1/5/26 - 1/9/26
This is where I post when assignments are due, as well as when tests/quizzes will take place.
Monday (1/5): Saint Research Project - BEGINS!
Tuesday (1/6):
Wednesday (1/7):
Thursday (1/8):
Friday (1/9): Saint Canonization Quiz
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
January Prayer of the Month: There is NO Prayer of the Month for January. We will use this month to review all the prayers we've studied. We will resume Prayer of the Month in February!
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Quizzes in Religion Class are closed-book and closed-note. They take place at the end of the week. The material that students are being quizzed on is based on what we've learned, discussed, and worked on all week long.
Tests in Religion Class are open-book and open-note. They take place every few weeks. The material that students are being tested on is based on what we've learned, discussed, and worked on for the past few weeks.
Both for quizzes and tests, I will always let students know how they can prepare, and what specific things they should be studying from.
Objectives
This is where I post, specifically, what we will be learning this week.
SAINT CANONIZATION
This week, students will explore:
The importance and significance of the Saint Canonization Process.
The Four Step Canonization Process: Servant of God, Venerable, Blessed, Saint
SAINT RESEARCH PROJECT
Students will begin researching their saint for the 2026 Saint Research Project.
EPIPHANY
Students will understand the importance of the Epiphany, and how it relates to the Christmas Season.
CHAPTER 3: Seven Sacraments
This week, students will continue to explore:
The importance and significance of the Seven Sacraments of the Holy Catholic Church.
The three categories of the Seven Sacraments.
Initiation
Service
Healing
The following vocabulary words: sacrament, sanctifying grace, Christian Initiation, common vocation, holiness, Penance, Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, Matrimony
RELIGION READ ALOUD: Heaven is For Real
Starting Trimester 1, students will begin listening to the read aloud book, Heaven is For Real.
Short Summary: Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back is a 2010 New York Times best-selling Christian book written by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent and published by Thomas Nelson Publishers. The book documents the report of a near-death experience by Burpo's three-year-old son Colton.
Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent co-wrote this book when Todd Burpo's three-year-old son had appendicitis.
When Colton's mother Sonja first noticed he was not feeling well ,she took him to the emergency room and was told that Colton had influenza, as all the tests for a possible appendicitis came back negative. Colton vomited often, and his parents suspected he did not just have influenza. When Todd and Sonja went to a different emergency room with Colton, they were told that Colton had to have an emergency appendectomy or he could possibly die.
Months after surviving the emergency surgery to remove his appendix, Colton shared the story of how he left his body during surgery and went to heaven. Colton began describing events and people that seemed impossible for him to have known about. Examples include knowledge of an unborn sister miscarried by his mother in 1998, and details of a great-grandfather who had died 30 years before Colton was born.
Colton also explained how he met Jesus riding a rainbow-colored horse and sat in Jesus' lap while angels sang songs to him.