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Religion

This page provides an overview of the religion topics covered in each year and level. Click on the Level header to find more details including books and instructions.

In the Mater Amabilis religion program, students will hear or read from the Bible, the stories of the saints, and a catechism each year, along with set books for Advent, Lent, and Easter. In the early years the Bible readings come from a well written retelling. Beginning in Level 2 year 2, the Bible text is used to study the Gospels alongside the mysteries of the rosary. In Level 3 and 4, students will read the Gospel of the current Liturgical Year rotation (A, B, or C) and also study the Old Testament. In high school, students read through the Bible in entirety.

Young children hear stories of the saints, before reading about them themselves. In upper levels, we suggest saint biographies related to the historical period. In high school (level 5 and 6), students read and study the writings of the saints and doctors of the Church, beginning with the Early Church Fathers and continuing to modern saints including St. Faustina and St. John Henry Newman.

Religion lessons generally follow the format of: recall last reading, read (or hear) selection, and narrate.

PREPARATORY LEVEL(AGES 4 TO 6)
  • New Testament Bible stories
  • Liturgical Year celebrations and saint stories
  • Introduction to the Catholic Faith
LEVEL 1B (AGES 6 TO 7)
  • Begin serious study of religion
  • New Testament Bible Stories
  • Catechism
  • stories of saints
  • Liturgical year readings
LEVEL 1A (AGES 7 TO 9)
  • New Testament: A Life of Our Lord for Children
  • Catechism
  • stories of saints
  • Liturgical year readings
LEVEL 2 (AGES 9 TO 11)
  • a retelling of the Acts of the Apostles for children
  • the Bible through the mysteries of the Rosary,
  • Catechism using the Faith and Life series, as well as through the story St. Patrick’s Summer
  • a focus on saints and Our Lady
  • Liturgical year readings
LEVEL 3 
  • Bible history: Old Testament
  • New Testament: Gospel study related to Church Year Cycle
  • Lives of the Saints
  • Apologetics
LEVEL 4 
  • New Testament: Gospel study related to Church Year Cycle
  • 20th century saints and prominent Catholics
  • Catechism focus
  • Liturgical year readings
  • Catholic Culture
High School Religion
LEVEL 5 

Level 5 Year 1:

  • Church History to the End of the Roman Empire
  • Bible Study
  • Writings of Saints and Doctors of the Church
  • Study of the Creed
  • Papal Encyclicals

Level 5 Year 2:

  • Church History to the End of the Middle Ages
  • Bible Study
  • (Writings of) Saints and Doctors of the Church
  • Study of the Mass
  • Papal Encyclicals
LEVEL 6 

Level 6 Year 1:

  • Church History to the End of the Sixth Age
  • Bible Study
  • Saints and Doctors of the Church: 16th-18th centuries
  • Spiritual reading
  • Papal Encyclicals

Level 6 Year 2:

  • Bible Study
  • Saints and Doctors of the Church: 19th-20th centuries
  • Spiritual reading
  • Papal Encyclicals

 

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