Mass
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Nicene Creed
- Content: Nicene Creed parts explanations of its major parts
- Purpose: for students to learn the meaning and scriptural sources of the Nicene Creed
- Format: multiple=page pdf in chart form (portrait)
- Related pages: Nicene Creed
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Salvation History
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Ten Commandments
- Content: Comparison of the texts of the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament books Exodus & Deuteronomy and the traditional Catholic version
- Purpose: Students to see Scriptural origins of the Ten Commandments and how they are interpreted in the traditional Catholic text
- Format: single page pdf (landscape)
- Related pages: Ten Commandments
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