RELIGIOUS STUDIES

Religious Studies is an integral part of Our Lady of the Rockies High School. Students will follow a progression of Religious Studies 15, 25, and 35. Nine credits in Religious Studies is a requirement for participation in graduation at OLR

Religious Studies (Roman Catholic) 15 – Christ and Culture (3 credits):

This program explores major cultural issues from a Christological perspective. Beginning with their own life experiences, students acquire a deeper and more systematic knowledge of themselves, Christ’s message, and the Church. Connections between the Church and contemporary culture are explored in terms of what it means to be a responsible adolescent developing as a member of a Catholic Christian community while living within the context of a broader culture.

Religious Studies (Roman Catholic) 25 – Jesus Christ: God’s Gift of Salvation

(3 credits):

Using the Gospels as primary sources, this course explores Jesus’ birth, early life, and ministry; his preaching of the Kingdom of God; his special teachings, particularly the parables; and his miracles. It then focuses on the scriptural accounts of his death and Resurrection, and the Ascension, and their central significance for the church’s understanding of Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God.

Religious Studies (Roman Catholic) 35 – In Search of the Good (3 credits):

Through an examination of ethical theories, the revelation of Sacred Scripture, and the lived experience and teaching of the Catholic Church, the course invites students to mature as active participants in their faith. At the heart of catechesis is the human search for happiness as the completion of the superabundant love of God. The same tension which exists between the revelation of God’s love and the explorations of human reason are worked out in the areas of freedom, justice, human relations, ecology, reconciliation, life in community and political life.

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