First Eucharist & Beyond Leader Guide

First Eucharist & Beyond Leader Guide

Author: Steve Mueller

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2005-02-01

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1606741624

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First Eucharist and Beyond is a resource for Catholic parishes. This Leader Guide contains everything a catechist needs to lead one parent's session and four children's sessions to prepare for celebrating the sacrament of the Eucharist. The emphasis is not just on "first communion" but on the ongoing experience of growing in communion with Christ in everyday life. The sessions focus on the presence of Christ in the assembly, the proclaimed word, the bread and wine, and in our world,. This book includes age appropriate activities and discussions for both younger children (ages 7-8) and older children (ages 9-11). Use with the Family Activity Book and Child's Book to complement and reinforce the material in the four parish sessions. The leader guide includes plans for both parents and children's sessions—including catechist background, goals, overviews and materials list; prayers, rituals and scripture stories; age-appropriate activities; explanation of what we do and say at Mass; and, ways to encourage parents to use the home.


Communion with the Saints

Communion with the Saints

Author: Janet P. McKenzie

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781934185186

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Increase your family's devotion to the Most Blessed Sacrament! St. Therese of the Child Jesus and her family studied and prayed for sixty-nine days in anticipation of Therese's First Holy Communion. In imitation of this model, the Communion with the Saints program is designed to help families find renewed fervor in the reception of the Most Holy Eucharist. This resource includes a chapter-by-chapter study of the following books: . The Little Flower, The Story of St. Therese of the Child Jesus by Mary Fabyan Windeatt-to provide the foundation of God's love for us and to encourage a desire for holiness . The Children of Fatima and Our Lady's Message to the World by Mary Fabyan Windeatt-to show the sinfulness of our world and the need to avoid sin . The Patron Saint of First Communicants, The Story of Blessed Imelda Lambertini by Mary Fabyan Windeatt-to inspire devotion to the sacrament of Holy Communion . Mother Loyola's The King of the Golden City Study Edition by Janet McKenzie-to illustrate Jesus' intimate Presence in our lives as the source of grace necessary to live a holy life Each of the sixty-nine days of preparation includes read-aloud selections with enrichment activities, meditational readings, catechism lessons, and many practical applications to promote a growth in holiness and sanctity. Weekend suggestions include a list of thirty-eight family projects. Begin today to renew your family's devotion to the Blessed Sacrament by imitating St. Therese's "Little Way" while increasing your knowledge and appreciation of the Catholic Faith!


Your First Communion

Your First Communion

Author: Pope Francis

Publisher: Magnificat-Ignatius

Published: 2014-09-24

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781586179861

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In a guide for youngsters approaching their First Communion, the pope discusses how the sacrament brings people closer to Jesus, its relationship to baptism and confession, and the role of receiving communion in a Christian life.


My Communion Book

My Communion Book

Author: Diana Murrie

Publisher: Church House Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780715149461

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Since the introduction of Common Worship, demand has been extremely high for material to help parishes use Common Worship with children. Designed to meet that need, this fully-revised edition of My Communion Book helps children gain a better understanding of Holy Communion. This all-age resource for children and families is primarily aimed at 4 to 8 year olds. It can be used initially as a sharing book, adult and child reading together, but children may use it at times on their own. Taking the child through the service, the book explains key words and asks questions that relate directly to the child, helping them to engage with the service of Holy Communion in a fun, interesting and meaningful way.


Commodified Communion

Commodified Communion

Author: Antonio Eduardo Alonso

Publisher: Fordham University Press

Published: 2021-06-01

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 0823294137

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WINNER, 2021 HTI BOOK PRIZE Resist! This exhortation animates a remarkable range of theological reflection on consumer culture in the United States. And for many theologians, the source and summit of Christian cultural resistance is the Eucharist. In Commodified Communion, Antonio Eduardo Alonso calls into question this dominant mode of theological reflection on contemporary consumerism. Reducing the work of theology to resistance and centering Christian hope in a Eucharist that might better support it, he argues, undermines our ability to talk about the activity of God within a consumer culture. By reframing the question in terms of God’s activity in and in spite of consumer culture, this book offers a lived theological account of consumer culture that recognizes not only its deceptions but also traces of truth in its broken promises and fallen hopes.


Luther@500 and Beyond

Luther@500 and Beyond

Author: ATF Press

Publisher: ATF Press

Published: 2019-09-13

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1925872963

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The Luther@500 anniversary may be behind us, but Luther stands ahead of us in many ways. The essays in this volume by an international group of scholars begin with a contextual discussion of Luther's definitive contribution to the Wittenberg Reformation and its significance for us today. New light is shed on old issues across a range of topics. But these essays do not stay in the past. Many also engage critically with contemporary issues in Luther interpretation and a few boldly trace the trajectory of Luther's reformational theology into the future.


Baptism and Beyond Leader Guide

Baptism and Beyond Leader Guide

Author: Kathy Coffey

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2000-07-01

Total Pages: 63

ISBN-13: 1606741691

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Baptism and Beyond is a sacramental preparation resource for Catholic parishes. The Leader Guide contains everything a catechist needs to lead two parent sessions. The first session prepares parents for the celebration of baptism by breaking open the symbols and scriptures of the rite. The second session looks back on baptism and forward to first eucharist, with helps for parents to be the child's primary religious educators during the years in between. This book includes creative ways to link the church with the home to keep parents and their child connected to the parish between sacraments, not just for sacraments. You can use the Parent Guide to reinforce the material in the two parish sessions.


Eucharist

Eucharist

Author: Dr. Laurence Hull Stookey

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2010-12-01

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 142673901X

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This book is envisioned as a follow up to Stookey's successful Baptism: Christ's Act in the Church, published in 1982. It will provide historical--theological perspective in a style that is "popular," rather than academically heavy; and, it will be ecumenical in scope, but with a concentration on Protestantism. The shared Calvinian eucharistic tradition of Presbyterians, UCC, and Methodists will be particularly explored. It will also provide material pertinent to preaching, study of the eucharist by laity, and practical local reform that implements recent revisions of denominational rites.