Grade Five – Religious Education Program Curriculum
Theme: Through the Sacraments the Church celebrates Christ’s saving action in our lives.
Objective: To help the child experience and understand the rites of the Sacraments, and so become a more conscious and active participant in the Church’s sacramental life.
Profession of Faith: Review the Apostles’ Creed
Words to be taught:
| Absolution | Original Sin | Sacrament of Holy Orders |
| Confession | Paschal Mystery | Sacrament of Matrimony |
| Contrition | Sacrament | Sign |
| Evangelization | Gloria | Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick |
| Minister | Sacrament of Confirmation | Transubstantiation |
| Ordination | Vocation |
Liturgical Symbols and Gestures to be taught:
- Give Sacred Scripture a special place in the classroom.
- Encourage a reverent and prayerful attitude in the place of worship.
- Foster the children’s participation in the prayer and worship of the parish community, in particular in the rites of the Sacraments
Prayers to be taught: Gloria, Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary
Prayers to be encourage: Act of Love
| Review Prayers of previous Grades: | ||
| Sign of the Cross | Simple responses at Mass | Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary |
| Our Father | Morning and Evening Prayers | Act of Faith |
| Hail Mary | Grace at Meals | Stations of the Cross |
| Glory to the Father | Spontaneous Prayer | Sanctus |
| Act of Contrition | Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament | |
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