Morality Scope & Sequence

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Unit 1

1. Sacredness of human life; Intellect and free will; True happiness and holiness; Jesus, our model; The Church; Beatitudes
2. The Evangelists; Gospel according to Mark; Decision to follow Christ; Costs and rewards of discipleship
3. Christian morality; Freedom of choice; Moral decisions; Natural law; Sin; Conscience
4. Church at Corinth; Factions; Worshiping community; Teachings about love in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians
5. Theological and moral virtues; Common good; Just society; Social sin
6. Grace; Parable of the Sower; New life in Christ; Sharing in the life of grace


Unit 2

7. The Decalogue: summary of God’s Law; First Commandment: put God first; Second Commandment: role of reverence; Third Commandment: importance of celebrating Eucharist on Sunday
8. Women disciples of Jesus; Qualities of discipleship; Gospel account of Jesus’ visit to the home of Martha and Mary; Two approaches to discipleship
9. Fourth Commandment: family life and values, civic community; Fifth Commandment: sacredness of human life; Acts of violence against human life: murder, direct abortion, suicide, euthanasia; Violent lifestyles
10. Sixth and Ninth Commandments: using the gift of sexuality wisely according to God’s plan; Seventh Commandment: stewardship, stealing and reparation, concern for the poor, for the common good and for public life
11. Eighth Commandment: living as people of truth; Responsibility of the media; Bearing false witness: lying, perjury, boasting; Keeping a confidence; Tenth Commandment: honoring and respecting the blessings of other people; Covetousness; Avarice; Greed; Envy; Virtue of detachment
12. Summary of the Gospel; Phrases of the Lord’s Prayer


Catechism of the Catholic Church

Unit 1
514–515, 849-856, 1700–1709, 1716–1724, 1731–1742, 1749–1756, 1776–1794, 1803–1809, 1812–1832, 1846–1864, 1869, 1890–1896, 1905–1912, 1954–1960, 1987–1997, 1999–2000, 2003, 2012–2016

Unit 2
1174–1178, 2084–2132, 2142–2159, 2168–2188, 2196–2246, 2258–2317, 2331–2391, 2401–2449, 2464–2503, 2514–2527, 2534–
2550, 2761–2772, 2777–2796, 2807–2854


Sacred Scripture

Unit 1
Genesis 3:1–24 Psalms 139:1–7, 24 Isaiah 49:1, 15–16 Ezekiel 10:20–21
Wisdom 3:15; Sirach 15:15 Matthew 5:3–12, 16; 6:33; 10:2–4; 18:21–35; 22:36–40 Mark 1:3; 4:3–9; 8:34–37; 9:30–32; 10:17–36 Luke 1:30; 12:48 John 13:34–35; 15:13–14 Romans 6:8–11, 14–15, 23 1 Corinthians 1:18; 2:16; 11:17–34; 12:1–11, 31; 13:1–13 Galatians 5:19–26
Philemon 1:3

Unit 2
Genesis 1:28 Exodus 20:2–3, 7, 8, 12–17 Deuteronomy 30:19 2 Samuel 7:28 Psalms 25:4–5; 119:90 Isaiah 58:6–9 Wisdom 1:1 Matthew 3:2; 4:1–11, 14–15; 5:9; 6:9–15, 19-21, 25–34; 22:37–39; 25:31–46 Mark 1:15 Luke 6:20–49; 7:11–17; 10:38–42; 11:11, 13
John 4:4–42; 17:11, 15 Acts 5:29 Romans 13:10 Ephesians 3:14–19 Philippians 2:9–11 1 Timothy 1:17

Faith Vocabulary

Unit 1
Actual grace; Beatitudes; Christian morality; Common good; Conscience; Disciple; Evangelists; Evangelize; Free will; Grace; Holiness; Intellect; Justification; Merit; Moral virtues; Morality; Mortal sin; Natural law; Sanctification; Sanctifying grace; Sin; Social sin; Soul; Subsidiarity; Theological virtues; Venial sin; Virtue

Unit 2
Avarice; Chastity; Covet; Decalogue; Direct abortion; Disciple; Envy; Euthanasia; Greed; Idol; Lord’s Prayer; Lying; Obedience; Precept; Reparation; Reverence; Stewardship; Temptation

Faith-Filled People & Catholic Identity

Unit 1
Book of Proverbs; Capital sins; Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy; Etymology of the word grace; Fruits of the Holy Spirit; Language of the Pauline letters; Pauline letters in the New Testament; Pilgrimages; Saint Mark the Evangelist; The Twelve

Unit 2
Bearing false witness; Holy days of obligation; Luke’s account of the Gospel; Pax Christi U.S.A.; Responsibility of caring for animals; Sermon on the Mount; St. Francis of Assisi; Statues, icons, and paintings; Temptation of Jesus


Our Church Makes a Difference

Unit 1
Respect Life; Saint Martin de Porres; Retreats and retreat houses; L’Arche Communities; Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin; Parish community

Unit 2
Precepts of the Church; Liturgy of the Hours; Choosing peace; Saint Francis of Assisi; Blessed Josephine Bakhita; Catholic Relief Services


Faith-Life Skills

Unit 1
Choose life; What is a simple life; Informed conscience; Love really
is . . . ; Moral virtues in our lives; “Response-ability”

Unit 2
False Gods; Balancing prayer and action; Violence versus peace; Mixed media messages; Peer pressure; Consumerism


Prayer

Unit 1
Beatitudes; Prayer of thanksgiving; Psalm 139; Love never ends; Prayer for the Easter virtues; Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Unit 2
Let us pray; Spirit of service; Prayer for peace; Canticle of Brother Sun;
Prayer for reconciliation