SACRED HEART SCHOOL – ATENEO DE CEBU

Christian Life Formation

School Year 2012 - 2013

The Christian Life Formation Program aims for students to:

A) Read various passages from the Bible (i.e. the Gospels) in order to encounter God as Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit.
B) Achieve a basic understanding of the Catholic Church’s teaching about Jesus Christ and His redeeming
mission, as it is revealed in His Gospel and embodied in and through the Church.
C) Have developed a sense of inter-religious sensitivity through some understanding of and exposure to Non-
Christian and Non-Catholic religious traditions.
D) Begin taking more responsibility for exploring and validating their own faith, most especially its intrinsic
relation to social justice.
E) Form a more discerning Christian Conscience that would allow them to evaluate moral choices and discuss
moral issues with increasing clarity.
F) Deepen their personal experiences of God in their active participation in prayer and in various liturgies,
most especially in the Holy Eucharist.
G) Develop a profound sense of reflectivity, in which the Ignatian Spirituality permeates and blossoms.

COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Number : CLF 7
Course Title : Salvation History
A. Course Description : A formal study of the Old Testament and the faith-story of the Israelites aimed
at discovering our Christian roots. It contains inspired narratives of who God is
and how He made Himself present in the life and history of His people. This
course also includes an introductory study of the Holy Bible and how to deal
and understand the Sacerd Scripture in nurturing one’s faith and life. It is an
invitation for students to actively take part in the ongoing story of God’s work of
salvation; to become appreciative of God’s love for them; and become more
receptive to God’s call towards a mature faith relationship in the context of
their concrete personal and social life.
B. Course Objectives : The general aim of this course is to develop a living, conscious, and active
Faith through the light of instruction. Or in the words of Pope John Paul II,
“education in the faith... with a view toward initiating the hearers into the
fullness of Christian life”. For the heart of catechesis is “a Person, the person of
Jesus of Nazareth,” and thus its “definitive aim is to put people not only in
touch, but communion, in intimacy, with Jesus Christ”.

C. COURSE OUTLINE
UNIT I – OUR BEGINNINGS: A NEW LOOK
LESSON 1 : HOLY BIBLE (The Source: God’s Word In The Scriptures) (3 meetings)
1.1 What is the Bible?
1.2 The History of the Bible
1.3 The Divine Authorship of the Bible
1.4 Getting to the Bible’s meaning
Objectives and Skills/ Standards and Competencies:
a. To recognize the Word of God speaking to us today through the inspired word of Sacred
Scriptures.
b. To show respect and importance to God’s Word in Scriptures through our living out the
demands of the Bible.
 c. To pray and celebrate the words of Sacred Scriptures.
LESSON 2 : CREATION STORY (God’s Creation All Around Us)
God is my origin. God created me, and i am bound to return to God.
2.1 Religious Faith, Not Science, On Creation
2.2 Seeing God in the First Creation Story
2.3 Seeing God in the Second Creation Story
2.4 God’s creation as overflow of God’s love.
Objectives and Skills/ Standards and Competencies:
a. To recognize God as the Creator and final destiny of all that
exists and man as created in God’s image and likeness.
b. To show respect for every person who is in the image of God and to be responsible for
everything entrusted to us;
c. To celebrate the grandeur of God’s Creation and give thanks for the abundance of His
gifts.
END OF JUNE
START OF JULY
LESSON 3: FALL OF MAN (Originating Sin and its Consequences)
3.1 The Beginning of Sin: The Mystery of Suffering and Evil Among Us
--Finding God in the midst of suffering. EVIL DOES NOT COME FROM GOD.
3.2 The Grave Consequences of Sin
3.3 Sin Spreads Yet God’s Mercy Continues: The Sacrament of Reconciliation

Objectives and Skills / Standards and Competencies:

a. To recognize the reality of Sin and Grace in every aspect of our lives – thoughts, actions,
decisions, attitudes, and in social structures around us.
b. To be aware of our human weakness and our need of God’s grace to overcome sin.
c. To appreciate, and more importantly, frequently receive the sacrament of forgiveness in
honest and sincere confession.
END OF JULY + first two weeks of August (PT): END OF FIRST QUARTER
START OF SECOND QUARTER
UNIT II – BECOMING GOD’S PEOPLE
Lesson 4: God’s Plan of Salvation: The Call to Faith
4.1 God’s Offer of Salvation to All
4.2 God’s Self-revelation Calls for Our Faith Response
4.3 The Patriarchs: Our Models of Faith
-Abraham
-test of faith: Isaac
-Jacob
-twelve tribes
-Joseph
-to egypt
Objectives and Skills/ Standards and Competencies:
a. To recognize that faith is man’s response to God’s revelation of himself.
b. To follow the example of the patriarchs on living lives of action, commitment and
obedience to God’s will.
c. To develop a keener sense of prayer and liturgy; to strengthen and nourish our faith-life.

Lesson 5: Journeying in Faith as God’s People

5.1 The Struggles with Slavery
5.2 The Preparation for the Exodus
5.3 The Departure from Egypt
5.4 The Covenant with God
5.5 The Ten Commandments as the Law of the Covenant
5.6 Learning the Ways of Faith
5.7 Understanding the Ten Commandments for Our Life Today

Objectives and Skills/ Standards and Competencies:

 a. To understand and to explain that God is a loving and liberating God who entered into
the history of His people to bring them redemption which was fulfilled when He sent His
only Son, Jesus Christ.
b. To live the Commandments not as obligations but as guidelines for the attainment of our
true freedom as individuals and as a community.
c. To celebrate the Eucharist as a commemoration of the saving act of Christ which was
foreshadowed in the Passover event of Exodus.

END OF SECOND QUARTER

START OF THIRD QUARTER
Lesson 6: Learning from God’s Chosen Leaders: Judges (Joshua, Gideon, Samson)
6.1 Learning from Joshua’s Conquest of Canaan
6.2 Seeing God’s Hand in Three Judges
6.3 The Lesson of Saul’s Disobedience: His Failure as King
Objectives and Skills/ Standards and Competencies:
a. To see that God is a faithful God who keeps His Promise by calling leaders to liberate His
people from oppression and slavery.
b. To realize that God calls us to constant obedience and unwavering trust.
c. To appreciate the value of prayer as that which gives meaning in our human endeavors,
especially in the face of challenges and difficulties.
UNIT III – LEARNING TO DEAL WITH STRUGGLES AND OBTACLES
Lesson 7: Overcoming Obstacles to Faith: Samuel and Kings
7.1 David’s Call and Anointing
7.2 King David’s Reign
7.3 King David’s Sin and Repentance
7.4 King David’s Psalms and Our Prayers

(Lesson 8 : The Grace of Wisdom and the Misuse of Power )

8.1 Solomon: The Wise but Extravagant King
8.2 Solomon’s Sins and Eventual Downfall
8.3 Solomomon’s Punishment from God
8.4 Solomon and the Wisdom Books

Objectives and Skills/ Standards and Competencies:

a. To recognize Solomon as a paradigm of a leader gifted with power and wisdom yet one who
succumbed to the lure of the world.
b. To be constantly aware of our dependence on God from whom all power and wisdom come.
c. To desire first the will of God before we seek the fulfillment of our own personal needs.
d. To acknowledge God’s merciful love and power despite our human limitations and
weaknesses as He uses us to accomplish His saving plan.
e. To be aware of our need of God’s forgiveness as we face challenges in doing His will.
f. To use the Psalms in our daily prayer as expressions of our need for God in our lives.

END OF THIRD QUARTER

START OF FOURTH QUARTER

Lesson 9 : The Prophets (Calling Us to Conversion)

9.1 A Divided Kingdom
9.2 Early Old Testaments Prophets
Objectives and Skills/ Standards and Competencies:
a. To recognize the prophets as God’s mouthpiece who remind the people of their fidelity to
the covenant
b. To show our fidelity to the covenant by our just deeds and compassionate acts.
c. To realize the emptiness of religious rituals if these are not accompanied with acts of love
and justice.

UNIT IV – HOPING FOR FULFILLMENT

Lesson 10: The Prophets: Calling us to Renewal
10.1 Jeremiah: Be Confident in the Lord
10.2 Ezekiel: Receive a New Heart and a New Spirit
10.3 Hosea: God’s love for an Unfaithful people
 (10.4 Jonah: Salvation Is for All)

Objectives and Skills/ Standards and Competencies:

a. To be sensitive to God’s constant call for renewal and to be steadfast in our hope for a
better future.
b. To recognize our personal responsibilities for our own actions and to be open to God’s
grace that will bring us back to the covenant.
c. To grow in appreciation of God’s Word, prayer, and the sacraments as source of our faith,
hope, and love.

Lesson 11: Isaiah and God’s Messianic Promises

11.1 Isaiah Challenges Us to Be Holy in Word and Deed

11.2 Messianic Prophecies

Objectives and Skills/ Standards and Competencies:

a. To be awed by God’s holiness and perfection in contrast to our frailties and
imperfections.
b. To recognize in various ways through which God calls us in the daily events of our lives.
c. To praise and worship God through the words, songs, and poetry of the prophet Isaiah.

Lesson 12: Israel’s Story Imaging Our Faith Journey: SUMMARY

12.1 Major Old Testament Themes
12.2 Growing in Faith
12.3 The Story Does Not End
Objectives and Skills/ Standards and Competencies:
a. To recognize God’s revelation in the words of the Old Testament, which are fulfilled in
the Person of Jesus Christ.
b. To see the relevance of the Old Testament and live by its precepts, values, and
commandments.
c. To entrust ourselves in prayer and worship to Yahweh, the Faithful One.

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D. Course Requirements
1. Reflection Papers
2. Quizzes
3. Mastery Tests
4. Quarterly Performance Tasks
5. Periodical Exam
E. Course Pre-requisites
1. Must have passed the Grade 6 CLF course requirements.
F. Entry Competencies
1. Proper understanding of how to read scriptures
2. Ability to understand
3. Ability to reflect
4. Ability to analyze
5. Ability to synthesize
6. Ability to pray
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G. Suggested Teaching Strategies

1. Role play
2. Small group discussion
3. Brainstorming
4. Video/story analysis
5. Lecture and discussion method
6. Group reporting
H. Suggested References
1. Bible (Preferably, but not necessarily, New American Bible)
2. Catechism of the Catholic Church
3. Textbook: Frago, Ester V., et al. Called to Discover Our Christian Roots .2nd Edition. (Quezon City: SIBS,
2011).
I. Guidelines and Procedures
To accomplish the objectives of the course with in the context of the classroom instruction, the students are ask to
comply with the following guidelines and procedures:
1. Start of the class:
1. As soon as the teacher enters the classroom doorway, the class must stand at attention
and be ready for prayer.
2. Opening Prayer.
3. Greetings
4. 2-minute Journal Writing
5. Lesson starts.
2. End of the Class:
a. The class will say the closing prayer.
b. The teachers dismisses the class.

3. Prayer
1. Opening Prayer
i. Each member of the class will be given a chance to lead the prayer at the start of
the CLF period (with the teacher assigning him beforehand the order of the prayer
leaders).

For Catholics and students of other Christian Denominations leading the prayer:
ii. Have the proper disposition for prayer (i.e. with the Bible ready at hand students
must be standing or seated-up straight silent, and still.)
iii. Short personal prayer that follows the basic format of A.C.T.S. (Acclamation,
contrition, thanksgiving, supplication) or a prayer that may be focused on any of
these types, depending on the passage or the context of the class (i.e. Prayer of
Thanksgiving for a classmate who is celebrating her birthday).
iv. Read from the Sacred Scriptures (refer to specific instructions of your CLF
Teacher.)
v. To end the prayer, the class recites the litany: “Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Have
mercy on us), St. Ignatius of Loyola (Pray for us), St. [class patron saint] (Pray for
us).
2. For students with Non-Christian belief (i.e. Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and the like) they may
lead the class prayer according to their own appropriate religious tradition, but such prayer shall
still not exceed five minutes.
3. Praying the Rosary: Once a week, the class will be praying a decade of the rosary with a Catholic
Student prayer leader leading the prayer.
4. At the end of the week, the teacher leads the class in praying the Consciousness Examen.
J. CLF Materials
1. Required materials for the class must be ready at hand before the start of the period. A student
who comes unprepared with the materials will be warned for the first offense and may be
allowed to borrow from his/her seatmate. Subsequent offenses would mean penalties and
deductions to his/her conduct grade.
2. The following materials are required at all times from the student during CLF period:
i. Catholic Bible (preferably but not necessarily, New American Bible)
ii. Textbook covered with plastic
iii. Lecture Notebook
iv. Blessed Rosary (for Catholic Students)
K. Deadlines
1. Students will be given enough and reasonable time before the deadline of projects, research
work and other long assignments.
2. A deduction or penalty of 30% will be automatically given to works submitted beyond the
deadline. Late works would only be accepted within 7 school days after the set deadline (except
for excused absences properly authenticated by competent and
appropriate school authorities).
L. Grade Components
The student will be graded according to the following rubrics:
1. Per Quarter (Averaging System)
 a. 75% Class Standing
b. 25% Periodical Test
2. Class Standing Components
a. 50% Tests and Quizzes
b. 35% Activities, Reflection Paper, Assignments, Projects, seatwork, etc.
c. 15% Recitation and Prayerful Disposition
M. Criteria for Grading
The student will be graded according to the following rubrics:
1. Per Quarter:
i. Periodical Test: 25%
ii. Class Standing: 75%
2. Class Standing Components:
a. Tests and Quizzes: 50%
b. Activities, Reflection Papers, Essays and Performance Tasks: 35%
c. Recitation and Prayerful Disposition: 15%
3. Criteria for Grading for different activities:
a. Reports, Projects, Reflection Papers, Essays and Performance Tasks:
i. Content: 40%
ii. Creativity and Originality: 30%
iii. Organization and Coherence: 10%
iv. Conventions of Language: 10%
(i.e. grammar and spelling)
v. Neatness and Preparedness: 10%

b. Recitation
i. Content, Substance and Relevance: 50%
ii. Organization and Coherence: 20%
iii. Conventions of Language: 20%
iv. Frequency: 10%
c. Prayerful Disposition
i. Appreciation of the centrality of prayer and the Eucharist
in a vibrant Christian community: 25%
ii. Understands the relationship between faith in Jesus
and being a person for others: 25%
iii. Shows maturity of Christian conscience
and moral choices: 25%
iv. Takes responsibility for exploring
and validating his/her faith: 25%

More importantly, you are expected to have the following character traits: courtesy orderliness, service
selflessness, punctuality/industry, cooperation and responsibility.

Note: For areas not specifically covered here, please refer to High School Guidelines and Procedures and Student
Handbook.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Number : CLF 7
Course Title : Salvation History

I, ________________________________ of Grade 7, section _________________________, have read and

understood the abovementioned course syllabus and the guidelines and procedures of CLF class. I promise to
comply with these to the best of my God-given abilities.

___________________________________ __________________________________

Name and Signature of Student Name and Signature of Classmate/Witness

_________________________ _________________________
Date Date

Noted by:

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Name and Signature of Parent/ Guardian Contact Number of Parent/ Guardian

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Date

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Number : CLF 8
Course Title : Encountering Christ in the Gospels

I, ________________________________ of Grade 8, section _________________________, have read and

understood the abovementioned syllabus for our CLF class. I promise to comply with these to the best of my
God-given abilities.
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Name and Signature of Student Name and Signature of Classmate/Witness

_________________________ _________________________
Date Date

Noted:

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Name and Signature of Parent/ Guardian Contact Number of Parent/ Guardian

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Date
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Number : CLF 9
Course Title : Church and Sacraments

I, ________________________________ of Grade 9, section _________________________, have read and

understood the abovementioned course syllabus and the guidelines and procedures of CLF class. I promise to
comply with these to the best of my God-given abilities.

___________________________________ __________________________________
Name and Signature of Student Name and Signature of Classmate/Witness

_________________________ _________________________
Date Date

Noted by:

_________________________________ __________________________________
Name and Signature of Parent/ Guardian Contact Number of Parent/ Guardian

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Date

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Number : CLF 10
Course Title : Christian Morality

I, ________________________________ of Grade 10, section _________________________, have read and

understood the abovementioned syllabus for our CLF class. I promise to comply with these to the best of my
God-given abilities.
___________________________________ __________________________________
Name and Signature of Student Name and Signature of Classmate/Witness

_________________________ _________________________
Date Date

Noted:

___________________________________ _________________________________
Name and Signature of Parent/ Guardian Contact Number of Parent/ Guardian

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Date