Product Description: Awakening: Challenging the Culture with Girls offers activities to help girls, ages ten to nineteen, critique the culture for both its negative and its positive influences. Each of ten themes is presented in one or more springboard activities, then further developed in additional or optional activities...read more

Explores the lives of over seventy women of the Bible as they reflect the roles women played in religious life from ancient times to early Christianity, with activities and ideas for relating their stories to life today.

COMING SOON! School Edition Components Teacher Guide Student Activity Workbook Testbook Ask your Sales Consultant for details! "Come with me," (Matthew 4:19). Jesus said this to his first disciples, and it is still his message to us today. Following Jesus is at the heart of being Catholic. Even though following Jesus isn't always easy, it's the most fulfilling and meaningful way to live life. Whether middle schoolers encounter this book as part of the Catholic Connections program in faith formation or pick it up out of curiosity, The Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers offers great guidance and aims to help young teens learn about all the central aspects of the Catholic faith, including God, revelation, faith, Jesus the Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Church, liturgy and sacraments, Christian morality and justice, and prayer. The book contains many special features and sidebars, including Live It!: suggestions for putting faith into action Pray It!: short, inspiring prayers Did You Know?: additional information about selected topics Fun Facts: brief notes designed to inform and amuse Illustrations: 22 4-color illustrations of people of faith People of Faith: profiles of inspiring, faith-filled people Think About It!: questions to ponder or discuss with friends and family Liturgy Connections: articles that show the relationship between Catholic beliefs and worship Looking Back: insights from history PLUS A collection of prayers A glossary of key words A handy, brief summary of Catholic beliefs and practices The Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers is a great tool for study, but it is more than that. It offers excellent guidance for praying and living the Catholic faith. The Subcommittee on the Catechism (formerly the Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the Catechism), United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has found this catechetical text, copyright 2009, to be in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Introduces teens to Catholic beliefs, art, culture, and history as expressed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discussing Church teachings on social issues of today and providing ideas for putting faith into action.

More than two hundred prayers, poems, and reflections on faith, hope, love, and God, by girls ages eleven to eighteen, selected from Catholic schools and parishes throughout the country. (view table of contents)

Product Description: For many people, the secular preparation time for Christmas takes precedence over the spiritual meaning of the season. Once Christmas arrives, the spiritual significance is lost amid the boxes and ribbons. Most Catholics don't realize that the season extends all the way through Epiphany to the Baptism of Our Lord...read more

Product Description: Seeking: Doing Theology with Girls is an introduction to theological methods and reflection, with an emphasis on actively engaging girls in making connections between their experience and the wisdom of the Scriptures and Tradition...read more