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Correlation of
Finding God © 2005 School and
© 2007 Junior High Editions to
the Archdiocese of Chicago
Religion Curriculum Guidelines
© 2005 School Edition and © 2007 Junior High Edition
to the
Archdiocese of Chicago
Religion Curriculum Guidelines
Grades 1-8
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Table of Contents
Grade 1 School Edition Page 3–13
Grade 2 School Edition Page 14–28
Grade 3 School Edition Page 29–41
Grade 4 School Edition Page 42–52
Grade 5 School Edition Pages 53–63
Grade 6 School Edition Pages 64–78
Grade 7 Junior High Edition Pages 79–93
Grade 8 Junior High Edition Pages 94–112
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Record references Guided Scripture Stories and Guided Reflections
BLMs reference Blackline Master numbers
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Grade One School Edition
Goal One: CREED: Understand, believe and proclaim the Triune God as
revealed in the signs of creation, Sacred Scripture, Catholic Tradition
and human experience.
Learning Outcomes 1.01.01
Show understanding that God is the Creator of all things in the universe calling all
creation good.
3–5, 8-9, 11-12, 16, 22,
44, 225–229, 144-146,
236, 238
Record: God’s Garden
BLMs: 1–2, 13, 64
FindingGod.com: Animal
Pantomime, Creation
Song
1.01.02
Indicate belief that God made human beings in his own likeness giving them
responsibility for the care of the earth.
6–7, 11-12 , 13–15, 21,
36–37, 40-4, 187–194,
196
Record: God’s Garden
BLMs: 2, 62, 64, 65
FindingGod.com:
Creation Song, Ecology
Walk
1.01.03
Comprehend that I am made by God destined to be with him forever.
4, 11, 40–41, 44, 63, 226
Record: God’s Garden
1.01.04
Show understanding that God reveals himself to us in all of creation.
4–5, 11, 16, 44, 180, 226,
230-231, 233
Record: God’s Garden
BLM: 13
FindingGod.com:
Creation Song
1.01.05
Comprehend that God is everywhere, all knowing and all loving.
4, 11, 13, 16, 20–22, 25–
26, 31, 36, 41–42, 44, 59,
180, 185, 188, 213
Record: God’s Garden
BLMs: 7, 9, 11, 13
1.01.06
Show understanding that God created me as good and cares for me as a loving parent.
5, 21, 25, 31, 36–37, 40-
41, 44, 70, 76-77, 177–
181, 184-185
BLMs: 2, 6, 9, 12–13
FindingGod.com: The
Glory Be with Actions
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State belief that there are Three Persons in one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
36–37, 40-41, 44, 47
BLMs: 9, 11–13
FindingGod.com: The
Glory Be with Actions,
Trinity Mobile, Trinity
Song
1.01.08
State that Jesus is God’s Son who was sent by him to teach us how to love one another
as his children.
26, 30–31, 34, 36–37, 40-
41, 52–60, 71a, 119–123,
127, 148–149, 162-163,
196
Record: Jesus Is Born,
Loving Jesus, Jesus and
the Children
BLMs: 9, 13, 35, 39–41,
52
FindingGod.com: A Gift
for Jesus, Newscast—It’s
a Boy
1.01.09
Identify God the Holy Spirit as God’s Spirit alive in us and in the Church.
34–37, 40-42, 110–118
BLMs: 30–32
FindingGod.com: Act Out
the Story of Pentecost,
Flames of Spirit
1.01.10
Identify Mary as the Mother of Jesus and the Mother of God.
104-105, 130–138, 152-
153, 216, 223
Record: Jesus Is Born,
Saying Yes To God
BLMs: 36–37
Records: Jesus Is Born,
Saying Yes to God
FindingGod.com: Hail
Mary Scramble, Praying
the Hail Mary with
Actions
1.01.11
State meaning of the name of Jesus as ―God Saves.‖
53
1.01.12
Describe meaning of heaven.
63–69
BLM: 20
1.01.13
Describe the meaning of faith.
317
1.01.14
Identify the Church as a community of those who believe in God and who ratify that
belief in baptism.
102–103, 107, 122, 127–
128, 157–161,164-167,
284
Record: Jesus Asks
Friends to Follow
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Goal Two: SACRAMENTS: Understand and participate in the
sacraments of the Church as efficacious signs of God’s grace,
instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church.
Learning Outcomes 1.02.01
Identify sacraments as signs of God’s love for us that give us his grace.
15, 159, 165, 188, 192,
284, 322
BLM: 42
FindingGod.com: Baptism
Farmer in the Dell
1.02.02
State that the Sacrament of Baptism makes me a member of the Church.
159, 161, 165, 188, 284
BLM: 43
FindingGod.com: Baptism
Dramatization, Baptism
Farmer in the Dell,
Welcome Cards
1.02.03
Identify the essential elements of Baptism.
157d, 159–161, 165, 188,
284, 314
BLMs: 43–45
FindingGod.com: Baptism
Dramatization, Baptism
Farmer in the Dell,
Welcome Cards
1.02.04
Describe the effects of the Sacrament of Baptism.
159–161, 165, 188, 284,
314
BLMs: 43, 45
1.02.05
State that Jesus Christ instituted the sacraments and gave them to the Church.
150–151, 159, 188, 192
FindingGod.com:
Sacraments Song
1.02.06
Describe how when we are baptized we became followers of Jesus Christ: Christians.
**157d, 159, 161, 165,
188, 284, 314, 322. 121,
127, 315–define Christian
BLM: 43
FindingGod.com: Baptism
Dramatization, Baptism
Farmer in the Dell,
Welcome Cards
**this refer to becoming
part of God’s family,
members of the Church,
etc… but nothing specific
w/ ―Christian‖ in them.
1.02.07
Show basic understanding that God forgives us in the Sacrament of
Penance/Reconciliation.
286, 321
FindingGod.com: Making
Peace with God
1.02.08
Exhibit basic recognition of the Sacrament of Eucharist as a sign of Jesus sharing
himself with us in a special meal called the Mass.
285, 317
FindingGod.com:
Breaking Bread Together
Goal Three: CHRISTIAN LIVING: Understand and live the moral
teachings of the Church through a life of discipleship in Jesus Christ
expressed in love for God, conversion, positive self–image, personal
integrity, social justice, the dignity of the human person and love of
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neighbor. Learning Outcomes 1.03.01
Show understanding that God created me as good and loving to be respected and loved
by others.
1a, 4, 11, 66-67
1.03.02
Exhibit sense that we have the light of Jesus shining in us so that we might love as
Jesus showed us how to love.
13, 15, 21,76-77, 98a,
102, 106, 210-211
Record: God’s Garden
FindingGod.com: New
Friends Game
1.03.03
State that God gave us the ability to choose freely to do what is good and avoid what is
wrong.
23b, 196–199,200- 203,
209
BLMs: 55, 63, 65
1.03.04
Express how we have healthy bodies when we take care of them.
80
1.03.05
Exhibit understanding of obedience to others who care for our safety.
161a, 163–165, 179–180,
182–183, 185, 196
BLMs: 53–54
FindingGod.com: Parents,
May I?
1.03.06
Distinguish good habits from bad habits.
165–167, 169
BLMs: 5, 54
1.03.07
State the two great commandments of God and their meaning.
167, 169, 252, 278
FindingGod.com: The
Great Commandment
Banner
1.03.08
State meaning of virtue.
193a, 193b, 193f, 195–
199
BLMs: 5, 55
1.03.09
State meaning of sin.
204, 213, 236, 320, 322
1.03.10
State meaning of forgiveness and when we need to be forgiven.
49a, 71c, 72–74, 78–79,
114-115, 209, 213–214
BLM: 63
FindingGod.com:
Forgiveness Acrostic,
Forgiveness Chain
1.03.11
Show understanding that all people are respected and appreciated for their gifts of
culture, race and language.
EC20, 1b, 1e, 7, 14–15,
18-19, 27, 46, 49b, 61c,
76-77, 85, 97b, 119c,
193e
BLM: 38
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Goal Four: SCRIPTURE: Read, comprehend and articulate
salvation history as conveyed in God’s revelation through the signs
of scripture.
Learning Outcomes 1.04.01
Identify the Bible as a sacred book that reveals who God is and his love for us.
25, 28–31, 34, 274–275,
314
BLMs: 9, 11
FindingGod.com: Bible
Song
1.04.02
Name the gospels as the good news about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
274
1.04.03
Identify Mary who received a message from the Angel Gabriel that she would be the
Mother of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
49d, 50, 130, 133, 137
Record: Saying Yes to
God
BLMs: 37, 39
1.04.04
Identify that Mary’s cousins were Elizabeth and Zechariah who were the parents of
John the Baptist.
129- 138
1.04.05
Identify the Holy Spirit of God at work in the lives of Mary and Elizabeth.
49d, 140
1.04.06
Describe the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem written in the Gospel of Luke.
49d, 52–54, 132
Record: Jesus Is Born
FindingGod.com: Choral
Reading From Luke,
Message from the Angels
magnet
1.04.07
Describe Jesus as a boy who lived with his family in Nazareth and grew in strength and
wisdom just like other children.
49d, 50, 216
BLM: 60
1.04.08
Show understanding that Jesus was filled with God’s Holy Spirit and had a mission to
announce the good news through teaching and healing.
34, 36–37
1.04.09
Articulate the teaching of Jesus about who is greatest in the Kingdom of God.
64–65, 69, 91a, 319
1.04.10
State that Jesus taught the people by using stories.
119b, 205b, 206–207, 214
Record: A Lost Sheep
BLM: 58
1.04.11
Show understanding that Jesus prayed and taught his friends how to pray.
61b, 62–63, 69, 59a, 71b,
72–73
BLM: 17
1.04.12
State that Jesus had power to heal others and raise people from the dead.
100–101
1.04.13
State that Jesus had many friends who followed his way.
97a, 97c, 98, 100–101,
106, 110–111, 126, 158,
257
BLM: 29
Record: Jesus Asks
Friends to Follow
FindingGod.com: Song:
Jesus Calls Us
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1.04.14
Show understanding that Jesus taught in the temple and the temple leaders questioned
his authority to teach.
193b
1.04.15
Describe how Jesus ate with his closest friends on the night before he died.
145a, 167a–b, 168, 175,
256–257, 319
BLM: 47
1.04.16
State that Jesus forgave his killers before he died.
81–84
1.04.17
Describe Jesus’ resurrection from the dead and appearances to his friends.
49a, 81a–c, 82–84, 86-89,
259–262
BLM: 24
Record: Jesus Is Risen
FindingGod.com: Easter
Celebration
1.04.18
State that Jesus ascended into heaven.
81–84
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Goal Six: LITURGY: Understand and celebrate the liturgical rites
of the Church as expressed in the Church Year and epitomized in
the Eucharist the source and summit of Christian life.
Learning Outcomes 1.05.01
Identify the church as a sacred place where we meet God and show God our respect
and love.
102, 107, 315
1.05.02
Express understanding that when we enter the church we bless ourselves with holy
water making the Sign of the Cross and genuflecting.
159, 161, 191
1.05.03
Identify certain objects in church: altar, cross, tabernacle, sanctuary light, Easter
candle, baptismal font, statues of saints, image of Mary, holy water fonts, Stations of
the Cross.
103, 133, 158–159, 161,
288–289, 313, 323
FindingGod.com:
Compare and Contrast
Family Meal and the Mass
1.05.04
Identify the baptismal font as the place of the Rite of Baptism where we are first
welcomed into the church.
159, 161, 165
1.05.05
Identify the priest as the one who leads in the celebration of Mass.
151, 169, 322
BLMs: 42, 48, 52
1.05.06
Show understanding that the Mass is a sacrificial meal.
170, 288–289
1.05.06
Identify the Liturgy of the Word at Mass as hearing God’s word spoken to us.
17, 21, 275, 320
FindingGod.com: Order
of the Mass
1.05.07
Identify the Liturgy of the Eucharist as the moment in the Mass when through the
words and actions of the priest the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of
Christ.
285, 319
FindingGod.com: Order
of the Mass
1.05.08
State how we pray the ―Our Father‖ at Mass as the entire community.
61b, 72–73
1.05.09
State that we call Jesus Christ the Lamb of God who takes away sin.
FindingGod.com: Lamb
of God
1.05.10
Identify the time at Mass when people receive Jesus in Holy Communion.
FindingGod.com: Order
of the Mass
1.05.11
State that Sunday is a special day when we gather in church to thank and worship God
as Creator and Father of all.
145a, 174- 175
BLMs: 48, 52–53
1.05.12
State that the Church celebrates the life of Jesus Christ throughout the year especially
during Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter.
86-87, 241–242, 244,
247–249, 251–253, 255–
257, 259–261
1.05.13
Identify symbols of the seasons of the Church Year.
245, 249, 253, 261,
BLMs: 66, 70, 71, 72
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Goal Six: CHRISTIAN PRAYER AND SPIRITUALITY:
Understand and express the different forms of prayer consciously
recognizing the work of the Holy Spirit and the meaning of self–
surrender to God.
Learning Outcomes 1.06.01
Exhibit understanding that prayer is listening and speaking to God.
EC6, 10, 20, 30, 40, 48,
63, 66-67, 69, 78, 88, 96,
107, 116, 126, 144, 154,
182-184, 192, 202, 212,
222, 232, 240
FindingGod.com: Prayer
Song
1.06.02
Show awareness that God is holy and loving.
1c–d, 1–4, 6, 13d, 15–17,
20-21, 23b, 24–25, 31,
40,48, 68, 78, 182-183,
209, 236
BLMs: 2, 6–9, 11
1.06.03
Exhibit understanding that God’s Holy Spirit is in me and gives me life.
34, 109a–b, 109d, 111–
112, 116–117, 140, 318
BLM: 31
FindingGod.com:
Courage Badges, Flames
of Spirit
1.06.04
State that we pray alone and with others.
181, 185, 277
FindingGod.com: Prayer
Book Activity
1.06.05
Show understanding that we ask God for what we need.
3, 10, 40, 66-68, 78–79,
106, 144, 174
FindingGod.com:
Telephone to God
1.06.06
Exhibit understanding that we can be aware of God at all times.
41, 44, 180, 182-183, 185,
204
1.06.07
State how we pray with Mary and the saints.
2, 104-105, 131, 136, 152-
153
Record: Saying Yes to
God
1.06.08
Recite prayers from memory or with the class.
EC7, EC22, 276–277
1.06.09
Show understanding of group prayer by participation in class prayer services and
rituals.
EC7, 47, 95, 143, 191,
239, 246, 250, 254, 258,
262, 266, 270
1.06.10
Identify ways that we pray for and with the living and the dead.
267–270
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Goal Seven: CATHOLIC CHURCH: Understand and appreciate the
mystery of the Church, the Body of Christ, the community of
believers, as expressed in the Church’s origin, mission of
evangelization, hierarchical structure, marks, charisms, members
and the communion of saints.
Learning Outcomes 1.07.01
State that the church is a place where people gather to praise, thank and worship God.
18019, 102, 107, 140, 315
BLM: 6
1.07.02
Show understanding that the Church is God’s special family.
97d, 102, 107, 140
BLM: 38
1.07.03
Identify the Sacrament of Baptism as the way in which we share in God’s own life and
become members of the Church.
145a, 157b, 159, 165, 188,
284, 314
BLM: 43
1.07.04
State that we learn about God through the Church.
102, 140
1.07.05
Identify the name Catholic as the name of the Church of which we are members.
118, 119a, 124-125, 166,
122, 315
BLM: 38–39
1.07.06
State that Jesus Christ established the church and commanded his followers to help the
church grow.
97a, 97d
Record: Jesus Asks
Friends to Follow
1.07.07
Name the Holy Spirit as God’s Spirit helping the Church to grow and to serve the
world.
97a, 112, 117, 140
1.07.08
State that Jesus gave the Church the mission to spread to all people the message of
God’s love.
97a, 97c, 100–101
1.07.09
Show understanding that the Church has many holy people some of who are called
saints.
1a, 1–2, 49a, 49–50, 97a,
97–98, 103, 145a, 145–
146, 193a, 193–194, 267,
269–270
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Goal Eight: PARISH LIFE: Understand and participate in the life
of the Church as lived in the parish through its community, cultural
aspects, worship, sacramental life, service, missionary endeavors
and organization.
Learning Outcomes 1.08.01
Identify the parish as a special community of people in the Catholic Church who love
and worship God.
97a, 97d, 321
1.08.02
State the name of the parish.
122
1.08.03
Describe the parish as a place where we help one another to pray, celebrate and help
others.
22, 128, 138, 198
FindingGod.com: Joy
1.08.04
Identify the pastor as the leader of the parish.
150–151, 170
Goal Nine: VOCATION: Understand and undertake discipleship in
Christ responding in faith by participating in the mission of the
Church through living a specific call in the life of the Church.
Learning Outcomes 1.09.01
Show understanding that God calls us as his own to be loved and to love.
12, 23a, 43a, 44–45, 47–
49a, 81a, 132, 159, 252
BLMs: 2, 9, 11, 43
1.09.02
State that marriage is a sacrament.
287
1.09.03
Show understanding that the Church has special ministers who serve others.
109b, 320
1.09.04
Identify the priest as an ordained minister of the Church who has a special role of
leading people in prayer.
151, 169, 322
BLMs: 42, 48, 52
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Goal Ten: ECUMENISM AND DIALOGUE: Understand and
participate in the call of the Church to be a sign of unity in the
world through knowledge of and collaboration with Christian
churches, Jews, Muslims, and all faith traditions.
Learning Outcomes 1.10.01
Show understanding that God loves and cares for all people.
1c–d, 1–4, 6, 13d, 15–21,
23b, 24–25, 31, 40,48, 68,
78, 124–125, 172–173,
209, 236
BLMs: 2, 6–9, 11
1.10.02
State that Jesus was a Jew who lived and who carried out his mission within the Jewish
culture and tradition.
99–103, 106-108, 109–
113, 116-118, 119–123,
126-128, 148
1.10.03
Show awareness that I have neighbors who know about God in different ways than I
do.
18-19, 42, 56-57, 124–
125, 172–173
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Grade Two School Edition Goal One: CREED: Understand, believe and proclaim the Triune God as
revealed in the signs of creation, Sacred Scripture, Catholic Tradition and
human experience.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
2.01.01
Show understanding that God reveals himself in the Holy Trinity three Persons in one
God.
7, 44, 46, 103, 239, 346–
347
BLM: 3
FindingGod.com: A
Community of Love,
Trinity Song, Visualizing
the Sign of the Cross
2.01.02
Recognize that God is holy, all wise and all loving.
3–9, 14–15, 26, 44–45,
342
FindingGod.com: ABCs
of Love
2.01.03
Identify Jesus Christ as the Son of God, one with the Father and the Holy Spirit.
7, 8,17, 43–44, 46, 103,
239, 276, 346–347
BLMs: 3, 10, 71
FindingGod.com: A
Community of Love,
Trinity Song
2.01.04
State that Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary.
130–131, 143, 344
BLMs: 5, 67
Reflection: Jesus Is Born
2.01.05
State that Jesus Christ suffered under Pontius Pilate, died on the cross and was buried.
64–65, 160
FindingGod.com: Walk
Through Holy Week
2.01.05
Show understanding that God raised Jesus from the dead.
64–65, 160, 260, 346
FindingGod.com: Where
Is Jesus?
2.01.06
State meaning of creed.
282, 293
2.01.07
Identify the persons of the Holy Trinity in the Nicene Creed.
282
FindingGod.com: The
Right Hand of the Father
2.01.08
State the meaning of Jesus’ name.
11–13, 21, 34
FindingGod.com: It’s All
in a Name, Name Poems
2.01.09
Recognize human persons as made in the image and likeness of God and meant to live
forever with God.
5, 17, 24–27, 41
FindingGod.com: Mirror
of God, We Are Special
Awards
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2.01.10
Honor Mary as Jesus’ mother, the Mother of God.
53, 130–137, 143
BLMs: 37, 38, 39
FindingGod.com: Mary
in the Scriptures, Rosary
Prayer Cloths
2.01.11
Honor Mary as the Mother of the Church.
130–137, 143
BLMs: 37, 38, 39
FindingGod.com: Mary
Name
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Goal Two: SACRAMENTS: Understand and participate in the
sacraments of the Church as efficacious signs of God’s grace,
instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
2.02.01
Describe the meaning of sacrament.
102, 107, 188, 346
FindingGod.com:
Sacramental Dictionaries
2.02.02
Identify sacraments of initiation.
102, 149,152–153, 155,
188, 346
BLMs: 41, 52
FindingGod.com: Baptism
Role-Play
2.02.03
Describe the signs, symbols and effects of the Sacrament of Baptism.
62, 103–105 149, 152–
154, 188, 268, 286, 338
BLM: 29
Reflection: New Life
Through Baptism
FindingGod.com: Order
of the Mass, Baptism
Welcomes Us into the
Larger Community
2.02.04
Show understanding of grace as a special gift of God’s love and action in our lives.
7, 9, 44, 102, 153, 341
BLM: 44
2.02.05
Describe the meaning of the Sacrament of Eucharist.
149–150, 178–179, 341
FindingGod.com:
Breaking Bread Together
2.05.06
Exhibit understanding of the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the bread and wine
consecrated by the priest at Mass.
150, 160, 179, 184, 188,
294, 340, 343, 346
FindingGod.com:
Breaking Bread Together
2.02.07
Show appreciation that the Sacrament of the Eucharist unites us with the living Christ
who is the source of our life as Christians.
149–150, 178–179, 188,
287, 296
FindingGod.com:
Breaking Bread Together
2.02.08
State the Sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation as a sacrament of forgiveness of sin and
healing.
109, 111–113, 119–128,
140–141, 209, 288, 346–
347
BLMs: 32, 35, 36
FindingGod.com: Public
Relations for Reconcilers
2.02.09
Identify the Sacrament of Confirmation as a sacrament of infmary
itiation.
149–150, 153, 188, 287,
339
BLMs: 41, 52
FindingGod.com: Gifts of
the Holy Spirit
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2.02.10
State understanding of the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church.
34–41, 101–102, 307, 341
FindingGod.com: The
Holy Spirit Song, Name
that Fruit
2.02.11
State that Jesus Christ gave the sacraments to the Church as signs of his living
presence and action in the world.
102, 107, 153, 188, 342
BLM: 42
FindingGod.com:
Sacraments Song
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Goal Three: CHRISTIAN LIVING: Understand and live the moral
teachings of the Church through a life of discipleship in Jesus Christ
expressed in love for God, conversion, positive self–image, personal
integrity, social justice, the dignity of the human person and love of
neighbor.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
2.03.01
Recognize ourselves as good and deserving of love, created in God’s image and
likeness.
7, 9, 26–27, 44, 78
BLMs: 2, 28
FindingGod.com:
Showing God’s Love
2.03.02
Show understanding that God created us to know, love and serve him.
10, 24–27, 61–63, 162–
163 174–175, 195–203,
205–213, 215, 223, 225–
233, 235–237
BLMs: 28, 49, 57, 58, 59,
60, 61, 62, 63, 65
FindingGod.com: The
Great Commandment
Banner
2.03.03
Articulate belief that God gave us a free will to choose what is right and avoid what is
evil.
205–213
BLMs: 57, 58, 60
2.03.04
Identify how we show our love for Jesus by following him through our actions.
10, 24–27, 61–63, 174–
175, 195–203, 205–213,
215, 223, 225–233, 235–
237
BLMs: 28, 49, 51–53, 57,
58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65
FindingGod.com: The
Great Commandment
Banner, Showing God’s
Love
2.03.05
Show understanding that we must respect others and ourselves as human persons
belonging to the family of God.
26–27, 61–63, 227–228,
233
BLMs: 28, 49, 57, 58, 59,
60, 61, 62, 63, 65,
FindingGod.com: The
Great Commandment
Banner, Stars Who Give
Us Light
2.03.06
State meaning of conscience.
55, 59, 92, 113, 206, 213,
304, 339, 347
2.03.07
State how God gives us laws called the Ten Commandments.
55, 59, 92, 113, 206, 213,
304, 339, 347
BLMs: 26, 56
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Classroom Rules
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Identify how the Ten Commandments guide us in how to love God and love others.
55, 59, 92, 113, 206, 210,
211, 213, 304, 339, 347
BLMs: 24, 26, 61
FindingGod.com: Making
Classroom Rules
2.03.09
Describe meaning of sin.
103, 112, 141, 344–345,
347
BLM: 32
2.01.09
Recognize human persons as made in the image and likeness of God and meant to live
forever with God.
64–65
2.03.10
State that God forgives our sins no matter how serious they are.
53, 103, 141, 345, 347
FindingGod.com: Lost
and Found, Letter to God
2.03.11
Explain how our bodies are created by God to be respected by ourselves and others.
63, 181
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Goal Four: SACRED SCRIPTURE: Read, comprehend and
articulate salvation as conveyed in God’s revelation through the
signs of scripture.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
2.04.01
Show understanding the Bible is a special book that tells who God is and how we live
as God’s children.
274, 338
BLMs: 58, 61, 63
FindingGod.com:
Beatitude Ribbon, Words
of Wisdom
2.04.02
Identify the gospels as stories about Jesus and what he taught us.
14–15, 24–25, 34–35, 52–
53, 73–74, 82–83, 100–
101, 110–111, 120–121,
130–131, 158–159, 184,
196–197, 216–217, 244,
248, 252, 256, 260
FindingGod.com: Gospel
Rocks
2.04.03
Show understanding that Jesus called God his Father and is the light of the world.
23–31, 43–44
FindingGod.com: Stars
Who Give Us Light
2.04.04
Recognize that Jesus live and died to save us.
12, 17, 21, 64
FindingGod.com: My
Special Message to Jesus
2.04.05
Show understanding that parables tell us about the kingdom of God.
72–73, 82–83, 100–101,
106, 140, 343, 345
BLMs: 21, 24, 26, 65
FindingGod.com: Looking
From a Different Angle,
Parable Poster
2.04.06
Explain meaning of the parable of the great feast in Luke 14: 15–24.
72–73, 79
2.04.07
Explain meaning of the vine and the branches in John 15: 1–7.
101, 106, 370
BLM: 29
Reflection: The Vine and
the Branches
2.04.08
Explain meaning of the miracle of the loaves and fishes in John 6: 1–13.
64
2.04.09
Show understanding of Jesus as the Bread of Life in John 7: 35; John 7: 51.
FindingGod.com: Jesus,
the Bread of Life
2.04.10
Show understanding of Jesus’ last meal with his disciples as a special sharing of his
178–179, 185
BLMs: 43, 45
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Bread Together
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2.04.11
Exhibit understanding that Jesus forgave those who hurt him.
53, 110–117, 140
BLM: 30
2.04.12
Demonstrate appreciation that after Jesus was raised from the dead he spoke to his
disciples.
158, 161
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Role-Play ―The Disciples
Bear Witness‖
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Goal Five: LITURGY: Understand and celebrate the liturgical rites
of the Church as expressed in the Church Year and epitomized in
the Eucharist the source and summit of Christian life.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
2.05.01
Show understanding and appreciation of the Sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation and
the Sacrament of Eucharist as immediate preparation for these sacraments.
122–125, 141, 346
BLMs: 32, 35, 36, 39
2.05.02
Show awareness of the activity of the Holy Trinity in the rites of the sacraments.
7, 46, 103, 151, 239, 346–
347
2.05.03
Identify the essential elements in the Rite for receiving the Sacrament of
Penance/Reconciliation including confession of sin, contrition, absolution and
penance.
122–125, 141, 346
BLMs: 32, 35, 36, 39
FindingGod.com: Public
Relations for Reconcilers
2.05.04
Show familiarity with the Rite of the Sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation.
122–125, 141, 346
BLMs: 32, 35, 36, 39
FindingGod.com: Public
Relations for Reconcilers
2.05.05
Conduct a simple examination of conscience.
55, 59, 92, 113, 206–213,
347
BLMs: 32, 39
2.05.06
Exhibit understanding that at Mass we thank God for all the blessings given to us, we
offer our lives to God, and we ask God for what we need.
172, 187, 344
BLMs: 2, 7
2.05.07
State major parts of the Eucharistic celebration: Introductory Rites; Liturgy of the
Word; Liturgy of the Eucharist; Closing Rite.
170, 177
BLMs: 47, 48, 50, 52
FindingGod.com: Order
of the Mass
2.05.08
Identify the Penitential Rite as a time to show sorrow for sin and ask God for
forgiveness in the Lord, have mercy.
113, 291
2.05.09
Identify the Gloria as a song of praise to the Holy Trinity.
168, 291
2.05.10
Identify the components of the Liturgy of the Word and the prayer responses.
168–175, 292
BLMs: 47, 48, 52
FindingGod.com: Order
of the Mass
2.05.11
Identify the Prayer of the Faithful as the final part of the Liturgy of the Word.
53, 293
FindingGod.com: Order
of the Mass
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Recognize the components of the Liturgy of the Eucharist: Preparation of the Altar and
the Gifts; Offering of the Gifts; Eucharistic Prayer; Communion Rite; Prayer after
Communion.
150, 179–180, 252, 298,
337, 342
BLM: 50
FindingGod.com: Order
of the Mass
2.05.12
Exhibit understanding that at the prayer over the gifts of bread and wine we present
these gifts to God asking that God be blessed for these gifts
179, 294
BLM: 50
FindingGod.com:
Eucharistic Prayers
2.05.13
Show understanding that during the Eucharistic Prayer the priest consecrates the bread
and wine using the words of Jesus and changes the bread and wine into the Body and
Blood of Christ.
150, 179, 188, 190, 294,
339, 346
FindingGod.com:
Eucharistic Prayers
2.05.14
Know from memory the ritual prayer responses during the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
FindingGod.com:
Eucharistic Prayers
2.05.15
Demonstrate understanding of the Rite of Peace.
179
FindingGod.com: Role-
Playing the Sign of Peace
2.05.16
Exhibit reverence for Holy Communion as the Real Presence of the Jesus Christ
present in the bread and wine.
150, 179–180, 258, 337,
342
2.05.17
Exhibit understanding that the priest ends the Mass by sending us forth to do good
works in the world
295, 346
FindingGod.com: Go in
Peace to Love and Serve
the Lord, Heart, Heart,
and Hands—Go in Peace
2.05.18
Describe the role of the priest at Mass.
84, 112, 168–175, 188,
290–295, 346
2.05.19
Identify the seasons of the Church Year as celebrations of the life of Jesus Christ, Mary
and the saints.
241–270, 376
BLMs: 66, 67, 68, 69, 70,
72
2.05.20
Identify the importance of participating in the rite of the Mass as essential to living the
Christian life.
167, 339
FindingGod.com: Many
People, One Family
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Goal Six: CHRISTIAN PRAYER AND SPIRITUALITY:
Understand and express the different forms of prayer consciously
recognizing the work of the Holy Spirit and the meaning of self–
surrender to God.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
2.06.01
Show understanding that prayer is essential to our life with God.
10, 20, 30, 47, 95, 116,
131, 137, 143, 164, 179,
191, 232, 239, 246, 250,
254, 258, 262, 266, 270,
279–283, 344–345
BLMs: 8, 9, 43
FindingGod.com: Prayer-
Before-Meals Puzzle,
Prayer Circle, Creating
Prayers of Petitions
2.06.02
Identify that Jesus taught us how to pray.
164
BLMs: 8–9, 43
FindingGod.com: Prayer-
Before-Meals Puzzle
2.06.03
Know by heart the Our Father as the prayer of Jesus.
26, 30, 179
2.06.04
Recognize that we pray alone and with others.
10, 20, 30, 47, 95, 116,
131, 137, 143, 164, 179,
191, 232, 239, 246, 250,
254, 258, 262, 266, 270,
279–283, 344–345
BLMs: 8, 9, 43
FindingGod.com: Prayer-
Before-Meals Puzzle,
Prayer Circle, Creating
Prayers of Petitions
2.06.05
Recognize that we pray with the community of the Church especially at Mass on
Sunday.
26, 160–161, 168–175
BLM: 9
FindingGod.com: Role-
Playing the Sign of Peace,
Come and Worship, Many
People, One Family
2.06.06
Show understanding of the prayer of adoration during Mass and before the Blessed
Sacrament.
17, 338
2.06.07
State how faith helps us to pray.
341
BLMs: 8, 9
Reflection: Trust in God
FindingGod.com: Faith,
Hope, and Love, Our
Family Tree of Faith
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Exhibit understanding that we believe in Jesus’ living presence without seeing him.
Reflection: Trust in God
FindingGod.com: Faith,
Hope, and Love, Our
Family Tree of Faith
2.06.09
State that God forgives us when we ask him for forgiveness in prayer.
120–123, 144, 341
FindingGod.com: Making
Peace with God, Lost and
Found, Letter to God
2.06.10
Demonstrate how we pray with Mary and the saints.
1–2, 14–15, 49–50, 74,
86–87, 97–98, 134–135,
143, 145–146, 193–194,
199, 219, 229, 343
BLMs: 37, 38, 39, 40, 53
FindingGod.com: Saint
Prayer Circle, Saint Paper
Chain, A Billboard of
Saints, A Portrait of Saint
Ignatius and You, A
Saint’s Story
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Goal Seven: CATHOLIC CHURCH: Understand and appreciate
the mystery of the Church, the Body of Christ, the community of
believers, as expressed in the Church’s origin, mission of
evangelization, hierarchical structure, marks, charisms, members
and the communion of saints.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
2.07.01
State that the Church was started by Jesus to help him spread the Good News and to
baptize people as his disciples.
75, 84–85, 149–150
BLM: 46
2.07.02
Show understanding that I am a member of the Catholic Church.
103, 148, 160, 339
FindingGod.com: ―I
Belong‖ Poetry, Looking
at the Church
2.07.03
Exhibit understanding that all who are baptized belong to the Church forever.
103, 148–149
BLMs: 29
Reflection: New Life
Through Baptism
FindingGod.com: Order
of the Mass, Baptism
Welcomes Us into the
Large Community
2.07.04
Articulate Jesus’ relationship with the Church.
75, 84–85, 149
2.07.05
State that the Catholic Church is a sign of God’s love for the world.
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Sacramental Dictionaries
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Goal Eight: PARISH LIFE: Understand and participate in the life of the Church
as lived in the parish through its community, cultural aspects, worship,
sacramental life, service, missionary endeavors and organization.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
2.08.01
Describe the parish as a faith community of the Catholic Church.
161, 345
FindingGod.com: Church
and Ambo Visit, Random
Act of Kindness, Looking
at the Church
2.08.02
Identify the pastor as the head of the parish.
84–85, 87
FindingGod.com: Our
Christian Leaders
2.08.03
Articulate understanding that it is in the parish that the sacramental life is celebrated
and lived.
149–150, 179
FindingGod.com: Back to
the Future
2.08.04
Exhibit a sense of belonging to the parish community.
161, 167, 179–180
FindingGod.com: Church
and Ambo Visit
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Goal Nine: VOCATION: Understand and undertake discipleship in
Christ responding in faith by participating in the mission of the
Church through living a specific call in the life of the Church.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
2.09.01
Articulate understanding that all Christians follow Jesus as the Way, the Truth and the
Life.
16–17, 339
FindingGod.com:
Christians Do Their Best
2.09.02
Express how my parents/guardian help me to live the way Jesus wants me to live.
51, 53, 55, 59
FindingGod.com: Parents
May I, Pledge to My
Parents
2.09.03
Describe the role of the priest as minister of the Eucharist and the Sacrament of
Penance/Reconciliation.
112–113, 119–128, 140,
187, 209, 288, 298, 302–
303, 328, 346
BLM: 35
FindingGod.com: Public
Relations for Reconcilers
2.09.04
State that God calls each of us to serve in special ways.
76-77, 92–93, 160–161,
165, 179
FindingGod.com: I Can
Serve My Community
Goal Ten: VOCATION: ECUMENISM AND DIALOGUE:
Understand and participate in the call of the Church to be a sign of
unity in the world through knowledge of and collaboration with
Christian churches, Jews, Muslims and all faith traditions.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
2.10.01
Show understanding that there are many Christians who are baptized but belong to
other churches.
149
2.10.02
Articulate that all baptized people have the indelible character of God’s love.
149
2.10.03
Exhibit understanding that many people believe in God even though they are not
baptized and that God loves them.
6–7, 14–17
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Record references Guided Scripture Stories and Guided Reflections
BLMs reference Blackline Master numbers
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Grade Three School Edition Goal One: CREED: Understand, believe and proclaim the Triune
God as revealed in the signs of creation, Sacred Scripture, Catholic
Tradition and human experience.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
3.01.01
Identify the Holy Trinity in the Apostles Creed.
6, 10-11, 30-31, 88, 116,
142, 278, 322, 335
Reflection: Prayer,
Apostles’ Creed
BLM: 13
FindingGod.com: We
Proclaim Our Belief,
Song: Holy is Your Name
3.01.02
State understanding of meaning when we say, ―I believe in one God.‖
6, 10-11, 14-15, 118, 142
Reflection: Apostles’
Creed, Prayer on 128
BLM: 4
FindingGod.com:
We Proclaim Our Belief
3.01.03
Demonstrate understanding that God the Father loves us as a good and loving parent.
7, 10, 12, 22, 24, 31
Reflection: The Lord’s
Prayer, Apostles’ Creed
BLM: 4
FindingGod.com:
Trust Me, My Friend
3.01.04
Exhibit how God wants our love as a response to his love.
13, 16, 44, 69
Reflection: First Letter of
John
Song: I Say ―Yes‖, Lord
3.01.05
Identify Jesus Christ as Savior and Redeemer.
33, 34, 41, 48, 81, 95,
109, 157, 187, 332, 334
BLM: 4
FindingGod.com:
My Thank-You Prayer
3.01.06
Identify that God’s Holy Spirit lives in me and inspires me to do what is good.
11, 14, 20, 45, 63, 83, 99-
108, 142-143, 179, 218,
232, 264-266, 301, 326-
327
Reflection: Sign of the
Cross
BLMs: 4–6, 27–29
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Break; Fired Up for Jesus;
Personal Promise Cards;
Song: Song of Love
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Exhibit understanding that we experience God’s forgiveness when we are sorry for our
sins.
24, 27, 30-31, 63, 89, 161,
165, 188, 288, 296, 298
BLMs: 7, 43, 45
FindingGod.com:
Disciples Tell of Visit;
My Peace Prayer
3.01.08
Recognize God as Judge who asks us to account for how we obey his commands.
26, 38, 57, 74, 198, 256,
258, 2532, 46, 69, 90,
238, 296, 298-299
BLM: 52
FindingGod.com:
Commandment Match; 3
Good Questions + 3 Good
Answers = 1 Moral
Choice
3.01.09
State meaning of resurrection.
82-89, 92, 95, 259-262,
332
BLMs: 24, 25, 70
FindingGod.com: Choose
Your Own Interpretation;
Decorative Eggs; We
Proclaim Our Belief; To
My Dear Friends
3.01.10
Exhibit understanding that we are meant for heaven.
70, 74, 79, 82-83, 94, 123
Reflection: Kingdom of
God
BLM: 16
Song: Here I Am, God
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Goal Two: SACRAMENTS: Understand and participate in the
sacraments of the Church as efficacious signs of God’s grace, instituted
by Christ and entrusted to the Church.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
3.02.01
State meaning of sacrament.
119, 122-123, 127, 140,
286, 333
3.02.02
Describe the sacraments as signs of God’s grace.
113, 119, 122, 150, 286,
333
3.02.03
Identify sacraments of initiation in the Christian life.
147, 150-151, 170, 188,
286, 287, 333
Reflection: 128
BLMs: 40, 41, 42
FindingGod.com:
Welcome, Welcome,
Welcome
3.02.04
Identify the Sacrament of Eucharist as the sacrament of Christ’s presence in the
Church.
122-123, 141, 151, 155,
167, 170, 174, 287, 325
BLMs: 42, 46, 47
FindingGod.com: Jesus,
The Bread of Life;
Proclaim the Eucharist
3.02.05
Connects the Blessed Sacrament with Christ’s living presence under the forms of bread
and wine.
122-125, 127, 151, 155,
169-170, 174, 287, 326
BLM: 47
FindingGod.com: Jesus,
The Bread of Life;
Proclaim the Eucharist
3.02.07
Identify sacraments of healing.
159-166, 288, 298, 333
BLMs: 7, 44, 45
3.02.08
Identify sacraments in service of communion.
180, 289
3.02.09
State meaning of sacramental.
53, 122-123, 127, 333
BLM: 35
3.02.10
Identify Christian symbols of the Holy Spirit.
100-107, 142-143, 161,
199, 301
BLM: 27–29
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Goal Three: CHRISTIAN LIVING: Understand and live the moral
teachings of the Church through a life of discipleship in Jesus Christ
expressed in love for God, positive self-image, personal integrity, social
justice, the dignity of the human person and love of neighbor.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
3.03.01
Exhibit understanding that God created us as naturally good destined for union with
God.
73, 205, 329
BLMs: 9, 16, 18
Song: Here I Am, God
3.03.02
Show understanding that God gives us a free will so that we might love, honor and
obey God freely.
205, 207, 227, 301, 326
BLMs: 16, 43, 61, 63
FindingGod.com:
WWTHFD: What Would
the Holy Family Do?;
3 Good Questions + 3
Good Answers = 1 Moral
Choice; Commandment
Match; Jesus Said No—
Can You?
3.03.03
State meaning of morality.
207-208, 213-214, 235-
238, 329
BLMs: 56, 62, 65
FindingGod.com: Our
Never-Fail Recipe;
WWTHFD: What Would
the Holy Family Do?; 3
Good Questions + 3 Good
Answers = 1 Moral
Choice; Commandment
Match; Jesus Said No—
Can You?
3.03.04
Identify meaning of grace.
69, 81, 83, 90, 92, 99,
122-123, 327
Reflections: Kingdom of
God; Letter to Ephesians
FindingGod.com: God’s
Kingdom Is Among Us
3.03.05
Demonstrate understanding that the Two Great Commandments encompass the
Decalogue.
63, 299, 326
Reflection: Kingdom of
God
BLMs: 57–59
3.03.06
Describe Jesus as showing us how to love.
11, 13, 17, 21, 25, 37, 41,
71, 89, 91, 96, 121, 137,
144, 165, 175, 195, 203,
223
Reflection: Faith in Jesus
BLMs: 5, 6, 12, 16, 18,
59, 71
FindingGod.com: We Are
Fam-I-Ly; ABCs of Love;
Clay Footprints Songs:
Song of Love, What Does
It Mean to Follow, Jesus?
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Describe how God made our bodies as sacred.
130, 226-227, 233
3.03.08
Demonstrate understanding that we are responsible stewards of creation.
3-5, 7-9, 11, 44, 81, 101,
162-163,225, 228-233,
235-236, 240
BLMs: 2–4, 64
FindingGod.com:I See—I
Care; My Gift of Love; Be
a Flower in God’s
Garden; Happy Toss
Song: All You Works of
God
3.03.09
State meaning of justice.
148, 218, 223, 236-237,
327
BLMs: 44, 62, 65
Song: Peace Walk
3.03.10
State meaning of virtue in relationship to the Christian life.
80, 197-198, 203-204,
235-237, 301, 335
Reflections: Letter to the
Ephesians
BLMs: 53–55, 62, 65
FindingGod.com:
Interview with a Saint;
Our Love Grows; Can
You Tell How I Care?;
Jesus, Help Me to Be
Virtuous
3.03.11
Identify how we live in a community of many races and cultures.
13, 20, 22, 24, 28-29, 32,
36, 64, 80, 115, 127-128,
157, 168, 171, 240, 267,
302-303
Reflections: Kingdom of
God; Letter to Ephesians
BLMs: 1, 8, 9, 46, 71
FindingGod.com: Be a
Flower in God’s Garden;
We Are Fam-I-Ly!
Songs: Song of Love;
Peace Walk
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Goal Four: SACRED SCRIPTURE: Read, comprehend and articulate
salvation history as conveyed in God’s revelation through the signs of
scripture.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
3.04.01
Identify the Bible as a collection of books that reveals God.
7, 12, 15, 35, 41, 72, 274,
322
BLMs: 2, 4
3.04.02
State that the Holy Spirit inspired people to write the Bible.
35, 100-101
3.04.03
Name the Old Testament and New Testament as the two major sections of the Bible.
6, 35, 274, 329-330
3.04.04
Identify first book of the Old Testament as the Book of Genesis.
6, 7, 11-12, 335
BLMs: 2,3
3.04.05
State that the Old Testament books tell us about God as Creator and Protector.
5-7, 11-12, 330
BLMs: 3
FindingGod.com: Thank
You, God
3.04.06
Identify story of Cain and Abel as the sons of Adam and Eve.
6
3.04.07
Identify story of Noah and God’s promise to Noah.
22
3.04.08
Identify the Tower of Babel in the Book of Genesis as a story about the beginning of
cultures and languages.
5
3.04.09
Identify Abraham as the father of our faith in God.
6
3.04.11
Identify Jesus as teacher and healer in the Gospel of Matthew.
54-55, 58, 60
BLMs: 12
3.04.12
Identify a parable of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew.
52-53, 55, 58, 60, 92-93,
274, 330
BLMs: 14, 15
3.04.013
State meaning of kingdom of heaven by its use in the Gospel of Matthew.
52-59
Reflection: Kingdom of
God
BLMs: 15
3.04.14
Identify the Our Father as the prayer of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew.
25, 27-31, 358-359
Reflection: Our Father
BLMs: 7, 13
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Goal Five: LITURGY: Understand and celebrate the liturgical rites of
the Church as expressed in the Church Year and epitomized in the
Eucharist as the source and summit of Christian life.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
3.05.01
State meaning of liturgy.
14, 170, 328
BLM: 33
FindingGod.com: Many
People, One Family
3.05.02
Identify two major parts of the Mass: Liturgy of the Word and Liturgy of the Eucharist.
170-171, 175, 290, 328
BLM: 48
FindingGod.com: Many
People, One Family
3.05.03
Identify parts of the Liturgy of the Word.
170-171, 175, 291, 328
BLM: 48
3.05.04
Identify parts of the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
170-171, 175, 292, 328
BLM: 48
3.05.05
State that during the Introductory Rite of the Mass we ask for forgiveness and praise
God.
14, 290
BLMs: 4, 48
3.05.06
State that in the Concluding Rite we are blessed and sent to serve others in the world.
179, 229, 293
BLM: 48
3.05.07
Identify the symbols of the Eucharist.
124, 169, 174, 189, 198,
292-293
BLM: 48
3.05.08
Describe the roles of the priest, deacon, lector, ministers of Communion and acolytes
in the Mass.
294-295, 325, 329, 332
BLM: 48
3.05.09
Explain major seasons of the church year.
240-270, 368
BLMs: 42, 66–70
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Exploring Different
Nativity Stories; Advent
Observance Banner;
Stained-Glass Illustrations
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Goal Six: Christian Prayer and Spirituality: Understand and express the
different forms of prayer consciously recognizing the work of the Holy
Spirit and the meaning of self-surrender to God.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
3.06.01
State that prayer is necessary for the Christian life.
3, 8, 275
BLM: 4
3.06.02
Exhibit understanding that we can listen and talk to God any time of day or night.
2, 10, 14, 20, 23, 275
BLM: 4
3.06.03
Identify the Apostles’ Creed and Nicene Creed as prayers of faith.
6, 12, 278
3.06.04
Exhibit understanding that the liturgy is a form of prayer in which we worship God,
and ask God for whatever we need.
14, 47, 63, 84, 113, 120,
170-171
3.06.05
Describe forms of prayer as public and private.
10, 14, 102, 275
BLM: 51
3.06.06
Develop capacity of silence as a form of listening to God within.
3, 10, 11, 13, 20, 21, 23,
31, 33, 41, 43, 47-48, 59,
68-69, 71, 78-79, 88-89,
91, 96, 99, 106-107, 109,
116-117, 119, 126-127,
129, 136, 139, 147, 149,
157, 164-165, 167, 174-
175, 177, 184-185, 187,
192, 195, 195, 202-203,
205, 212-213, 215, 222-
223, 225, 232-233, 235,
239-240, 275
Reflection: 321
3.06.07
State that we pray with Mary and the saints.
130-138, 144, 243
BLM: 36
FindingGod.com: Blessed
by God; We Pray Mary’s
Prayer
3.06.08
Show understanding how use of scripture leads to prayer.
10, 15, 219, 226
Reflection: 8
BLM: 38
3.06.09
Identify the rosary as a special prayer using beads and praying about the mysteries of
Jesus’ life.
20, 122-123, 133-138,
140-141, 280-283
Reflection: Rosary
BLMs: 38, 39
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Goal Seven: CATHOLIC CHURCH: Understand and appreciate the
mystery of the Church, the body of Christ, the community of believers,
as expressed in the Church’s origin, mission of evangelization,
hierarchical structure, marks, charisms, members and the communion of
saints.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
3.07.01
Identify as a Christian who is a member of the Catholic Church.
45, 64, 90, 112-115, 168,
171, 323
BLM: 34
3.07.02
State that Jesus Christ established the Church and is its head and we are the body.
92, 110
Reflection: Faith in Jesus
BLMs: 21, 22
FindingGod.com: Being
Like Simon
3.07.03
Identify the apostles of Jesus as the ones who led the early church communities.
6, 45, 72, 74-77, 79, 92,
97, 111, 117, 141
BLMs: 20, 30, 31
Recorded Scripture: 314
3.07.04 State meaning of Communion of Saints.
116, 132, 137, 140, 323
BLMs: 36, 39
3.07.05
Name the Pope as the visible head of the Church on earth.
74, 111-113, 115, 117-
118, 141, 331
BLMs: 36, 39
FindingGod.com: My
Much-Loved Leader
3.07.06
Identify the bishops as successors to the apostles.
74, 111-113, 115, 117,
141, 322
3.07.06
Identify the birthday of the church as the feast of Pentecost.
100-101, 106-107, 141,
263-264, 331
BLM: 39
FindingGod.com: Clay
Ornaments; Special Gifts
Picture Frame; Fired Up
for Jesus
3.07.07
Explain that the Church continues the work of Christ on earth.
74-75, 97, 114-115, 224,
234, 329
Reflections: Kingdom of
God; St. Paul’s Letters
BLM: 22
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Kingdom Is Among Us;
Good Deeds Blossom;
Helping My Bigger
Family Song: Here I Am,
God; What Does It Mean
to Follow, Jesus?
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Goal Eight: PARISH LIFE: Understand and participate in the life of the
Church as lived in the parish through its community, cultural aspects,
worship, sacramental life, service, missionary endeavors and
organization.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
3.08.01
Recognize that the parish is my church home where I celebrate Mass, participate in the
sacraments and enjoy the companionship of other believers.
111, 113, 117, 139, 168-
169, 330
BLM: 32
FindingGod.com: Helping
My Bigger Family
3.08.02
Identify the name of my parish.
111, 113-115, 117, 141,
330
BLM: 32
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My Bigger Family
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Goal Nine: VOCATION: Understand and undertake discipleship in
Christ responding in faith by participating in the mission of the Church
through living a specific call in the life of the Church.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
3.09.01
Exhibit understanding that student desires to follow Jesus.
80, 101, 117, 180
Reflection: Faith in Jesus
BLMs:
FindingGod.com: Dear
Jesus…; Thank You,
Jesus; I Will Follow You
Song: What Does It Mean
to Follow Jesus?
3.09.02
Show understanding that Jesus called people to be his disciples.
71-80, 92, 97
Reflection: Kingdom of
God
BLMs: 20–22
FindingGod.com: We
Meet Again, My Friends;
Lord, I Am Not Worthy;
Messengers of Good
News!
Songs: Song of Love;
Here I Am, God; What
Does It Mean to Follow
Jesus?
3.09.03
Describe vocation as a calling to serve others.
8, 83, 105, 124-125, 180-
184, 200, 219, 289, 336
Reflection: Prayer on pg.
152
BLMs: 10, 49, 50, 51, 71
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Community Helpers
Charades; Personal
Promise Cards; Help
Wanted to Serve Others;
Who Am I? How Do I
Serve?
Song: Song of Love
3.09.04
State marriage, priesthood, religious life and single life as special vocations in the
Church.
50, 80, 97, 128, 180-181,
185, 199, 289, 327-328
Reflection: Prayer on pg.
152
BLMs: 32, 49, 51
FindingGod.com: My
Personal Mission
3.09.05
Show understanding that parents have a vocation to serve God and the Church by
helping their children to grow close to God.
12, 22, 32, 42, 60, 70, 80,
90, 108, 128, 138, 144,
156, 166, 176, 186, 204,
214, 224, 234
BLMs: 37, 61
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Articulate that all people are called to holiness by living their lives close to God.
8, 28, 74-80, 83, 180, 197,
201, 221, 301, 329
Reflections: Kingdom of
God, Here I Am, God
FindingGod.com: I Will
Follow You; Being Like
Simon
Songs: Song of Love; I
Say ―Yes‖, Lord; Here I
Am, God; What Does It
Mean to Follow Jesus?;
Peace Walk
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Goal Ten: ECUMENISM AND DIALOGUE: Understand and
participate in the call of the Church to be a sign of unity in the world
through knowledge of and collaboration with Christian churches, Jews,
Muslims and all faith traditions.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
3.10.01
Name some of communions of Christian churches.
32
Song: Peace Walk
3.10.02
Identify Judaism as Jesus’ faith.
32, 147
3.10.03
Show awareness that Native Americans identify God as the Great Spirit.
32, 97-98
3.10.04
Show awareness that we respect all faiths because God loves all people.
11, 16, 28, 32, 65, 112,
121, 225-227, 240
Song: Song of Love;
Peace Walk
3.10.05
State that the Catholic Church works for the unity of all people to live in peace and
justice.
11, 22, 28, 32, 70, 80, 95,
97, 103, 112, 138, 191,
221, 224, 227
Song: I Say ―Yes‖, Lord;
Peace Walk
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Page numbers reference SE/TE
Record references Guided Scripture Stories and Guided Reflections
BLMs reference Blackline Master numbers
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Grade Four School Edition Goal One: Creed: Understand, believe and proclaim the Triune God as
revealed in the signs of creation, Sacred Scripture, Catholic Tradition
and human experience.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
4.01.01
Name God as Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
16–17, 20–21, 326, 335
BLMs: 4, 5
4.01.02
Distinguish roles of the Holy Trinity.
17, 21, 72–75, 78–79, 83,
283
BLMs: 4, 5, 11
4.01.03
Identify Christian faith as Trinitarian.
17, 21, 44, 304, 335
BLMs: 11, 12
FindingGod.com:
Theological Virtues—
Faith, Hope, Charity
4.01.04
State meaning and sources of revelation: Scripture and Tradition.
99, 102–103, 107, 332,
334
Reflection: Go Forth, A
Walk in the Vineyard
BLMs: 15, 16, 28
4.01.05
Articulate that God is faithful to his promises.
24–26, 31
Record: Adam and Eve
BLMs: 8, 9, 13
FindingGod.com: Mission
Picture Frames
4.01.06
Explain that God is described by many names.
6, 10, 13–14
BLMs: 4, 5
FindingGod.com: Our
Father
4.01.07
Describe Holy Spirit as proceeding from both the Father and Son as perfect love and
wisdom.
36–37, 40–41, 264–265,
302
BLM: 13
FindingGod.com: Fruit is
Good for You, Wind
Tunnel, Gifts From the
Holy Spirit
4.01.08
Describe God as loving and forgiving.
148–151, 154–155, 46,
54, 188, 218, 325, 333
Record: The Forgiving
Father
BLMs: 12, 33, 34, 60
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and Eve, How I Forgive
―Those Who Trespass
Against Me‖
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Show understanding that God expects us to love and forgive each other.
5, 7, 11, 51, 53–55, 58–
59, 62–69, 87, 124–125,
141, 172–174, 230
Record: The Great
Commandment
Reflection: The Prayer of
Saint Francis
BLMs: 3, 4, 6, 10, 14–17,
23, 40, 46–47, 55, 60
FindingGod.com: Forgive
Us Our Trespasses, Words
That Heal
4.01.09
Articulate meaning of salvation.
26, 31, 35, 74, 333
BLM: 8
FindingGod.com: Adam
and Eve
4.01.10
Describe what it means to be holy.
14, 171, 326
Finding God.com: Heroes
and Saints Holy Spirit,
Source of Unity
4.01.11
Show understanding what God gives us the freedom to choose good over evil.
6, 11, 34–37, 40–41, 152–
153, 326
Record: Adam and Eve
BLMs: 10, 15, 28, 35, 40
FindingGod.com Twenty
Questions, Adam and Eve
You Are What You Think
4.01.12
Describe meaning of faith in my life.
17, 18–19, 20–21, 44, 325
Record: The Lost Sheep
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With Virtues Theological
Virtues—Faith, Hope,
Charity
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Goal Two: Sacraments: Understand and participate in the sacraments of
the Church as efficacious signs of God’s grace, instituted by Christ and
entrusted to the Church.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
4.02.01
Identify meaning of sacramental signs.
140, 292–293
BLMs: 29, 52
FindingGod.com:
Sacramental Dictionaries
4.02.02
State sacraments of initiation.
102–103, 105, 107, 140,
160, 292, 322, 224, 333
BLMs: 29, 52
4.02.03
Demonstrate understanding that the Eucharist is the source and summit of Christian
life.
160, 162–163, 165, 188,
292, 325
BLM: 52
4.02.04
Name the essential components of the Sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation.
40, 123, 127, 149,188,
260, 293, 333
Record: The Lost Sheep
BLMs: 34, 40, 41
4.02.05
Distinguish mortal sin from venial sin for sacramental participation.
122–123, 127, 329, 335
Finding God.com: WWJD
Tablets, Wanted: The
Devil Made Me Do It
4.02.06
Describe Sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation as a sacrament of healing.
123, 126, 127, 149, 188
BLM: 41
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Goal Three: Christian Living: Understand and live the moral teachings
of the Church through a life of discipleship in Jesus Christ expressed in
love for God, conversion, positive self-image, personal integrity, social
justice, the dignity of the human person and love of neighbor.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
4.03.01
Recognize that God creates human beings: body and soul having intellect and free will.
6, 11, 35, 326
Reflection: God’s
Wonderful Creation
BLMs: 6, 10
FindingGod.com: Adam
and Eve
4.03.02
Describe conscience.
36–37, 40–41, 302, 324
BLM: 10
FindingGod.com: Food
For All
4.03.03
Utilize tools to examine conscience.
36–37, 40–41, 150, 199–
203, 298, 325
Reflection: The Prayer of
St. Francis
BLM: 13
FindingGod.com: Bully,
No Bully
4.03.04
Identify three sources of human choice: object, intention, and circumstances.
199, 203, 302–303
BLM: 10
FindingGod.com: Help!
4.03.05
State the Ten Commandments.
207–209, 217, 218, 223,
227, 228, 233, 236, 300,
335
Reflection: The Ten
Commandments
BLMs: 57, 61, 63, 65
Finding God.com: Ten
Commandments Tablet;
Paper-Bag Puppets,
Community Mobiles
4.03.06
Relate the Two Great Commandments to the Decalogue.
206–207, 240, 300, 314–
315, 326
Record: The Great
Commandment
BLM: 56
4.03.07
Name the Beatitudes and their origin.
62, 63–65, 69, 92–93,
301, 322
BLMs: 18, 19, 26
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Following in Jesus’
Footsteps, Walking with
Jesus
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Identify the most important Social Teaching of the Church; dignity of the human
person.
56–57, 66–67, 82, 125,
149, 197, 203
Record: Jesus on the
Cross
BLMs: 4, 14, 15, 16, 17,
24, 46
FindingGod.com:
Following in Jesus’
Footsteps, Paper-Bag
Puppets
4.03.09
Name the cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.
36, 54, 228, 304, 326,
327, 332, 334
4.03.10
Show understanding of the reality of sin and its consequences in the world.
122, 127, 329, 330, 331,
334, 335
BLM: 35
FindingGod.com: Wanted
4.03.11
Relate certain behaviors as sinful.
44, 121, 127, 200–211,
329, 330, 331, 334, 335
Record: Adam and Eve
BLM: 35
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Goal Four: Sacred Scripture: Read, comprehend and articulate salvation
history as conveyed in God’s revelation through the signs of scripture.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
4.04.01
Identify the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
Numbers, Deuteronomy.
53, 274, 330, 335
FindingGod.com: Paper-
Bag Puppets
4.04.02
Describe the meaning of covenant in the story of Abraham.
198, 324
FindingGod.com: Round-
Table Discussion
4.04.03
Describe the meaning of patriarch.
14
4.04.05
Exhibit understanding of how God’s promise was passed on to the descendants of
Abraham.
244
BLM: 66
4.04.06
Identify the three patriarchs of Israel.
244
4.04.07
Identify the son of Jacob: Joseph.
16
4.04.08
Identify Moses as a great leader who heard God’s command to save the descendants of
Jacob/Israel.
196–197, 203
Reflection: The Ten
Commandments
BLMs: 53, 54
FindingGod.com: Paper-
Bag Puppets
4.04.09
Identify Moses as a great prophet who received God’s covenantal promise and the law.
196–198
BLMs: 53, 54
4.04.10
Identify meaning and significance of the Ark of the Covenant.
300
4.04.11
Describe the journey of the Israelites in the desert and God’s leading them with are and
love as their Redeemer.
196–198, 203
Reflection: The Ten
Commandments
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Goal Five: Liturgy: Understand and celebrate the liturgical rites of the
Church as expressed in the Church Year and epitomized in the Eucharist
the source and summit of Christian life.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
4.05.01
Recognize the liturgical actions of the Church as central to the Christian life.
99, 102–103, 139–140,
294–295, 328, 336
BLMs: 32, 41
FindingGod.com: Meet
the Priest, Spiritual
Bouquet
4.05.02
Recognize Sunday as the ―Lord’s day,‖ the Sabbath.
160, 294
4.05.03
Identify the holy days of the Church Calendar.
161, 165, 295, 321, 327
BLM: 376
FindingGod.com: All
Saints Day, The Gift of
Eternal Life Prayer Cards
4.05.04
Describe the relationship of the liturgical year with the life of Jesus Christ.
241–270
BLM: 42
FindingGod.com: We
Three Kings Sing-Along,
A Guiding Light, Acting
Out the Journey of the
Wise Men, Sharing the
Gift of Peace, Special
Prayers for Peace, All
Saints Day, The Gift of
Eternal Life Prayer Cards,
Let’s Celebrate, Color-
Symbol Bracelet
4.05.05
Relate the Jewish feast of Passover with Jesus’ last meal with his disciples.
256, 328
BLM: 69
4.05.06
Associate the Ordinary Time of the liturgical year with the teachings and public life of
Jesus.
241–242
4.05.07
Identify the days of the Triduum and their meaning.
241–242, 255–257, 259–
261
BLMs: 69, 70
FindingGod.com: Sharing
the Gift of Peace, Special
Prayers for Peace, Jesus’
Path to the Cross
4.05.08
Identify the role of the acolyte in liturgies.
294–295
4.05.09
Recognize the parts of the Rite of Penance/Reconciliation.
40, 149–151, 188, 332,
333
BLM: 372
FindingGod.com: God Is
the Key
4.05.10
Understand how to create prayers of intercession for the Eucharistic liturgy.
55, 165, 174
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Goal Six: Christian Prayer and Spirituality: Understand and express the
different forms of prayer consciously recognizing the work of the Holy
Spirit and the meaning of self-surrender to God.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
4.06.01
State that God is faithful and loving no matter the circumstances of human life.
13, 14, 26, 31, 326
Reflection: The Prayer of
St. Francis
BLM: 8
FindingGod.com: God Is
the Key
4.06.02
Identify prayers of praise, thanksgiving, petition, and forgiveness.
276–285, 325, 331
Reflection: Go Forth
FindingGod.com: Our
Father
4.06.03
Describe prayer as raising our hearts and minds to God.
58, 95, 276–277, 278
Reflection: The Prayer of
St. Francis
4.06.04
Recognize the importance of prayer and faithfulness to God as Abraham believed and
was faithful.
244
BLM: 66
4.06.05
Exhibit capacity for silent prayer.
276–277
4.06.06
Show understanding that devotion to Mary is an essential part of Catholic prayer.
28–29, 110, 130–132,
134–135, 136, 137, 140,
328
BLMs: 37–39
FindingGod.com: Thank-
You Cards to Mary
4.06.07
Recognize the Nicene Creed as a statement of belief in the Holy Trinity.
283
4.06.08
Recognize Communion of Saints as friends who pray for us.
267–268, 323
FindingGod.com: A
Saintly News Report,
Heroes and Saints, Let’s
Celebrate, Talk Show,
Who is St. Teresa of
Avila?
4.06.09
Identify mysteries of the rosary.
286–287, 288–289, 333
4.06.10
Recite Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi.
68
Reflection: The Prayer of
St. Francis
4.06.11
Interpret Psalm 145 as a psalm of praise.
332
4.06.12
Memorize brief quotations from Sacred Scripture.
278
BLMs: 16, 18, 28, 57
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Father
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Goal Seven: Catholic Church: Understand and appreciate the mystery of
the Church, the Body of Christ, the community of believers, as
expressed in the Church’s origin, mission of evangelization, hierarchical
structure, marks, charisms, members and the communion of saints.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
4.07.01
Identify the Catholic Church as the assembly of God’s people.
15, 100, 107, 112, 113,
323
FindingGod.com: Alleluia
Instruments
4.07.02
Identify the Church as the People of God.
110, 111, 331
BLMs: 32, 39
4.07.03
Name Pope as head of the Catholic Church.
111, 112, 117, 331
BLMs: 32, 39
4.07.04
Recognize that the Church is hierarchical.
111, 112, 117, 322, 331,
332
BLMs: 32, 39
FindingGod.com: Meet
the Priest, Spiritual
Bouquet
4.07.05
Identify part of the Nicene Creed that describes the church as holy and catholic.
283
Goal Eight: Parish Life: Understand and participate in the life of the
church as lived in the parish through its community, cultural aspects,
worship, sacramental life, service, missionary endeavors and
organization.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
4.08.01
Explain how the parish is part of the Catholic Church.
330
4.08.02
Identify pastor as head of the parish.
112, 330
FindingGod.com: Meet
the Priest
4.08.03
State that as members of the Catholic Church we can belong to a parish.
102, 107, 165, 330
4.08.04
Recognize that as members of a parish we have responsibilities that we call
stewardship.
FindingGod.com: Magnet
Mania
4.08.05
Recognize the Blessed Sacrament as the Real Presence of Christ in the parish church.
160, 165, 188, 292, 323
325
BLM: 52
FindingGod.com: Wheel-
of-Fortune Game
4.08.06
Recognize that the church teaches through bishops, pastors, teachers, and catechists.
111, 112, 117, 322, 330
BLMs: 32, 39
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Goal Nine: Vocation: Understand and undertake discipleship in Christ
responding in faith by participating in the mission of the Church through
living a specific call in the life of the Church.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
4.09.01
State meaning of Christian discipleship.
38–39, 131, 325
Reflection: Go Forth
BLMs: 38, 39
FindingGod.com:
Forgiving Hands, Heroes
and Saints
4.09.02
Define vocation as a call to serve in the Church.
111, 112, 117, 330, 331,
336
Reflection: Go Forth
BLMs: 32, 39
FindingGod.com: Meet
the Priest
4.09.03
Show understanding that vocations are ways to holiness in life.
180, 185, 326, 336
4.09.04
Identify vocations in the Church: marriage, priesthood, religious life and single life.
133, 136, 179–181, 328
Reflection: A Walk in the
Vineyard
BLMs: 49–52
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Goal Ten: Ecumenism and Dialogue: Understand and participate in the
call of the Church to be a sign of unity in the world through knowledge
of and collaboration with Christian churches, Jews, Muslims and all
faith traditions.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
4.10.01
Identify the Jews as the descendants of Abraham who received the covenant of God.
244, 324
FindingGod.com: Round-
Table Discussion
4.10.02
Show understanding that Christians receive the blessings of the covenant through
Christ.
198, 203, 236, 324
FindingGod.com: Paper-
Bag Puppets
4.10.03
Distinguish Old Testament from New Testament.
53, 274–275, 329, 330
4.10.04
Identify the first five books of the Old Testament as the Jewish Torah.
53, 330, 335
4.10.05
Identify Jesus within the Jewish tradition.
72–75, 220, 244
4.10.06
Recognize the psalms as the prayers of Jewish and Christian people.
5, 332
4.10.07
State the importance of respecting the religious beliefs of others.
40, 53, 58, 125
4.10.08
Identify Islam as a religion based on the Jewish and Christian belief in one
God.
4.10.09
Recognize Muslims as those who reverence God and who adhere to the religion of
Islam.
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Grade Five School Edition Goal One: CREED: Understand, believe, and proclaim the Triune God
as revealed in the signs of creation, Sacred Scripture, Catholic Tradition,
and human experience.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
5.01.01
Identify the Trinity in the Nicene Creed.
55, 106, 280-281, 335,
343
Reflection: The
Incarnation
BLM: 16
FindingGod.com: The
Right Hand of the Father
5.01.02
Identify the revelation of the Trinity in the Gospel of Mark (04)
7, 343
FindingGod.com: Waters
of Life
5.01.03
Understand that the Church teaches that Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man.
7, 52, 63, 91, 330
Reflection: The
Incarnation
FindingGod.com: A
Community of Love
5.01.04
Understand that faith is a gift freely given by God and freely received.
260-261, 328
FindingGod.com: Our
Family Tree of Faith; An
Interview with Thomas
5.01.05
Identify the marks of the Church: one, holy, Catholic, apostolic.
281, 322, 324, 329, 335
FindingGod.com: Faces of
the Church; Illustrated
Dictionary; The Church Is
Apostolic; Looking at the
Church
5.01.06
Recognize Mary as the Immaculate Conception.
129, 133, 140, 146, 315,
333
Song: Immaculate Mary
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Goal Two: SACRAMENTS: Understand and participate in the
sacraments of the Church as efficacious signs of God’s saving power.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
5.02.01
Describe sacraments as supernatural signs of grace instituted by Christ and given to the
Church to strengthen our faith and make us holy.
63, 73, 83, 91-92, 168-
169, 178-179, 216, 223,
236, 290, 329, 339
Option: Read God’s Word
FindingGod.com:
Sacramental Dictionaries
5.02.02
Identify sacraments of initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist.
73-79, 83-85, 89, 92-93,
158-159, 188, 290, 323,
324, 327, 339
BLM: 21
Poster available
FindingGod.com: Win,
Lose, or Draw
5.02.03
Name the symbols of the sacraments of initiation.
64, 74-78, 84-85, 188, 339
BLMs: 19, 21, 25
FindingGod.com: Win,
Lose, or Draw
5.02.04
Recognize the Eucharist as the center of Christian life.
151, 155, 276-277, 324,
327
Song: Jesus, Bread of Life
Reflection: The Eucharist
FindingGod.com: Source
of Strength; Come and
Worship; Eucharistic
Prayers
5.02.05
Identify sacraments of healing: Penance/Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick.
169-170, 179-181, 188,
296-297, 291, 314, 320,
322, 336, 338, 339
Songs: Prayer of Peace,
When Jesus the Healer
BLMs: 50, 51, 52
Poster available
FindingGod.com: Five
Facts
5.02.06
Name the symbols of the sacraments of healing: the words of absolution and the oil
used in the anointing of the sick.
65, 170, 180-181, 188,
291, 321, 322, 335, 339
BLMs: 51, 52
5.02.07
Identify essential elements of the Sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation: confession, act
of sorrow, resolution to not sin again, and absolution by a priest.
65, 169-170, 174-175,
181, 188, 291, 297, 324,
338
BLMs: 19, 47, 51
5.02.08
Identify sacraments at the service of communion and mission: Matrimony and Holy
Orders.
65, 111-113, 117, 122-
123, 140, 291, 330, 333,
339
BLM: 35
Poster available
5.02.09
Identify sacraments that have the indelible character of the Holy Spirit.
64, 74-75, 84-85, 89, 92-
93, 112-113, 290-291,
323, 324, 330
BLMs: 21, 25
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Goal Three: CHRISTIAN LIVING: Understand and live the moral
teachings of the Church through a life of discipleship in Jesus Christ
expressing in love for God, positive self-image, personal integrity, social
justice, and love of neighbor.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
5.03.01
Recognize Christian morality as an invitation to respond freely to God’s love.
15, 130-131, 198-199,
216-218, 229, 300-301
BLM: 37
Reflection: Called to
Holiness
5.03.02
Identify sense of personal goodness and self-worth as being responsible and loving.
130-131, 198-199, 207-
209, 300-301, 304-305
BLMs: 54, 55, 57, 59, 61
FindingGod.com: They’ll
Know I’m a Christian
5.03.03
State the Two Great Commandments.
298-299, 329
FindingGod.com: True
Love
5.03.04
Identify the Eight Beatitudes as Jesus’ teaching about the Kingdom and moral
goodness.
36-37, 41, 44, 299, 323
Option: Beatitude Match
Up Game, Personalize
Beatitudes
BLMs: 11, 12
FindingGod.com: Acting
as We Should; Beatitude
People; Living the
Beatitudes
5.03.05
State the Ten Commandments.
26-27, 298, 342
FindingGod.com: Seeing
the Good in Others; What
Does It Mean?
5.03.06
Recognize the necessary conditions of sin and its consequence.
15, 169, 209-210, 213,
238, 341
5.03.07
Distinguish between mortal sin and venial sin as related to confession and absolution
in the Sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation.
169, 190, 321, 324, 334,
339, 343
5.03.08
Identify moral goodness with justice and stewardship.
14, 16-17, 20, 208-211,
216-217, 229, 231, 300-
301, 331, 334, 341
Option: Guide My Feet
BLMs: 48, 55, 59
5.03.09
Show understanding that my actions, good and bad, are subject to God’s judgment.
15, 169, 198-199, 202-
203, 226-227
BLM: 63
Poster available
Record: Jesus Judges All
5.03.10
Identify the states of life after death: heaven, purgatory, hell.
226-228, 233, 236-237,
329, 338
BLMs: 63, 65
FindingGod.com:
Purgatory Acrostic 5.03.11
Identify meaning of sanctifying grace.
54, 58-59, 83-84, 92-93,
340
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Goal Four: SACRED SCRIPTURE: Read, comprehend and articulate
salvation history as conveyed in God’s revelation through the signs of
scripture.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
5.04.01
Understand meaning of gospel.
217, 329
BLMs: 38, 60
5.04.02
Understand the meaning of evangelist.
327
FindingGod.com: New
Testament Search; United
in Peace; What Am I?
Game; Wheel of Words
5.04.03
State the Gospel of Mark is found in the New Testament.
45, 275, 329, 334
5.04.04
Identify the writer of the Gospel of Mark, the time of writing and the community for
whom the gospel was written.
73, 329
5.04.05
Understand Mark’s gospel as a gospel of proclamation.
329
FindingGod.com: A
Model of Holiness; TV
News Report
5.04.06
Identify the chief characters in the Gospel of Mark especially Jesus, John the Baptist,
Peter, the Twelve Apostles, Judas, Herod, Moses, Elijah, the demons, the Pharisees,
Mary Magdalene.
62, 73, 178
FindingGod.com: To Tell
the Truth; Imaginary
Interviews; Jesus’ Friends
5.04.07
Identify the Persons of the Holy Trinity in the story of Jesus’ baptism.
343
FindingGod.com: Waters
of Life
5.04.08
Identify the role of St. John the Baptist in the Gospel of Mark.
FindingGod.com: TV
News Report; A Model of
Holiness; To Tell the
Truth; A Timeline of
God’s Friends
5.04.09
Understand the power of Jesus to heal and to forgive in the Gospel of Mark.
62-63, 94, 169, 178
Record: Jesus Heals
Jairus’s Daughter; A
Model of Holiness; Jesus’
Friends; Getting to Know
Jesus the Healer 5.04.10
Understand Jesus as teacher in the Gospel of Mark.
35, 94, 180, 331
5.04.11
Identify parables in the Gospel of Mark.
336
FindingGod.com:
Looking from a Different
Angle, Parable Posters; A
Model of Holiness
5.04.12
Identify meaning of discipleship.
35, 326
BLM: 8
FindingGod.com: New
Testament Search;
Beatitude People; Acting
as We Should; Living the
Beatitudes; Jesus Wants
You; Called to Live Holy
Lives; Jesus Wants You;
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Looking at the Church
5.04.13
Understand significance of the miracle of the loaves.
148-149, 154-155, 333
BLM: 14, 41
Record: Jesus Feeds the
Crowd
FindingGod.com:
Miracles Do Happen
5.04.14
Identify significance of the transfiguration of Jesus.
149
5.04.15
Identify two nature miracles of Jesus in Mark’s gospel.
169, 333
FindingGod.com:
Miracles Do Happen;
Miracles of Jesus
5.04.16
Understand Jesus’ predications about his death in the Gospel of Mark.
FindingGod.com: A
Model of Holiness; Jesus’
Friends; Read All About
It!
5.04.17
Explain why the disciples perceived Jesus’ walk to Jerusalem to be so difficult.
256-257
FindingGod.com: A
Model of Holiness; Facing
Difficult Decisions; Jesus’
Friends
5.04.18
Identify who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
35
BLM: 11
FindingGod.com:
Kingdom Flag; New
Testament Search
5.04.19
Identify the respect Jesus had for women.
62-63, 68, 120
FindingGod.com: Getting
to Know Jesus the Healer;
Mary, Mother of Sorrows;
Miracles Do Happen;
5.04.20
Explain the significance of Jesus’ last meal of the Passover with his disciples.
149-150, 153, 155, 326,
332, 336
BLM: 42
FindingGod.com: TV
News Interview
5.04.21
Explain the meaning of the Paschal Mystery in relationship to Jesus’ death and
resurrection.
149-151, 158, 188, 336,
339
BLM: 42
5.04.22
Understand Mark’s account of the Resurrection of Jesus (Mk. 16: 1–8).
52, 339
5.04.23
Understand that Jesus predicts his resurrection in the Gospel of Mark.
339
FindingGod.com: A
Model of Holiness; Facing
Difficult Decisions; Read
All About It!
5.04.24
Explain how the Gospel of Mark is a sign of God’s Revelation.
339
FindingGod.com: TV
News Report
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Goal Five: LITURGY: Understand and celebrate the liturgical rites of
the Church as expressed in the Church Year and epitomized in the
Eucharist the source and summit of Christian life.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
5.05.01
Show understanding that all forms of liturgy are the actions of the Holy Spirit
intending to make us holy.
52, 83, 86-89, 159-160,
263-265, 330, 332
FindingGod.com: Holy
Spirit, Source of Unity;
Moved By the Spirit:
Report from Jerusalem;
Flying Doves
5.05.02
Exhibit understanding of the sacrificial nature of the Mass in the words of
consecration.
151, 158-161, 188, 294,
325, 333
BLM: 42
5.05.03
Exhibit understanding that in receiving Holy Communion one receives the Body and
Blood of Christ.
151, 158-161, 164-165,
188, 294, 323, 329
BLMs: 42, 45
5.05.04
Compare the symbols used in the Mass and the symbols of the Jewish Passover meal.
149-153, 333, 336
BLMs: 42, 43
FindingGod.com: Let’s
Make a Match; TV News
Interviews
5.05.05
State meaning of symbol and ritual.
157
FindingGod.com: Saints
and Symbols; Color-
Symbol Bracelet
5.05.06
State the order of the Mass.
160-161, 189, 292-295,
333
BLMs: 44, 45, 52
Poster available
Option: Mass Lineup
FindingGod.com: Let’s
Make a Match
5.05.07
Identify symbols used in the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.
180-181, 185, 188, 291,
339
BLMs: 51, 52
5.05.07
Develop a prayer service using components of liturgical prayer.
47, 95, 143, 191, 239,
242, 246, 250, 254, 258,
262, 266, 270
Poster available
5.05.08
Show understanding of the Rite of Baptism.
74-75, 290, 323, 339
BLM: 21
Option: Favorite Baptism
Reading
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Goal Six: CHRISTIAN PRAYER AND SPIRITUALITY: Understand
and express the different forms of prayer consciously recognizing the
work of the Holy Spirit and the meaning of self-surrender to God.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
5.06.01
Show understanding that God is in relationship with us at all times.
3-5, 30, 61, 276
BLM: 55
Poster available
Reflections: Making Good
Moral Choices; The
Eucharist; Trust Stone
5.06.02
Articulate in various ways that God loves us and wants only what is good in our lives.
3-5, 11, 195, 216-217
BLMs: 55, 59
Poster available
Reflections: The
Incarnation; The Eucharist
5.06.03
Show understanding that every person has the potential for holiness.
130-132, 216-217, 300-
301
BLMs: 26, 59
Reflections: Called to
Holiness; A Reminder to
Be Holy
5.06.04
Differentiate between formal/spoken prayer and prayer of quiet/listening.
10, 20, 68, 88, 98, 276-
278
5.06.05
Identify psalms in the Mass.
212, 293, 333, 338
Poster available
Reflection: Making Good
Choices
FindingGod.com: Singing
the Psalms
5.06.06
Exhibit awareness that God forgives no matter the seriousness of the sin when
sacramentally confessed.
167, 170-175
BLMs: 47, 48
5.06.07
Articulate history and purpose of the Rosary.
133, 284-285, 339
BLM: 40
FindingGod.com: Rosary
Prayer Cloths
5.06.08
Be familiar with the Nicene Creed.
55, 103, 281, 335
BLM: 16
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Goal Seven: CATHOLIC CHURCH: Understand and appreciate the
mystery of the Church, the Body of Christ, the community of believers,
as expressed in the Church’s origin, mission of evangelization,
hierarchical structure, marks, charisms, members and the communion of
saints.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
5.07.01
Show understanding that the Catholic Church is entrusted with the mission of Jesus
Christ.
100-101, 107, 110-115,
324, 331
FindingGod.com: A New
Year’s Wish for the
World; Building Unity;
Jesus’ Community
5.07.02
Identify Peter as the first of the apostles and head of the early Christian community.
72-73, 102, 110, 178, 324
FindingGod.com: The
Church Is Apostolic;
Naming the Apostles;
Who Is Saint Peter?
5.07.03
Identify name of current Pope as the official head of the Catholic Church.
102, 113, 324, 337
FindingGod.com: Meet a
Pope; Our Christian
Leaders
5.07.04
Understand that the pope speaks in the name of the Church to all its members and to
the world.
102, 107, 110, 112, 140,
324, 337
FindingGod.com: Meet a
Pope; The Church Is
Apostolic
5.07.05
Identify the head of a diocese as a bishop, an archdiocese as an archbishop, who also
may be a cardinal.
112, 323
BLMs: 28, 32
FindingGod.com: The
Church Is Apostolic
5.07.06
Name current archbishop of Chicago.
113
FindingGod.com:
Diocesan History; Back to
the Future; Our Christian
Leaders
5.07.07
Articulate that Holy Orders is the sacrament that provides deacons, priests and bishops
to serve the People of God in the Catholic Church.
65, 101, 111-113, 117,
140, 188, 291, 323, 326,
330, 337
FindingGod.com: Laying
On of Hands
5.07.08
Show understanding that all members of the Church belong to the Communion of
Saints by reason of Baptism.
101, 107, 117, 130-131,
137, 140, 268-269, 323,
324
BLMs: 21, 72
FindingGod.com: ―I
Belong‖ Poetry; Building
Unity; Jesus’ Community;
How Can We Help?
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Goal Eight: PARISH LIFE: Understand and participate in the life of the
Church as lived in the parish through its community, worship,
sacramental life, service, missionary endeavors and organization.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
5.08.01
Understand that the parish is where Catholics ordinarily live the Christian way of life.
131-132, 324, 336
BLM: 36
FindingGod.com: Letters
of Belonging; Back to the
Future
5.08.02
State meaning of stewardship.
75, 93, 131-132, 341
BLMs: 21, 22, 26
5.08.03
Participate in worship by participating in the liturgy of the Church at Sunday Mass.
332, 344
Poster available
FindingGod.com: Come
and Worship; Parish
Service Announcement;
Preparing for Sunday;
Advertise Sunday—It’s
God’s Day!
5.08.04
Perform duties of acolyte.
FindingGod.com: Parish
Service Announcement;
They’ll Know I’m a
Christian; Come and
Worship
5.08.05
Identify parishioners in terms of their vocation.
101, 110-111, 117, 343
BLMs: 28, 32
5.08.06
Identify the cultural diversity of the parish.
100, 139
BLM: 27
FindingGod.com: Los
Posados
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Goal Nine: VOCATION: Understand and undertake discipleship Christ
responding in faith by participation mission of the Church through living
a specific call in the life of the Church.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
5.09.01
Understand meaning of discipleship.
35, 326
BLM: 30
FindingGod.com: New
Testament Search; Acting
as We Should; Beatitude
People; Living the
Beatitudes; Jesus Wants
You; Called to Live Holy
Lives; How Can We
Help?; Jesus Wants You
5.09.02
Identify Sacrament of Baptism as initiation into a life of discipleship in Jesus Christ.
71-79, 323, 326
BLMs: 19, 21
Poster available
FindingGod.com: A
Reminder to Be Holy;
Back to the Future
5.09.03
Recognize vocations as particular calls in the Church to live the Christian life.
101-102, 109-111, 129-
132, 137, 140-141, 343
BLMs: 28, 32, 39
Reflection: The Prayer of
Saint Ignatius
FindingGod.com: Who
Am I? How Do I Serve?:
Prayer for Vocations;
How Can We Help?;
Vocational Brochures
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Goal Ten: ECUMENISM AND DIALOGUE: Understand and
participate in the call of the Church to be a sign of unity in the world
throughout knowledge of and collaboration with Christian churches,
Jews, Muslims, and all faith traditions.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
5.10.01
Understand that there are many religions but only one God.
25, 45, 329
BLM: 7
FindingGod.com: Who
Am I?; Hear, O Israel
5.10.02
Identify Judaism as the religion of God’s covenant with Abraham.
24, 31, 45, 325, 331
BLM: 7
Record: The Story of
Abraham; Who Am I?
5.10.03
Recognize the psalms as Jewish prayers found in the Old Testament.
25, 28, 335, 338
FindingGod.com: Singing
the Psalms; Words of
Wisdom; Praying Your
Emotions
5.10.04
Identify the religion of Islam as founded on the faith of Abraham.
24, 45, 331
BLMs: 7, 13
5.10.05
Identify the Prophet Muhammad as the founder of Islam and the Qur’an as the sacred
scripture of Islam.
24, 45
5.10.06
Name the Pillars of Islam practiced by Muslims in their religious tradition.
24, 45, 334
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Grade 6 School Edition Goal One: CREED: Understand, believe and proclaim the Triune God as
revealed in the signs of creation, Sacred Scripture, Catholic Tradition
and human experience.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
6.01.01
Show understanding of the actions of a Trinitarian God as revealed in Scripture and
Tradition and stated in the Creed.
102, 122, 133, 351
FindingGod.com: The
Creed Game, Celebrate
Your Baptism
6.01.02
Describe God as the creator of the universe and as the creator of humanity.
14, 16–17, 18–19, 21–22,
47
BLMs: 4, 5, 13, 26
FindingGod.com: The
Creed Game, Celebrate
Your Baptism, Seeing
God’s Creation
6.01.03
Describe the Fall and the sinfulness of humanity as Original Sin a reality of human
existence.
16–17, 24–30, 44, 343
BLMs: 7, 13
6.01.04
State how God shows deep love and care for humankind regardless of our sinfulness.
24–25, 31, 44, 52–53, 58
BLMs: 8, 51
FindingGod.com:
Timeline of God’s
Friends: Old Testament
and Saints, Trust Box,
Trust Stones
6.01.05
Show understanding that God gives human beings free will to love and serve him out
of free choice.
28, 82–83, 85, 302–303,
336
BLMs: 25, 26
FindingGod.com:
Illustrated Guide to
Making Good Choices,
Making Good Moral
Choices, Trust Box
6.01.06
Describe how in God’s providence all people are destined for union with him.
53, 59, 63, 92–93
Reflection: God With Us
BLMs: 26
FindingGod.com: The
Creed Game, Trust Box,
Trust Stones
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6.01.07
Show understanding that God communicates with people revealing his plan for us.
26–27, 46, 53, 62–63
Record: God Chooses
Noah, God Calls Isaiah
BLMs: 3, 8
FindingGod.com: A
Timeline of God’s Friends
6.01.08
Show belief that we will be raised after death into eternal union with God or separation
from him.
65, 184, 198, 334
FindingGod.com: The
Creed Game
6.01.09
Show awareness that at the end of time, Christ will return and we will be accountable
for our participation in building the Kingdom of God.
46, 136, 281, 333, 339
6.01.10
Describe Mary is the Mother of Jesus and the Mother of God because Jesus is both true
God and true man.
30, 112, 281
FindingGod.com: The
Creed, Praying the Hail
Mary
6.01.11
State the meaning of Incarnation as a mystery of faith.
281
FindingGod.com: The
Creed
6.01.12
Show belief that Mary was a virgin before and after the birth of Jesus Christ.
30
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Goal Two: SACRAMENTS: Understand and participate in the
sacraments of the Church as efficacious signs of God’s grace, instituted
by Christ and entrusted to the Church.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
6.02.01
State understanding of sacraments as efficacious signs of God’s grace.
170–171, 188, 206, 209,
290, 332
BLM: 48
6.02.02
Understand the seven sacraments as instituted by Christ.
65, 103, 178–179, 185
Reflection: Celebrating
Eucharist, Getting to
Know Jesus the Healer
BLMs: 49, 52
6.02.03
Describe how the seven sacraments are entrusted to the Church.
103, 171, 178–179
BLMs: 49, 50
6.02.04
Describe the action of the Holy Spirit in the sacraments independent of the worthiness
of the minister.
103, 170, 178, 180, 206,
209, 331
BLMs: 48, 49, 50
FindingGod.com: Win,
Lose, or Draw
6.02.05
State the sacraments that have an indelible character.
169, 170–171, 209, 290
Reflection: Belonging to
God
BLM: 48
FindingGod.com:
Celebrate Your Baptism
6.02.06
Describe the Sacrament of Matrimony as a permanent bond between one man and one
woman.
206, 209, 291, 341
6.02.07
State the essential elements of the sacraments of Matrimony and Holy Orders.
206–207, 209, 291
6.02.08
Identify the sacraments of Matrimony and Holy Orders as sacraments at the service of
communion and mission.
103, 207, 209, 213, 291,
347
FindingGod.com: Invite
Your Parish Priest to
Class
6.02.09
Describe meaning of sacramental and give examples.
179, 284, 347
BLMs: 47, 48, 51
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Win, Lose, or Draw
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Goal Three: CHRISTIAN LIVING: Understand and live the moral
teachings of the Church through a life of discipleship in Jesus Christ
expressed in love for God, conversion, positive self-image, personal
integrity, social justice, the dignity of the human person, and love of
neighbor.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
6.03.01
Show understanding that Christian living is the gift of active discipleship in Jesus
Christ.
121, 133, 197, 227, 234,
236, 301, 331, 334
Record: Faith that Works,
Reflection: Belonging to
God
BLMs: 46, 54, 55, 62, 63,
65
FindingGod.com: A New
Year’s Wish for the
World, Boxes of Hope
Activity, Little Flowers
for God, Picture Tableau
6.03.02
Describe the three sources of a moral act.
85, 302–303, 342
6.03.03
State meaning of natural law.
227, 229, 342
BLM: 52
6.03.04
Differentiate personal sin and social sin.
217–218, 230–231, 345
6.03.05
Identify conscience as an informed inner voice that helps distinguish between right and
wrong.
298, 302–303, 333
BLMs: 15, 27, 51, 52
FindingGod.Com:
Illustrated Guide to
Making Good Choices,
Making Good Moral
Choices, Truth or Dare
Activity
6.03.06
Show understanding that people and individuals have rights to their human dignity,
freedom, property and possessions.
179, 216, 225–229, 233,
236, 306
BLMs: 6, 13, 28, 62, 63,
65
FindingGod.com:
Bringing Joy to the Sick
and Elderly, Care Jars,
Catholic Social Teaching
Mobile, Discrimination
Role-Plays, Respect for
Life—A Seamless
Garment
6.03.07
Recognize that the State must protect the rights of its citizens through socially just
laws.
229, 233
6.03.08
State that we are obligated to keep promises, oaths and contracts.
27, 36, 154, 229
BLMs: 64, 65
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Rules Are Our Rules
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6.03.09
Identify human sexuality as a gift from God that is used in marriage for the good of the
spouses and the procreation of children.
209
6.03.10
Describe how we respect human sexuality.
198–199, 209, 291
6.03.11
Show understanding that Christian virtues of purity of heart and chastity help us to
respect others.
209, 332
FindingGod.com: God’s
Rules Are Our Rules
6.03.12
Show understanding that we respect human life from conception through birth until
natural death.
179, 209
FindingGod.com:
Bringing Joy to the Sick
and Elderly,
Discrimination Role-
Plays, Respect for Life—
A Seamless Garment
6.03.13
Show how the family is the foundation of human society.
209
FindingGod.com:
Discrimination Role-Plays
6.03.14
Show understanding that I have a responsibility to work for the common good of
society.
218, 228, 236, 240
Record: Faith That Works
FindingGod.com: A New
Year’s Wish for the
World; Boxes of Hope;
Bringing Joy to the Sick
and Elderly; Care Jars;
Catholic Social Teaching
Mobile; Easter Baskets for
Children; How Can We
Help?; Serving the Body
of Christ; Yarn-Web
Prayer
6.03.15
Connect environmental stewardship with respect for God’s creation.
18–19, 216–219, 220–
221, 223, 236, 238
BLMs: 59, 60, 61
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Scavenger Hunt, Seeing
God’s Creation, Share
God’s Beauty
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Goal Four: SACRED SCRIPTURE: Read, comprehend and articulate
salvation history as conveyed in God’s revelation through the signs of
scripture.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
6.04.01
Show familiarity with the role of the patriarchs in the unfolding of God’s revelation to
them.
34–36, 55
BLMs: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
26
Record: Jacob Deceives
His Brother
FindingGod.com: Who
Am I?
6.04.02
Trace the unfolding of God’s revelation through the history of the Chosen People.
36, 41, 72–75, 76–77, 78,
332
BLMs: 10, 11, 12, 13, 18,
19, 20, 21, 26
FindingGod.com:
Timeline of God’s
Friends: Old Testament &
Saints
6.04.03
Describe the events of the Book of Exodus and its significance in the history of the
chosen people.
72–75, 76–77, 78
BLMs: 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
26
6.04.04
Show understanding of redemption and salvation through the revelation of God’s word
in Sacred Scripture.
73, 346, 348
BLMs: 18, 39
FindingGod.com: Group
Role-Play of ―The
Disciples Bear Witness;‖
Read All About It!; TV
New Report
6.04.04
Show understanding of how God made covenants with the Chosen People as a sign of
his faithfulness.
27, 29, 36, 74, 92, 148,
333
Record: God Chooses
Noah
BLMs: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
17, 18, 20, 26
FindingGod.com:
Timeline of God’s
Friends: Old Testament &
Saints, Ten
Commandments Mobile,
Who Am I?
6.04.05
Identify God’s name YAHWEH in the Book of Exodus.
63, 352
BLM: 18
6.04.06
State the significance of the Ark of the Covenant in the difficult journey of the
Israelites through the desert.
100, 330
Record: Solomon’s
Temple, God Calls Isaiah
BLMs: 28, 39
6.04.07
State meaning of monotheism and its connection to the Jewish understanding of God.
62–63, 74–75, 300
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Your Own Mezuzah
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6.04.08
Show understanding of the connection between God’s covenant and the entry into the
Promised Land.
158–159, 345
BLM: 52
6.04.09
State the role of the judges in the Old Testament.
6.04.10
State the role of Samuel in the choice of the first kings of Israel.
6.04.11
State how the first kings of Israel helped to establish monarchy in Israel.
82–83, 100–101
BLMs: 23, 26, 28, 39
Record: Solomon’s
Temple
6.04.12
Identify the prophets of the OT and their role in the history of Israel.
101, 148–151, 155, 190–
161, 165, 188–189, 192,
244, 264, 346
Record: God Calls Isaiah
BLMs: 40, 41, 42, 44, 45,
52
FindingGod.com: A
Message from Isaiah
Bookmark, A News
Report from Ezekiel 37:1–
2, Events from Ezekiel
37:1–2 Comic Strips,
Meet a Prophet, Secret
Hope Notes, The Prophet
Experiment
6.04.13
Identify the loss of the northern kingdom to Assyria and the loss of Judah to Babylon.
148, 152, 160
BLM: 42
Poster: People and Events
of the Old Testament
6.04.14
Identify the return of the exiles to Jerusalem under King Cyrus of Persia and the
reordering of Jewish life with the restoration of the law and the temple.
Poster: People and Events
of the Old Testament
6.04.15
Articulate the role of women in the Old Testament.
34, 37, 41, 44, 52–53, 55,
84–85, 89, 93–94
BLM: 24
6.04.16
Show familiarity with the geography and cities of Samaria and Judea during the time
of Jesus.
6.04.17
Show familiarity with the Gospel of Matthew.
55, 83, 122, 149, 159, 161
6.04.18
State the literary style of the Gospel of Matthew as narrative and discourse.
6.04.19
Give examples in the narrative of the Gospel of Matthew that show the literary device
of conflict to tell the story.
6.04.20
State that Jesus is the central figure of the Gospel of Matthew whose genealogy is
linked with son of Abraham, son of David and Son of God.
55, 83
BLM: 16
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Identify the main characters in the Gospel of Matthew and their purpose.
65, 83, 149, 159
6.04.22
Identify the Gospel of Matthew as a synoptic gospel containing most of the Gospel of
Mark.
65, 83, 149, 159
6.04.23
Show understanding of the infancy narrative in Matthew 1:18–25 & 2:1–23 as
identifying Jesus as Emmanuel taken from the Book of Isaiah.
65, 83, 149, 159, 162–163
6.04.24
Identify tensions in the infancy narrative in Mt. 2:1–23 as signs of Gentile recognition
of Jesus’ rule and King Herod’s fears.
243–246, 247–250
6.04.25
State use of conflict and discourse in the temptation story to identify Jesus as Son of
God who seeks no power for himself.
FindingGod.com: Jesus in
the Desert Role-Play
6.04.26
Describe the beginning of Jesus’ ministry in Capernaum, the call of the first disciples
and his first ministry in Mt. 4:12-25.
65, 83, 149, 159
6.04.27
Identify the Beatitudes as Matthew’s introduction to the teachings of Jesus in Mt. 5:1–
12.
301, 331
6.04.28
State how Jesus challenges his disciples to be salt and light in Mt. 5:13–16.
122
6.04.29
Distinguish the teachings of Jesus from the Jewish regulations in Mt. 5:17–46 to Mt.
7:1–28.
159
6.04.30
Identify the purpose of the healing ministry of Jesus as written in Mt. 8:1–34 to 9:1–
36.
FindingGod.com: Getting
to Know Jesus the Healer
6.04.31
State how Matthew views the conditions of discipleship in Mt. chapters 10, 11, 13 and
14.
65, 83, 149, 159
6.04.32
State how Matthew chapters 15–20 uses conflict to enhance the difference between
Jesus’ understanding of his ministry and the Jewish leaders and the disciples.
65, 83, 149, 159
6.04.33
State the heightening conflict between Jesus’ use of authority and the Jewish leaders in
Matthew 21 to 25 through the use of events and predictions.
65, 83, 149, 159
6.04.34
Show understanding that use of conflict in the story of Jesus’ death creates
opportunities for understanding Jesus’ true identity in Matthew 26 and 27.
65, 83, 149, 159
6.04.35
State who witnesses the resurrection of Jesus and what they do in Mt. 28:1–15.
65, 83, 149, 159
6.04.36
Identify Matthew’s understanding of the mission to the Gentiles in Mt. 28:19–20.
65, 83, 149, 159
6.04.37
Show understanding that the author of the Gospel of Matthew was writing for a Jewish
Christian community challenged to welcome Gentiles.
65, 83, 149, 159
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6.04.38
State the importance of Matthew’s use of the OT as a prefiguring device.
83, 149, 159, 160–161
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Goal Five: LITURGY: Understand and celebrate the liturgical rites of
the Church as expressed in the Church Year and epitomized in the
Eucharist the source and summit of Christian life.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
6.05.01
Show capacity to proclaim Sacred Scripture during class prayer services.
88, 95, 116, 136, 143,
164, 232, 239
6.05.02
Identify the functions of ordained and non-ordained ministers at Mass.
206
6.05.03
State how lay parishioners can minister to the sick and elderly through praying with
them, proclaiming scripture and giving Holy Communion.
177–181, 184, 304, 305,
306, 307
6.05.04
Show understanding that any person can baptize as long as there is an immediate
critical need and he/she uses the Trinitarian formula, clean water for Baptism, and has
the intention to baptize.
169
6.05.05
Identify the scripture readings for Sundays in the liturgical year and trace the life of
Christ throughout the year.
241
FindingGod.com: Bible
Memory Chart
6.05.06
Identify all the seasons of the Church Year and when they occur in the current
calendar year.
241, 243
BLMs: 66, 67, 68, 69, 70,
71
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Calendar for the Entire
Group, At Home
Reflections, Creations to
Celebrate the Liturgical
Year
6.05.07
Articulate how some of the rites in the liturgical celebrations of the Church originate
in Jewish ritual.
64–65
FindingGod.com:
Creations to Celebrate the
Liturgical Year
6.05.08
Name all the holy days of obligation in the United States.
242, 296, 329, 331, 338
BLM: 72
FindingGod.com: How
Can We Help?; Name
That Holiday; Sharing a
Prayer With My Family
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Goal Six: CHRISTIAN PRAYER and SPIRITUALITY: Understand and
express the different forms of prayer consciously recognizing the work
of the Holy Spirit and the meaning of self-surrender to God.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
6.06.01
Show understanding in the Our Father about the meaning of being forgiven as we
forgive others as taught in Matthew 6:9–14.
126
Reflection: Reflecting on
the Lord’s Prayer
6.06.02
Conduct a meditation exercise based on scripture.
30, 47, 68, 95, 126, 174,
191, 239, 250, 254, 258,
262, 266, 270
Reflection: Reflecting on
the Lord’s Prayer,
Belonging to God
6.06.03
Identify types of psalm and how they help us to pray.
16, 68, 88, 90, 95, 110–
111, 112–113, 114, 166,
218, 249, 346
BLMs: 30, 32
FindingGod.com:
Experiencing the Liturgy
of the Hours, Praying
Your Emotions, Singing
the Psalms
6.06.04
Articulate a sense of stewardship based on gratitude for the blessings of God in all
aspects of life.
13, 16, 215–219, 223–
224, 226–229, 233–234,
236, 238, 240, 349
BLMs: 59, 60, 61
FindingGod.com: A New
Year’s Wish for the
World
6.06.05
Articulate understanding that the Holy Spirit helps us to pray.
10, 276
BLM: 37
6.06.06
Show understanding that we are inspired by the Holy Spirit through reading and
studying Sacred Scripture.
4, 6–7, 10
BLMs: 2, 13, 36, 37
FindingGod.com: Fruits
of the Holy Spirit
Magnets
6.06.07
Identify a psalm that helps me to pray about circumstances in my life.
114, 117, 140
BLM: 30
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Bookmarks, Praying Your
Emotions
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Goal Seven: CATHOLIC CHURCH: Understand and appreciate the
mystery of the Church, the Body of Christ, the community of believers,
as expressed in the Church’s origin, mission of evangelization,
hierarchical structure, marks, charisms, members and the communion of
saints.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
6.07.01
Show understanding that the Church has visible bonds of unity: one origin, one
baptism, and an unbroken line of apostolic succession beginning with Peter.
120–121, 131–133, 208
Reflection: Belonging to
God
BLMs: 33, 35, 38, 39
FindingGod.com: Report
from Jerusalem, United in
Peace
6.07.02
Show understanding that we are in communion with all the baptized persons on earth
and in heaven and purgatory.
130, 132, 136, 268–270
Reflection: Belonging to
God
BLMs: 35, 38, 39
FindingGod.com: The
Creed Game, A Mural of
Model Saints, Sharing a
Prayer With My Family,
United in Peace
6.07.03
Describe the Church as a sign of unity and peace to the world.
131–132, 136
Reflection: Belonging to
God
BLMs: 37, 39
FindingGod.com: Boxes
of Hope, United in Peace,
Yarn-Web Prayer
6.07.04
Describe the Magisterium as the teaching office of the bishops in communion with the
Pope.
6, 208
BLM: 13
6.07.05
State evangelization as central to the mission of the Church in which all Catholics have
a role.
121, 123, 127, 133
Reflection: Belonging to
God
BLMs: 35, 39
FindingGod.com: The
Creed Game, Create a
Family Crest for the
Church, Report from
Jerusalem
6.07.06
Identify the Catholic Church as a universal church.
133, 135, 351
BLMs: 38, 39
FindingGod.com: Create
A Family Crest for the
Church
6.07.07 Identify the Church as the beginning seed of the kingdom of God on earth.
120–121, 239
BLMs: 35, 39
FindingGod.com: Report
from Jerusalem
6.07.08
Show understanding that the Catholic Church has other rites that are different cultural
expressions of the same faith.
65, 335
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Goal Eight: PARISH LIFE: Understand and participate in the life of the
Church as lived in the parish through its community, cultural aspects,
worship, sacramental life, service, missionary endeavors and
organization.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
6.08.01
Show understanding that active involvement in the life of the Church is evident
through different forms of participation in parish life.
138, 140, 166, 168, 204
BLMs: 29, 34
FindingGod.com: A New
Year’s Wish for the
World; Experiencing the
Liturgy of the Hours;
How Can We Help?;
Welcome to Those Newly
Initiated!; Parish Service
Announcement; Back to
the Future
6.08.02
State how the parish evidences opportunities for parishioners to practice stewardship.
138
FindingGod.com: How
Can We Help?; Parish
Service Announcement;
Back to the Future
6.08.03
Identify how the parish is a community of believers.
130, 168–169, 228
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Experiencing the Liturgy
of the Hours; Welcome to
Those Newly Initiated!;
Letter of Belonging
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Goal Nine: VOCATION: Understand and undertake discipleship in
Christ responding in faith by participating in the mission of the Church
through living a specific call in the life of the Church.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
6.09.01
State how Christian discipleship is the most important part of being Catholic.
3–5, 11–12, 16, 22, 44,
225–229, 232, 236, 238
Reflection: Belonging to
God
BLMs: 62, 63, 65
FindingGod.com: The
Creed Game, Picture
Tableau
6.09.02
Show understanding that a vocation is a call from God that each one receives based on
God’s plan for us.
205–209, 210–211, 213
Reflection: My Call to Be
Holy
BLMs: 56, 57. 58, 65
6.09.03
Identify types of vocations in the Church.
103, 206–209, 210–211,
213
BLMs: 29, 56, 57, 58, 65
FindingGod.com: Invite
Your Parish Priest to
Class, Prayer for
Vocations
6.09.04
Explain how the vocation of single life is special to the life of the Church.
103, 206–209, 210–211,
213
BLMs: 29, 56, 57, 58, 65
6.09.04
Describe how marriage is important to the life of the Church.
207, 209, 210–211, 213,
236
BLMs: 56, 58, 65
6.09.05
Identify priesthood as a special gift to the Church to which God calls men as a way of
service.
103, 206, 209, 210–211
BLMs: 29, 56, 57, 65
FindingGod.com: Invite
Your Parish Priest to
Class
6.09.06
State that a man receives the Sacrament of Holy Orders from the bishop who calls him
to a life of service to the Church.
206, 209, 210–211
6.09.07
Identify the promise of obedience to the bishop and the vow of celibacy as special to
the life of priesthood in the Catholic Church.
206, 209, 210–211
6.09.08
Identify two types of priests: diocesan priest and religious priest.
206, 209, 210–211
6.09.09
Describe how a man prepares to become a priest in a seminary.
206, 209, 210–211
6.09.10
Describe the deacon as a special vocation of service for both married and unmarried
men.
103, 209, 210–211
6.09.11
Describe the vocation to religious life.
206–207, 210–211, 236
BLMs: 29, 53, 56, 57, 58,
65
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Class
6.09.12
Show understanding that God calls us to love and serve others in whatever vocation we
live.
200–201, 206–207, 210–
211, 213, 236
Reflection: My Call to Be
Holy
BLMs: 53, 56, 57, 58, 65
FindingGod.com: A New
Year’s Wish for the
World, A Reminder to Be
Holy, Prayer for
Vocations, Secret Hope
Notes, Serving the Body
of Christ
Goal Ten: ECUMENISM AND DIALOGUE: Understand and
participate in the call of the Church to be a sign of unity in the world
through knowledge of and collaboration with Christian churches, Jews,
Muslims and all faith traditions.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
6.10.01
Identify Jewish holy days in the lunar calendar and how they are celebrated.
21, 64–65, 69
BLM: 19
6.10.06
Identify the Qur’an as the sacred scripture of the Muslim faith written in Arabic.
339, 342
6.10.07
State that the word qur’an means ―recitation.‖
339, 342
6.10.08
Describe the mosque as a center of gathering for prayer, religious instruction and
community celebration.
339, 342
6.10.09
Identify Judaism, Christianity and Islam as monotheistic religions.
15, 62–63, 86–87
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Creed Game, Create Your
Own Mezuzah
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Page numbers reference SE/TE
Record references Guided Scripture Stories and Guided Reflections
BLMs reference Blackline Master numbers
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Grade Seven Goal One: CREED: Understand, believe and proclaim the Triune God as
revealed in the signs of creation, Sacred Scripture, Catholic Tradition
and human experience.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
7.01.01
Show understanding that God reveals himself over time and in human history.
11, 12
Record: The
Transfiguration
7.01.02
State that God’s revelation is divine revelation
9, 12
Record: The
Transfiguration
7.01.03
Identify God’s revelation as the foundation of our faith as Christians.
42–43, 44–46, 47, 80
7.01.04
Show understanding that faith is a gift from God helping us to respond to God’s
revelation to us.
42–43, 44–46, 47, 80
Record: The
Transfiguration
FindingGod.com: Our
Family Tree of Faith
7.01.05
Describe how faith is both a personal relationship with God and a free assent to the
truth God has revealed.
42–43, 44–46, 47, 80
Record: The Feeding of
the 5,000; The
Transfiguration
Reflection: Living in
Relationship
7.01.06
Identify faith as reasonable and certain.
42–43, 44–46, 47, 80
7.01.07
Show understanding that faith is a gift that we receive from God through the Church.
42–43, 44–46, 47, 80
FindingGod.com: Faith,
Hope, and Love
7.01.08
State how we as a Church profess our faith together and to the world.
42–43, 44–46, 47, 80, 41–
51
7.01.09
Describe the ways of coming to know God: the world and the human person.
Record: The
Transfiguration; Paul
Writes to Philemon
FindingGod.com: Faith
Hope, and Love
7.01.10
Name characteristics of God: eternal, omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent.
35, 121, 270
7.01.11
Articulate that the central mystery of the Christian faith is the Holy Trinity: God the
Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
9, 10, 35–37, 38, 55
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Community of Love
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7.01.12
State that the divine persons are relative to one another.
9, 10, 33–34, 35–37, 55,
67, 68
Record: The Man Born
Blind; The
Transfiguration
FindingGod.com:
Community of Love
7.01.13
State that each of the divine persons is wholly and entirely God.
9, 10, 35–37, 55, 67, 68
Record: The Man Born
Blind
7.01.14
Describe the Trinity as a complete unity without confusing the persons or dividing the
substance of God.
35–37, 38, 31–41, 55, 67,
68
FindingGod.com:
Community of Love
7.01.15
State understanding that although God is named Father, Son and Holy Spirit, God has
no gender.
9, 10, 35–37
FindingGod.com:
Community of Love
7.01.16
State that Catholic faith is one and the same everywhere and expressed uniquely in
many cultures.
35–37, 42–43, 44–46, 47,
80,
7.01.17
Express the belief in the resurrection of the dead as essential to Christianity.
64, 109, 215, 298–299
BLM: 5-1
FindingGod.com: From
Death to Life
7.01.18
State that we have already risen with Christ in Baptism and participate in the life of the
Risen Christ.
150, 195–196, 198–199,
214
7.01.19
Describe how the Holy Spirit worked through Mary to prepare the way for the
incarnation.
120–121, 174–176, 286–
287, 315–317
FindingGod.com:
Learning to Say Yes
7.01.19
State the belief that all the faithful in Christ, living and dead, form the Communion of
Saints.
306, 185
FindingGod.com:
Eucharistic Prayers
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Goal Two: SACRAMENTS: Understand and participate in the
sacraments of the Church as efficacious signs of God’s grace, instituted
by Christ and entrusted to the Church.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
7.02.01
Show understanding of the sacramental nature of the Church.
176, 185, 188, 189
FindingGod.com:
Sacraments Dictionaries
7.02.02
Show understanding of the meaning of sacrament in personal life.
176, 185, 188
FindingGod.com:
Sacraments Dictionaries
7.02.03
Recognize that the sacramental life is rooted in faith and prayer.
47, 185, 188
FindingGod.com:
Sacraments Dictionaries
7.02.04
Recognize that the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Orders cannot be
repeated because they give an indelible character by which the Christian shares in
Christ’s priesthood.
150, 164, 198–199, 214,
336
FindingGod.com:
Sacraments Dictionaries
7.02.05
State that Baptism is the foundation of communion among all Christians.
150, 195–196, 198–199,
214
FindingGod.com:
Sacraments Dictionaries
7.02.06
Recognize that the Sacrament of Confirmation is a sacrament of initiation, the
elements of which are being sealed with the oil of chrism and the laying on of hands.
206–208, 214, 336
FindingGod.com:
Sacraments Dictionaries
7.02.07
State how in the Sacrament of the Eucharist we receive Christ whole and entire under
the forms of bread and wine.
214, 215, 218, 221, 238,
336
FindingGod.com:
Sacraments Dictionaries
7.02.08
Show understanding that Catholics must receive the Sacrament of
Penance/Reconciliation at least once a year during the Easter season if they have
serious sin.
90
FindingGod.com:
Sacraments Dictionaries;
Forgive Us Our
Trespasses
7.02.09
State that the seal of confession cannot be broken under any circumstance.
90
FindingGod.com:
Sacraments Dictionaries;
Forgive Us Our
Trespasses; Public
Relations for Reconcilers;
Twenty Questions
7.02.10
Describe how the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is intended not only for the
dying but also for the seriously sick and elderly, and may be received more than once.
97–98, 101, 337
FindingGod.com:
Messages of Hope and
Healing; Sacraments
Dictionaries; Public
Relations for Reconcilers;
Twenty Questions
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State the elements and symbols of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.
97–98, 337
BLM: 2-4
FindingGod.com:
Messages of Hope and
Healing; Sacraments
Dictionaries
7.02.12
State that the oil of the sick is the oil used to anoint the person in the Sacrament of the
Anointing of the Sick.
97–98, 337
BLM: 2-4
FindingGod.com:
Messages of Hope and
Healing; Sacraments
Dictionaries
7.02.13
State that bishops and priest administer the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and
Catholics have the right to receive the sacrament when seriously ill.
97–98, 101
BLM: 3-4
FindingGod.com:
Messages of Hope and
Healing; Sacraments
Dictionaries
7.02.14
Show understanding that the Sacrament of Matrimony is a sacramental covenant not
just a contract.
161–162, 164–165 337
FindingGod.com:
Sacraments Dictionaries
7.02.15
Describe how the Sacrament of Matrimony is valid when the man and the woman are
baptized, freely express their consent, and intend to fulfill the contract for the good of
the spouses and the possibility of children.
161–162, 164–165, 188,
337
FindingGod.com:
Sacraments Dictionaries
7.02.16
Recognize the spouses as the ministers of the Sacrament of Matrimony through
expression of the marriage vows.
161–162, 164–165, 188
FindingGod.com:
Sacraments Dictionaries
7.02.17
Recognize the Sacrament of Holy Orders as valid for men who are baptized, prepared
through seminary education and called by the bishop to be ordained.
150–152, 153–154, 337
FindingGod.com: Our
Christian Leaders;
Sacraments Dictionaries
7.02.18
State that there are three ranks or orders of priesthood: the episcopate, the presbyterate
and the diaconate.
150–152, 153–154, 337
FindingGod.com: Our
Christian Leaders
7.02.19
Identify the priesthood as an apostolic call that comes from Jesus Christ
commissioning the apostles to continue the work of the Church.
153–154, 188
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Christian Leaders;
Diocesan History; The
Church Is Apostolic
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Goal Three: CHRISTIAN LIVING: Understand and live the moral
teachings of the Church through a life of discipleship in Jesus Christ
expressed in love for God, positive self-image, personal integrity, social
justice the dignity of the human person and love of neighbor.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
7.03.01
Show understanding that Christian discipleship requires following Jesus Christ as the
way, the truth and the life.
143, 156
Record: The Man Born
Blind; Paul Writes to
Philemon
FindingGod.com: Christ’s
Body
7.03.02
State the meaning of morality.
248–250, 255, 340, 242
7.03.03
Name the three sources of the morality of human acts.
248–250, 342
7.03.04
State the meaning of the maxim that the end does not justify the means.
248–250, 340, 343, 342
FindingGod.com:
Language of Truth
7.03.05
Integrate the meaning of Christian morality with Jesus’ teaching, the dignity of the
human person and the Incarnation.
73, 77–78, 144, 254, 342
Record: The Man Born
Blind; Paul Writes to
Philemon
Reflection: Paying the
Price
7.03.06
Identify steps in moral decision-making: see, judge, act.
248–250, 340, 342
Reflection: Paying the
Price
FindingGod.com:
Language of Truth;
Learning to Be Truthful;
You Are What You
Think; Lead Us Not into
Temptation
7.03.07
Describe how steps in decision-making relate to the sources of moral acts.
248–250, 340, 342
Reflection: Paying the
Price
FindingGod.com:
Language of Truth; Lead
Us Not Into Temptation
7.03.08
State how personal sins have social consequences.
87, 89, 229–230, 259, 341
BLM: 5-2
FindingGod.com: You
Are What You Think
7.03.09
Analyze the relationship between race prejudice and institutional racism as a social sin.
364
BLM: 5-2
FindingGod.com: Be a
Peacemaker! Week
7.03.10
State the importance of Christians taking an active part in public life and promoting the
common good.
157, 201
BLMs: 5-2, 5-4
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Show understanding that the good of the human person is the purpose of society.
141, 157, 201
BLM: 3-3
7.03.12
Recognize that human rights are based on the equality of all persons resting on their
dignity as human persons created in the image and likeness of God.
74, 147, 235, 345
Record: The Man Born
Blind
BLMs: 3-3, 5-2
FindingGod.com: Read
for Life
7.03.13
State the Ten Commandments.
89, 232–233, 239, 241–
243, 244, 245, 251–252,
259, 264, 269–270, 271–
272, 275, 311 320, 322
FindingGod.com: Ten
Commandments Booklet;
Seeing the Good in
Others; Walking in Their
Shoes; True Love;
Learning to Be Truthful;
What Did You Say?
7.03.14
State the Beatitudes.
130–132, 134, 321
FindingGod.com:
Beatitude Prayers; Living
the Beatitudes; Beatitude
People
7.03.15
State the principles of the social teaching of the Church.
19, 29, 39, 59, 73, 83,
103, 113, 127, 147, 157,
167, 191, 201, 211, 221,
235, 245, 260–262, 265,
275, 345–346
BLMs: 3-3, 5-2
FindingGod.com: Be a
Peacemaker! Week
7.03.16
Describe world peace as the work of justice and the effect of charity.
81, 137
BLM: 5-2
FindingGod.com: Be a
Peacemaker! Week
7.03.17
State meaning of sexuality as a gift of God and meant for married love between a man
and a woman.
151–152, 164, 341, 343
FindingGod.com: What
Holds You Back?
7.03.18
Recognize that every baptized person is to lead a chaste life no matter the state in life.
151–152, 341, 343
FindingGod.com: What
Holds You Back?
7.03.19
State meaning of abortion and why it is not an option for a Christian.
247–257, 341, 347
FindingGod.com: Read
for Life
7.03.20
Recognize that the Christian response to life is that human life has inherent dignity and
respects life in all its stages.
74, 147, 235, 345
Record: Paul Writes to
Philemon
BLMs: 3-3, 5-2
FindingGod.com: Read
for Life
7.03.21
State the seven deadly sins.
89, 341
BLM: 2-3
FindingGod.com: Vices
and Virtues
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Associate the discipleship in Christ and moral life.
248–250, 254, 340
Record: The Man Born
Blind
FindingGod.com: Be a
Peacemaker! Week; Jesus
Wants You
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Goal Four: SACRED SCRIPTURE: Read, comprehend and articulate
salvation history as conveyed in God’s revelation through the signs of
scripture.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
7.04.01
Show understanding of God’s revealing word in Sacred Scripture as unfolding
throughout the Old and New Testaments.
12, 13, 14, 15–16, 17, 23,
25, 311–317, 318
Record: The
Transfiguration; On the
Road to Emmaus
BLM: 4-4
FindingGod.com: How It
Came to Be; Servant
Songs
7.04.02
State meaning of divine inspiration in relationship to biblical authorship.
12, 13, 14, 15–16, 17, 23,
25, 311–317, 318
7.04.03
Differentiate between divinely inspired truth and literal fact when interpreting Sacred
Scripture.
12, 13, 14, 15–16, 17, 23,
25, 311–317, 318
7.04.04
Recognize that the Bible has both divine and human authorship initiated by God to
reveal the truths God intends.
12, 13, 14, 15–16, 17, 23,
25, 311–317, 318
7.04.05
State that the Church identifies 73 books in the canon of Scripture.
14, 25
BLM: 1-2
7.04.06
Describe the Church as having the authority to teach and interpret Sacred Scripture.
16, 17, 19
7.04.07
Recognize that God’s covenant with the Chosen People of the Old Testament was a
call to be holy.
12–14, 122, 160–161,
311–312, 313–314
Record: The
Transfiguration
7.04.08
State the meaning of the “Shema” of Israel.
12–13, 228
FindingGod.com: Hear, O
Israel
7.04.09
Describe the significance of the temple in Jerusalem to the Jews.
204–205, 368
FindingGod.com: Wall of
Opposition
7.04.10
State the relationship between Jews and Gentiles in First Century Palestine.
FindingGod.com: Wall of
Opposition; Source of
Strength; Hear, O Israel;
First-Century Time
Capsules
7.04.11
Show familiarity with the Gospel of Luke.
316, 171–223
BLMs: 4-1, 4-5
7.04.12
Identify the Gospel of Luke as a synoptic gospel.
314, 368
FindingGod.com: To Tell
the Truth
7.04.13
Identify how the Gospel of Luke incorporates conflict in the narrative.
172, 316
BLM: 4-5
FindingGod.com: What’s
the Solution?
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State the differences in the prologue of Luke’s gospel from both Mark and Matthew.
13, 23, 131, 314, 315–317
BLM: 4-1
FindingGod.com: To Tell
the Truth
7.04.15
Describe the Infancy Narrative in Luke and its difference from Matthew’s account.
120–121, 174–176, 286–
287, 315–317
BLM: 3-1
FindingGod.com:
Learning to Say Yes;
Hope for the World
7.04.16
State the significance of the temple scenes in the Narrative of Luke.
174–176, 286–287, 316
BLM: 4-1
FindingGod.com: Hope
for the World
7.04.17
Describe how Jesus prepares for his public ministry.
70–71, 72
FindingGod.com: Wall of
Opposition
7.04.18
Describe the ministry in Galilee and Jesus’ sensitivity to the needs of others especially
the poor.
131, 217
Record: The Feeding of
the 5,000
BLM: 4-5
FindingGod.com: They’ll
Know I’m Christian
7.04.19
Identify Luke’s gospel as a narrative: Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem.
196, 218
7.04.20
Recognize in Luke’s gospel Jesus’ teaching ministry in Jerusalem as authoritative and
prophetic.
316, 171–223
Record: On the Road to
Emmaus
7.04.21
Describe Jesus as compassionate, forgiving and innocent in his ultimate struggle
against evil in the passion narrative of the Gospel of Luke.
316, 171–223
FindingGod.com: To Tell
the Truth
7.04.22
Describe the resurrection narrative in the Gospel of Luke as the fulfillment of OT
promises and Jewish messianic hopes.
176, 217, 315, 316
Record: On the Road to
Emmaus
FindingGod.com:
Imaginary Interviews
7.04.23
Describe major themes of the Gospel of Luke.
316, 176, 171-223
7.04.24
Identify the role and significance of women in the Gospel of Luke.
110, 181
Record: On the Road to
Emmaus
BLM: 4-5
7.04.25
State the Gospel of Luke as showing the universal mission of Jesus extending from OT
promises to the Jews to include Gentiles.
316, 171–223
Record: On the Road to
Emmaus
7.04.26
Recognize how the Gospel of Luke shows Jesus’ compassion for Jerusalem and the
temple.
316, 204–205
FindingGod.com: To Tell
the Truth
7.04.27
Identify the figure of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke as son of Abraham, son of David,
son of Adam, son of God.
160, 171–223
FindingGod.com: To Tell
the Truth
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Goal Five: LITURGY: Understand and celebrate the liturgical rites of
the Church as expressed in the Church Year and epitomized in the
Eucharist the source and summit of Christian life.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
7.05.01
Show understanding that every Catholic has the obligation to attend Mass on all
Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation.
322, 337, 338–339
FindingGod.com: Come
and Worship
7.05.02
Show capacity to actively participate in the liturgy through taking appropriate roles.
155, 322, 338–339, 237–
240
FindingGod.com: Our
Christian Leaders
7.05.03
Show awareness of how diverse liturgical traditions and rites reveal the catholicity of
the Church.
154, 155
FindingGod.com: Our
Christian Leaders
7.05.04
Show that the Mass is a sacrifice because it memorializes the sacrifice of Christ who
offered himself once and for all to God for our sake.
155, 338, 237–240, 338–
339
FindingGod.com:
Eucharistic Prayer
7.05.05
State that Christ acting through the ministry of the priest offers himself in the
Eucharistic sacrifice.
151, 155, 238–240, 338–
339
BLM: 3-4
7.05.06
State that only the bishop and priests he authorizes can preside at the Eucharistic
liturgy.
150, 151–152, 153, 155
7.05.07
Identify the current Sunday in the liturgical calendar and identify the scriptural
readings for the Liturgy of the Word.
244, 338–339
FindingGod.com:
Preparing for Sunday;
Come and Worship
7.05.08
Describe how feasts of May and the saints are incorporated into the liturgical cycle.
306–308, 338–339
7.05.09
Prepare for Sunday liturgy by reflecting on the scriptures for that Sunday.
155, 244, 338–339
FindingGod.com:
Preparing for Sunday;
Come and Worship
7.05.10
Describe the funeral Mass as a special liturgy of blessing and farewell to the Christian
who has died.
338–339, 237–247
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Goal Six: CHRISTIAN PRAYER AND SPIRITUALITY: Understand
and express the different forms of prayer consciously recognizing the
work of the Holy Spirit and the meaning of self-surrender to God.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
7.06.01
Recognize Mary as a model of prayer.
178, 180, 326, 330–333
FindingGod.com: Rosary
Prayer Clothes
7.06.02
State how the Magnificat shows God’s power and justice.
283, 359
7.06.03
Describe how prayer is an act of self-surrender to God.
125, 273, 324–325
Record: The Feeding of
the 5,000
Reflection: Face to Face
FindingGod.com:
Growing in Prayer
7.06.04
Recognize meditation as an important form of prayer.
324–325
Record: The
Transfiguration
Reflection: Living in
Relationship
FindingGod.com:
Growing in Prayer
7.06.05
State how reading scripture leads us to prayer.
28
FindingGod.com: Gospel
Rocks; Model of
Holiness; Eucharistic
Prayers
7.06.06
State what it means to pray always.
329
FindingGod.com:
Personal Prayer; Growing
in Prayer
7.06.07
State how we use the prayers of the saints to help us to pray.
185, 306–308, 307
7.07.08
Describe that the Church prays the Liturgy of the Hours at special time of the morning
and evening.
155, 359
BLM: 1-5
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Goal Seven: CATHOLIC CHURCH: Understand and appreciate the
mystery of the Church, the Body of Christ, the community of believers,
as expressed in the Church’s origin, mission of evangelization,
hierarchical structure, marks, charisms, members and the communion of
saints.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
7.07.01
Show understanding that Catholic Church gradually is formed in the Christian era in
keeping with God’s plan.
154, 252, 318
FindingGod.com:
Looking at the Church; ―I
Belong‖ Poetry
7.07.02
Recognize that the Church is missionary by nature.
59, 83, 110, 131, 154, 346
FindingGod.com: New
Testament Search
7.07.03
State that the Church has a special mission to the poor.
59, 83 110, 131, 346
BLMs: 3-3, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4
FindingGod.com: New
Testament Search; They’ll
Know I’m Christian
7.07.04
Show understanding that all the living and dead form the Communion of Saints in the
Church.
306, 351
Finding God: Looking at
the Church
7.07.06
Recognize that the Church names Mary as Mother of the Church.
175, 178
Finding God: Looking at
the Church
7.07.07
State the belief that the Church has the power to forgive sins through the Sacraments.
87, 88, 334
7.07.08
Articulate understanding of the Rites of the Catholic Church as an expression of
diversity.
155, 322, 338–339, 237–
240, 365
Finding God: Looking at
the Church
7.07.09
State that the Rites of the Catholic Church derive from one profession of faith,
celebration of the seven sacraments and one hierarchy.
155, 322, 338–339, 237–
240, 365
Finding God: Looking at
the Church; Sacraments
Dictionaries
7.07.10
Show understanding that a Catholic may fully participate in the liturgies of all the Rites
of the Catholic Church.
322, 338–339, 365
Finding God: Looking at
the Church
7.07.11
State that the pope is the head of patriarchs, primates, metropolitans and bishops.
363, 153–154
FindingGod.com: Meet a
Pope
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Goal Eight: PARISH LIFE: Understand and participate in the life of the
Church as lived in the parish through its community, cultural aspects,
worship, sacramental life, service, missionary endeavors and
organization.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
7.08.01
Describe the organizational structure of the parish.
107, 150–152, 154, 155,
362
FindingGod.com: Back to
the Future; Letters of
Belonging
7.08.02
State how stewardship is important to the spiritual life of the parish.
150–152, 154, 155, 362
FindingGod.com: Back to
the Future; Letters of
Belonging; Family
Sundays
7.08.03
Describe how my membership to the parish is important in my life.
154, 155, 157
BLM: 5-5
FindingGod.com: Back to
the Future; Letters of
Belonging; Family
Sundays
7.08.03
Recognize that the parish has cultural, racial and ethnic identities that must be
respected and cherished as gifts of the Spirit to the life of the parish.
154, 155, 157
FindingGod.com: Back to
the Future
7.08.04
State how the cultures of a parish change based on the patterns of cultural change in
the city and neighborhoods.
154, 155, 157
FindingGod.com: Back to
the Future
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Goal Nine: VOCATION: Understand and undertake discipleship in
Christ responding in faith by participating in the mission of the Church
through living a specific call in the life of the Church.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
7.09.01
Recognize that God calls the Church and all its members the work of the Kingdom.
76–78, 79, 81, 82, 83,
132, 208, 75–85
Reflection: God’s Dream
for Us
BLM: 2-2
7.09.02
Identify vocation as a calling.
164-165, 204–205, 262
FindingGod.com:
Vocational Brochures
7.09.03
State the call to religious life in the Church is identified in two forms: active and
contemplative.
150–152, 156, 161–162,
164
7.09.04
Describe how apostolic religious orders provided teachers and catechists for parishes
in the United States for over 150 years.
153–154, 188, 348
FindingGod.com:
Diocesan History; The
Church Is Apostolic
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Goal Ten: ECUMENISM AND DIALOGUE: Understand and
participate in the call of the Church to be a sign of unity in the world
through knowledge of and collaboration with Christian churches, Jews,
Muslims and all faith traditions.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
7.10.01
State how the Church respects all faith traditions.
73, 147, 235, 269, 345
7.10.02
Show understanding that other religions must be respected.
73, 147, 235, 269, 345
Record: The Man Born
Blind
7.10.03
Show understanding that Judaism is a major world religion.
358
7.10.04
Describe culture and family life of the Jewish people during the time of Jesus.
Record: The Man Born
Blind
BLM: 4-5
7.10.05
Describe roles in family life and culture in First Century Judaism.
Record: The Man Born
Blind
BLM: 4-5
FindingGod.com: First-
Century Time Capsules
7.10.06
Describe the role of the rabbi in Jewish education.
Finding God: Hear, O
Israel
7.10.07
State the significance of Jerusalem as the center of Jewish worship, levite priesthood,
sacrifice, temple life and worship.
204–205, 357, 368
FindingGod.com: Hear, O
Israel
7.10.08
Show understanding that Jews express their faith in observing the commands of the
covenant, reading Sacred Scripture, synagogue worship and family culture.
43, 122, 160–161
Record: The Man Born
Blind
7.10.09
Show understanding that Islam is a religion that expresses faith in the one God.
357
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Grade Eight Goal One: CREED: Understand, believe and proclaim the Triune God as
revealed in the signs of creation, Sacred Scripture, Catholic Tradition
and human experience.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
8.01.01
Show understanding that the mystery of the Holy Trinity is central to the mystery of
the Christian faith and of Christian life.
23, 33, 46, 65b, 77, 80,
134, 205, 239, 369
Finding God.com: A
Community of Love
8.01.02
Show understanding of God as transcendent.
12–14, 18, 22–23, 131,
328
Record: The Story of
Creation
8.01.03
Articulate understanding that God is holy and completely deserving of our love and
worship.
13–15, 17, 18, 255, 355,
340, 370
8.01.04
Describe how we are attracted to the grandeur and beauty of God as we see this in
creation.
13, 14, 18, 19, 45–46, 48,
83, 156
Record: The Story of
Creation
Reflection: Together in
God
BLMs: 1-1, 1-4
FindingGod.com: Praising
Creation
8.01.05
State how the desire for God is written in the human heart because we are created by
God and for God.
12–15, 16–17, 18, 71
Reflection: Together in
God
8.01.06
Show that there is no contradiction between faith and reason.
16–17, 41, 42–44, 45–46,
48
Record: The Risen Jesus
Meets Thomas, Who Do
You Say That I Am?
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
BLM: 1–4
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Understanding
Rationalism
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8.01.07
Show how faith helps me to face the hardships of suffering, disappointment and
tragedy.
17, 27–28, 108, 188, 86–
88, 207–208
Reflection: Lasting
Presence
BLMs: 3–4, 3–5
8.01.08
State that God created us in a state of original holiness and justice.
13, 14–15, 18, 19, 358
Record: The Story of
Creation
Reflection: Lasting
Presence
8.01.09
State the meaning of original sin.
22, 26, 183c, 341, 362
BLM: 1–2
8.01.10
Recognize that God’s permitting evil is a mystery that God helps us to understand
through his Son Jesus Christ.
21–23, 24–26, 27–28, 78,
80–81
Record: Who Do You Say
That I Am?
Reflection: God’s
Greatest Gift
FindingGod.com: Wall of
Opposition
8.01.11
State the Incarnation is the mystery of the union of the divine and human natures in
Jesus Christ.
68, 78, 80–81, 123, 131–
132, 136, 172, 175, 176,
194–196, 198–199, 328,
357
Record: Who Do You Say
That I Am?
Reflection: Together in
God, God’s Greatest Gift,
Lasting Presence
BLM: 2–4
FindingGod.com: A
Community of Love, A
Model of Holiness;
Friendship with Jesus;
Titles of Jesus; The Right
Hand of the Father; Who
Do You Say That I Am?
8.01.12
Show understanding that the whole of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection is the
fulfillment of revelation.
22–23, 29, 34, 82, 89,
108, 143, 146, 175, 176,
186, 190, 197, 281 283,
285, 286, 295, 305, 306–
307, 365
Record: The Risen Jesus
Meets Thomas, Who Do
You Say That I Am?
Reflection: God’s
Greatest Gift; Lasting
Presence
BLMs: 1–3, 2–2
Finding God.com:
Imaginary Interviews;
From Death to Life; Hope
for the World; How It
Came to Be; Jesus’
Friends; Servant Songs
from Isaiah
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8.01.13
State belief that Jesus died for our sins opening the possibility of eternal union with
God.
23, 56, 106–108, 109–
111, 112, 307
Record: The Risen Jesus
Meets Thomas; Who Do
You Say That I Am?
Reflection: God’s
Greatest Gift; Lasting
Presence
BLM: 2–2
FindingGod.com: What
If...
8.01.14
State belief that Jesus’ death saves all people even though they do not know Christ.
22–23, 56
8.01.15
Recognize that God gives us only one life, unique and unrepeatable, that when we die
in God’s friendship we live forever in union with God in heaven.
109–111, 306–307
Reflection: Together in
God, Lasting Presence
8.01.16
Recognize that Mary collaborated with the whole redemptive work of her Son.
124, 163–164, 166
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
FindingGod.com:
Learning to Say Yes;
Mary, Mother of Sorrows;
Rosary Prayer Cloths
8.01.17
Describe how we pray and work for the coming of the Kingdom, but its fullness only
comes at the end of time.
24–26, 27–28, 110, 111,
231–232, 345–346
Record: Make Disciples
of All Nations
Reflection: Together in
God, Lasting Presence
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Goal Two: SACRAMENTS: Understand and participate in the
sacraments of the Church as efficacious signs of God’s grace, instituted
by Christ and entrusted to the Church.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
8.02.01
Recognize that the benefits of the sacramental life are personal and ecclesial.
26, 172, 179, 181, 184–
186, 187, 188, 191, 197,
207–208, 295, 299, 336
337
Reflection: Lasting
Presence
FindingGod.com:
Sacramental Dictionaries
8.02.02
State the conditions for Baptism being necessary for salvation.
23, 98, 175–176, 177–
179, 185–186, 299, 366
Record: Make Disciples
of All Nations
Reflection: Lasting
Presence
8.02.03
State the conditions for being saved without Baptism.
56, 186, 191
8.02.04
Recognize Confirmation as a sacrament of initiation carrying an indelible character
sealing the confirmands with the Gift of the Holy Spirit.
188, 197, 208, 323, 350,
351, 366
FindingGod.com: Gifts of
the Holy Spirit
8.02.05
Show understanding that every baptized person can and should receive the Sacrament
of Confirmation.
179, 187, 188, 191, 336
8.02.06
State the requirements for validly receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation.
177–179, 188
8.02.07
State the essential elements of the Sacrament of Confirmation.
187, 188, 208, 299, 336
8.02.08
State the gifts of the Holy Spirit and their meaning in the Christian life.
188, 197, 208, 323
FindingGod.com: Gifts of
the Holy Spirit
8.02.09
Choose a baptized Catholic to be your sponsor for Confirmation.
187, 188, 208, 299, 336
8.02.10
Select the name of a saint or holy person as the Confirmation name.
187, 188, 208, 299, 336
8.02.11
Show understanding that the Sacrament of Confirmation strengthens our bond with the
Church and her mission.
188, 191, 197, 299
BLM: Unit 4
8.02.12
Recognize the bishop as the ordinary minister of the Sacrament of Confirmation.
187, 188, 208, 299, 336
8.02.13
Complete the immediate preparation for receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation.
187, 188, 208, 299, 336
8.02.14
Be familiar with the order of the Rite of Confirmation.
187, 188, 336
BLM: Unit 4
8.02.15
Show understanding of the importance of the presentation of the candidates.
187, 188, 208, 299, 336
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State significance of the laying on of hands in relationship to the Sacrament of
Confirmation and to scripture.
208
BLM: 4–4
8.02.17
Describe the meaning of the anointing with chrism in the Sacrament of Confirmation.
187, 208, 295, 350
8.02.18
State that the Sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation provides a means to ongoing
conversion and renewal in the Christian life.
26, 205–206, 291, 337,
344, 388
BLM: 1–2
FindingGod.com: Meet
John the Baptist; Public
Relations for Reconcilers;
Twenty Questions
8.02.19
State the meaning of transubstantiation in the Holy Eucharist.
172, 196, 369
Reflection: Lasting
Presence
8.02.20
State that the essential elements of the Mass make up one complete act of worship.
201, 338–339, 359, 370
Reflection: Lasting
Presence
BLM: 4–3
8.02.21
Show understanding that the entire assembly make up the Body of Christ.
33–34, 303, 349
8.02.22
State that sacramental marriage consists of a man and woman freely pronouncing vows
agreeing to share their lives in fruitful love.
218–219, 337, 359
8.02.23
Show understanding that Christian marriage is a sign of Christ’s love for the Church.
219, 221, 337, 359
FindingGod.com: True
Love
8.02.24
Show understanding of the effects of Christian marriage.
218–219, 221, 337, 359
8.02.25
State understanding of the permanence of sacramental marriage.
218–219, 221, 337, 359
8.02.26
State that in the Sacrament of Holy Orders the bishop ordains priests and deacons as
co-workers with him in serving the people of God.
134, 215, 337, 366
8.02.27
State that the bishop blesses the oils used for the sacraments including chrism for the
Sacrament of Confirmation.
187, 208, 295
BLM: 4–4
8.02.28
Show understanding that because Christ is at work in the sacraments, they are effective
independent of the disposition or holiness of the priest.
336
Reflection: Lasting
Presence
8.02.29
State the sacraments in service of communion and mission.
134, 215, 218–219, 337,
356
Record: Make Disciples
of All Nations
BLM: 4–5
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Goal Three: CHRISTIAN LIVING: Understand and live the moral
teachings of the Church through a life of discipleship in Jesus Christ
expressed in love for God, positive self-image, personal integrity, social
justice, the dignity of the human person and love of neighbor.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
8.03.01
Recognize that we are created in the image and likeness of God.
13–15, 18, 19, 54, 346
Record: The Story of
Creation
Reflection: Together in
God
8.03.02
Describe human freedom as a force for growth and maturity.
80–81, 230, 239, 340, 342
BLM: 1–2
8.03.03
State that conscience is a judgment of reason that helps us see the moral quality of an
action.
227c, 230, 239, 240, 340,
342-343
BLM: 5–2
FindingGod.com: Lead Us
Not Into Temptation;
Learning to Be Truthful;
The Language of Truth;
You Are What You Think
8.03.04
Recognize that some acts are wrong no matter how good the end or intention.
239, 341
8.03.05
State acts that are inherently and seriously wrong.
110, 206, 228–230, 238–
239, 241–243, 258, 258,
262–263, 264, 268–270,
271–273, 341
BLMs: 1–2, 5–2
FindingGod.com: What
Holds You Back?; What’s
the Message?
8.03.06
Recognize that to receive God’s mercy and forgiveness we must admit our sins.
26, 151, 203b, 203c, 204–
206, 209, 210, 211, 291,
337, 344
Reflection: God’s
Greatest Gift
BLM: 5–1
FindingGod.com: Public
Relations for Reconcilers
8.03.07
State that we transform society by implementing the Church’s Social Teaching.
19, 53–54, 59, 73, 93, 97,
127, 137, 147, 157, 167,
211, 221, 235, 238–239,
241–243, 244, 245, 258–
260, 261–263, 275, 345–
346
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
BLMs: 2–1, 3–3, 5–1
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Describe the common good as the sum total of social conditions allowing people to
reach their fulfillment.
33, 52–54, 57, 71, 87,
144, 154–155, 231, 242,
258–260, 261–263, 351
Record: Ruth and Naomi
Reflection: Faith Made
Real; Reflecting the Holy
BLMs: 3–2, 3–3, 5–1
FindingGod.com: Our
Christian Leaders; Seeing
Good in Others
8.03.09
State how natural law expresses the dignity of the person and is the basis for
fundamental rights and duties.
228–230, 241–243, 261–
263, 346, 361, 365
Record: Ruth and Naomi
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
FindingGod.com:
Commandment Booklets;
Read for Life; Seeing
Good in Others; Walking
in Their Shoes; What did
You Say?
8.03.10
Show understanding that Catholic citizens have the duty to work with civil authority
for building up a just society.
232–233, 261–263
BLM: 5–1
8.03.11
Recognize that citizens are obliged in conscience not to follow the directives of civil
authorities when they are against the moral order.
230, 242–243
8.03.12
Show understanding that legitimate defense is a grave duty for whoever is responsible
for the lives of others or the common good.
157, 242–243
8.03.13
Recognize that the legitimate use of the death penalty is practically non-existent.
243, 245
8.03.14
Describe the relationship between having the right to private property and the common
good.
345–346, 351
8.03.15
State the Church’s teaching that human life begins with conception and ends with
natural death.
113, 243
8.03.16
State the conditions for abortion being a grave sin.
241, 242, 243, 347
8.03.17
Recognize that the Church has a right and duty to teach moral truth.
134–135, 143–144, 230
Record: Make Disciples
of All Nations
Reflections: Faith Made
Real
FindingGod.com: Lead Us
Not Into Temptation;
Learning to Be Truthful
8.03.18
State meaning of justification as a gift from God and not merited by human endeavor.
22–23, 85–95, 297–301
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State that God’s sanctifying grace helps us to seek holiness by our free response to
doing God’s will in living the Christian life.
175, 177–179, 185, 295,
347, 355, 366
Reflections: Together in
God, God’s Greatest Gift,
Lasting Presence
FindingGod.com:
Beatitude People; Faith,
Hope, and Love; Living
the Beatitudes; Love
Mobiles
8.03.20
Recognize that the Holy Spirit guides Christians to set their hearts on the Kingdom of
God rather than on material riches.
17, 22–23, 32–34, 38, 39,
101, 121, 231–232
Reflection: God’s
Greatest Gift, Lasting
Presence
BLMs: 1–3, 2–4
FindingGod.com:
Looking from a Different
Angle
8.03.21
Show understanding that the Christian life requires preferential love for the poor.
53, 258–260, 264–265
Reflection: Faith Made
Real; Reflecting the Holy
BLMs: 3–3, 5–1
FindingGod.com:
Beatitude Prayers
8.03.22
Identify the fruits of the Holy Spirit as signs of the Christian life.
248, 303, 323, 355
Reflection: Together in
God, God’s Greatest Gift,
Faith Made Real, Lasting
Presence, Reflecting the
Holy
BLMs: 1–3, 3–3, 3–4, 3–
5, 5–1
FindingGod.com: Words
That Heal
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Goal Four: SACRED SCRIPTURE: Read, comprehend and articulate
salvation history as conveyed in God’s revelation through the signs of
scripture
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
8.04.01
Recognize the Holy Spirit as central to opening the eyes of those who read scripture
and moving them to have faith in God.
14–15, 17, 22–23, 32–34,
38, 39, 101, 301–304
BLMs: 1–3, 1–4, 2–1, 2–
2, 2–3, 2–4, 2–5, 3–2, 3–
3, 3–4, 3–5, 4–1, 4–2, 4–
4, 5–1, 5–2, 5–5
FindingGod.com: Holy
Spirit, Source of Unity;
Moved by the Spirit
8.04.02
Name and describe the two senses of Scripture: literal and spiritual.
44
8.04.03
Identify three categories of the spiritual sense of Scripture: allegorical, moral, and
anagogical.
BLMs: 2–1, 3–2, 3–3, 3–
5, 5–2
FindingGod.com: Parable
Posters
8.04.04
Show understanding that Sacred Scripture and Tradition make up a single deposit of
the Word of God.
78, 134–135, 366, 369
BLM: 4–4
FindingGod.com: Bible
Covers
8.04.05
Recognize that to discover the scripture author’s intention the reader must take into
account the culture, history and literary forms of that time.
311–317
BLMs: 1–2, 1–4, 2–1, 2–
3, 3–4, 4–4, 5–1
8.04.06
Explain that the author of the Gospel of Luke also wrote the Acts of the Apostles.
316
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Rocks; To Tell the Truth
8.04.07
Show familiarity with the geography and principal cities of the Middle Eastern world
and Rome.
12–15, 55–56, 86–87, 319
8.04.08
Show familiarity with the Acts of the Apostles.
99, 297, 298, 299, 316,
347
8.04.09
State the literary style of the Acts of the Apostles including Hellenistic (Greek)
historiography.
99, 297, 298, 299, 316,
347
8.04.10
State the structure of the Acts of the Apostles.
99, 297, 298, 299, 316,
347
8.04.11
Identify the Holy Spirit received by the disciples at Pentecost as the major figure in the
Acts of the Apostles enlivening the establishment of the Church after the ascension of
Jesus.
9, 13, 120, 187, 279, 301,
303, 304
BLM: 1–5
FindingGod.com: Holy
Spirit, Source of Unity;
Pentecost Update
8.04.12
Describe the Prologue of the Acts of the Apostles as the introduction to Acts and
description of the purpose of the account.
65e, 67, 99, 315–317
8.04.13
Describe the preparation period for the mission, the replacement of Judas and Peter’s
leadership, Jesus’ leaving and the role of the Holy Spirit.
17, 22–23, 32–34, 38, 39,
122–123, 204, 297–300
FindingGod.com: Who Is
Saint Peter?
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8.04.14
Recount the mission of the first witnesses in Jerusalem led by Peter.
96, 122–123, 134, 144
8.04.15
State the role of the first deacons and which community they were called to serve.
121
8.04.16
State the significance of the story of Stephen in the Acts of the Apostles.
121
8.04.17
Recount the mission in Judea and Samaria led by Peter and Saul’s conversion.
53, 63, 67, 122, 124, 302,
303
8.04.18
Recount the story of Peter’s acceptance of Gentiles into baptism and the first
missionary journey of Paul.
53, 117
FindingGod.com: Paul
and Silas
8.04.19
Recount the gathering of the Council of Jerusalem and the question about
circumcision.
53, 117, 351
BLM: 1–5
8.04.20
Recount Paul’s second missionary journey.
63, 67, 302–303
FindingGod.com: Paul
and Silas
8.04.21
Recount Paul’s third missionary journey.
63, 67, 302–303
8.04.22
Describe why letters are incorporated into Sacred Scripture.
303, 314, 317
8.04.23
Describe how the stories of the early Christian movement help us to understand the
beginnings of the Church.
9, 63, 117, 130–132, 225,
312, 314
Record: The Risen Jesus
Meets Thomas, Make
Disciples of All Nations
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
BLM: 1–5
FindingGod.com: New
Testament Search; Life in
the Early Church
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Goal Five: LITURGY: Understand and celebrate the liturgical rites of
the Church as expressed in the Church Year and epitomized in the
Eucharist the source and summit of life.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
8.05.01
Show understanding that all participating in the liturgical rites have particular roles.
336–337
Reflection: Lasting
Presence
BLM: 4–4
8.05.02
Show understanding of all the parts of the Mass and the role of the assembly.
338–339
BLM: 4–3
8.05.03
Show an understanding of the liturgical year.
176, 279, 280, 337
BLM: 4–1
FindingGod.com: A
Lenten Quiz
8.05.04
Show an understanding of the liturgical colors and their significance in the liturgical
year.
280
8.05.05
Recognize the different areas of the church and their significance.
BLM: 4–3
8.05.06
Identify the symbols used in the church.
87, 90, 92, 174, 185, 330,
352
BLMs: 4–2, 4–3
FindingGod.com: Christ’s
Body; Waters of Life
8.05.07
Identify the vessels and other common objects used in liturgical rites and their use.
34, 123, 177,178, 193c
199, 200, 207, 350, 355,
358, 361
BLMs: 4–2, 4–4
8.05.08
Identify the vestments used in liturgical celebrations and their use.
336, 338–340
8.05.09
Identify devotional and artistic symbols in the church.
32, 186, 195, 226, 229,
250, 334–335, 368
BLM: 4–3
FindingGod.com:
Christian Mosaics
8.05.10
Show understanding of the roles of the priest and deacon in the Mass.
134, 214–216, 217, 352,
364
8.05.11
Show understanding that the Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life.
175, 176, 194-196, 198-
199, 353
Reflection: Lasting
Presence
BLM: 4–3
FindingGod.com:
Eucharistic Prayers;
Forgive Us Our
Trespasses; Source of
Strength
8.05.12
Show understanding of public devotion in parish life especially eucharistic adoration
and benediction.
164, 295, 330–331, 322–
333, 334–335
Reflection: Lasting
Presence
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8.05.13
Name the special signs of the bishop: the miter, crosier, pectoral cross and ring.
174, 352
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Goal Six: CHRISTIAN PRAYER AND SPIRITUALITY: Understand
and express the different forms of prayer consciously recognizing the
work of the Holy Spirit and the meaning of self-surrender to God.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
8.06.01
Exhibit facility in praying to the Holy Spirit as a sign of awareness that the Holy Spirit
is at work in me.
38, 180, 190, 324, 327
BLM: 1–3
FindingGod.com: Holy
Spirit Candles
8.06.02
Describe how the gifts of the Holy Spirit are essential to Christian spiritual life.
188, 192, 197, 208, 323,
351, 354, 355, 358, 363,
369, 370
BLM: 1–3
FindingGod.com: Gifts of
the Holy Spirit
8.06.03
Identify psalms used in the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
315–317
8.06.04
Show understanding that prayer is a way of life.
18, 27, 36, 38, 48, 58, 62,
72, 82, 92, 102, 112, 116,
125–126, 136, 146, 156,
156–166, 170, 180, 190,
200, 210, 220, 224, 234,
244, 254, 264, 274, 324–
325, 329
Reflection: Together in
God
FindingGod.com:
Growing in Prayer;
Personal Prayer; Personal
Noise-Survey
8.06.05
State that Christians pray the way Jesus prayed.
28
8.06.06
Exhibit facility in finding psalms in the Bible and choosing appropriate psalms for
group prayer.
47
8.06.07
Describe contemplation as quiet prayer.
252, 325
FindingGod.com:
Personal-Noise Survey
8.06.08
Recognize the Liturgy of the Hours as a prayer form that Christians of all states in life
may pray.
359
8.06.09
Describe how prayer leads to a peaceful attitude about life.
18, 125, 329
Reflection: Together in
God; God’s Greatest Gift,
Lasting Presence
FindingGod.com:
Personal Prayer
8.06.10
State that the Church prays for both the living and the dead.
101, 110, 307, 328
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Goal Seven: CATHOLIC CHURCH: Understand and appreciate the
mystery of the Church, the Body of Christ, the community of believers,
as expressed in the Church’s origin, mission of evangelization,
hierarchical structure, marks, charism, members and the communion of
saints.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
8.07.01
Show understanding that the Church is a living institution, both human and divine,
gifted by the Holy Spirit with a mission to the world.
9–10, 33–34, 63–64, 81,
117–118, 121, 140–142,
160–162, 171–172, 225–
226
Record: The Risen Jesus
Meets Thomas; Who Do
You Say That I Am?;
Make Disciples of All
Nations
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
BLMs: 1–3, 1–5, 3–3
FindingGod.com: Letters
of Belonging; Litany of
Love; The Church Is
Apostolic
8.07.02
The Church has special charisms that she receives from the Holy Spirit to accomplish
its work.
188, 197, 208, 323
Record: Who Do You Say
That I Am?; Make
Disciples of All Nations
BLMs: 1–3
8.07.03
Recognize that the members of the Church have contributed and have undermined the
mission throughout her history.
63, 64, 87, 117, 118, 130–
132, 140–142, 144, 150–
151, 153, 172, 179, 225,
226
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
BLM: 5–1
FindingGod.com: What
Does Courage Look Like?
8.07.04
Show understanding that the Church is a sign to the world of its salvation in Christ.
23, 121, 127, 135, 143–
144, 160–162
Record: Who Do You Say
That I Am?; Make
Disciples of All Nations
FindingGod.com:
Looking at the Church
8.07.05
Identify that the Pope, as the visible head of the Church, is a world leader to whom
people look for inspiration, guidance and hope.
97, 118, 134–135, 161–
162, 363
Record: Who Do You Say
That I Am?
FindingGod.com: Meet a
Pope: The Church Is
Apostolic
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8.07.06
Describe the origin of the Church at the time of Pentecost.
9, 13, 120, 123, 301–304
Record: The Risen Jesus
Meets Thomas; Make
Disciples of All Nations
FindingGod.com:
Pentecost Update
8.07.07
Recognize that the Church’s gifts and growth are evident through all periods of history
in the last 2000 years.
9, 10, 63, 64, 117, 118,
171, 172, 225, 226, 318–
319
Record: Make Disciples
of All Nations
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
FindingGod.com:
Diocesan History;
Illustrated Dictionary; The
Church in the United
States
8.07.08
Identify the early period of the Church from 30 CE —313 CE including the Apostolic
Age, the role of deacons and deaconesses, Roman persecutions, move from Jewish to
Gentile membership, the contributions of the early fathers, and the importance of
councils.
9, 10, 53, 63, 81, 117,
121, 130–132, 134, 171,
225, 351, 352
Record: Make Disciples
of All Nations
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
BLM: 1–5
FindingGod.com: First
Century Time Capsules
8.07.09
Identify main events of the Church’s Age of Expansion from 313 — 700 CE beginning
with the Edict of Toleration, the organization of the Church after the persecutions, the
decisions of the ecumenical councils, the expansion of the Church across Europe
through missionary activity, and the growth of monasticism.
10, 64, 76, 77, 118, 132,
141, 142, 172, 226, 318–
319
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
BLM: 3–3
FindingGod.com
8.07.10
State other world events during the Age of Expansion and the evangelization of
Europe.
64, 97, 103, 118, 172,
226, 354,
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
FindingGod.com
8.07.11
Identify the major events during the Age of Medieval Europe from 700 to 1500 CE, the
Romanization of the papacy and its effects, the contribution of Charlemagne Emperor
of the Roman Empire to the peace of Europe, the Crusades, the claiming of land for
religion, the Black Death, the architecture and art of Medieval Europe and their
influence on the building of cathedrals, the role the Inquisition, the Great Schism
resulting in the split between Eastern and Western Christianity, the rise of the
mendicant religious orders as a way to reform the Church.
64, 86, 118, 142, 149c,
150–153, 319, 353, 360
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
FindingGod.com: Saints
and Symbols
8.07.12
State the Eastern Rites as rites of the Catholic Church faithful to the Pope.
150–151
109
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8.07.13
State the challenges to the Church in the later Medieval Period, the move of the papacy
to France, the Renaissance and Christian humanism.
118, 319
8.07.14
Show understanding of the causes of the Reformation, the rise of Protestantism and the
Counter-Reformation of the Catholic Church to begin the inner work of reform begun
in the Council of Trent in the Age of Reform from 1517 to 1891 CE.
118, 160–161, 172, 195,
196, 319
BLM: 3–5
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Church in the United
States
8.07.15
Show understanding of the growth of missionary orders in the Church, the
establishment of dioceses in the New World, the rise of anti-Catholicism, the rise of
Deism and the Age of Enlightenment, the growth of apostolic religious life, the popes
in the Modern Age.
10, 64, 96–98, 118, 154–
155, 172, 226, 319
BLM: 3–5
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Church in the United
States
8.07.16
Describe the Age of the Modern Church beginning in 1890 as a sign of hope for
society undergoing vast change through the rise and fall of totalitarian governments
10, 64, 118, 172, 226,
260, 261–263
8.07.17
Recount the Vatican II Council as the ecumenical council leading the Catholic Church
into a place of spiritual leadership in modern society, addressing particularly the work
of ecumenism and religious dialogue, the role of bishops in subsidiarity, and the
current challenges of the Church in the era of global economics and quest for peace.
64, 76, 91, 161–162, 167,
353, 368
8.07.18
Show understanding of the leadership role of Pope John Paul II in the Church and the
world through the call for a new evangelization.
59, 91, 97, 103, 126, 151,
162, 260
8.07.19
Show understanding that the Catholic Church from early times until the present
responds to the Holy Spirit through reform and inner conversion.
10, 33, 64, 81, 121, 140–
142, 172, 226
BLMs: 1–3, 1–5
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8.07.20
State the understanding of the Church as the Body of Christ, the Pilgrim Church and
the Church as Sacrament as images of the Church expressed in the encyclicals and
documents of modern popes and the Vatican II Council.
76, 81, 162, 167, 172,
179, 196
8.07.20
Show understanding and commitment to the Church and its service to the poor.
53, 167, 223–224, 258–
260, 346
BLM: 5–4
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Goal Eight: PARISH LIFE: Understand and participate in the life of the
Church as lived in the parish through its community, cultural aspects, worship,
sacramental life, service, missionary endeavors and organization.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
8.08.01
Recognize that my life as a confirmed Catholic is actively lived in the parish.
19, 29, 39, 40, 49, 59, 60
73, 83, 93, 104, 113, 114,
127, 137, 147, 148, 157,
167, 168, 181, 191, 201,
211, 212, 221, 222, 235,
245, 246, 255, 265, 266,
275
Reflection: Together in
God, Faith Made Real
BLM: 3–3
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Belong‖ Poetry, Back to
the Future; Family
Sundays; Family Unity;
Jesus Wants You; Letters
of Belonging; Preparing
for Sunday
8.08.02
Show understanding of stewardship as a spiritual commitment to taking responsibility
for global environmental and human concerns.
19, 62–63, 115–116, 169–
170, 223–224, 227–228
BLMs: 2–1, 3–2, 3–3
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Christian Leaders
8.08.03
Describe stewardship in parish life as giving my time, talent and treasure as a response
of gratitude to the treasury of blessings God gives to me.
19, 62–63, 115–116, 169–
170, 223–224, 227–228
263, 264
BLMs: 2–1, 3–2, 3–3
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the Future; Beatitude
People; Our Christian
Leaders
8.08.04
Show understanding of the organizational structure of the parish.
193–203
8.08.05
State the cultural, racial and ethnic diversity of the parish as gifts that enrich the entire
community.
66-68, 69-71, 197-199
251-253
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Goal Nine: VOCATION: Understand and undertake discipleship in
Christ responding in faith by participating in the mission of the Church
through living a specific call in the life of the Church.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
8.09.01
Recognize that every baptized Catholic has a specific call from the Holy Spirit to be
lived in the life of the Church.
133–135, 143, 145–146,
185–186, 187–188, 190
Record: Make Disciples
of All Nations
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
BLMs: 3–1, 3–2, 3–3
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and Worship, Our
Christian Leaders
8.09.02
State that every Catholic has a vocation.
133, 220, 221
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
BLMs: 3–3, 4–5, 5–1
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Vocational Brochures
8.09.03
Recognize the Church’s understanding of vocation as a call from God to engage in the
mission of the Church.
33, 133, 360, 370
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
BLMs: 3–3, 4–5, 5–1
8.09.04
Know the different calls in the Church as vocation.
133, 181, 214–216, 218–
219, 221, 370
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
BLMs: 3–3, 4–5, 5–1
8.09.05
State that catechists respond to a specific call of the Church to witness and teach the
Gospel.
179
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Goal Ten: CATHOLIC CHURCH: ECUMENISM AND DIALOGUE:
Understand and participate in the call of the Church to be a sign of unity
in the world through knowledge of and collaboration with Christian
churches, Jews, Muslims and all faith traditions.
Learning Outcomes Finding God References
8.10.01
Show that ecumenism and dialogue are evangelizing works of the Church in the task of
creating unity and peace in the world.
54, 55–56, 58, 59, 91,
118, 145–146, 150-151
Record: Make Disciples
of All Nations
Reflection: Faith Made
Real
BLM: 3–1, 3–2, 3–3
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Peacemaker! Week, Our
Christian Leaders
8.10.02
Recognize the growth of Islam as a world religion, its contributions to culture and
world peace.
55, 59
8.10.03
Describe the Five Pillars of Islam.
55
8.10.04
State the religious holy days of Eid al-Fitr, at the end of Ramadan, and Eid al-Adha.
55
8.10.05
Identify the life of present day Judaism as organized around the synagogue and the
rabbi.
55, 91, 358
8.10.06
Describe how anti-Semitism began and how Catholics do not engage in any form of
anti-Semitism today.
90–91
8.10.07
Name Lutheran, Episcopal, Baptist, Methodist and Apostolic churches as some of the
churches evolved from the time of the Reformation.
54, 118, 160–161
8.10.09
Describe the Orthodox Church as the eastern church resulting from the Great Schism.
150–151