St. John the Evangelist Religious Formation
Extending the mission of Jesus, St. John the Evangelist School provides a Catholic Education for children in Grades Pre-Kindergarten through Grade Eight in the Greater Watertown Area.
The School maintains a spiritual atmosphere conducive to learning and academic excellence enabling our students to become moral and responsible citizens.
The School maintains a spiritual atmosphere conducive to learning and academic excellence enabling our students to become moral and responsible citizens.
St. John the Evangelist Religious Formation
The purpose of the Religion Curriculum is to prepare students to
proclaim the Good News and to translate this proclamation into action.
The curriculum encourages social reform through the guidance of
Christian values.
The following is a summary of the overall objectives of the Religion Curriculum:
1. To develop an awareness of God as Creator and humankind as His Creation.
2. To nurture a personal response to the call of Jesus in everyday living.
3. To foster a Gospel sense of love and respect which accepts responsibility for one's actions.
4. To develop a knowledge and appreciation of Christ as Mediator between God and humankind.
5. To develop an understanding of the Kingdom of God which is the central theme of Jesus' life and teaching.
6. To develop a sense of dedication to building up the Kingdom through service to humankind.
7. To teach students to know and recognize the Church as Christ present in the world today.
8. To develop in each student an awareness of his/her own dignity as a person and of the dignity of all people.
9. To develop a sense of hope in eternal life.
10. To develop an awareness in students that the concerns of the poor are our own.
The following is a summary of the overall objectives of the Religion Curriculum:
1. To develop an awareness of God as Creator and humankind as His Creation.
2. To nurture a personal response to the call of Jesus in everyday living.
3. To foster a Gospel sense of love and respect which accepts responsibility for one's actions.
4. To develop a knowledge and appreciation of Christ as Mediator between God and humankind.
5. To develop an understanding of the Kingdom of God which is the central theme of Jesus' life and teaching.
6. To develop a sense of dedication to building up the Kingdom through service to humankind.
7. To teach students to know and recognize the Church as Christ present in the world today.
8. To develop in each student an awareness of his/her own dignity as a person and of the dignity of all people.
9. To develop a sense of hope in eternal life.
10. To develop an awareness in students that the concerns of the poor are our own.
St. John the Evangelist School, 760 Main Street, Watertown, CT 06795 860-274-9208
