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Department Office: Room 135
Phone Number: 905-889-4982 ext. 255
God our Father,
you gave St. Robert Bellarmine wisdom and goodness
to defend the faith of your Church.
By his prayers, may we always rejoice in the profession of our faith.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever.
Amen.
Courses Offered
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HRE 1O BE WITH ME This course uses the Beatitudes as a framework to examine the attitudes and actions that characterize the Christian life. Students will derive knowledge and skills from a study of Scripture, Profession of Faith, Christian Moral Development, Prayer, Sacramental Life, and Family Life. |
HRF 3O WORLD RELIGIONS: BELIEFS AND DAILY LIFE This course in world religions introduces students to the various expressions of humanity's responses to the mystery of life's meaning. Through an examination of Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Christianity, the student will explore their sacred writings, cosmology, rituals, sacred days and festivals and moral codes.
Students will have the opportunity to deepen their commitment to the Catholic faith, to challenge the prejudices about other religions and to affirm their own search for the meaning of life.
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HRE 2O CHRIST AND CULTURE This course examines the relationship between the person and message of Christ and the dominant attitudes of contemporary culture. Connections between the living Church and contemporary culture are explored in terms of what it means to be a responsible adolescent developing within a community of disciples in the context of a secular, pluralistic world. In the
Family Life Education strand, students explore a variety of topics related to the themes of personhood, interpersonal relationships and sexuality.
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HRE 4M / HRE 4O CHURCH AND CULTURE This course is directed toward the clear identification and application of Catholic
moral principles in the lives of students. Students will be prepared to fulfil the Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations within the context of the predominant secular culture. Students will explore and understand themselves as moral persons living the way of Christ through: an examination of ethical theories, the revelation of Sacred Scripture and the experience and teaching of the Catholic Church. |
HRT 3M WORLD RELIGIONS: BELIEFS, ISSUES AND TRADITIONS This course in world religions introduces students to the various expressions of humanity's responses to the mystery of life's meaning. Through an examination of Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Christianity, the student will explore their sacred writings, cosmology, rituals, sacred days and festivals and moral
codes. Students will have the opportunity to deepen their commitment to the Catholic faith, to challenge the prejudices about other religions and to affirm their own search for the meaning of life.
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HZT 4U PHILOSOPHY: FAITH AND REASON This course is an introduction to the great ideas that have given shape to the history of Western Philosophy. The students will examine and appreciate principles of logic, ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, political philosophy and the philosophy of religion. The course will be rooted in the Catholic philosophical tradition and will be taught in
conjunction with Pope John Paul II's encyclical Faith and Reason. |
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Department
T. Benton - DH
