Department of Religious Education


Overview

Integral faith formation deepens students Christian self-understanding, instills nobility of character and a sense of community, and nurtures a sense of social responsibility through participation in the missionary charism of the Society of the Divine Word – achieved through classroom discussion and research; bible enthronement and bible reading; celebrating the sacraments of reconciliation, confirmation and the Eucharist; recollections and pilgrimages; seminars, exposure and immersion.

In light of the challenges posed by the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines (PCP II), the University of San Carlos Department of Religious Education (ReEd) is aware that ReEd is “the core subject of the school curriculum, with the function of binding together all other disciples, while giving due respect to autonomy.” The Department of ReEd offers Basic Religious Education courses for all students, and Major courses for BSEd ReEd and MAEd ReEd students.

For more information, please call the Office of the Chair at (+63 32) 253 1000 local 130 or email us at reeddept@usc.edu.ph.

Objectives

The Department of Religious Education aims at educating students for the formation of mature Christian persons able to live their personal and communitarian lives in accordance with the values of freedom, justice, peace and joy.

Towards this goal, it seeks to:

• deepen the students’ Christian self-understanding in the light of the Kingdom of God
• enable persons to celebrate their faith that shall help persons to celebrate their faith in worship and bear witness to it in the community
• nurture in the students a Christian spirituality grounded in the Word of God and responsive to the needs of the community; develop in the students the commitment to transform society in solidarity with the poor and the oppressed anchored in the Word of God and the Eucharist
• equip students majoring in Religious Education with the knowledge and skills as well as nurture in them the attributes necessary in becoming effective religious educators.