Symbols and Ethics

This course invites students to explore their relationships with God, themselves, and others in light of the Sacraments of Vocation of the Roman Catholic Church and the Church’s teaching in the areas of Morality and Social Justice. Students will consider the symbolic, ritual, and historical elements of the Sacraments of Initiation, Sacraments of Vocation, and will also be challenged to see themselves, others, and their environment as sacred. This will include a consideration of the personal and social dynamics that go into morality and ethical decision-making in light of Church teaching. The issue of justice, particularly social justice, will be studied, and a process for Christian moral decision-making will be learned and applied to contemporary issues of morality and justice with an emphasis on Catholic Social Teaching.