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What is the spirituality of the Cross?

Following Christ through sacrifice, service, and love.

What are the core values of HCDC?

Faith, Excellence, Community, Service, Integrity.

What is stewardship?

Responsible care of God’s creation, talents, and resources.

What are the 3 IILOs?

Transformative education, commitment to service and justice, lifelong learning guided by faith.

What is integral evangelization?

A Religious Education program linking academics with faith and Gospel values.

Why is the Bible not God Himself?

Because it only reveals God’s truth; God is greater than Scripture.

Why is the Bible not a history book?

It uses literary forms and conveys divine truth, not just historical facts.

How should we read the Bible?

With faith, regularly, in community, and considering the message as a whole.

What is Tradition (capital T)?

The essential, unchangeable truths of faith passed from Apostles through the Church.

What is tradition (small t)?

Practices and customs related to faith that can change.

Name 3 sources of Tradition.

Scriptural traditions, Apostolic traditions, Magisterium.

What role does human experience play in faith?

It makes Christian faith mature through worship, community life, testimonies, and culture.

What is holiness?

Sharing in God’s divine life and living with dignity as His image.

What does “revelare” mean?

To unveil or uncover—root of the word “Revelation.”

Why must God reveal Himself?

To make His will known, invite humanity to salvation, and share divine laws.

Who is the fullness of God’s Revelation?

Jesus Christ—both process and product of Revelation.

What are the paradoxes of faith?

Certain yet obscure, free yet obliging, reasonable yet beyond reason, an act yet a process, a gift yet requires human doing, personal yet ecclesial.

What are the three dimensions of mature Christian faith?

Believing (Paniniwala), Obedience (Pagtatalima), Trusting (Pagtitiwala).

HCDC Vision-Mission, Core Values, Spirituality of the Cross, Stewardship & Prayer Life

• Vision-Mission: Forms Christ-centered individuals living out Holy Cross spirituality.

• Core Values: Faith, Excellence, Community, Service, Integrity.

• Spirituality of the Cross: Following Christ through sacrifice, service, and love.

• Stewardship: Responsible care of God’s creation, talents, and resources.

• Prayer Life: Foundation of Christian living, strengthens relationship with God.

Institutional Intended Learning Outcomes (IILOs) & Religious Education Program

• IILOs:
  

  1. Transformative education

  2. Commitment to service and justice

  3. Lifelong learning guided by faith

• Religious Education Program (Integral Evangelization):
  

  1. Promotes faith formation

  2. Links academics with spirituality

  3. Encourages living Gospel values

Christian Sources 1 – Scripture

• Sacred Scripture: Inspired Word of God.

• Not just a book: Reveals divine truth through human authors.

• Key points:
  

  • The Bible is not God, but reveals God’s truth.

  • Uses literary forms, not a pure history book.

  • Must be read in totality, with faith, in community.

  • Inspires and guides moral life.

Christian Sources 2 – Sacred Tradition & Human Experience

• Sacred Tradition: “Trader” = to hand on; living faith passed from Apostles → Church.

• Types of Tradition:
  

  1. Scriptural Traditions – rooted in the Bible (Eucharist, Baptism, Papacy).

  2. Apostolic Traditions – teachings passed through unbroken succession (Popes, bishops).

  3. Magisterium – official teaching authority of the Church.

• Big T vs small t:
  

  1. Tradition (T) – essential, unchangeable truths of faith.

  2. tradition (t) – customs/practices that may change.

• Unity of Scripture & Tradition: Both come from God, interpreted by the Church.

• Human Experience: Liturgical celebrations, testimonies, Christian culture, beauty → real encounters with God’s revelation.

The Call to Holiness as Rooted in Revelation and Faith

• Holiness: Sharing in God’s divine life; living with dignity as image of God.

• Revelation (Revelare = to unveil): God’s self-disclosure in history, nature, Scripture, and above all, in Jesus.

• Why God Reveals:
  

  1. To be known and share His will.

  2. To invite humanity into salvation.

  3. To communicate divine laws of love and justice.

• Faith: Human response to God’s revelation.
  

  1. A gift from God (grace of the Holy Spirit).

  2. A process (grows, matures in life).

  3. Personal and communal (I believe + We believe).

• Paradox of Faith:
  

  1. Certain yet obscure

  2. Free yet obliging

  3. Reasonable yet beyond reason

  4. An act yet a lifelong process

  5. A gift yet requires human response

  6. Personal yet ecclesial (Church sustains faith)

• Jesus as the Fullest Revelation: Both process (God’s self-communication) and product (Word made flesh, content of the Bible).

What is the core spirituality of HCDC?

The Spirituality of the Cross – following Christ through sacrifice, service, and love.

What is the goal of the Religious Education Program?

To form students holistically through integral evangelization—living faith in academics, service, and community.

Why is the Bible not considered a history book?

Because it uses literary forms and focuses on divine truth, not chronological historical accuracy.

Differentiate “Tradition” (capital T) and “tradition” (small t).

Tradition = essential truths of faith, unchangeable; tradition = practices/customs, changeable.

Why must God reveal Himself?

To make His will known, invite humanity to salvation, and communicate His divine laws.

What are the paradoxes of faith?

Certain yet obscure, free yet obliging, reasonable yet beyond reason, an act yet a process, a gift yet requires doing, personal yet ecclesial.