Written in accord with the Catechism of the Catholic Church and rooted in the sound catechetical principles of the National Catechetical Directory, these texts present a well-defined curriculum model that stresses clear objectives, careful organization, and creative methods and evaluation procedures to check the attainment of goals. Very flexible, allowing teachers to select materials to highlight and stress, each text can be implemented on various grade levels for a quarter, a semester, or a full year depending on the length and frequency of class meetings.Introduces beginning high school students to the richness of the Catholic tradition in a pastorally and academically sound way; exploring themes of human growth and friendship and ideas of self-discovery and self-worth as it helps young people strengthen their identity and clarify their Christian values against the backdrop of the secular world.