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A Fertile Heart
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Coming in early 2025, A Fertile Heart is a faith-inspired program from Foundation to Year 11 that helps young people cultivate an awareness of their personal identity and confidence as children of God. Founded on authentic Catholic teachings and the vision of human love and sexuality from St John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, it will help them discover the truth and beauty of life, love, and relationships. The program is presented in a series of ready-made lesson modules exploring topics such as the sanctity of human life, sexuality, marriage, and human relationships. By fostering emotional, intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth, A Fertile Heart leads to the holistic formation of young people, allowing them to flourish and reach their full potential.
EMBRACING CHRISTIAN TEACHING
Originally developed in the United Kingdom, this program has been crafted, trialled and tested over a three-year period by Catholic educators, expert moral philosophers and theologians. It has also been granted a nihil obstat, a certificate granted by the Catholic Church verifying that it aligns with Catholic doctrine and morals and is free from error. It is also recommended by goodlove.org, an initiative supported by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life.
17 TRIAL MODULES/UNITS
We are providing free of charge, 17 modules/units (see below) for primary schools in conjunction with a 54-page A Fertile heart Sampler Book that can be trialled in 2024.
A Fertile Heart also recently received the endorsement of The Most Reverend Archbishop Julian Porteous, Archbishop of Hobart, who said: “…A Fertile Heart offers a refreshing and much needed expression of the Christian understanding of the nature of the human person. It seeks to capture more deeply, the beauty of human sexuality found in the Church teaching.”
To request the free A Fertile Heart Sampler Book, call us on 03 9336 0800.
A Fertile Heart lesson modules
Click below for FREE access to 17 SAMPLE YRS F-6 online lesson modules (includes lesson plans, interactive slides and support materials):
MODULE R (Foundation)
Module Ra) Genesis 1 and 2 – the stories of creation
Module Rb) Genesis 1 and 2 – the stories of creation SAMPLE Rb3
Module Rc) The Parable of the Mustard Seed (Matthew 13:31-32) SAMPLE Rc3
Module Rd) Jesus speaks of the birds and the lilies (Matthew 6:25-34) SAMPLE Rd2
Module Re) The feeding of the 5,000 (Matthew 14:13-21)
Module Rf) Noah’s Ark (Genesis 6-9)
MODULE 4 (YEAR 4)
Module 4a: Made In the Image of God SAMPLE 4a
Module 4b: Happiness
Module 4c: Happiness, Conscience and Emotions
Module 4d: God is Happy! Let’s be like God
Module 4e: Adopted by God: Receiving his Love SAMPLE 4e
Module 4f: Obedience in Jesus
Module 4g: Life Cycles and Life Spirals
Module 4h: I don’t quite work correctly – and that’s okay!
Module 4i: God saves me from me!
Module 4j: Baptism, Holy Communion and Confirmation
Module 4k: The Mass, the Sacraments and God’s Life
MODULE 1 (year 1)
Module 1a) The Annunciation (Luke 1:26-38) SAMPLE 1a2
Module 1b) The Lost Sheep (Luke 15:1-7)
Module 1c) The Visitation (Luke 1:39-56) SAMPLE 1c2
Module 1d) Jesus and Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10)
Module 1e) The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) SAMPLE 1e2
Module 1f) The Last Supper (Luke 22:14-23)
MODULE 5 (YEAR 5)
Module 5a: Life is Relational – especially for Persons! SAMPLE 5a
Module 5b: Self-knowledge, Self-Possession, Self-Gift
Module 5c: God is Relationship: We Long to be like Him
Module 5d: Marriage and Growing in Love
Module 5e: Freedom
Module 5f: Freedom in Christ
Module 5g: Tolerance
Module 5h: Tolerance and Solidarity
Module 5i: God and Dominoes!
Module 5j: Discernment and Trust part one SAMPLE 5j
Module 5k: Discernment and Trust part two
MODULE 2 (yEAR 2)
Module 2a) ‘Our Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name.’ The Fall of Adam and Eve (Genesis 3) SAMPLE 2a3
Module 2b) ‘Thy kingdom come.’ The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) SAMPLE 2b2
Module 2c) ‘Thy will be done’ The Calming of the Storm (Matthew 8:23-27) SAMPLE 2c2
Module 2d) ‘Give us this day our daily bread.’ The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30)
Module 2e) ‘Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.’ The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant (Matthew 18:23-35)
Module 2f) ‘And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.’ Joseph and his brothers (Gen.37, 39-41)
MODULE 6 (YEAR 6)
Module 6a: God-given Nature, Freedom and Consent SAMPLE 6a
Module 6b: Person and Nature
Module 6c: Life is Fractal!
Module 6d: Intellect, Order and Beauty
Module 6e: Being and Doing
Module 6f: Tolerance of what others think and do
Module 6g: Formed in their image SAMPLE 6g
Module 6h: Safe but not Scared
Module 6i: Faith and Science: the Beginning
Module 6j: Faith and Evolution
Module 6k: Science and Christianity
MODULE 3 (YEAR 3)
Module 3a: God is Our Father SAMPLE 3a
Module 3b: The Light of Truth
Module 3c: Water of Life
Module 3d: Marriage, God, man and woman
Module 3e: Increase and Decrease
Module 3f: Now that’s increase!
Module 3g: Unless a Grain of Wheat dies…
Module 3h: Remain in my love SAMPLE 3h
Module 3i: Pruned to be pure
Module 3j: Water, wine and blood!
Module 3k: Commanded to be Joyful!
You can view more details on A Fertile Heart on the website www.fertileheart.org.uk.
