Catholic Social Teaching | Virtual Synchronous (1 credit)
Prerequisite: Open to rising seniors.
Meeting Times: Students will choose one of the sessions listed below:
Session 1: June 7 - June 18, 2021 | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Session 2: June 21 - July 2, 2021 | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Session 3: July 12 - July 23, 2021 | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
This course is an application of Catholicism’s social teaching regarding specific social justice issues encountered in the world today. Students focus on the 7 principles of Catholic Social Teaching in the context of the human person as an individual moral agent living and serving others according to the Gospel. Covering a variety of social justice issues, the course informs students’ minds and provides them with a framework for encountering the world in a faith-filled, meaningful way.
The e-textbook Creating Justice is required and included in the course tuition; the instructor will make arrangements for its delivery. The classes will be a combination of synchronous and asynchronous instruction. Class policy will be that failure to attend Zooms and/or submit work will constitute an absence, and two absences will lead to the student not earning course credit. If a student does not earn credit, he or she will be placed in Religious Studies courses for the 2021-2022 school year.
This is a template for a daily lesson:
9:00 a.m. Zoom Class Meeting (required)
- Prayer
- (Introduction on 1st class) Answer questions from previous class
- Explain lesson for the day
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Independent work in the textbook Creating Justice (Saint Mary’s Press)
- Complete assigned modules in e-textbook
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Discussion Board
- Discussion based on module content
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Zoom with Assigned Group (required)
- Zoom with assigned group to discuss plans for the collaborative assignment
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Collaborative Assignment
- Complete portion of the collaborative assignment, then review with the group prior to submission to Google Classroom by 4 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. View the work created by classmates and submit a written reflection