To relate our own suffering and redemption to Christ’s paschal mystery.

• Explain how Joseph’s suffering and redemption foreshadows Christ’s Paschal Mystery.
• Relate the pattern of death and resurrection to their own lives, both spiritually and physically.

To discover the rich symbolism of Ash Wednesday, and understand its biblical roots.

• Articulate why we wear ashes on Ash Wednesday.
• Connect their Lenten sacrifice with the meaning of ashes on Ash Wednesday.

To explore Catholic teaching on the purpose and meaning of suffering.

• Discover that suffering has meaning and irreplaceable value.
• Critically engage with different views on suffering, and their ethical ramifications.

To explore the origins of secular humanism, and the threat that it poses to human dignity (in life and at death).

• Connect present-day offences to human dignity with their philosophical roots in the Age of Enlightenment.
• Discover that a culture’s funeral rituals reveal the essence of a culture’s worldview.

To stimulate student interest in the value and dignity of the human person.

• Develop an interest and curiosity in the value of human life.
• Critically engage with different worldviews pertaining to human dignity.