Unit 4: 

Term 4, 2025:  Sacraments of Healing

In this unit, students explore the human experience and Catholic understanding of sin, forgiveness and reconciliation. Students reflect on examples of forgiveness and healing in Scripture. Learning activities explore the celebration of the Sacrament of Penance, restorative justice as a way of healing brokenness in the world and Anointing of the sick.

We will achieve this by understanding the following:

• Their own experiences of sin, repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation

• The origins of Sin in Judaism in the time of Jesus, specifically the response to Jesus’ healing ministry

• Sin damages our relationship with God and we repair this through reconciliation. 

• The Church continues the mission of the compassionate and merciful Jesus e.g. through organisations such as St Vincent De Paul

We have these goals because the symbols and rituals of the Sacraments of Christian healing are the touch of God in our lives and they deepen our understanding of the human need for community.