Catholic Studies

Happy New Year everyone! It is absolutely wonderful to be back for another year. As this is our first article for the year, I thought it best to start by introducing you all to the Catholic Studies team for 2020. This year it is my pleasure to be working alongside the following staff-members:  Michael Hewitt, Tim Davis, Shelly Verbruggen, Charles Hibberd, Marita Cummins, Trish Furey, James Furey, Sarah Coates, Debbie Kimber, Brendan Goswell, Mark Sultana, Michael Stubbs, Will Gregson and Janine Sawtell.  

Over the course of this term students from Years 7-10 will be focussing on the area of Church and Community. In Stage 4, Year 7 will focus on ‘What it means to be Catholic’ whilst Year 8 will learn about the lives and experiences of key people in the Catholic faith through the topic of ‘Disciples, Martyrs and Witnesses’ to the Catholic faith. In Stage 5, Year 9 will explore the ‘Church in Australia’ discovering how it started and how Catholicism has grown over the last two centuries. Year 10 will take a broader look at the Church in terms of the tradition, challenges and changes that have occurred.

Our Stage 6 students meanwhile, are embarking on their accelerated courses and will be completing their preliminary course in this first term. Year 11 Catholic Studies students will be deepening and applying their knowledge in terms of being Catholic and will also be introduced to Christology, the branch of Christian theology relating to the person, nature, and role of Christ.  Studies of Religion students will journey through the topic of the ‘Nature of Religion and Belief’ before starting depth studies which focus on the Islamic and Christian religions. 

Over the course of this first term Year 7 and the Year 10 Ministry classes will be having class Mass in our on-site chapel. I would strongly encourage parents and grandparents to join in these Eucharistic celebrations wherever possible as this will help to support and strengthen the foundations of faith for your child. The Mass is held on Tuesday mornings starting at 9am. The following table will show you which class will be attending each week.

On behalf of our entire team, we look forward to walking with your child guided by the light of Christ over the coming year.

God bless

Caroline Doyle
Leader of Catechesis