Catechism/Resource

Remaining in the Truth of Christ Marriage and Communion in the Catholic Church By: Fr. Robert Dodaro O.S.A. In this volume five cardinals of the Church, and four other scholars, respond to the call issued by Walter Cardinal Kasper for the Church to harmonize "fidelity and mercy in its pastoral practice with civilly remarried, divorced people". The contributors are Walter Cardinal Brandmüller; Raymond Cardinal Burke; Carlo Cardinal Caffarra; Velasio Cardinal De Paolis, C.S.; Robert Dodaro,...

Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has assembled here his most noteworthy lectures, interviews, and dialogues to offer a clear and compelling exploration of Catholic teachings. He explores hundreds of topics that are critical to the health of the Church and the salvation of souls. Cardinal Müller’s vast knowledge and profound faith will deepen your understanding of our Faith and of the Church. In Roman Encounters, he tackles...

by Albert H Dolan Many Catholics come in time to forget what they learned in their childhood about Marys Scapular. This booklet is intended to refresh the memory concerning all that is essential to know about the Scapular. Its author hopes that this little, convenient handbook of Scapular information will, in Catholic homes, be the means of inducing many thousands of Catholics to resume the habit of wearing the Scapular, and thus avail themselves of the marvelous privileges which our Blessed...

Spirit and Life The Holy Sacraments of the Catholic Church by Rose Rea With exquisite original photography and refreshing meditations, this stunning coffee table book invites you into the holiest mysteries of the Catholic Church — the Sacraments. Passages from Scripture, from the Catechism, and from the Fathers and Doctors of the Church are coupled here with beautiful, full-color images and moving reflections from Catholics of different voices and ages — bishops, priests, deacons, and...

Saint Joseph Catechism for Young Catholics No. 4 The four volumes in the Saint Joseph Catechism for Young Catholics series endeavor to assist catechists and educators in the spiritual formation of the youths in their care as well as parents who are raising their children in the Faith. This series has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church by the Subcommittee on the Catechism, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The fourth volume was developed for...

The only notebook specially designed for use with The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)! Simple and open to fit every individual’s needs, The Catechism in a Year Notebook is the perfect place to record the personal journey of growth and understanding that each podcast listener will experience. Your notes and reflections will be the content! Created with the suggestions and feedback of The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)™ listeners, this notebook features all of the same great...

Like most things we take for granted, the Catholic Creeds have an amazing story—actually a lot of stories. What seems a simple prayer or statement of faith has a fascinating origin. And there is a reason it’s precisely worded the way it is and each word was fought over with great passion. It had to be worded just right. This little book is an introduction to the struggles, the heresies, the truth, and the men who fought to hand it down to us. We will discuss important elements like these: Why...

The Catholic Source Book is a comprehensive collection of information gathered to help people of faith learn, renew, teach, and live the risen life of Jesus Christ in the Catholic Church. The ten chapters include: PrayersAn Overview of the TraditionScriptureChurchLiturgyThe Liturgical YearDevotions in Catholic TraditionVeneration of Saints and HeroesCatholic SymbolsWord and Phrase Origins 512 pages, paperback ...

The Church and the Modern Era (1846–2005) Pius IX, World Wars, and the Second Vatican Council Author: David M. Wagner Lourdes and Fatima, war, Vatican I and II, Fulton Sheen, St. John Paul II, and the clerical sex abuse crisis: These are just a few of the people and events that helped define the Catholic Church in the modern era, the period between 1846 and 2005. The call to live the fullness of our faith has not changed since the time of the first disciples, but in The Church and the Modern...

Here’s an unabashedly Catholic history that documents scores of sustained and unprecedented assaults on our Catholic Faith these past five centuries and delineates our Church’s brave response to each one. For five hundred years, from Luther to Marx, through Darwin, Hitler, and Rousseau, wave after wave of cynical anti-Catholic men and movements have wrought havoc even worse than that of Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan, leaving our once noble Christendom a ruined city, devastated politically...

This beautiful book will bring the rich traditions of the Catholic Church’s liturgical year into your home and your heart. You’ll find each month and season of the liturgical year is brimming with possibilities—feasts to be celebrated, litanies to discover, and saints to befriend.Throughout the year, you will learn and be encouraged by the saints, follow feasts and fasts, tune into the Liturgy of the Hours, and offer up a penance on Fridays in commemoration of Jesus’ sacrifice for you.Most...

Why were the early Christians willing to die to protect a single iota of the creed? Why have the Judeans, Romans, and Persians—among others—seen the Christian creed as a threat to the established social order? In The Creed: Professing the Faith Through the Ages, bestselling author Dr. Scott Hahn recovers and conveys the creed’s revolutionary character.Tracing the development of the first formulations of faith in the early Church through later ecumenical councils, The Creed tells the story of...

The Didache Bible Bonded Leather with Commentaries Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church The Didache Bible presents extensive commentaries, based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church, for each of the books of the Holy Bible. It also includes numerous apologetical inserts to assist the reader in understanding the Church's teachings on current issues. It uses the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition translation of the complete text of Sacred Scriptures, Old and New...

A helpful guide and practical tool for understanding the Catholic sacramental tradition. Includes a dictionary of words, expressions, and key concepts that are useful in the study of sacramental theology, along with a selection of traditional and contemporary prayers.Easy-to-use and referenced to the Rites of the Church, the Catechism, and the Roman Missal, this book is an indispensable resource for those who want a sound Catholic guide and reference resource for the sacraments of the Church. ...

The Fathers Of The Church , 3rd Edition by Mike AquilinaWe hear the voices of the early Church Fathers even today. Their teachings, their guidance, their insights, and their sacrifice shaped the Catholic Church. They defined the canon of Scripture. They developed our creeds and forms of worship. They defined Christianity's distinctive moral sense.But who were they? What can we learn from their ancient teachings? What can the Fathers teach the 21st century - about holiness, culture, faith, and...

THE FUNERAL RITES PARTICIPATION BOOKLET Contains sections from the Order of Christian Funerals Vigil for the Deceased and Rite of Committal, as well as General Norms for Catholic Funerals. Product Code: 81/04Pages: 80Author: INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ENGLISH IN THE LITURGYSize: 4 3/8 X 6 3/4Color: BLUEBinding: PAPERBACK

Anyone familiar with the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd has probably encountered the early description of this approach to the religious formation of the child in The Good Shepherd and the Child: A Joyful Journey. With major contributions by Sofia Cavalletti, Gianna Gobbi, Silvana Montanaro, and Patricia Coulter, this book has long been a “core text’ for catechists and also for parents of children in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. Now there is a new edition, which reflects the changes...

The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by the Revered James Martin, SJ (My Life with the Saints) is a practical spiritual guidebook based on the life and teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus. Centered around the Ignatian goal of finding God in all things, The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything shows us how to manage relationships, money, work, prayer, and decision-making, all while keeping a sense of humor. Filled with user-friendly examples, humorous...

In this age of doctrinal latitude and speculative innovation there is a pressing need for a comprehensive source book on authentic Catholic dogma that is magisterially anchored while at the same time both practical and non-voluminous. You have such a book in this English translation of Father Heinrich Denzinger’s Enchiridion Symbolorum et Definitionum. Since it was first published a century and a half ago, this handbook or collection (enchiridion) of articles (symbols) of faith and morals has...

Many books on Purgatory reflect upon what you can do to help the Holy Souls suffering there. But this informative and reassuring book offers practical tips on what you can do to avoid the pains of Purgatory yourself. And the good news is, you don’t have to endure martyrdom; you just have to grow in virtue. Fr. Martin Jugie clarifies the truth about the Church’s teaching on Purgatory and explains why it isn’t enough simply to strive to avoid Hell. You must expiate for your sins now — and Fr....

The Warning: Testimonies and Prophecies of the Illumination of Conscience By Christine Watkins This highly acclaimed and captivating book offers the world the most thorough understanding to date of "the Warning," or "the Illumination of Conscience"—a critical moment in human history when every person alive will see their soul in the light of divine truth—including fascinating stories of those who have already experienced it for themselves. Not only does THE WARNING substantiate an event of...

The Way To Eternal Life Contemporary Reflections on the Traditional Stations of the Cross by Br Francis de Sales Wagner, O.S.B. Illustrations by Fr. Donald Walpole, O.S.B.81 pages

This Is Our Faith: A Catholic Catechism for Adults is a bestselling overview of the faith for those preparing entry into the Church, as well as for both newly initiated and lifelong Catholics who wish to understand Church teachings more clearly. This revised and updated edition strengthens one of the strongest endorsements of the book: that it communicates important Church teachings in an engaging and understandable manner. Revised and updated in collaboration with longtime RCIA leaders, this...

All the makings of your favorite adventure story – drama, intrigue, promise, love, hope, and heartache spanning two thousand years...and YOU are a part of it! Timeless: A History of the Catholic Church is a fresh retelling of the history of the Church. In this easy-to-read, not-your-average history book, Steve Weidenkopf introduces you to the vivid, dynamic story of God’s work in the world since Pentecost. Along the way, you will meet the weird, wonderful, and always fascinating heroes and...

Why do we kneel in church? How are the Scriptures readings like family stories? What does incense symbolize? 32 pages, 4” x 6”

Vatican II: Did Anything Happen? For 40 years a battle has been waged over Vatican II between conservatives and liberals, between those who want to go "back to the sources" and those who champion "the spirit of the council." Vatican II: Did Anything Happen? is clearly on the side of those who think something unprecedented happened, that a genie was let out of the bottle that will never be stuffed back.Comprised mainly of a collection of articles, mostly but not all from Theological...

Whether about morality or matters of doctrine, hundreds of questions a year are posed to the average priest, with vast spiritual significance hinging on each answer — conversions and reconversions, children’s formation, the survival of marriages, new vocations to the priesthood, and the eternal destiny of those on their deathbeds. Yet there remain few good Q&A compendiums published over the past half century. In response to this need, Fr. John Trigilio and Fr. Ken Brighenti, hosts of EWTN’s...

The popular apologist and best-selling author of Catholicism and Fundamentalism addresses fifty-two of the most common misconceptions about the Catholic Faith that are held by many Catholics and Protestants. Drawing upon Scripture and the Catholic tradition, he not only shows the logical errors in these positions but clearly spells out Catholic teaching and explains the rationale behind frequently misunderstood doctrines and practices. An excellent guide to what Catholics really believe and...

What is Heaven? Paperbackby Mother Angelica The Kingdom of Heaven is a place of indescribable beauty, where all pain, suffering, and tears cease, and the Triune God sits on His Throne surrounded by magnificent angels proclaiming and blessing His Holy Name without end. Mother Angelica, celebrated Foundress of EWTN Global Catholic Network, brings clarity to the enigma of eternal life with God and pours light upon the greatest mystery of all � Heaven itself � in these insightful pages. Death, she...

What to Say and How to Say It Discuss Your Catholic Faith with Clarity and Confidence Author: Brandon Vogt Have you ever been put on the spot and asked to explain or defend Catholic teaching on sensitive topics such as abortion, same-sex marriage, or the Eucharist? In this straightforward and practical resource, Brandon Vogt, bestselling and award-winning author of Why I Am Catholic (and You Should Be Too) offers essential tools for articulating even the most contentious aspects of your...

Why I Am Catholic (and You Should Be Too)PAPERBACK “The true magic of this book is that it’s hardly one whose aim is solely pointed at non-Catholics. Why I Am Catholic can play an equally pivotal role in reinvigorating (or perhaps just “invigorating”) those already in the bosom of the Church. The book is fantastic. It's clear, concise, and persuasive all in the same breath.”—Matthew Sewell, National Catholic Register Now in paperback, Brandon Vogt’s bestselling and award-winning Why I Am...

How can you believe all this stuff? This is the number-one question Catholics get asked—and, sometimes, we ask ourselves. Why do we believe that God exists, that he became a man and came to save us, that what looks like a wafer of bread is actually his body? Why do we believe that he inspired a holy book and founded an infallible Church to teach us the one true way to live? Ever since he became Catholic, Trent Horn has spent a lot of time answering these questions, trying to explain to...

Height: 8.9Size: 6.9 x 0.6Pages: 240 An exciting and fun new way to help children and parents to discover their Catholic faith together, and a great help for teachers in the classroom. In child-friendly language, accompanied by talking points for parents and teachers, YOUCAT for Kids explores: * Creation * The Creed * The Sacraments * The Ten Commandments * Prayer * The Life of Jesus All the much-loved characteristics of the bestselling YOUCAT series - including fun graphics, quotes from...

YOUCAT is short for Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church, which will be launched on World Youth Day. Developed with the help of young Catholics and written for high-school age people and young adults, YOUCAT is an accessible, contemporary expression of the Catholic Faith. The appealing graphic format includes Questions-and-Answers, highly-readable commentary, summary definitions of key terms, Bible citations and inspiring and thought-provoking quotes from Saints and others in the margins....

A thorough explanation of the parts of the Mass-its historical, theological, and liturgical aspects, and how it derives from and relates to daily life, now in a revised, updated edition.

For more than twenty years, A Concise Guide to Canon Law has provided priests, deacons, and lay pastoral ministers with essential information about Church laws that regularly impact the lives of everyday Catholics. This compact reference guide addresses topics such as who can receive the sacraments and when, the responsibilities of pastors and bishops; administration of parishes; and the role of finance and pastoral councils. The book also now includes the teachings of Popes Benedict XVI and...

Examining the basics, A Pocket Catechism for Kids, Updated serves as both a primer on the Faith and a readily accessible resource and reference guide. A Pocket Catechism for Kids, Updated also contains sections on traditional Catholic prayers, a guide to making a good Confession, an explanation of the Mass, and more - virtually everything children need to know to understand and live the Faith!

The Catechism of the Catholic Church gives Catholics everything they need to have a greater understanding of the faith. But reading the Catechism cover to cover can be difficult and intimidating. A Year with the Catechism: 365 Day Reading Plan brings the treasures of the Catechism to aspiring readers in manageable, bite-sized pieces. Each day, a brief reflection breaks open the selected text, explains unfamiliar terms, and unlocks the spiritual and pastoral meaning. This collaborative...

St. Joseph First Communion Catechism (No. 0) Prepared From The Official Revised Edition Of The Baltimore Catechism The New Saint Joseph First Communion Catechism contains the revised text of the official Baltimore Catechism (No. 0) in a user-friendly format and design. Written for children in Grades 1 and 2, this book explains Catholic doctrine with the aid of many exclusive features, including many pictures to help children understand each lesson. Extensive use of Sacred Scripture...

The new What Every Catholic Should Know series is intended for the average faithful Catholic who wants to know more about Catholic faith and culture. The authors in this series take a panoramic approach to the topic of each book aimed at a non-specialist but enthusiastic readership. Forthcoming titles planned for this series include: the Eucharist, history, art, and philosophy. In Being Catholic: What Every Catholic Should Know, Suzie Andres focuses on Catholic customs, traditions, and...

You may know the Catechism of the Catholic Church as an "organic synthesis of the essential and fundamental contents of Catholic doctrine, as regards both faith and morals" (11). But did you know that the Catechism is also an invitation to friendship with God and neighbor - one that can change your life? Believe Celebrate Live Pray: A Weekly Walk with the Catechism is a unique way to grow in faith by meditating, over fifty-two weeks, on the four pillars of the Catechism. This highly accessible...

A volume in the St. Joseph Bible Resources series , Bible Facts and Figures provides essential Bible information in a concise and accessible format. In 32 pages, this full-color, fully illustrated book of facts and figures offers Scripture tables, charts, diagrams, and useful verse-finders. This book is a treasury of information about Sacred Scripture for use in schools, in Bible study groups, or for the individual inquirer. Author: TIM DOWLEY Pages: 32 Size: 6 1/2 X 9 Color: FULL COLOR...

Catechism of the Catholic Church with Theological Commentary Archbishop Rino Fisichella �The whole concern of doctrine and its teaching must be directed to the love that never ends. Whether something is proposed for belief, for hope or for action, the love of our Lord must always be made accessible, so that anyone can see that all the works of perfect Christian virtue spring from love and have no other objective than to arrive at love.� � Catechism of the Catholic Church, 25While the Catechism...

Easy-to-use pronunciation guide and complete history of Catholic terminology in a handy pocket size. Has more than 3,000 entries with concise definitions. Includes specialized terms and foreign phrases. 800 pages.

New converts and cradle Catholics alike are often perplexed by the myriad of devotions, traditions, practices, and beliefs that the Catholic Church has accumulated over the past twenty centuries. Why pray to St. Anthony to find something lost? Why keep a St. Christopher medal in your car? Or why bury a statue of St. Joseph — upside down! — in your yard when selling your house? In Helen Hoffner's lovingly-illustrated, encyclopedic Catholic Treasures and Traditions, you'll find succinct – and...

Father McBride extends to all an earnest invitation to know and love the Mass more deeply. The Catechism calls the Eucharist "the heart and summit of the Church's life" (1407). Certainly we are called to participate as fully and enthusiastically as possible. Along with the official texts of the Ordinary of the Mass are Father McBride's enlightening explanations. Also included are: The scriptural and historical background of the Last Supper.The tremendous significance of the Eucharist and what...

This is the fourth edition (2022) of the “Red Code”; it is edited by Juan Ignacio Arrieta, originally edited by Prof. E. Caparros in 2003, and based on the commentaries elaborated by the Martin de Azpilcueta Institute. It provides a thorough, practical understanding of the laws of the Church through 1876 pages of legal texts and commentaries on the canons. This fourth edition includes texts and commentaries on the newly revised Book VI of the Code of Canon Law, which substantially modifies...