Faith Curriculum

St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School uses the Faith and Life series by Ignatius Press. The Faith and Life religious education series presents Catholic teaching using the time-tested ecclesial methodology and spiral development of catechesis, in a beautiful, student-friendly, comprehensive format.

Faith and Life Student Texts provide:

• clear, comprehensive, and exciting presentations of Catholicism tailored to different grade levels
• catechesis corresponding to the four pillars of the Catechism, covering Catholic doctrine, morality, sacraments, and prayer
• emphasis on forming young people to live the Catholic faith by balancing affective and experiential aspects of catechesis with a systematic presentation of Catholic doctrine
• biblically based presentations of salvation history
• questions and answers that synthesize and distill key doctrinal elements to be mastered by students
• beautiful, inspirational, and instructive art
• have been declared to be in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church by the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on the Catechism
• also conform with the Vatican’s General Directory for Catechesis
• incorporate specific references to the Catechism of the Catholic Church
• incorporate even more Scripture into the student texts and activities

We believe that this series does an excellent job of catechizing the children and is in full harmony with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.