HRE4O: Church and Culture

Course Description

This course has the aim of assisting students in understanding themselves as moral persons living the way of Christ through an examination of the revelation of sacred Scripture, and the experience and teaching of the Catholic Church. It engages students in critical reflection on significant contemporary moral and ethical issues in light of Scripture, Church teaching, and their own experiences (i.e., Theological Reflection). Social and ecological justice issues are explored along with a study of topics that focus on Christian mercy and forgiveness. The graces and challenges of everyday human living, understanding who we are, what we are called to be, and living in relationships, including marriage, and family life are explored from a Catholic perspective. Students are challenged to adopt the Christian moral stance in the political world.

HRE4M: In Search of the Good

Course Description

This course is directed toward the clear identification of Catholic ethics and the concrete application of these principles in the lives of students. The course proceeds from foundational beliefs rooted in Philosophy and Revelation. Notions of happiness and freedom are explored. Further issues in social justice, ecology, mercy, marriage, family and politics are addressed. This course is intended to prepare the senior student for the lifelong task of living a good life in dialog with the larger culture.

Connection to our Catholic Faith

This course challenges students to understand themselves as moral persons living in a world full of choices. Through an examination of ethical theories, the revelation of Sacred Scripture, and the experience and teaching of the Catholic Church, students will be given an opportunity to explore a variety of moral and ethical issues through the eyes of their Catholic Faith Tradition.

HZT4U: Philosophy: Principles and Questions

Course Description

This course is geared towards providing students with an historical understanding of the development of the great ideas of Western Philosophy. The course aims fundamentally at allowing students to reason on the basis of primary principles that are irrefutable and self-evident. Oral participation and rigorous discussion are of the utmost importance for students enrolled in a course of this nature. This course aims to demonstrate that faith and reason are not opposed, and that what students choose to believe as Catholics may be above the grasp of human reason, but is not by any means contrary to reason.

Connection to our Catholic Faith

This course provides students with the opportunity to explore the historical development of the main areas of philosophy from the perspective of the Catholic Faith. Philosophical ideas will be explored while accessing the thought of major Catholic philosophers and the vast body of teachings and Scripture within the Catholic Faith Tradition.

OPINION | Every high school student should have to take a philosophy course | CBC NewsEducation is how we help our society progress and tackle the issues of polarization and misinformation. Having students take a philosophy course in high school is a vital first step, writes high school student Nasima Fancy.

Why every student should study philosophy

Check out this published opinion piece by one of our very own FMM students extolling the great educational benefits of studying philosophy regardless of which subject discipline a student decides to pursue.

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