10-12 Curriculum

Alberta Youth Search for Meaning

This Religious Studies program was written by the Catholic Religious Studies teachers in response to the needs of students in Alberta Catholic high schools today. The program “Alberta Youth Search for Meaning” is approved by the Bishops of Alberta and is in compliance with the teachings of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The curriculum strives to engage students in the search for meaning through three major themes: belonging, believing and relating. The program further addresses the study of specific topics through four “windows of authenticity”: truth, goodness, the spiritual, and religious community.

The overall aim of the program is to assist young persons with the help of the gospel, to participate as Catholics in the shaping of our culture. Christ and Culture brings Canadian culture intoconversation with Christ for young people. It explains the termsand concepts of such a conversation. How can such a conversationbetween the person of Christ and culture take place? What are thepartners in the conversation? What are the ways that we converse?Why is such a conversation helpful? To explore this dialogue,Christ and Culture focuses on three key elements:

  • the human being—the student who enters into the dialogue
  • culture and the things that shape culture in Canada
  • the person of Christ as he is present and active among us and in us today in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Young people search to find answers about themselves, others and God. The beliefs that adolescents hold will greatly influence the choices they make in the future. This course is intended:

  • to explore how believing is integral to human living
  • to study the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and Christian Scriptures (New Testament) as the source of our Judeo-Christian faith
  • to recognize the importance of Christ’s message in the Gospels and how that message challenges us to bring about the reign of God.

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The aim of In Search of the Good is to assist young people to understand themselves as moral persons living the way of Christ through and examination of ethical theories, the revelation of sacred Scripture, and the experience and teaching of the Catholic Church. This aim is grounded in the broader aim of catechesis tofoster our students’ faith, so that it may be living, conscious andactive as they examine how, as Catholics, they may contribute tothe good life with and for others in a just society. The aim of In Search of the Good is met through these six units:

  • mapping the ethical experience
  • guided by the light of Revelation
  • discovering the good life
  • gifted with freedom
  • proclaiming justice and mercy
  • building a civilization of love.

More information on the curriculum is available:
Alberta Education Senior High Curriculum Handbook

Information provided by Alberta Education