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Resource for Family Spirituality
At Home with our Faith from Claretian Publications offers ideas, insight and inspiration to help make a difference in family spirituality. Published nine times a year this resource offers suggestions to help parents feel confident in handing on the faith to their children. The four-page newsletter can be distributed through religious education programs, Catholic schools, parish reading rack, sacrament preparation sessions or through the parish bulletin. Individual subscriptions and discounted rates for bulk orders are available. For more information about this and other resources go to www.claretianpublications.org.

Sacrament Preparation
Growing Up Catholic: Sacramental Formation that Lasts a Lifetime! This is a reproducible text (you make the copies) and very inexpensive. The method is parish catechists coaching parents to form their own children. For more information go to www.pastoralplanning.com

Forming Families in Faith: Sacramental Preparation with a Family Perspective is a resource manual that offers comprehensive materials for presenting both parent and family classes. It is available in English and Spanish and includes outlines, sample lessons, and PowerPoint slides. It is available from the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers, www.nacflm.org, (937) 431-5443.

Franciscan Communications DVD programs for Sacrament Preparation include three titles for First Reconciliation, three for First Communion and four for Confirmation. One DVD title for each sacrament is geared toward parents and there is one for sponsors in the Confirmation titles. For more information go to www.amerciancatholic.org

Whole Community Catechesis
26 Creative Celebrations for All Generations by Sister M. Valerie Schneider, SND is a collection of celebrations that focus on the gospels and include reflections, interactive prayers, points for pondering, creative ways to respond to the gospel message, and optional activities for families. Go to www.23rdpublications.com for more details.

Youth Ministry
Senior High Ministry That Works! A Parish-Based Initiation Model by Fred T. Mercadante offers a four-year experience of growing in Christ that parallels the RCIA process. It invites parish youth into full participation in a parish life that centers on Eucharist. Go to www.23rdpublications.com

Gospel Scenes for Teens provides 23 guided prayer meditations and Weekly Prayer Services for Teenagers is a three volume Lectionary-Based resource for the school year. These are available from Twenty-Third Publications, www.23rdpublications.com

Resources on Scripture, Liturgy and Liturgical Year, and Social Issues

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Liturgy and Liturgical Year

Social Issues

Catechetical Materials
Creative Teaching offers a new series of sacrament posters and activities for elementary and high school students. For more information visit their Web site http://www.creativeteaching.net

Pflaum Publishing Group has revised Together in Jesus , the First Reconciliation and Penance and First Eucharist preparation materials to include a CDROM for each child. To learn more go to http://www.pflaum.com