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A central aspect of the Subiaco Academy mission is to provide "a stable and structured environment nourished by Christian values." The Religious Studies Department does its part to carry out this mission daily in its teaching "a reflection of Catholic Benedictine traditions of service to God, respect for self and others, mutual support, and the value of work." The focus of all religious education classes is to promote understanding and change in the lives of its students.

Along with the program of the whole school, this department leads young men in the Catholic and Benedictine ways of knowledge, understanding, and practice of the faith, and/or acquiring a working knowledge of Catholicism for non-Catholic students. The words from the framed motto hanging in the school: "Christ is the reason for this school�" and the Benedictine motto: "That in all things God may be glorified" are important in the work.

Each student is required to be enrolled in a Religious Studies class each semester for all four years. The department offers an Introduction to Catholicism for Freshmen; Sacred Scripture (Old and New Testament) for Sophomores; Prayer, Spirituality, and Sacraments (one semester) and Church History (one semester) for Juniors; and World Religions/Apologetics (one semester) and Catholic Morality and Social Justice (one semester) for Seniors.