The Church: Our Story : Catholic Tradition, Mission, and Practice

by Driedger, Patricia Morrison

• ISBN13: 9780877936671
• ISBN10: 0877936676
• Edition: Student
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Ave Maria Pr

Summary

Written in accord with the Catechism of the Catholic Church and rooted in the sound catechetical principles of the National Catechetical Directory, these texts present a well-defined curriculum model that stresses clear objectives, careful organization, and creative methods and evaluation procedures to check the attainment of goals. Very flexible, allowing teachers to select materials to highlight and stress, each text can be implemented on various grade levels for a quarter, a semester, or a full year depending on the length and frequency of class meetings.

Intended to function as the primary textbook for a semester or year-long course in a Catholic high school at the eleventh and twelfth grade levels the goal of the course is to help students understand the interrelationship of the components of the Catholic Church. This course emphasizes the living Church and what it is in the present moment and is constructed around themes such as the Church as the People of God, the Church as servant, and the Church as sacrament. Each theme traces major periods of Church

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(2)
Part 1: What Is Church?	11	(24)
A House on a Rock	13	(22)
Part 2: The Church Is Mystery	35	(44)
Enduring and Developing	37	(18)
Permanent and Unchanging	55	(24)
Part 3: The Church Is the People of God	79	(26)
Together as One	81	(12)
Who Is Catholic?	93	(12)
Part 4: The Church Is Teacher	105	(42)
Creeds, Laws, Dogmas, and Doctrines	107	(20)
The Good News Proclaimed	127	(20)
Part 5: The Church Is Sacrament	147	(32)
A Sign and Source of God's Grace	149	(14)
Sacraments for God's Faithful	163	(16)
Part 6: The Church Is Servant	179	(34)
The Social Doctrine of the Church	181	(16)
Responding to Those in Need	197	(16)
Part 7: The Church Is a Communion of Saints	213	(28)
Who Are the Saints?	215	(14)
Mary: Model and Mother of the Church	229	(12)
Part 8: The Church Is	241	(25)
Review and Preview	243	(23)
Index	266	(4)
References Cited	270