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The Religious Studies program at Bishop Kearney High School is a four-year program in which we strive to educate the whole person in the areas of Sacraments, Church History, Morality, Sexuality, Peace and Justice, Discernment and Christian Living. The goal of the department is to help students observe, explore, interpret and judge their experiences, ascribe a Christian meaning to their lives, and act according to the norms of faith and love.
901 CHRISTIAN SERVICE PROJECT (Grades 12 - Required - No Credit)
All seniors must complete a minimum of 30 service hours to participate in the graduation ceremony, to receive a BK diploma, and to receive a final report card and official and/or unofficial transcript of grades. A minimum of 20 hours must be spent participating in Social Entrepreneurship. By participating in Social Entrepreneurship, seniors become involved and engaged in the world. Students can spend their entire 30 hours in Social Entrepreneurship.
In this Social Entrepreneurship component, seniors will form a group with at least two other BK seniors, and will identify a social need to benefit a marginalized group in society. Having identified the need, each group will develop a proposal to effect some change to help alleviate some of the suffering of the targeted group.
There are numerous examples of projects to consider – tutoring at-risk students, performing a fundraising activity for any number of charities, organizing a canned food drive for parish food cupboards, and the like.
902 PEER MINISTRY (Full Year, 1 unit)
PEER MINISTRY is offered to approximately 25 Seniors who are selected by the community to care for and serve the Kearney family. Peer ministers are called to touch the lives of others through participation in school retreats and serving as lectors and Eucharistic ministers at liturgies. These Seniors also establish a close relationship with the 9th grade students through weekly meetings that offer support, share faith, discuss teenage issues, encourage self-esteem and celebrate life.
Through PEER MINISTRY students deepen their own spirituality as a result of faith sharing and prayer. In the classroom they develop basic helping skills and attitudes such as active listening, self-awareness, value clarification and decision-making. PEER MINISTRY enables Seniors to learn new skills while carrying out the gospel message by sharing their gifts and talents with others.
903 RELIGION I Grade 9: FUNDAMENTALS OF CHRISTIANITY
(Full year, 1 unit)
A program is presented which enables 9th grade students to develop an awareness and understanding of the Old Testament and Roman Catholic beliefs as being the foundation of Christian personhood.
904 RELIGION II Grade 10: MORALITY (Full Year, 1 unit)
In this class, a synopsis on moral issues is presented: conscience, commandments, war and peace, forgiveness, dealing with drug issues, sin, dealing with the poor, abortion, and euthanasia. A guide for the moral life of young people in the direction of Christian values and vision is the foundation of this course. The course offers Christian answers to the questions of emerging adolescent identity, centering on Jesus as the model of faith.
905 RELIGION III Grade 11: NEW TESTAMENT/CHURCH HISTORY (Full Year, 1 unit)
This course is divided into two sections, the first section consisting of the life of Jesus and the New Testament, and the second section consisting of the history of the Catholic Church from early days to modern times.
906 RELIGION IV Grade 12: CATHOLIC CHARACTER (Semester, 1 unit)
Catholic Character, a one-semester course for seniors, explores how good character is formed by initiating God's goodness, love, justice, mercy and wisdom. Emphasis is placed on the concrete ways that these characteristics are lived out in the contemporary world.
907 RELIGION IV Grade 12: SOCIAL JUSTICE (Semester, 1 unit)
Social Justice, a one-semester religion course, examines the rich teaching of the Roman Catholic Church on social issues. Societal structures and institutions are examined and analyzed as they affirm or distort Gospel values. This course examines controversial social issues, from the perspective of the Consistent Life Ethic and Catholic social teaching, including abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, the death penalty, poverty and economics, racism, sexism, ageism, and pacifism and other peace-related issues.
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