Relationships and Moral Education in the Catholic Primary School.

Theology of the Body

Primary 7

Humans cannot live without love.

They remain incomprehensible to themselves, their lives are senseless,

if love is not revealed to them, if they do not encounter love, if they do not experience it

and make it their own, if they do not participate in it.

Redemptor Homines (1979)

(First encyclical of Pope John Paul II)

Core beliefs of the Catholic Christian:

We have been made in the Image and Likeness of God. (Genesis 1)

We have sinned but have been redeemed. (Genesis 3; 2Corinthians 5:17)

We are a New Creation (2 Corinthians 5:17)

We have been made little less than gods and crowned with glory and beauty.

(Psalm 8:6)

We are reborn of water and the Holy Spirit. (John 3:6)

Our bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit. (1 Corinthians 6;19)

We are God’s work of art. (Ephesians 2:10)

We are the body of Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:27)

The body is a sacrament: a sign

A sacrament is an outward sign of an inward grace.

The body is a sacrament: a sign

A sacrament is an outward sign of an inward grace.

The body is a sacrament: a sign

A sacrament is an outward sign of an inward grace.

So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them,

male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27)

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A sacrament is an outward sign of an inward grace.

This Is Our Faith : Core Learning supporting RME

This Is Our Faith :

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This Is Our Faith : Primary 7 Key Vocabulary:

Mystery of God

beauty of God’s creation

complexity of God’s creation

science and Sacred Scripture are complementary

protect nature

promote life

stewardship

God’s precious gift of life

God’s precious gift of life

conception

natural death

unborn child

elderly

fragile

respect for life in Lourdes

poetic narratives

essential truths

maturity, equality, identity

identity, personality, relationship

This Is Our Faith : Primary 7 Key Vocabulary:

Image of God

Image of God

beginning of life

life is precious

Life is God-given

conception

temple of the Holy Spirit

respecting my body and my soul

developing emotionally

Life-long faithful union of marriage

sexual intercourse

act of love within marriage

precious gift of life

God’s creative work

beginning of life

This Is Our Faith : Primary 7 Key Vocabulary:

Revealed Truth of God

examination of conscience

discernment

decisions

accompanied by the Holy Spirit

presence of the Holy Spirit

beginning of life

This Is Our Faith : Primary 4 Key Vocabulary:

Signs of God

sanctity of life

conception