Grade 6
Chapters 1 to 3
- What is temptation? How does it work on us?
- What is Original Sin? What effect has it had on us?
- How did Blessed Peter To Rot stay faithful to Catholicism?
- What is a covenant?
- What are some simple but important ways you can be faithful?
- What is providence? How can you see it all around you?
- Tell about the second creation account of God’s creation of man and woman.
- What is the Old Testament?
- Why do you think people may have wanted to live near Saint Fiacre?
- What can sixth-graders do to help show respect for the dignity of everyone at school?
- How did Saint Teresa of Ávila bring joy and holiness to Carmelite convents?
- What is Lectio Divina?
- What does the story of Ruth and Naomi tell us?
- How is the Bible written?
- Why are stories so important for families and communities?
Chapters 4 to 6
- What did Jesus mean by the Kingdom of God? How can you see it all around you?
- Who was Saint Hilda of Whitby?
- What is natural moral law? Give an example of a natural moral law written in your heart.
- How was God always faithful even when the Hebrews complained in the desert?
- What is the Decalogue?
- What happened at the Last Supper?
- Why is "Savior" a title for Jesus alone?
- Why do Jews still celebrate Passover? What is Passover?
- What happened when God sent the tenth plague to Egypt?
- What was the covenant that God made with Moses and the Israelites?
- How does faith help us on our life journey?
- Why do we pray prayers of petition?
- Who was Saint Monica? How is her story a story about the power of prayer?
- What is salvation?
- How did Abram and Sarai show their faith in God?
Chapters 7 to 9
- What steps could prepare you to stand up for what you believe?
- How did Dorothy Day act like a prophet?
- What does the Incarnation mean?
- Who is the Messiah?
- Why is the prophet's job difficult and frightening?
- What are the Old Testament's wisdom writings?
- Who was Saint Thomas Aquinas?
- Why and how did King Solomon seek wisdom?
- What is wisdom? What do we know about growing in wisdom?
- What did Saint Hildegard discover about wisdom?
- How did Samuel feel about Israel's desire for a king?
- What does "anoint" mean?
- What kind of king was King David?
- What are the psalms?
- How did Saint Louis IX rule as king in France?
Chapters 10 – 12
- What has changed in the way the Church communicates the Gospel today?
- How did Saint Jude describe his role as a follower of Jesus?
- Why did Saint Paul describe the Church as the "Body of Christ"?
- What are the Marks of the Church? Why are they important? Describe one in greater detail.
- How do the Epistles tell us more about the spread of the Gospel?
- How does Apostolic Succession connect us with the Church Jesus established?
- What is a "mission"? What could your mission be?
- Tell about the Pentecost experience in Jerusalem.
- How did Saint Matthias become an Apostle?
- What is the Holy Trinity?
- How should you define "Church"?
- Who was Saint John Neumann?
- What is the Gospel?
- How did Jesus announce that he was "God's anointed"?
- What does "Redeemer" mean?
Chapters 13 to 15
- How and why did Saint Margaret of Cortona change her sinful life?
- What is conscience? How does it work for a sixth-grader?
- What is the message Jesus shared in the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant?
- Explain the three conditions necessary for a sin to be a mortal sin.
- What happens as a result of sin?
- Who was Blessed Maria Vicenta?
- What is real peace? How can you be a peacemaker?
- What do the Beatitudes teach us about God's priorities?
- What is a virtue?
- What is justice?
- What is charity?
- Tell about Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.
- What is morality? Give an example of sixth graders living and acting in right relationship.
- What happened at the Transfiguration of Jesus?
- What is the Old Law? What is the New Law?
Chapters 16 to 18
- How did Saint Henry II and his wife Cunegond share the Gospel as a married couple?
- Why is the family called the domestic Church?
- Tell about the first miracle Jesus worked.
- What does modesty mean?
- What is Matrimony?
- What does it mean to live a consecrated religious life?
- What is the Sacrament of Holy Orders?
- How did Saint Ignatius of Loyola serve the Church?
- What is a vocation? What do you think your vocation might be?
- How did the disciples of Jesus react when he washed their feet?
- How did Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne live out her call to spread the Good News?
- What does the "Real Presence" mean?
- What are the Sacraments of Initiation?
- How did Philip evangelize the man from Ethiopia? How did the Ethiopian react?
- What is conversion?
Chapters 19 to 21
- How is hope important in a Christian's life?
- What does the Resurrection of Jesus mean for us?
- Who was Saint John the Evangelist?
- What is apocalyptic literature?
- What is the Book of Revelation about?
- What did Saint Charles Borromeo do to help heal divisions in the Church?
- How does ecumenism help the Church?
- What was the Protestant Reformation?
- What is a schism? Why do schisms take place?
- How did Jesus show his concern about unity for his followers?
- Who was Saint Mary Faustina Kowalska?
- What are the Corporal and the Spiritual Works of Mercy?
- Why does Purgatory exist?
- What happens to those in Heaven and those in Hell?
- What is the Communion of Saints?