CATHOLICISM IN THE ENGLISH CURRICULUM AT HOLY NAME OF MARY 

The study of English gives students and their teachers the opportunity to share their faith in every class.  First of all, by focussing on literacy, English students and their teachers concentrate on the thinking skills that help individuals to know themselves and to understand the challenges facing  them as they strive to live virtuous lives in a secular society that often seems to work in contradiction to their faith and their values.

The literature on our curriculum at Holy Name of  Mary leads us to focus on many themes that are central to a faith-filled life.  Although each course has its own particular areas of concentration, there are core themes which run through all the courses from grades 9 through 12: the wonder of God’s creation; the redemptive power of love and the value of living a virtuous life; the role of conscience; the finding of wisdom, right judgement,  and redemption through suffering, repentance, and forgiveness; and the power of God’s grace.

What follows is an outline of some of the literary works and themes which are covered in our courses here at Holy Name.