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The role of the Integral Evangelization Program in the University has to be realized in the following:

1. Knowing the Faith through Religious Education Ministry
   
   1. This area involvers the Religion/Values Education Subjects of the Basic Education Department and Theology Subjects of the College Department. It includes Curricular formulation and development, evaluation and implementation of the scope and sequence of Religious/Values Education and Theology offerings.
      
   2. Rationale:
      The formation of the Catholic Christian person, who is called to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ, is a task and a challenge to Catholic schools and their formators/educators. In the light of Jesus’ commission to preach the Gospel to all nations and the Charism, Vision-Mission of the Congregation of the Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation (ASOLC); and the Church Magisterium, the Association of Schools of the Augustinian Sisters (ASAS) has identified “Religion/Christian Living and Theology” as the core subject in its curriculum. Religious Education is envisioned to embrace five basic characteristics:
      
      1. Contextualized
         Religious Education is deeply rooted in the faith-life experiences of students and teachers who live in different regions of the Philippines and foreign countries. It thus integrates history, sociology, economic-political, socio-cultural, and eco-feminist realities of the world, in general, and the Philippine society, in particular. It believes that the practice of the Christian faith is not isolated from experiences of the community of Jesus’ disciples (the Church of the Poor) and the signs of the times.
      2. Scripture-Based
         The soul of Christian Religious Education is the person and the message of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, and the Son of God, who is the self-manifestation of God-self. The basic Christian message then is to be taken from the Old and New Testaments which present the foundations and life-story, the words and works of Jesus and the history of the First Christian community. The stories of Jesus and the ancient Christian community are normative to the present day Christian’s praxis of faith and life.
      3. Integrated
         The three dimensions of the Christian faith, DOCTRINE, MORAL, WORSHIP (DMW) are taken individually however in an integrated manner. While each lesson has a definite focus, there is an integration of the other dimensions. This integration aims to unify/harmonize all the aspects of faith-life realities so as to develop a “whole” Christian person.
      4. Augustinian
         The aspects of Augustinian spirituality that are relevant to the modern Christian are integrated in the program. Since the Augustinian Sisters and our schools are inspired by the spirit of the great Augustine, his life and writings, his teachings on the interior life, community life, love and justice are given place.
      5. Nationalist
         As Catholic schools in the Philippines, Religious education aims to participate in the shaping of the Filipino people’s history and life through formal and transformative education. It can contribute to the development of a Filipino nationalist consciousness among the students, that would think, judge, choose and act on behalf of the Filipino people, especially the poor.
      
      
   3. Basic Education Course Title
      1. Grade One - Discovering God in Creation
      2. Grade Two - Meeting God in Jesus
      3. Grade Three - Encountering Jesus in the Eucharist
      4. Grade Four - Following Jesus of the Gospels
      5. Grade Five - Experiencing Jesus’ Presence in the Christian Community
      6. Grade Six - Witnessing Jesus in the Christian Community
      7. First Year - Journeying with God’s people
      8. Second Year - Journeying with Jesus of Nazareth
      9. Third Year - Becoming a Community of Disciples
      10. Fourth Year - Living Christ’s Life in the World Today
      
      
   4. College Theology Course Title
      1. Theology 1 - The Old Testament/Salvation History
      2. Theology 2 - The New Testament/Christology
      3. Theology 3 - The Church/Ecclesiology
      4. Theology 4 - Liturgy and Sacraments
      5. Theology 5 - Moral Theology
      6. Theology 6 - Lay Apostolate
      
      
   5. Facilitates the formation and continuing training of all Religion and Theology teachers through:
      1. Summer Religious Studies at URC leading to M.A. degree;
      2. Attendance to national or local conventions/conferences;
      3. In-service seminar-workshop; and
      4. Religious/Theological researches
      
      
   6. Formation of all university professors/teachers concerning Christian Values, Augustinian Spirituality, Gospel imperatives and the basics of the Catholic Faith towards integration of faith and life at the URC organizational culture through:
      1. Lecture series; and
      2. Bible study and sharing
      
      
   7. Facilitation of processes where religion/theology really becomes the core of the URC curriculum through:
      1. Collaboration among departments in terms of value enhancement in all academic and non-academic activities;
      2. Faculty’s internalization of Gospel values; and
      3. Deepening of faith-life among all members of the academic communit

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