Waking Up Bees: Stories of Living Life's Questions

Engaging and true-to-life, these ten short stories vividly portray people who are wrestling with important life issues--love, work, money, suffering, communication, vocation, and more. Written from a young person's viewpoint, the stories offer in-depth material for reflecting on the meaning and practice of the Christian life. 
<li>Lacey escapes spending a drunken night in a Tijuana jail only to be shaken up the next morning by encounters with a world he has never known. </li>
<li>Scott and Emily have just gotten engaged, but Emily wonders if they will turn out like her miserable, divorcing parents. </li>
<li>Lily's developmentally disabled brother, Christopher, can be exasperating. But he has some lessons to teach her, like how to wake up bees. A companion leader's guide is also available, which includes suggestions for using the stories with groups.
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Religion & Spirituality

Windley-Daoust, Jerry

Worship & Devotion

SAINT MARY'S PRESS

Engaging and true-to-life, the ten short stories in the collection Waking Up Bees vividly portray people who are wrestling with important life issues--love, work, money, suffering, communication, vocation, and more. Written from a young person's viewpoint, the stories offer in-depth material for discussion on the meaning and practice of the Christian life.     The leader's guide contains:  suggestions for how to use the stories with young people  background themes and metaphors  questions that help students explore the story and their own experience  references to themes in the Catechism of the Catholic Church  cross references to themes covered in the senior-year religion textbook Creating a Christian Lifestyle

Leader's Guide for Waking Up Bees: Stories of Living Life's Questions

Second Edition Available February 2008! "The Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the Catechism, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has found this catechetical textbook, Living Justice and Peace, copyright 2002, to be in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church." 
"What is justice? How can I respond to the call of justice in my daily life?" Living Justice and Peace is a one-semester course for eleventh and twelfth graders that gives students practical ways to respond to the call to justice in their daily lives. 
The Living Justice and Peace course fosters students' sense of compassion for those who suffer from injustice and enables students to examine society critically, using the values of the Scriptures and Catholic teaching. Specific topics are addressed, including abortion, capital punishment, racism, poverty, the environment, violence, and peace. 
Colorful graphs, charts, student artwork, and illustrations engage students with the text. True stories of people transforming the world through justice and peace and "what you can do" sidebars give teens practical applications for the teachings. This course encourages teens to imagine ways to work toward justice and peace--and to act on their beliefs.

Living Justice and Peace (2002): Catholic Social Teaching in Practice (Student Text)

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The Covenant Retreat affirms that each of us is called into a covenant with God. Through this retreat experience, high school seniors begin to identify their unique relationship with God, as an individual and as part of the larger Church. The leader's guide includes material to help teachers and leaders bring the experience into the classroom for weeks before and after the retreat. Leaders will find detailed directions for implementing the retreat; lesson plans, prayers, and handouts; material to help use the student component, Answering God's Call to Covenant, after the retreat; and suggested models for liturgical celebrations to bring the retreat to a close. It also includes suggestions on how to celebrate the retreat with the entire school through graduation and other activities. Answering God's Call to Covenant helps older adolescents consider where they want to go in life before they encounter the crossroads of young adulthood. Students address seven key questions and write their own covenant statements, which will help guide them through life's many challenges. The student text also helps seniors reflect, pray, and discern on their own after graduation.

Answering God's Call to Covenant: Which Way to the Rest of Your Life?

God calls each one of us to work for justice in the world. It is a daunting task that we do not face alone. Primary Source Readings in Catholic Social Justice presents the living words of the Catholic Church. Each chapter contains an excerpt from relevant Church documents, the writings of a person striving to live the Catholic social justice mission and a sidebar highlighting the actions of a person or organization working to make the world a better place. This is the perfect resource to supplement any social justice class!

Primary Source Readings in Catholic Social Justice

"The Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the Catechism, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has found this catechetical text, copyright 2008, to be in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The second edition of this text has the same sound theology with updated stories, images, and statistics! The Living Justice and Peace course empowers students to examine society critically based on values from the Scriptures and on the seven themes of Catholic Social Teaching. The text addresses specific topics including abortion, capital punishment, racism, poverty, the environment, and peace. What's New in the Second Edition... Chapter 2: Removed story about malformed frogs. Updated list of "Major Documents of Catholic Social Teaching." Added story about endangered sea turtles. Chapter 4: Updated statistics about pregnancy, abortion, and capital punishment. Chapter 5: Removed opening story about religious discrimination in Montana, replaced with opening story about "Mix It Up at Lunch Day" in an Albuquerque high school. Mention of immigration and prejudice against Muslims. Chapter 6: Included more recent material about Craig Kiehlburger's Free the Children organization. Updated statistics about child labor internationally. Chapter 7: Many updated statistics about poverty and related issues in the U.S. and internationally. Chapter 8: Removed sidebar of "Lifestyles: Comparing Poverty, Simplicity, and Excess." Updated statistics. New sidebar about the UN Millennium Development Goals Chapter 9: Removed opening story about the young president of the Sierra club, old information about environmental threats, and inspiring story of Chico Mendes. Added new opening story about two teen girls who alert others about the health of salmon in their community. Updated content about environmental threats with information from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007). Added inspiring story of Sr. Dorothy Stang. Provide new examples of businesses, governments, and teens making positive change. Chapter 10: Some nuclear arms race content removed as well as sidebar called "A general rethinks nuclear weapons." Updated research about the causes of youth violence. Terrorism content added as well as sidebar called "Responding to Terrorism." New stories about innovative ways to curb violence.

Living Justice and Peace (2008): Catholic Social Teaching in Practice, Second Edition

Living Justice and Peace: Catholic Social Teaching in Practice

Did you know God has written you a letter? It's "hidden" in the sacred Scriptures. The Scriptures are God's word for his people, the Church. But he also uses them to speak a special word to every person who seeks him there. This prayer journal is all about learning to "read" God's letter to you in the Scriptures, using an ancient prayer method known as lectio divina. In the pages of this journal, you'll get a crash course in lectio divina, and then you'll have a chance to practice it yourself. What will God say to you? What will you say back to God? This prayer journal is meant to help you enter into a real conversation with God- a conversation between friends. Lectio Divina for Teens: Reading God's Messages to You is part of the MISSION:CHRISTIAN Meditation Journal series, which introduces young people to meditative prayer through a guided journal format. Lectio Divina for Teens includes seven journal exercises with pre-selected Scripture texts, plus seven blank guided journal entries and an extensive list of Scripture texts to choose from. The 12-page introduction presents lectio divina as a form of meditative prayer, and a way for teens to grow in friendship with God. It walks readers through the four steps of lectio divina and places it in historical context. The seven guided meditation sessions provide readers with the following pre-selected readings: Isaiah 55:6-11 ("Seek the Lord"); Exodus 14:10-14 ("Exodus from slavery to freedom"); Ben Sira 6:5-17 ("True friendship"); Luke 1:46-56 ("Mary's song"); Mark 10:46-52 ("Bartimaeus meets Jesus"); Matthew 6:25-39 ("Depend on God"); and 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ("Love"). The full text of each reading is provided right in the journal. In addition, the introduction walks readers through the process of lectio divina using Psalm 23, and a list of additional Scripture texts is provided in the back of the book so that readers can choose their own readings for the seven blank guided journal entries. The colorful, beautifully designed interior provides a warm and welcome space for reflection and prayer.\nFrom the Back Cover\nDid you know God has written you a letter? It's "hidden" in the sacred Scriptures. The Scriptures are God's word for his people, the Church. But he also uses them to speak a special word to every person who seeks him there. This prayer journal is all about learning to "read" God's letter to you in the Scriptures, using an ancient prayer method known as lectio divina. In the pages of this journal, you'll get a crash course in lectio divina, and then you'll have a chance to practice it yourself. What will God say to you? What will you say back to God? This prayer journal is meant to help you enter into a real conversation with God - a conversation between friends. Lectio Divina for Teens: Reading God's Messages to You is part of the MISSION: CHRISTIAN Meditation Journal series, which introduces young people to meditative prayer through a guided journal format. Lectio Divina for Teens includes seven journal exercises with pre-selected Scripture texts, plus seven blank guided journal entries and an extensive list of Scripture texts to choose from. The 12-page introduction presents lectio divina as a form of meditative prayer, and a way for teens to grow in friendship with God. It walks readers through the four steps of lectio divina and places it in historical context. The seven guided meditation sessions provide readers with the following pre-selected readings: Isaiah 55:6-11 ("Seek the Lord"); Exodus 14:10-14 ("Exodus from slavery to freedom"); Ben Sira 6:5-17 ("True friendship"); Luke 1:46-56 ("Mary's song"); Mark 10:46-52 ("Bartimaeus meets Jesus"); Matthew 6:25-39 ("Depend on God"); and 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ("Love"). The full text of each reading is provided right in the journal. In addition, the introduction walks readers through the process of lectio divina using Psalm 23, and a list of additional Scripture texts is provided in the back of the

Lectio Divina for Teens: Reading God's Messages to You

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This beautiful First Communion journal is full of fun ways for Catholic kids to prepare for, remember, and live out their First Holy Communion. With its colorful design, prayers, devotions, special activities, and quotes from the saints and Scriptures, the My First Communion Journal can be used both before and after the child's First Communion day. 
Key features include: - Pages for kids to record memories of their First Communion, and for friends and family to write special messages to the communicant. - Activity pages that invite kids to explore the Eucharist in terms of gift and gratitude, service and sacrifice. - Space for kids to write memories of their First Confession, plus a way to keep track of the times they receive the sacrament of Reconciliation. - Profiles of four child saints and blesseds, focusing on each one's unique First Communion experience plus pages for kids to imitate the child saint's spiritual practices. - Quotes and wisdom from the Bible, the saints, the popes, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.\nThe My First Communion Journal is a fun way to supplement any sacrament preparation program, or to offer children and their parents a period of mystagogy following initiation into the sacrament.

My First Communion Journal

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The Joyful Mysteries helps kids say the rosary with their families because the full text of every prayer is printed on each page, paired with beautiful sacred art illustrating the mystery being contemplated… nearly 90 works of classic and contemporary art in all. Think of it as a "printed rosary," where each page stands for one bead…except the "beads" are works of sacred art! Each decade features a Scripture-based introduction to the mystery being prayed.

The Joyful Mysteries: An Illustrated Rosary Book for Kids and Their Families

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