To Know, Worship and Love has launched some new chapters for the Third Edition of Year 8.
This current release of Year 8 material incorporates a streamlined Core Content for each topic, limited to 3,000 words. Additional content for each chapter can be accessed via designated buttons. This enables teachers and students to focus on the key elements of each unit and then choose to explore extension activities and additional content as needed.
Year 8 – Available Third Edition Content
Chapter 1: Encountering Jesus in the Synoptic gospels
Overview:
This chapter focuses on selected passages in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. These texts encourage a student to explore these key scenes and note the traits of Jesus that the various gospel figures encounter.
What’s inside:
1.1 The Interpretation of Sacred Scripture
1.2 Jesus in Mark’s Gospel
Chapter 2: Parables
Overview:
This chapter builds on the Year 7 Parable module and introduces a process for an analysis of a parable. It looks again at the structure and notes the link from Jesus’ parables to our Catholic sacraments.
What’s inside:
2.1 How do we read the parables?
2.2 How are the parables structured?
2.3 Different themes in the parables?
2.4 A process for analysis of parables
2.5 Another parable for analysis
2.6 Parables and Sacraments
Chapter 3: What is the Church
Overview:
This chapter on Church and Community looks at a Catholic parish and layout of the local church. It also addresses key elements of the faith and explores the role played by saints in the Catholic story.
What’s inside:
3.1 The Church is the Body of Christ
3.2 Role of the Laity
3.3 The Pope and the Bishops
3.4 What Makes a Parish
3.5 Toward a More Synodal Church
Chapter 4: Prayer
Overview:
This chapter further explores the practice of Christian prayer noting the elements of praise, intercession and repentance. It looks at Mary’s Magnificat and some other classic prayers and offers an introduction to praying the Rosary.
What’s inside:
4.1 Kinds of Prayer
4.2 Prayers of the Saints
4.3 The Rosary
Chapter 5: Trinity
Overview:
The Catholic Church professes belief in the Holy Trinity: the one God in whom there are three Persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This chapter explores how the mission of Jesus revealed to the early Church the unity and diversity of the Holy Trinity. Despite the difficulty of imagining three Persons in one God, the early Christians remained steadfast in their belief in the Holy Trinity.
What’s inside:
5.1 Trinity
5.2 God of the Old Testament
5.3 One God
5.4 Personal and Powerful: The Qualities of Israel’s God
5.5 The Incarnation
5.6 The Jesus Event
5.7 The Lord Jesus Saviour
5.8 Jesus: A Divine Figure
5.9 The Revelation of a New Belief In God: God as The Trinity
5.10 The Early Church and the Holy Spirit
5.11 The Holy Spirit and the Life of the Church
Chapter 7: St Paul: A Christian Hero
Overview:
This chapter on St Paul looks at his background and conversion to Christ. It also explores the journeys this great Christian hero embarked upon to preach the gospel of love.
What’s inside:
7.1 What is a hero?
7.2 Paul’s background
7.3 Paul’s conversion
7.4 Paul’s journey
7.5 What sort of person was Paul?
Chapter 8: St Paul: Writings and Teachings
Overview:
This chapter explores the strong leadership that St Paul gave to many Christian communities by his letter writing. The chapter looks at the structure of his letters and the core message: to know Christ.
What’s inside:
8.1 Grouping the letters
8.2 Basic Structure of a Letter
8.3 To know Christ
8.4 One body
Chapter 12: Sacraments Of Initiation
Overview:
Examines Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist as foundational sacraments, exploring their essential elements, symbols, transformative moments, and the specific graces that shape Catholic identity.
What’s inside:
12.1 Baptism: The First Gift of God’s Grace
12.2 Confirmation: Gifts of The Spirit, Building on Baptism
12.3 Eucharist: Thanksgiving for God’s Greatest Gift
Chapter 13: Sacraments Of Healing
Overview:
This chapter introduces the idea of Sacred writing from an Indigenous perspective. It notes sacred writing in the Catholic tradition, lists the books of the Bible and offers a timeline for the key events.
What’s inside:
13.1 Reconciliation
13.2 Anointing of the Sick
13.3 Sacraments of Service Holy Orders
13.4 Holy Matrimony
Chapter 14: Human Persons
Overview:
Investigates Catholic teaching on human dignity, moral decision-making, and the search for happiness, addressing values, actions, suffering, and redemption through Scripture and Church teaching.
What’s inside:
14.1 Values And Actions
14.2 Desiring Happiness
14.3 Making Mistakes
14.4 Accepting Disappointments
14.5 Hope For The Future
Chapter 16: Celebrating being Catholic
Overview:
This chapter introduces the idea that the Catholic Church “breathes with two lungs”: Eastern and Western Churches. It explores the variety of Catholic churches and notes the key features of the Eastern Church. It specifically introduces the origins of the Maronite Church.
What’s inside:
16.1 A Celebrating an Ancient Family of Churches
16.2 Eastern Catholic Churches
16.3 Three Features of Eastern Catholic Churches
Chapter 17: Living the Christian Life
Overview:
This chapter looks at the concept of belonging to multiple groups at one time: school, Church and the world. It also notes the role that our local and universal Catholic Church plays in connecting us with people near and far.
What’s inside:
17.1 Elements of Justice
17.2 A Just Society
17.3 Communities and People
17.4 A Just Society – Features
17.5 Option for the Poor
Chapter 18: In the World
Overview:
This chapter offers contemporary snapshots of Catholic life in Nigeria, Peru, Ukraine, and Papua New Guinea. It tells the stories of martyrdom in many countries and notes some wonderful saints that continue to inspire us by their commitment to Christ.
What’s inside:
18.1 A Snapshot of Catholic Life Around the World
18.2 Snapshot of Nigeria
18.3 Snapshot of Peru
18.4 Snapshot of Ukraine
18.5 Snapshot of Papua New Guinea
Chapter 19: Saints: Disciples, Martyrs and Witnesses to the faith
Overview:
This chapter, in looking at Saints in the Church, outlines the four element of holiness presented by Pope Francis. It then presents some great saints and some recent ones who courageously followed Christ’s call.
What’s inside:
19.1 The Universal call to Holiness
19.2 Saints – Then and now
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