Is SL Catholic? Why all the Catholic materials in core 200?
No SL is not Catholic. As we say in our catalog (especially in our Top Educational Goals article), we want to train our students to become winsome and effective ambassadors for Christ, which means we have to teach students not only biblical content, but HOW TO LISTEN… to people with whom we may disagree… If we are to be effective ambassadors, we need to know WHAT these people are thinking, WHY they think as they do, HOW they express themselves… and then, finally, perhaps we can figure out how to respond!
So, our purpose in carrying the powerfully pro-Catholic materials we do is to help kids get a good handle on what a thinking devout Catholic might say, not only about Catholicism, but about Protestantism! It can be an eye-opening experience. We pray it will also be a faith-building experience as each student may first feel quite shaken, but then slowly find answers.
You may prefer NOT to have your 9th grader use this program. We make very clear that we believe it is designed for and best used by MATURE students . There is a reason!