Recommended for Grade 9

This Student Exercise Book complements the Teacher Manual with the same title, providing an introduction to the Roman Catholic religious education curriculum. Students acquire a shared vocabulary and a shared understanding of basic beliefs about topics that will receive fuller treatment as students continue their religious education through use of the Discipleship Series. 

The text consists of seven parts: Getting Started—All Are Welcome; Considering the Mystery of the Catholic Church, Choosing Holiness, Holiness in the World, Prayer in a Catholic Context, Scripture in a Catholic Context, and Tradition—Something Which Is Known to Have Been from the Beginning.  Lessons present the early followers of Jesus, the Catholic vision of life, the Ten Commandments, the Eucharist, the Old Testament, the Holy Trinity, and more.

Exercise books can serve as records of individual faith journeys.  Activities stimulate class involvement, explore real-life experience, promote biblical and doctrinal literacy, foster creative thinking, teach community commitment, invite spiritual growth and prayer, and present service as essential to discipleship. This resource is to be used in conjunction with the Teacher Manual by the same title.