<strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Education</strong> <strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Church Teaching on <strong>Education</strong>Second Vatican Council, Declaration on <strong>Education</strong> (Gravissimum <strong>Education</strong>is), <strong>19</strong>65*Sacred Congregation for <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Education</strong>, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Catholic</strong> School, <strong>19</strong>77*Sacred Congregation for <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Education</strong>, Lay <strong>Catholic</strong>s in Schools: Witness to Faith, <strong>19</strong>82*Sacred Congregation for <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Education</strong>, <strong>Education</strong>al Guidance in Human Love, <strong>19</strong>83*Sacred Congregation for <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Education</strong>, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Religious</strong> dimension of the <strong>Education</strong> in a <strong>Catholic</strong>School, <strong>19</strong>88*Sacred Congregation for <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Education</strong>, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Catholic</strong> School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium, <strong>19</strong>97*Sacred Congregation for <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Education</strong>, Consecrated Persons and <strong>The</strong>ir Mission in Schools, 2002*Other DocumentsCode of Canon Law: New revised English translation (Codex Iuris Canonici), <strong>19</strong>83*<strong>Directory</strong> for Masses with Children, <strong>19</strong>74*Congregation for the Clergy, General <strong>Directory</strong> for Catechesis, <strong>19</strong>97*Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, 2005Documents of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales<strong>The</strong> Common Good in <strong>Education</strong>, <strong>19</strong>96Valuing Difference, <strong>19</strong>98<strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Education</strong> in the <strong>Catholic</strong> School, 2000Levels of Attainment in <strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Education</strong> in <strong>Catholic</strong> Schools and Colleges, 2004*Cherishing Life, 2004*On the Way to Life, 2005*<strong>The</strong> Gift of Scripture, 2005*<strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Education</strong> in <strong>Catholic</strong> Schools and Colleges in England and Wales: 14-<strong>19</strong> <strong>Curriculum</strong> Guidance,2006*Pastoral Letter on <strong>Catholic</strong> Schools, 2007*<strong>Catholic</strong> Schools, Children of Other Faiths and Community Cohesion: Cherishing <strong>Education</strong> for HumanGrowth, 2008*Meeting God in Friend and Stranger, 2010*Web-based Resources<strong>The</strong> internet is a useful tool in the <strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Education</strong> classroom. Biblical texts, <strong>The</strong> Catechism, Documentsof the Magisterium and other reference works (including all those items above marked withan asterisk) are freely available online. <strong>The</strong> utmost care must be taken, however, when choosing onlineresources. It is the responsibility of the religious educator to ensure that any materials usedfaithfully reflect the authentic teaching of the Church. Similar care must be taken in judging videoand other non-text resources so as to ensure that they accurately reflect the practice and beliefs ofthe Church.* available online72
<strong>Catholic</strong> Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales — Department of <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Education</strong> and FormationReferences1‘Schools’ here refers to any institution providing infant, primary and secondary education andincludes Academies and Sixth Form Colleges.2cf. 2 Tim 4:23HE Joseph Card. Ratzinger, homily at the Mass Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice, 18 April 20054cf. 1Pet 3:155cf. CIC, 7956CSTTM, 4 (<strong>19</strong>98)7cf. GS, 228CSTTM, 9 (<strong>19</strong>98)9GE, 3 (<strong>19</strong>65)10Circular Letter To <strong>The</strong> Presidents Of Bishops’ Conferences On <strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Education</strong> In Schools, 2 (2009)11cf. GDC, 73 (<strong>19</strong>98)12CT, 69 (<strong>19</strong>79)13cf. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Religious</strong> Dimension of <strong>Education</strong> in the <strong>Catholic</strong> School, l.c. 70 (<strong>19</strong>88)14Pope Benedict XVI, Address to the <strong>Catholic</strong> religion teachers, Rome, 25 April 200915Pope Benedict XVI, Address to teachers and religious, Twickenham, 17 September 201016CCC 24 (cf. 1Cor 3:1-2)17Briefing, 26 May <strong>19</strong>94, quoting GDC, 74b18CCC 84<strong>19</strong>cf GDC, 154 (<strong>19</strong>98) (cf. Synod of Bishops <strong>19</strong>77, Message to all People, 9)20A Simple Prayer Book, <strong>Catholic</strong> Truth Society, 201121Compendium of the Catechism of the <strong>Catholic</strong> Church, <strong>Catholic</strong> Truth Society, 200622ibid., 73231 Cor 12:2224Heb 13:825Benedict XVI, General Audience, 28 January 200973