A Catholic Liturgical Year of Learning
The Lumen Curriculum
The whole story of the world, told chronologically — with the Catholic faith, the great art and music, and the lives of the saints unfolding inside it. 32 weeks x 4 days x 60 minutes, walking from Sumer to the present.
Two parallel chronological threads: World History as the Day-1 spine (Sumer to present), and a standalone fact-forward US History thread on Day 2 across all 32 weeks (pre-Columbian to present).. Catechism follows YOUCAT (Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church), with CCC cross-references.
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Complete
Begin the journey
Week 1·Ancient World
How We Know the Past & Mesopotamia
The Arc of the Year
Six Units, One Journey
The Whole Year
Thirty-Two Weeks
1Week
How We Know the Past & Mesopotamia
Ancient WorldOrdinary Time
2Week
Ancient Egypt: Gift of the Nile
Ancient WorldOrdinary Time
3Week
Ancient Israel & Salvation History
Ancient WorldOrdinary Time
4Week
The Ancient East: India & China
Ancient WorldOrdinary Time
5Week
Ancient Greece I: The Birth of the Polis
Ancient WorldOrdinary Time
6Week
Ancient Greece II: The Greek Mind
Ancient WorldOrdinary Time
7Week
The Rise of Rome: The Republic
Ancient WorldOrdinary Time
8Week
The Roman Empire & the Coming of Christ
Ancient WorldOrdinary Time
9Week
The Age of Martyrs
Late Antiquity & the Early ChurchOrdinary Time
10Week
The Fall of Rome & the Light of Byzantium
Late Antiquity & the Early ChurchOrdinary Time
11Week
The Rise of Islam & the Early Medieval World
Late Antiquity & the Early ChurchOrdinary Time
12Week
Monasteries, Charlemagne & the Carolingian Light
Late Antiquity & the Early ChurchOrdinary Time
13Week
Feudal Society & the World of the Knight
The Middle AgesOrdinary Time
14Week
The Medieval Church & the Age of Cathedrals
The Middle AgesAdvent
15Week
The Crusades & the Medieval World Stage
The Middle AgesAdvent
16Week
Scholasticism & the Medieval Mind
The Middle AgesAdvent
17Week
The Late Middle Ages: Crisis & Transition
Renaissance, Exploration & ReformationChristmas
18Week
The Renaissance
Renaissance, Exploration & ReformationOrdinary Time
19Week
The High Renaissance & a Wider World
Renaissance, Exploration & ReformationOrdinary Time
20Week
The New World: Encounter & the Americas
Renaissance, Exploration & ReformationLent
21Week
The Protestant Reformation
Renaissance, Exploration & ReformationLent
22Week
The Catholic Reformation
Renaissance, Exploration & ReformationLent
23Week
Colonial America
Renaissance, Exploration & ReformationLent
24Week
The Scientific Revolution & the Age of Kings
Renaissance, Exploration & ReformationLent
25Week
The Enlightenment
Revolutions & the Modern AgeLent
26Week
The American Revolution
Revolutions & the Modern AgeLent
27Week
Founding a Nation & the French Revolution
Revolutions & the Modern AgeEastertide
28Week
The 19th Century: Industry & Empire
Revolutions & the Modern AgeEastertide
29Week
A Nation Divided: Expansion & Civil War
Revolutions & the Modern AgeOrdinary Time
30Week
The Turn of the Century
Revolutions & the Modern AgeOrdinary Time
31Week
The World Wars
The Contemporary WorldOrdinary Time
32Week
The Modern Age & Synthesis
The Contemporary WorldEastertide