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Celebrate: Liturgy of the Word with Children by Maureen Kelly helps children connect each week with the liturgical language of the Church. Week by week, everything you need to bring liturgy alive for children ages 5-12, including enough material each week to conduct 20 to 40 minute sessions in the classroom or children's church setting.
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$21.00 each |
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Preparing for Sunday (www.preparingforsunday.org) online access allows you to put the lectionary readings on your parish website. Each weekly update includes the scripture text and background, reflection and prayer starter. |
$52.00 a year
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BAPTISM
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Baptism and Beyond by Kathy Coffey is a popular resource that prepares parents for their child's baptism by focusing on the rite's symbols and scriptures. Includes several ways parents can nurture their child's spiritual development during the years between Baptism and First Eucharist.
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| Leader Guide Sessions for Parents contains everything a catechist needs for leading two parent sessions |
$10.50 |
| Parent Guide: Preparing for Baptism and Nurturing Your Child's Spirituality |
$11.50
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| Parent Booklet: Preparing for Baptism |
$5.25
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| Parent Booklet: Preparing for Baptism (in Spanish) |
$5.25 |
FIRST RECONCILIATION
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First Reconciliation and Beyond edited by Steve Mueller offers everything that a parish catechist, the child, and the family needs to prepare children ages 7-11 for celebrating the sacrament of First Reconciliation and growing in friendship with Christ and others.
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| Leader Guide contains everything a parish catechist needs to offer one parents' session and four children's sessions. |
$10.50 |
| Child's Book encourages the child to respond creatively to the session theme and scripture story |
$5.25 |
| Family Activity Book is an intergenerational resource that parents need to help their child at home celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation |
$6.25 |
| Family Activity Book (in Spanish) |
$6.25 |
FIRST EUCHARIST
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First Eucharist and Beyond: Ongoing Initiation into Communion with Christ edited by Steve Mueller offers everything a parish catechist, the child, and the family need to prepare children ages 7-11 to celebrate First Eucharist and begin to live a Eucharistic life in communion with Christ.
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| Leader Guide contains everything a parish catechist needs to offer one parents' session and four children's sessions for a "full, conscious and active" manner directed by Vatican Council II. |
$10.50
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| Child's Book encourages the child to respond creatively to the session theme and scripture story |
$5.25
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| Family Activity Book encourages the whole household to support the preparation of the child through shared activities. |
$6.25
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| Family Activity Book (in Spanish) |
$6.25 |
CHRISTIAN INITIATION
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Children and Christian Initiation by Kathy Coffey gives practical guidelines and tips for the process of initiating 7-14 year olds into the Catholic Christian community, with all the components you need for leader, parent, sponsor, child, and youth.
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| Leader Guide is based on the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults |
$21.00
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| Parent and Sponsor Guide |
$5.25
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| Journal for Children (ages 7-10) |
$6.25
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| Journal for Youth (ages 11-14) |
$6.25 |
CONFIRMATION
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Confirmation: Anointed and Sealed with the Spirit is based on the Rite itself, with activities and rituals to inspire the hearts and minds of candidates ages 7 to adult
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| Leader Guide by Thomas H. Morris & Kathy Coffey is a practical guide to prepare candidates for Confirmation. Lectionary texts, symbols, ritual gestures and discussion of the meaning and intention of the rite form the basis of this resource. |
$15.75
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| Rituals & Retreats by Jean E. Bross & Robert W. Piercy offers eight blessings and rituals to use with the Leader's Guide along with two retreat plans for older or younger candidates. |
$10.50
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| Journal for Younger Candidates (ages 7-12) |
$6.25
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| Journal for Older Candidates (ages 13-17) |
$6.25
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| Journal for Adult Candidates |
$6.26 |
MARRIAGE
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Picture of Love: Marriage Preparation Program by Joan Vienna & Virginia Metoyer covers issues that all couples need to examine in preparation for the Catholic sacrament of matrimony for a variety of session formats: four or six evenings, two half days or one full day.
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| Presenter's Guide (Engaged Couples) |
$26.25
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| Participant Workbook (Engaged Couples) |
$5.25
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| Presenter's Guide (Convalidation) |
$26.25
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| Participant Workbook (Convalidation) |
$5.25 |
FUNERAL PLANNING
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Preparing a Catholic Funeral by Kenneth Koehler is an aid to help funeral planning be less overwhelming and more meaningful for those planning for a loved ones funeral or to plan ahead for their own funeral. This booklet helps survivors with their decision-making about funeral arrangements, helps facilitate the flow of communication among the survivors, mortuary, and parish staff and makes the planning process less time-consuming for the priests. |
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$1.95 each. |
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Preparing a Catholic Funeral (Spanish version) |
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Customize: Preparing a Catholic Funeral front and back covers can be customized for you diocese or region. Call 1-800-824-1813 for details. |
