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The heart of the Catholic school (Spirituality and the world of kids today…
The heart of the Catholic school
The Catholic school community
Why Catholic schools?
Students
Reasons for staff
Love of teaching
Quality of teachers in the school
Religious nature of the school
Reasons for Bishops
To be places of evangelisation
To assist parents in the development of their children
To foster a Christian mentality in society
To offer educational choice
To be models of genuine communities
Reasons for parents
Quality of the teachers
Quality of education at the school
Religious character of the school
Evangelise
Evangelisation requires faith experiences within Christian communities because of the nature of Christian faith
'Pillars' that support the development of faith
Family
The first and foremost educators of children are their parents
Local Church
School
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Spirituality and the world of kids today
Evangelisation
Young Australians
Secular
Secularism - denies the possibility that a sacred order exists
Students in Catholic Schools
Live in an affluent society
Surrounded by materialistic and individualistic attitudes
Good, religion and religious people are often perceived as irrelevent
Experience these attitudes in their home
Many families who choose Catholic schools have little or no experience of Church life
In a culture where faith and life are divided
The generations
Baby boomers
Generation X
Generation Y
Generation Z
Builders
Spirituality and the human person
Four-dimensional beings
Body
Mind
Heart
Spirit
Non-material aspect of a person
A life-giving energy
The principle of conscious life
The core of our being
Spirituality
Search for what is most important in life
Gives values, hope, friendship and purpose
All the life experiences that create meaning for people
Deep sense of wholeness
Search for meaning and connectedness
Quality people bring to relationships
Quest for our sense of identity
Young people wonder about
Identity
Meaning
Purpose
Resilience
Thriving
Spirituality and religious development
Sense of 'who I am' in relationship to
Others
God
Self
All of creation
Spirituality and religious faith
Religious faith - a pathway, the map, the nutrients
Spirituality - the inner journey, the landscape, the seed
My 'true self' - the person whom God has created for me
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Nurturing spiritual and religious development
Religious Education
Aims to share Catholic faith by promoting knowledge and understanding of the gospel
Use the same approach to teaching and learning as other learning areas
Adopt an approach that is educational
Start with their experience/real world
Use words and language they can understand
Develop a balance between content and process
Plan the teaching program and regular teaching time
Plan and use assessment
Teacher and student resource books
Proclamation (religious awareness)
Developing a sense of the Sacred
Awareness can be awakened though
Promoting appreciation for the created universe
Outdoor camps and excursions
Studies of nature and science
Reflection and discussion of the questions/yearnings of the human heart
Growing awareness of their personal experiences and their need of God's help
Reminders of the presence of God
Chapels and prayer centres
Crucifix
Statues of Mary and the saints
Reflective spaces
Catechesis (developing personal faith)
Central activity of evangelisation
Effective catechesis develops and matures faith to the depth required to live the Christian life
Young people need catechesis from
Parents
Parish
Catholic schools
Offer
Liturgies
Prayer
Retreats
Easter and Christmas celebrations
Help students appreciate
Catholic symbols
Catholic practices
Customary signs of reverence
Celebrate
Mary
Saints
Presence of God is
Spoken about
Celebrated
Experienced
Vision - to be places of evangelisation
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Teaching: a job? career? vocation?
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Vocation
Vocare = to call
Each person is unique and has a God-given lift vocation to contribute to the world today
Teachers in Catholic schools
Called to educate young people
Called to evangelise through their behaviour and relationships within the school
Called to nurture their students in discovering their vocation from God
Helps to form human persons
Reveal who they are by living what they believe
Job
Career
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
Teachers' special responsibility in Catholic schools is to cooperate actively in fostering the school's mission through its life and curriculum
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