
	The crossed keys represents Christ's gift of keys to the kingdom of heaven to St. Peter. St. Peter is a leader among the Apostles.


	The crossed fish represents the shape of the cross upon which St. Andrew suffered martyrdom for Christ.


	The shells symbolize the missionary spirit of St. James, the first Apostle to be martyred for Christ.


	The snake in the cup references the story that St. John once drank from a poisoned chalice and lived, a miraculous achievement.


	The symbol of the cross and two loaves reflects St. Philip's concern before Jesus fed the multitudes.


	The knives symbolize how St. Bartholomew was flayed alive for following Christ.


	The carpenter's square references St. Thomas building a church with his own hands while the spear suggests his martyrdom.


	The three money bags refer to St. Matthew's original occupation as a tax collector.


	The saw is the instrument used to martyr St. James.


	The ship symbolizes the missionary journeys St. Jude undertook to spread the good news of the gospel.


	The fish on the hook represents St. Simon the Zealot becoming a great fisher of men by preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.


	Thirty pieces of silver is the symbol of Judas' betrayal of Christ. The open Bible and double bladed ax symbolizes St. Matthias who replaced Judas.

The Apostles & Markets Curriculum ...

Apostles & Markets presents a set of twelve lessons referenced to scriptural passages, Catholic social teaching, and sound economic principles. The lessons address a range of topical issues including wages, profits, freedom, subsidiarity, environmental protection, immigration, and globalization. The lessons are designed to complement the curricula of social justice, morality, economics, and history courses offered in Catholic and other Christian high schools.

Apostles & Markets can make teaching your course easier. Its lessons can be used singly or as a set, in any order, to augment your syllabus. The teacher's guide pages for every lesson offer suggested teaching procedures as well as detailed answers to all questions posed in handout materials.

All lessons identify economics content by reference to the Content Standards of the National Council on Economic Education. The lessons address several topics in Christian discipleship electives as outlined in suggested Catholic and Christian curriculum frameworks.

Apostles & Markets In each lesson, Apostles & Markets can help theology and social studies teachers engage their students in well-structured inquiry guided by economics and Catholic social thought.

In ways that matter to teachers, the lessons are . . .

Convenient: Scriptural passages that relate to a contemporary social issue under consideration are included at the start of every lesson.
In-depth: Excerpts from the Catechism and Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church are included in every lesson.
Reflective: In place of rote memorization, the lessons call on students to interact with readings and to formulate answers to questions that explore textual meaning.
Educational: The teacher's guide teaches economics along the way in easy-to-understand presentations of relevant economic concepts.
Useful: Closure activities call on students to apply what they've learned about Catholic social teaching and economic principles.