Parents will find the teaching of the faith at Mercy is robust. Students have a combination of classroom lessons that impart knowledge about the faith, with many and varied opportunities to practice the faith. Students will have anywhere from 3 to 5 explicit religion classes per week, where they will study the content for the religion standards for their grade, as indicated by the links below. In addition, all students will enjoy participating in weekly Mass on Wednesday mornings at 8:30 am. In 2022, Cardinal Gregory asked all schools to have a special focus on the Eucharist, as the summit and source of our faith. Faculty will receive in-servicing on this topic, along with a review of each of the standards below.
The experiential aspects of the faith include but are not limited to all of the following:
- Morning prayers
- Benediction
- Weekly Mass
- Classroom prayer services
- Rosary with parish community
- Advent ceremony
- Lenten practices
- Stations of the Cross
- Sacramental preparation
- May Crowning
- Christmas pageant
ADW Religion Curriculum & Standards
Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4