April, 2009

Religion Departments of Jesuit High Schools

Missouri Province

DeSmet Jesuit High School
233 North New Ballas
St. Louis, Mo. 63141
314.567.3500
Mission Statement | Grad at Grad
Religious Objectives | Curriculum

Theology Department
Chair: Tony Plein
Basic curriculum:
Freshman year: Introduction to Religion (one semester)
Sophomore year: Old Testament (first semester) & New Testament (second semester)
Junior Year: Morality (first semester) & Faith & Justice (second semester)
Senior Year: Christ & Faith (one semester) & Christian Lifestyles (one semester)
What are among the best things your school does to really form your students into "men and women for others?" Service program, Jr. Project, Retreat program, Odyssey Days, Peer Mentoring (Big Brothers and Senior Leaders), Cura Personalis, Faculty Development Committee.


Rockhurst High School
9301 State Line Road
Kansas City, Mo. 64114-3299
816/363/2036
Grad at Grad | Jesuit Tradition

Theology Department
Chair: Jay Coleman
Basic curriculum:
Freshman year: Introduction to Catholic Christianity and Morality
Sophomore year: Old Testament and New Testament
Junior Year: 1S World Religions 2S includes Sacraments
Senior Year: 1S Faith & Justice 2S Christian Lifestyle. There is a Liturgy & Worship course that is an elective.
What are among the best things your school does to really form your students into "men and women for others?" Freshman Retreat (Chris Bosco) and Kairos, Student Government (Mike Heringer), Ignatian Formation of Faculty (Tom Norman), Yearbook and Photography (Matt Nickson).


St. Louis University High School
4970 Oakland Avenue
St. Louis, Mo. 63110-1402
314.531.0330
Mission Statement | Grad at Grad
Philosophy

Theology Department Theology at St. Louis U. High meets five days a week. Students need eight semesters of Theology to graduate
Chair: Mr. Jim Linhares
Basic curriculum:
Freshman year: Introduction to Catholic Christianity & Introduction to Scripture: Old Testament
Sophomore year: Introduction to Scripture: New Testament & Sacraments (one quarter) and Sexulaity & Dating (one quarter)
Junior Year: Faith & Morality/Social Justice
Senior Year: Christian Lifestyles (required) & one elective: Beatitudes, Liturgical Music or World Religions
What are among the best things your does to really form your students into "men and women for others?"
Senior Project, Freshman Direction Days, Freshman Retreat, Junior Whitehouse Retreat, Kairos Retreat, daily examen of consciousness.


Religion Departments of Jesuit High Schools
of the Outside of the Missouri Province

Loyola Academy
1100 Laramie
Wilmette, Ill 60091
847.256.1100
Mission Statement | Grad at Grad
Theology Home Page | Curriculum

Theology Department
Chair: Ms. Fran Maloney
Basic curriculum:
Freshman year: Faith & Sacraments
Sophomore year: Scripture, one semester
Junior Year: Ethics
Senior Year: Theology Quest. A student can also take a Justice Seminar
What are among the best things your school does to really form your students into "men and women for others?" Mission trips, Formation classes,


St. Ignatius College Prep
1076 W. Roosevelt Road
Chicago, Ill. 60608-1594
312.421.5900
Contact person: Terry Tyrrell
Mission Statement | Graduation Outcomes

Theology Department
Chair: Chuck Thompson
Basic curriculum: this will be rewritten shortly in light of Bishops recent document on Catholic high school religious education
Freshman year: World Religions, one semester
Sophomore year: Scipture, all year
Junior Year: Ethics and Christology
Senior Year: Faith and the Catholic Heritage
What are among the best things your school does to really form your students into "men and women for others?" Chuck thompson said, "The relationship with students and the modeling of the faculty." Also: Mission trips, SLIP (Student Leadership in Ignatian Principles), Ignatian Values Days,


St. Ignatius High School
1911 W. 30th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216.651.0222
Contact person Brother Mike Nusbaum
Mission Statement | Grad at Grad
Department Mission Statement | Curriculum

Theology Department
Chair: Jim Brennan
Basic curriculum:
Freshman year: Introduction to Catholic Life, two semesters
Sophomore year: Christian Morality and Moral Decision Making, one semester and Christian Service, one semeter
Junior/SeniorYear: Classes are mixed and are electives in two year cylcles. Ist semester options are semester courses: Catholic Social Teaching, Christain Manhood, Interpreting Scripture and World Religions. second semester are quarter courses: Catholic Critical Thinking, Jesus, Mary in Catholic Thought, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Sexuality, Death and Resurrection and Sacraments.

What are among the best things your school does to really form your students into "men and women for others?" Christian Action Team, Sophomore Service, Student Chaplain/Spirituality. Spirituality Program for Adults, Retreat Program.


St. Xavier High School
600 W. North Bend Road
Cincinatti, Ohio 45224
513.761.7600
Contact person: Craig Maliborski
Principles & Objectives | Grad at Grad
Mission & Beliefs | Curriculum

Religious Studies Department
Chair: Chairperson Bill Schlater
Basic curriculum:
Freshman year: Scripture which meets in a scheduled block with English and Social Studies/World Culture
Sophomore year: Faith & Sacraments
Junior Year: Chrisitian Morality/Social Justice, Christian Morality/Social Justice with Servcie
Senior Year Electvies: Leadership for the 21st Century, World Religions, Meditation: History and Practice, The Question of God, Philosophical/Theological Themes in Film, The Gospel According to Popular Culture, Responding to Violence, God in the City, Bioethics
What are among the best things your school does to really form your students into "men and women for others?" Senior Leadership Training, Community Service, freshman Theology courses are interdisciplinary and sophomore classes that center on doing the examen during the fourth quarter, Freshman Family Conferences, Junior Family conferences, Senior Exit Interviews, Wellness Committee, Christian Life Communities, Some sports teams have chaplains (the football team has a Mission Statement.


Key Documents for the Ignatian Educator
Profile of the Ignatian Educator | What Makes a Jesuit High School Jesuit? The Life of Ignatius by Norma O'Neal, S.J. | Ratio Studiorum
Themes of Higher Jesuit Education by Peter-Hans Kolvenback, S.J. | Men for Others by Pedro Arrupe, S.J.


Important Links for the Ignatian Educator
The Society of Jesus in the United States | Jesuit Secondary Education Association | FAQ about the Jesuits from St. Louis U.


Please send any corrections, questions, comments and/or suggestions to M. Sciuto

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