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MIDDLE SCHOOL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Faith Formation for early adolescents, grades 6-8
In Renewing the Vision: A Framework for Catholic Youth Ministry, the U.S. Bishops named catechesis as one of the eight components of youth ministry. The bishops wrote that catechesis:
 helps adolescents develop a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and the Christian community, and increase their knowledge of the core content of the Catholic faith enrich and expand their understanding of the Scriptures and the sacred tradition and their application to life today, and live more faithfully as disciples of Jesus Christ in their daily lives, especially through a life of prayer, justice, and loving service the goal should be to have all Catholic youth involved in some program of catechesis.
The Middle School Religious Education Program at Resurrection strives to accomplish this by teaching the core content of the Catholic faith, incorporating a variety of age-appropriate learning methods and activities, and providing a variety of times for catechetical opportunities.
The Middle School Religious Education Program at Resurrection strives to accomplish this by teaching the core content of the Catholic faith, incorporating a variety of age-appropriate learning methods and activities, and providing a variety of times for catechetical opportunities.
The year is divided into trimesters, each of which is independent of the others. This allows young people to pick the session that fits their schedule for each of the trimesters. The classes will be offered during the following times: Sundays 1:00pm-3:00pm, Sundays 6:00pm-8:00pm, and Mondays 6:00pm-800pm. There are 15 two-hour classes scheduled (5 in each trimester). Some activities will include all the middle school grades and others will be specific for a certain grade level. Classes will include any combination of the following: community building, prayer, small group discussions, speakers and other media input on a particular topic, and projects that help reinforce the material being studied. All of this has been designed to help meet the developmental needs of early adolescents.
Full participation in the program is essential. If absences are necessary, 3 absences will be allowed (1 absence for each trimester).
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