Religion 10

Nature & Purpose of the Human Person (SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER)

• Us and the Image of God
• Characteristics of a moral person
• Absolute truth vs. moral relativism
• Happiness as a result of Communion with Christ
• Faculties of the soul: Reason and Free Will (ORE in next unit/s)
• The role of the Church in morality (ORE in next unit)
• Other idols or gods in our society (ORE in other unit)

Principles of Morality and Decision Making and Good Relationships (OCTOBER – DECEMBER)

• Difference between happiness and pleasure (ORE in previous unit)
• Characteristics of a loving relationship
• Divine law and natural law as everyone’s basis for living morally
• Man made laws vs. God made laws
• The Beatitudes
• Three parts of morality
• The role of prayer in moral living (ORE in other unit)
• Decision making as moral decisions and their effects
• Positive and negative criteria in decision making

Conscience and Conscience Formation (DECEMBER)

• Conscience formation
• Factors that influence conscience
• Healthy vs. unhealthy conscience

Sin and Reconciliation (JANUARY – FEBRUARY)

• The problem of evil
• Sin – personal, original, mortal, venial, commission, omission
• Seven capital sins
• Virtue vs. vice as moral habits (ORE in previous unit)
• Consequences of sin (ORE in previous unit)
• Jesus’ unconditional and forgiving love
• Four parts to the forgiveness of sins
• The Sacrament of Reconciliation
• The four cardinal virtues

Living in Good Relationship and Living Chastity (MARCH – APRIL)

• Three theological virtues (ORE in previous unit)
• The Trinity
• Love as a gift of self
• Living a Sacramental life
• The meaning of chastity and our bodies and sexuality as a good gift from God
• The meaning of sex and the purpose of sexual intercourse
• Sins against the sixth commandments: pre-marital sex, pornography, same sex acts, extra-marital sex, lust, and masturbation, and contraception
• Difference between birth regulation and contraception
• Sanctity of Marriage
• Difference between dating and courtship

Reverencing the Sacredness of Life and Justice (MAY – JUNE)

• The sacredness of human life and when it begins
• All human life as God’s creation (ORE in previous unit)
• Importance of issues such as abortion, euthanasia, and preserving life
• Other sins against the sanctity of life
• Most important question to ask about the unborn and features of them
• Abortion and euthanasia and their importance today
• Just treatment of the sick, elderly, handicap, and vulnerable
• Ordinary and extraordinary means
• Principle of double effect (ORE in previous unit)
• Principles of integrity, trust, justice
• Personal attitudes towards justice today
• The meaning of justice and the sins against it (eg. theft, greed etc.)
• Injustice around the world (poverty, human trafficking, child exploitation etc.)
• The poor and global citizenship
• Stewards of the earth and the real meaning of dominion over creation