Diocese of Kalamazoo Theology Curriculum Guide

GRADE / PRAYERS / SAINTS AND ANGELS
Pre-Kindergarten / Sign of the Cross
Grace Before Meals
Our Father (in Scripture) / Mary & Joseph (Holy Family)
Kindergarten / Sign of the Cross
Our Father
Hail Mary
Angel of God
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer / St. Joachim and St. Ann
Archangel Gabriel
First Grade / All prayers from previous grades
Glory Be
St. Michael the Archangel
Recite and/or Sing Responses at Mass:
  • Responses to the Greeting and Penitential Rite
  • Gloria
  • Responses to the Readings and Gospel
  • Response to Intercessions
  • Response to Preparation of Gifts and Eucharist Preface
  • Holy, Holy, Holy
  • Memorial Acclamation
  • Great Amen
  • Our Father
  • For the Kingdom, the power …
  • Response to the Sign of Peace
  • Lamb of God and Response
  • Final Blessing
/ St. Zechariah
St. Elizabeth
John the Baptist (John’s birth, the Visitation,
last prophet)
St. Nicholas
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Valentine
Guardian Angels
Mary (Mother of God and our Mother)
Second Grade / All prayers from previous grades
Act of Contrition
Act of Spiritual Communion
Rosary (know how to say) / St. John Nepomucene
St. Faustina (Divine Mercy Sunday)
St. Edward the Confessor
St. Therese of the Child Jesus the Little Flower
St. Bridget o Sweden
St. John Vianney
St. Padre Pio
Raphael, the Archangel
Our Lady of Guadalupe
St. Juan Diego
St. Pius X
Third Grade / All prayers from previous grades
Apostles Creed
Grace Before and After Meals
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Prayer Before Eucharist
Prayer After Eucharist / St. Peter
St. Andrew
St. Paul
St. Stephen
St. Tarcisius
Blessed Imelda Lambertini
St. Clare of Assisi
St. Pius X
St. Michael the Archangel
Our Lady Queen of Peace (Fatima: Jacinta,
Francesco & Lucia)
GRADE / PRAYERS / SAINTS AND ANGELS
Fourth Grade / All prayers from previous grades
Prayer to Know One’s Vocation
Morning Offering
The Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary
Hail Holy Queen
Fatima Prayer
Station of the Cross (experience devotion) / St. Anthony of Padua
St. Arnold
St. Bernadette of Lourdes
St. Brigid of Ireland
St. Clotilde
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
St. Mother Katharine Drexel
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Vincent de Paul
St. William Bourges
Blessed Damien of Molokai
Our Lady of Lourdes
Review saints and angels from previous grades
Fifth Grade / All prayers from previous grades
Memorare
Act of Faith
Chaplet of Divine Mercy / St. Agnes
St. Cecilia
St. Dominic Savio
St. Henry II & St. Cenugunda (his wife)
St. John Bosco
St. Lawrence
St. Louis IX
St. Maurice
St. Sebastian
St. KateriTekakwitha
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Review saints and angels from previous grades
Sixth Grade / All prayers from previous grades
Angelus
Act of Hope
Divine Praises
Prayer of St. Francis / St. David
St. Dominic
St. Francis de Sales
Gospel Writers: Matthew, Mark, Luke & John
St. James & St. Jude
St. Jerome
St. Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton
St. Olaf of Norway
St. Philip Neri
St. Rose of Viterbo
St. Timothy & St. Titus
St. Juniperio Serra
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of the Rosary
Review saints and angels from previous grades
Seventh Grade / All prayers from previous grades
Examination of Conscience
Act of Love
Stations of the Cross
Regina Coeli
Anima Christi / St. Agatha
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
St. Charles Borromeo
St. George
St. Isaac Jogues & companions
St. Lawrence O’Toole
St. Leo the Great
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
St. Martin of Tours
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GRADE / PRAYERS / SAINTS AND ANGELS
Seventh Grade
(continued) / Sts. NereusAchilleus
St. Rose Duschesne
St. Stanislaus
St. GeraryMajella
Blessed Gianna Beretta Molla
Our Lady of Sorrows
Sacred Heart of Jesus &
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Review saints and angels from previous grades
Eighth Grade / All prayers from previous grades
Canticle of Zechariah
Canticle of Mary
Canticle of Simeon / St. AlphonsusLigouri
St. Anselm
St. Anthony the Abbot
Apostles: Sts. Philip & James (the lesser), St. Thomas, Sts. Simon and Bartholomew, St. Matthias (who replaced Judas Iscariot)
St. Augustine
St. Benedict
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Boniface
St. Catherine of Alexandria
St. Francis Xavier
St. Francis Xavier Cabrini
St. Helena
St. Patrick
St. Rene Goupil
St. Rose of Lima
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. John Neumann
St. Maria Goretti
Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos
Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin
Our Lady of Mercy
Our Lady of the Snows
Review saints and angels from previous grades