St. Stephen Religious Education & Formation

Religious Education Standards

 

Realizing that we are in partnership with the parents of our parish,  we offer these following standards for our formal formation programs:

 

Standard 1.     Sacred Scripture

Students will read and come to understand Sacred Scripture as God's Word speaking to them.

Standard 2.     Doctrine

Students will know and understand the basic teachings of the church and how they apply to their lives.

Standard 3.     Sacraments

Students will know and appreciate the importance of the sacraments and the centrality of the Eucharist in the life of Catholics.

Standard 4.     Community

Students will understand and appreciate the role of the faith community – the Catholic Church – into which they have been baptized and through which they grow in faith to mature discipleship and will know what it means to have membership in the local, universal Catholic Church.

Standard 5.     Service

Students will engage in service to and exercise responsible stewardship for the various communities to which they belong: family, school, parish, civic, national, global.

Standard 6.     Prayer

Students will experience and appreciate a variety of prayer forms in addition to the prayer of the sacraments.

Standard 7.     Spirituality

Students will know how to develop a personal relationship with God.

 

Adapted from the Diocese of Madison, WI