Product Description: How does the Catholic Church exist in the historical context of the world? The course, The Catholic Church, ideal as a one-semester course for eleventh- and twelfth-grade students, explores the developments, people, and events that have shaped the Church...read more

This volume in the Classics of Western Spirituality makes available to a broad readership a selection of the core writings of Jean Baptist de La Salle (1651-1719), a French priest and educator who changed the face of education in his time and whose reforms continue to influence the ways we educate our children today. Born to a wealthy family, de La Salle turned his attention early on to the education of the poor and the marginalized and, at the same time, unwittingly founded a new type of religious community: Brothers who were teachers and active religious. Through his dedication to the vocation of teaching, de La Salle instituted several procedures that are still in practice in public and parochial institutions. --student cooperative learning --tuition-free attendance --involvement of parents --student service and ownership De La Salle's spirituality for educators, which melds prayer and action, compassion and practicality, can be read afresh in every age: it transcends time and place.

Product Description: A million messages bombard us everyday about what our body should look like and how we should feel about it. It's time to get beyond those relentless TV messages that day-after-day insist that to be happy we need a new body -- a perfect one...read more

Product Description: In You Give Me the Sun, teenagers from Catholic schools and parishes nationwide prayerfully voice their deepest concerns and joys. Each prayer is based on the author's favorite Bible passage. Ranging from humorous to serious, these prayers are occasions to give thanks and praise, to ask for help or comfort, or to celebrate the good things God has made...read more

Product Description: Sometimes the right words aren't easy to find when you're talking to a teen. Send Your Spirit offers prayers to supply words when your own may seem insufficient or incoherent. Easily adaptable to various situations, these prayers touch on the key themes and issues in teenage life and include a passage from the Bible to focus attention on God and inspire, challenge, and comfort teens...read more

Product Description: Does the Old Testament seem distant for your teens? Written on Our Hearts is a completely revised edition of The Hebrew Scriptures: The Biblical Story of God's Promise to Israel and Us. An in-depth course that brings to life the books of the Old Testament, this full-color student text covers the most important Scripture stories and passages of the Old Testament and guides students as they read the Bible...read more

A Christian morality course designed to be part of the religion curriculum within a Catholic high school. The course focuses on character development.

Product Description: What does religion have to do with my life? How do I know right from wrong? The course Growing in Christian Morality offers a Christian vision for answering these questions. Decision-making, wise judgment, justice, wholeness, honesty, and respect are themes that this one-semester course makes real for tenth- and eleventh-grade students...read more

Product Description: How do I pray? Is there a right way to pray? PrayerWays, a practical aid for students who wish to develop their prayer and spiritual life, emphasizes experiencing prayer as well as learning about it. Written in a simple, accessible style, this one-semester course for eleventh and twelfth graders offers background and an explanation of different prayer forms, with reflections and activities for students to try alone or in groups...read more

Product Description: Certainly we all need hope and inspiration. It keeps us open to fresh possibilities for a bright future. Indeed, we are lost without hope. For this third volume of Stories by Teenagers, young people wrote about where they find hope and inspiration...read more

Product Description: Don't be caught speechless when asked to begin or end a meeting in prayer. As We Gather, As We Part includes prayers on love as the key, making room for hope, seeking wisdom, and more.

Product Description: Koch explores what prayer is, where God is met, and defines the God which believers encounter in prayer. He guides readers on the many pathways to prayer, including petition, thanks and praise, journal writing, meditation, community prayer, and traditional prayer.

Product Description: For this second volume of Stories by Teenagers, we invited young people to write about friends. These wonderful stories by teenagers illuminate with biblical wisdom. "I have always considered myself a person who has many friendly acquaintances, but not many true friends...read more

Product Description: Senior year is a pivotal moment in the life of teens, a time when young men and women are shaping their goals and hopes for the future and seeking spiritual guidance. Creating a Christian Lifestyle, a comprehensive one-semester course, addresses significant issues teens will face as they choose among the many life paths they may travel--single or married life, religious life, or ordained ministry...read more

Product Description: Book by Koch, Carl, Culligan, Michael

Product Description: Book by Ahlers, Julia, Broughton, Rosemary, Koch, Carl

Product Description: De La Salle is recognized as the patron of teachers because he taught, worked out the best ways to instruct poor children, and trusted that God would guide and bless him each step of the way. The meditations in this book are designed to help readers pray with De La Salle on such themes as faith, zeal, trusting in Providence, the person of the teacher, perseverance, and discerning God's will...read more

Product Description: Ministering to Young Adults: A Resource Manual