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Durable and everlasting laminated holy prayer card that contains a color image of Jesus on the front, and a House Blessing on the back. Card measures 2 1/2" x 4 1/2".

Throughout their initiation process, the elect have prepared to be welcomed into the Catholic Church. After a time of catechesis and prayer, they along with a sponsor, godparent, and parish leaders have discerned that God is calling them to begin the final stage of their journey of preparation during the Period of Purification and Enlightenment.

A Journal for the Elect and Neophytes is a tool to guide the elect's prayer and reflection throughout the seasons of Lent and Easter. It includes brief introductions for each Sunday or ritual that the elect will celebrate with their parish family, as well as reflection questions or an activity prompt. The journal provides spaces to write responses and reflections on the seasons and on the liturgies they have experienced. By taking time to ponder how God spoke to us through the signs, symbols, music, and people in the liturgy, we provide an opportunity for the Holy Spirit to open our eyes, heart, and mind to the presence of God in a deeper or new way, which allows us to strengthen our relationship with God.

A companion to the elect as they prepare for and celebrate the wonderful seasons of Lent and Easter, this journal will provide them with insights and reflections to continue their journey as new members of our faith community.

9781616717339| Saddlestitched | 6 x 9 | 64 pages

A Journey through the Three Days: Theological Reflections on the Paschal Triduum by Donna M. Eschenauer

This resource provides a spiritual journey through the Three Days of the Sacred Paschal Triduum. Each chapter reflects on the Triduum from a unique perspective and includes questions for discussion as an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the sacred mysteries of the Catholic faith. It illustrates the Triduum as the highest form of worship, ritually enacting human life and its set of relationships with God and each other. Donna Eschenauer clarifies and develops a theology of the Paschal Mystery as revealed through the rites of the Triduum, ultimately offering a foundation from which to understand all Catholic liturgy and to uncover its power to form Christian disciples.

978-1-61671-479-6 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 96 pages | Language: English

A Joyful Sound with musician blowing horn image enameled blue colors gold plated lapel pin, clutch back pin in gift box.

Product Size: 7/8 x 7/8 x 1/16

A Joyful Sound Lapel Pin with enameled colors in gift box.

Product Size: 7/8 x 15/16 x 1/16

A Joyful Sound with angel lapel pin, white enameled gold plated clutch back with gift box

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A Lent Sourcebook compiled by J. Robert Baker, Evelyn Kaehler, Peter Mazar

Over 1,000 entries accompany the reader on the journey through Lent. You'll find selections about conversion, repentance, renewal, rebirth, mystery, and eternity.

978-0-92965-036-4 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 492 pages | Language: English

A Light for My Path: Praying the Psalms on the Way of the Cross, Leader's Guide by Michael Ruzicki

Filled with practical advice for staging, preparing, and rehearsing the Stations of the Cross service, this Leader's Guide also offers tools for spiritual preparation and mystagogical reflection. Included on the CD-ROM are materials for promoting the service in your parish community through personalized invitations, pre-designed bulletin inserts, and a promotional video for your parish website. For those communities that may be interested in hosting a retreat centered on the Stations of the Cross, the Leader's Guide offers reflection questions, invitation flyers, and ideas for planning and hospitality. Music ministers will find this resource especially helpful as it includes sheet music for keyboard, guitar, C instrument, cantor, and SAB choir, along with recordings of the music for reference and rehearsal purposes.

The CD-ROM includes:

• Invitation flyers for your parish community
• Promotional video for your parish website
• Bulletin inserts to promote your service as a parish retreat, a single prayer service, or an opportunity to pray with other faith communities
• Invitation letters to involve your liturgical ministers and those in neighboring parish communities Catechesis and Formation
• Bulletin inserts reflecting on The Stations in History, the art in this book, and why we pray the Stations of the Cross
• Suggestions and ideas for praying the Stations of the Cross at home
• Reflection questions to encourage mystagogical reflection
• Order of Service
• Sheet music for cantor; soprano, alto, and baritone choir; guitar; keyboard; and C instrument
• Recordings of the Music ¦And much more!

978-1-61671-191-7 | Saddlestitched | 8 1/2 x 11 | 96 pages | Language: English

A Light for My Path: Praying the Psalms on the Way of the Cross by Michael Ruzicki

This fresh approach to the Stations of the Cross connects excerpts from the Book of Psalms to the Gospel accounts of Christ's Passion and Death. Perfect for use throughout Lent and especially on Good Friday, this order of prayer includes a pastoral reflection, a short Scripture reading, sung psalm responses, and original art for every station.

About A Light for My Path:

• Br. Mickey McGrath depicts the Stations of the Cross in a modern urban setting, using poignant images that resonate with the twenty-first-century disciple.
• Unlike artistic interpretations of the Stations of the Cross, Jesus is noticeably absent, inviting the participant to see and experience the Cross through his eyes.
• This edition of the Stations of the Cross relies on biblical foundations, especially the Book of the Psalms.

Thus, as you pray A Light for My Path, you will become more familiar with the prayers that Jesus said, along with many of the prophecies pertaining to his life and Death.

978-1-61671-190-0 | Paperback | 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 | 32 pages | Language: English

The Sacrament of Confession is often misunderstood by children and adults alike. While your child is preparing for his first Confession, it's easy for you both to feel overwhelmed. And even if first Confession was a while ago, perhaps you wish that you and your child had a better understanding of the sacrament.

A Little Book about Confession for Childrenexplains the hows and whys of going to Confession. It includes step-by-step instructions for preparing and receiving this beautiful sacrament of healing, which draws us into the infinite mercy of God. The book even provides an examination of conscience just for kids.

Everything you and your child need to know about the Sacrament of Reconciliation (or Confession) can be found in this informative little book with charming four-color illustrations. Perfect for preparing to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time, this little book is sure to be used over and over again.

Maxwell Johnson has made multiple contributions to our understanding of liturgical history and liturgical theology. This volume honors his work by offering a set of important essays by respected scholars that bridge the distance between scholarship and praxis, to be accessible and relevant to both pastoral ministers and academic theologians.

It is organized according to three categories: liturgical year, Christian initiation, and Eucharist. Within these categories, the contributors are especially attentive to three important aspects of liturgical history:

• the role that important figures in liturgical history played as liturgical pastors
• how liturgical history has been used in shaping contemporary liturgical rites and prayers
• how liturgical history informs contemporary understandings and beliefs

Ultimately, the book pays tribute to Johnson's contributions to the life of the church by exploring ways that the study of liturgical history might help the church remain faithful to God and to the sacramental worldview that continues to define and characterize classic Christianity.

Subtitle: On the Intersection of Liturgical History and Pastoral Practice
Author: David A. Pitt, Stefanos Alexopoulos, and Christian McConnell (editors)

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ISBN: 9780814662434
Details: 288 pgs , 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 
Publication Date: 10/01/2012

Durable and everlasting laminated holy prayer card that contains a color image of the Holy Spirit shining down on marriage on the front, and a Marriage Prayer on the back. Card measures 2 1/2" x 4 1/2".

A Mass Offering
4 7/8'' x 6 3/4'' 50 per box
(Gold Foil)
Inside Verse:
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
will be offered for
the intentions of _______
Rev_______ (right side)
Cross (graphic)
At the request of _____ (left side)

4 7/8'' x 6 3/4'' 100 per box

Mass Cards for the Deceased

Inside Verse:
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
will be offered for the repose of the soul of ________
Rev_______(right side)
Cross (graphic)
With the sympathy of _________ (left side)

In each generation, heroes of the Faith, whom the Church recognizes as saints, emerge. There are many characteristics that they have in common, but none thus far have used cell phones, played PlayStation video games, or searched for information on Google.

That is about to change.

A young "computer geek" named Carlo Acutis, who created a website cataloguing every reported Eucharistic miracle in the world and died of leukemia a year later at age fifteen, was beatified in November 2019, after a healing miracle in Brazil was attributed to his intercession. Since the beatification ceremony one year later, solemn crowds have been filing past the exposed relics of the blessed youth in Assisi's Church of Santa Maria Maggiore.

Carlo is a sign of contradiction in the modern world who serves as a heroic model for today's young people--a teenager who programmed computers and enjoyed films and comics yet lived as an authentic and sincere disciple of Christ. In these pages, you'll discover how he embraced the Faith as a boy and developed the virtues necessary to live a Christ-centered life in a secular society, how he overcame the vices that plagued him, and how he gracefully dealt with heartaches he could not divulge even to his parents.

When he developed leukemia, he offered his suffering both for Pope Benedict XVI and for the Catholic Church, saying: "I offer all the suffering I will have to undergo for the Lord, for the Pope, and the Church." In this surprising and inspiring book, you'll also learn:

• How Carlo became holy, in only a few short years
• The young man's unusual loneliness and how he dealt with it
• His strategy for resisting peer pressure
• How he had fun without losing control and learned to resist gluttony
• How he interacted with teen girls who became his friends
• Why his explanations about the Mass are used in today's catechism classes in Italy
• How he dealt with friends who were sexually promiscuous and what he told them
• How he responded to the shocking news that he was dying (which happened two weeks later)
• His remarkable Eucharistic Miracles Exhibition--made possible by his computer skills--that is now touring churches all over Europe

Pages: 216

ISBN: 9781644134849

Dimensions: 8.5" x 5.5"

A Missal for Children will help children to better understand what the holy Mass is, and will guide them through the liturgy to meditate on the mystery of the Eucharist.

Each of the prayers of the Mass is numbered. The same number precedes the explanation of the prayer on the facing page. This way, children can read the text of the Mass on the right-hand page and find its explanation on the left.

All the lovely illustrations will help them to understand the actions of the priest and the deeper meaning of the Mass.

A Missal for Children is the perfect companion to help your children to participate in the prayers at Mass, prepare for receiving Communion, say a prayer of thanksgiving after Communion, pray every morning and evening on their own or as a family, and prepare themselves to confess their sins in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

For ages 7 and up.

This simple, durable and lovely illustrated missal allows a young child to follow the prayers and actions of the Holy Mass step by step. The prayers and colorful pictures show a boy and a girl at Mass with their parents, what they say and what they do, as well as the words and actions of the priest.

The mystery of Jesus, who died on the cross, rose from the dead, and opened the way to Heaven for us, is the essence of the Holy Mass, which a child can enter into little by little with the help of this charming book. Color illustrations throughout. Ages 3 and up.

Let St. Patrick be your daily companion and guide by praying words from hisConfessio, and a reflection and prayer from Fr. Neil. Also included are traditional Irish prayers and the Revised Mass Text for St. Patrick. Repeat the 30 days for an all-year-long prayer experience.

Size 4 x 6-1/4 Pages 32

Durable and everlasting laminated holy prayer card that contains a color image of Mary Praying on the front, and a Nurse's Prayer on the back. Card measures 2 1/2" x 4 1/2".

The remarkable success of the book A Pastor's Toolbox: Management Skills for Parish Leadership has demonstrated that the demands of time and financial challenges continue to impact the work of today's parish leaders. The need has become even greater for practical tools to assist in the many aspects of temporal administration, leadership, and church management.

This follow-up volume provides all new information, insights, and practical tools that pastors need to handle the complexities of parish management in the twenty-first century. Sixteen contributors from across the country deliver key content that focuses on promoting excellence and best practices in the areas of management, finances, communications, and human resources development. A Pastor's Toolbox 2 provides: 

• leadership tools for the pastor and his team;
• help for working with the parish's pastoral and finance councils;
• intercultural competence and complex pastoring situations;
• suggestions for time management and effective meetings;
• human resources, change management, and canon law;
• tools for parish stewardship, communications, and Catholic schools.

The book is an outgrowth of the Toolbox for Pastoral Management, a nationally recognized joint project of Leadership Roundtable and Seton Hall University. Learn more at www.LeadershipRoundtable.org.

Author: Paul A. Holmes, Editor

Details: 186 pgs, 6 x 9 Paperback

Publication Date: 07/03/2017

Today's parish leaders are expected to be holy and prayerful spiritual guides, great preachers and compassionate confessors, but also to make important decisions in key areas like finance, budgeting, hiring and firing, fundraising, risk management, relationship-building, and more-often with virtually no transition or training. And with all the requisite education in philosophy and theology they must provide future pastors, in addition to formation in priestly spirituality and pastoral care, seminaries can do little to prepare priests to deal with the difficult temporal issues pastors face.

A Pastor's Toolbox is designed to help fill that void. It is loaded with valuable information, insights, and practical tools that pastors need in order to begin handling the complexities of parish management in the twenty-first century.

The book is an outgrowth of The Toolbox for Pastoral Management, a nationally recognized joint project of The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management and Seton Hall University. The Leadership Roundtable is a nonprofit organization of Catholic lay leaders, religious, and clergy working together to promote excellence and best practices in the management, finances, communications, and human resources development of the Catholic Church in the U.S. through the greater incorporation of the expertise of the laity. Learn more at www.TheLeadershipRoundtable.org.

Author: Paul A. Holmes, Editor

Details: 190 pgs, 6 x 9 Paperback

Publication Date: 01/28/2014

The recent retranslation and US adaptation of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults can be seen as the work of the Second Vatican Council continuing to unfold, fulfilling the council's mandate to draw up texts and rites so that they express more clearly the holy things that they signify Sacrosanctum concilium, 21). In this present volume, A Pastoral and Theological Commentary on the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, fourteen authors all scholars and pastoral ministers steeped in the Church's living liturgical tradition help us appreciate this unfolding more deeply by presenting the historical development and theological significance of the OCIA rites and texts, thus enriching our pastoral practice.

Introductory essays present a contextual foundation, including discussion of historical and theological roots and an exposition of Christian Initiation: General Introduction Then, following the structure of the OCIA, eight chapters of commentary concentrate on each stage of Christian initiation, from acceptance into the Order of Catechumens through the Period of Mystoagogy, including chapters on the Rites for Particular Circumstances. Further commentaries on the musical enrichment of the rites and on the newly revised National Statues for the Catechumenate round out this panoramic, yet accessible, view of the rites of the OCIA.

This book is for anyone ministering in or studying Christian initiation. We believe it offers a deep understanding of the rites for both those long familiar with this process and those fairly new to it. For those who wish to pursue further study, either casual or in-depth, a vast array of endnotes and bibliographies offer plenty of suggestions editor Victoria Tufano, from the introduction).

Paperback | 7 x 10 | 224 pages

ISBN 9781616717254

Recent decades have seen a steady trend in Roman Catholic teaching toward a commitment to active nonviolence that could qualify the church as a "peace church." As a moral theologian specializing in social ethics, Schlabach explores how this trend in Catholic social teaching will need to take shape if Catholics are to follow through. Globalization, he argues, is an invitation to recognize what was always supposed to be true in Catholic ecclesiology: Christ gives Christians an identity that crosses borders. To become a truly catholic global peace church in which peacemaking is church-wide and parish-deep, Catholics should recognize that they have always properly been a diaspora people with an identity that transcends tribe and nation-state.

Author: Gerald W. Schlabach

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ISBN: 9780814644546
Details: 416 pgs , 6 x 9
Publication Date: 10/15/2019

A Pope Francis Lexicon is a collection of over fifty essays by an impressive set of insightful contributors from around the globe, each writing on a specific word that has become important in the ministry of Pope Francis. Writers such as Sr. Simone Campbell, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Cardinal Ãscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, Fr. James Martin, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby, and Carolyn Woo explore the Pope's use of words like joy, clericalism, money, family, and tears. Together, they reveal what Francis's use of these words says about him, his ministry and priorities, and their significance to the church, the world, and the lives of individual Christians. The entire collection is introduced by a foreword by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians worldwide, and a preface by one of Francis's closest advisors, Cardinal Seán O'Malley.

This is no set of encyclopedia entries. It's a reflective, inspiring, and often heartfelt book that offers engaging answers to the question "What is this surprising Pope up to?"

Edited by Cindy Wooden and Joshua J. McElwee

218 pages , 6" x 9" Hardcover

Publication Date: 01/25/2018