Religious Education
At the heart of the culture of the Catholic school is an explicit commitment to the promotion of each human person in all their dimensions, capacities and relationships. A religious culture relates each person to the Christian “reading” of existence. It connects experience and insights in a framework of meaning.
The Human Person Who do we think we are?
Creation What sort of world do we live in?
The Common Good How can we live together?
Past-Present-Future What time is it?
Faith and Commitment What can we trust?
Justice and Compassion Whose side are we on?
Identity and Boundaries Who is our neighbor?
Spirituality and Interior Life What is our hearts desire
(Awakenings Core Document p42)
The methodology of our program is “Shared Christian Praxis.” This process is grounded in the understanding that God has been and continues to be present and active in the community of faith through the Spirit. Religious Education promotes the knowing, valuing and acting of the learner who is making meaning of his or her life now. (Awakenings Core Document p117)
In teaching a unit of work, lessons begin with a focusing activity, then movements of Naming, Reflecting Critically, Accessing the Christian Story and Vision, Understanding and Integrating, and Responding.
SACRAMENTAL INFORMATION
For children in St Joseph’s Parish the guideline for the reception of sacraments is Grade 3: Reconciliation, Eucharist (First Communion) and Confirmation.
St Joseph’s Parish has a Family Based Sacramental Program. Sacramental preparation is parish coordinated, family based and supported by the school. Students prepare for the sacraments within the home and participate in religious education at school. While the family based sacramental program is taking place children throughout St Joseph’s school will complete a unit of work on the sacrament into which children are being initiated. This ensures that children’s understanding of each of the initiation sacraments is ongoing and developmental. In this way, the school seeks to promote and build on the faith education which children have received within their own families through the family based Sacramental Program.
St Joseph’s Parish has a Sacramental Team which co ordinates with St Mary’s Hamilton. We coordinate the dates, parent information meetings, organisation of family groups, children’s booklets, certificates, badges etc. If you have any queries, this is the group to contact.
The Human Person Who do we think we are?
Creation What sort of world do we live in?
The Common Good How can we live together?
Past-Present-Future What time is it?
Faith and Commitment What can we trust?
Justice and Compassion Whose side are we on?
Identity and Boundaries Who is our neighbor?
Spirituality and Interior Life What is our hearts desire
(Awakenings Core Document p42)
The methodology of our program is “Shared Christian Praxis.” This process is grounded in the understanding that God has been and continues to be present and active in the community of faith through the Spirit. Religious Education promotes the knowing, valuing and acting of the learner who is making meaning of his or her life now. (Awakenings Core Document p117)
In teaching a unit of work, lessons begin with a focusing activity, then movements of Naming, Reflecting Critically, Accessing the Christian Story and Vision, Understanding and Integrating, and Responding.
SACRAMENTAL INFORMATION
For children in St Joseph’s Parish the guideline for the reception of sacraments is Grade 3: Reconciliation, Eucharist (First Communion) and Confirmation.
St Joseph’s Parish has a Family Based Sacramental Program. Sacramental preparation is parish coordinated, family based and supported by the school. Students prepare for the sacraments within the home and participate in religious education at school. While the family based sacramental program is taking place children throughout St Joseph’s school will complete a unit of work on the sacrament into which children are being initiated. This ensures that children’s understanding of each of the initiation sacraments is ongoing and developmental. In this way, the school seeks to promote and build on the faith education which children have received within their own families through the family based Sacramental Program.
St Joseph’s Parish has a Sacramental Team which co ordinates with St Mary’s Hamilton. We coordinate the dates, parent information meetings, organisation of family groups, children’s booklets, certificates, badges etc. If you have any queries, this is the group to contact.