Religious Education at Terrace

St. Joseph's College
Gregory Terrace

Explore the Mission of Religious Education at Terrace

The Religious Education Program at St Joseph ’s College, Gregory Terrace has two distinct components. These interconnect with each other but have differing expectations.

One component takes place in the classroom, and it is here where the students cover aspects of religious knowledge, religious ritual and prayer. Understanding the Bible, interpreting scripture, investigating and learning about church teaching and comparative religion study are some of the areas dealt with in this component. Students will be required to undertake assignments, present orals, sit for examinations and participate in excursions or field work as part of the requirement of this component.

The second component involves the school as a whole and generally happens outside of the classroom. This component involves working with students so that they understand and practise the ethos and mission of the school in the daily activities of the College. It includes activities such as school liturgies, Eucharistic celebrations, retreats and involvement in helping the marginalized .

This is where what students have learned about in the classroom is realized in practical ways. This is where they live out the Mission of the Church.

This section of the Terrace website focuses mainly on the classroom component. The Campus Ministry section of the Terrace website covers the additional activities which incorporate Mission and the Christian/Edmund Rice Ethos of the college.

Campus Ministry Homepage

The Religious Education program at St Joseph ’s College, Gregory Terrace consists of three different stages.

• Stage 1- The lower middle school - grades 5 to 7
• Stage 2- The middle school - grades 8 to 9, Grade 10 Waterford Place
• Stage 3- The senior school -grades 11-12

The course outline in each of these stages has been developed in light of the following documents:

The Brisbane Archdiocesan Guidelines

The statement promulgated by the Catholic church with regard to Education and Schooling

The documents of Catholic Education developed by the Christian Brothers' Oceania Province

The current cultural context of the students, families and teachers who teach the course is also taken into account.The descriptive phrases used for each year level’s course highlight the focus of the content and skills taught that year.

Stage 1

• Grade 5 is seen as an Introduction year
• Grade 6 is seen as a Journey year
• Grade 7 is seen as an Investigation of Religion in Society year

Stage 2

• Grade 8 is seen as a Discovering year
• Grade 9 is seen as an Exploring year
• Grade 10 is seen as a year of Studying Religious Issues

Stage 3

Consolidating the journey - confronting the major questions

• 11 Religion and Ethics
• 12 Religion and Ethics

Head of Faculty Religious Education
Peter Marendy

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