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Religion
Meet Our Staff:
Fr.
Philip Halfacre
Indiana University-BA in Philosophy,
Department: Religion
Fr.
David Kipfer
St. Meinrad College-BA in Philosophy, Kenrick Seminary-M. Div. & MA
Department: Religion
Fr. Chris Haake~Southern
Mount
Saint Mary Seminary~M. Div.
Department: Religion
Mr.
Rob Thompson
Illinois State University-BS
Department: Religion
Classes:
OLD TESTAMENT/NEW TESTAMENT
Old Testament: This course will introduce the high school student to the Bible
within the context of divine revelation as set out in the Vatican II document
Dei Verbum (Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation). The course will
survey the Old Testament and the important personalities showing God's unfolding
plan of salvation with the chosen people in preparation for the Coming of
Christ. Students will be introduced to historical, prophetic and wisdom
literature in the Old Testament.
New Testament: The course will first focus upon chastity education, presenting friendship, social life and chastity as keys to maturity in Christian love. Next, it will address the New Testament, Very Early Church History, and Christology. The Christology will be that which comes from the New Testament and Early Church History. (Prerequisite: None)
SACRAMENTS/INTRO. TO MORALITY
Sacraments: This course will examine the basic understanding of
sacramentality, and provide an advanced understanding of the Seven Sacraments,
so that the students may participate more fully in the celebration and
reception of each Sacrament.
Intro. to Morality: This course will give the student the knowledge of how we are to live based on what we believe. It is not simply a litany of rules, but rather principles for living an upright life based on the idea of the human person who is made in the image and likeness of God. Upon the completion of this course, the student will have a thorough grasp of key moral concepts such as: natural law, free choice, grave and slight matter, sufficient knowledge and freedom, character, conscience, sin, moral absolutes, virtue, vice, human fulfillment, the principle of double effect, and why one may never do evil in order to achieve good. (Prerequisite: None)
CHRISTIAN LIFE/CHURCH HISTORY
Christian Life: The purpose of this course is to examine, understand and
appreciate God's vocation to each member of the Church. The course will
emphasize the Universal Call to Holiness, the perfection of love, of all the
baptized, including the means to develop this holiness, the particular vocation
to virginity or matrimony, and the personal vocation of each
Christian.
Church History: This course will examine Church History from the Edict of
Milan of AD 312 to the present, seen as a history of salvation -- God at work
among His people; additional focus will be on salient features of Catholic
Church history in
APOLOGETICS/ADVANCED MORALITY 12
Apologetics: Upon successful completion of this course the student will
be able to articulate the Church's position on a number of topics as well as
the rationale behind why the Church teaches as she does. The course is
divided into two parts. The first half is a Christian apologetic: Why
believe in God and Christ: The second half is a Catholic apologetic. The
second half includes a section on evangelization. The Diocesan Survey
Test is administered this semester and successful completion is required for
graduation.
Advanced Morality: This course will review the basic moral principles
contained in the course on fundamental morality and will expand the student's
view of the moral problems which will confront him/her as a mature human
being. This course will take up the Christian vision of human sexuality
and the problems of living it in the contemporary world. (Prerequisite:
None)
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