K-8 Parish Programs: Catechist Guides
CONGRATS! Your Parish Prep. Program is adding essential Theology of the Body lessons into the K-8 curriculum using REVEALED K-5 & ROOTED 6-8 Teacher’s Guides & student books! We know you are short on time & probably are not able to teach ALL of the content we offer for each grade level. So we have created five – Lesson Catechist Guide recommendations for each grade level of REVEALED Grades K-5 & three – Lesson Catechist Handouts for each grade level ROOTED Grades 6-8.
When the students have their own student book K-8, it allows for more engagement with the content, less copying & printing for the catechist & an opportunity for parents at home to understand what is being taught in their child’s religious education classes.
God bless you in your teaching & thank you for all you do to build-up the kingdom of God.
Why is it important to teach Theology of the Body to children?
Theology of the Body answers the deepest questions in our hearts:
Who am I? Why am I here? What does it mean to love?
• Theology of the Body goes to the foundations of personal identity and inherent dignity. It offers an integrated picture of the whole human person, who is made for true and lasting love and relationships.
• It’s a cultural game-changer for someone to be deeply convinced of their personal self-worth, dignity and purpose, knowing oneself to be infinitely and unconditionally loved by God and called to live in a communion of persons in his image, as a gift. This self-knowledge includes respecting and revering oneself, others — and above all — God. It affects the choices made by young people about how they will treat others and expect others to treat them in return.
• In Ruah Woods Institute’s Theology of the Body K-8 curriculum, God’s design of the human person created male or female in his image and likeness for abundant life and authentic love, becomes part of the conversation in age and developmentally appropriate ways. It imparts a sacramental, Biblical lens through which to see and experience the world God created for us.
HANDOUTS FOR CATECHISTS TO PRINT BELOW
REVEALED Grades K-5:
RECOMMENDATION FOR CATECHISTS TEACHING any grade level of REVEALED K-5 (catechist must have 1 grade level Teacher’s Guide + accompanying storybook(s) & students must have 1 matching grade level Student Activity Book each).
Grade 6 ROOTED:
HANDOUTS FOR CATECHISTS TEACHING ROOTED GRADE 6 (catechist must have 1 Grade 6 Teacher’s Guide & students must have 1 Grade 6 Commonplace Book each).
Grade 7 ROOTED:
HANDOUTS FOR CATECHISTS TEACHING ROOTED GRADE 7 (catechist must have 1 Grade 7 Teacher’s Guide & students must have 1 Grade 7 Commonplace Book each).
Grade 8 ROOTED:
HANDOUTS FOR CATECHISTS TEACHING ROOTED GRADE 8 (catechist must have 1 Grade 8 Teacher’s Guide & students must have 1 Grade 8 Commonplace Book each).
Need high school curriculum
for your parish?
An excellent Theology of the Body Curriculum source
for any Parish Religious Education Program for teens is