Written assignment: Due Tuesday, November 17, 2009.
Describe any Marian apparition. Be sure to include when, where, to whom,
what message, and the Catholic Church's view on the apparition.
Theology 12
Cathedral Preparatory Seminary
Teacher: Mr. Daniel O'Keefe, M.A.
Qualified students can receive 3 college credits each semester from St.
John's University for this course.
Text: Kreeft, Peter J. Catholic Christianity. San Francisco, Ignatius
Press, 2001.
Purpose: This course is an exploration of the concepts and approaches
central to contemporary Catholic faith and life. It will provide students
with a broad survey of Catholicism from Biblical, doctrinal, moral,
liturgical, and spiritual perspectives. It will give a deeper knowledge of
Catholic belief and practice. Students will be given stronger insights into
the catechism of the Catholic Church. In addition, students will be
introduced to the development of theological method. This course will set
the groundwork for s deeper look at Church History in the second semester.
Exams: When a chapter reading is due, a quiz will start the class. Quizzes
are based on the required reading from the text. There will be a midterm and
final exam.
Course Outline
Week 1: Faith/God
Week 2: Creation/Man/Original Sin
Week 3: Jesus Christ/Holy Spirit
Week 4: The Holy Catholic Church
Week 5: Forgiveness of Sin/Resurrection of the Body/Life Everlasting
Week 6: Essence of Catholic Morality
Week 7: Human Nature/Aquinas
Week 8: Fundamental Principles/Virtue and Vice
Week 9: Duties to God/Prayer
Week 10: Family and Social morality
Week 11: Sexual Morality
Week 12: Social and Economic Morality
Week 13: Liturgy
Week 14: Baptism and Confirmation
Week 15: Penance/Matrimony/Holy Orders
Week 16: The Eucharist
Week 17: Mary
Week 18: Vatican II
Week 19: Living a Catholic Life in the Modern World
Further Readings and Resources:
The Catechism of the Catholic Church. Boston: St. Paul Book and Media, 1994.
Chaput, Charles. Living the Catholic Faith. Ann Arbor: Servant Publications,
2001.
Howard, Thomas. On Being Catholic. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1997.
Ratzinger, Joseph. Introduction to Christianity. San Francisco: Ignatius
Press, 1990.
