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RESOURCES TO ASSIST PARENTS

IN SHARING THEIR FAITH WITH THEIR CHILDREN

Books (* indicates a particularly good resource)
Bringing Home the Gospel:  A Weekly Journal for Catholic Parents (Year of Matthew http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16780&pcat=73) and Year of Luke (http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16782&pcat=73) by Judith Dunlap; St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2006, 2007; www.americancatholic.org
Building Catholic Family Traditions by Paul & Leisa Thigpen; Our Sunday Visitor, 1999; www.osv.com
Catholic Traditions in the Home and Classroom by Ann Ball; Our Sunday Visitor, 2005; www.osv.com
"Catholic Household Blessings & Prayers", Revised Edition; USCCB, 2007; www.usccb.org
* Celebrating Faith:  Year-Round Activities for Catholic Families http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16661&pcat=112  by Mary Cronk Farrell; St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2005; www.americancatholic.org
CHRISTIAN PARENTING SURVIVAL GUIDEFROM A TO Z by David M. Thomas; Twenty-Third Publications, 2007; www.twentythirdpublications.com
* 52 Simple Ways to Talk with Your Kids about Faith- Opportunities for Catholic Families to Share God's Love by Jim Campbell (Loyola Press, 2007; www.loyolapress.com
Growing Up Girl:  Sharing Your Heart with Your Mom  by Eileen Pettycrew; Saint Mary’s Press, 2003; www.smp.org
Just Family Nights:  Sixty Activities to Keep Your Family Together in a World Falling Apart, Susan Vogt, editor; Brethren Press, 1994; www.brethrenpress.com
Know It! Pray It! Live It!  A Family Guide to The Catholic Youth Bible  by Lisa-Marie Calderone Stewart; Saint Mary’s Press, 2000; www.smp.org
Nurturing the Spiritual Growth of Today's Adolescent - In Your Home, School, and Parish by Michael Carotta; Harcourt Religion Publishers, 2007; www.harcourtreligion.com
PARENT'S GUIDE TO PRAYERby Kathy Hendricks; Twenty-Third Publications, 2004; www.twentythirdpublications.com
The Power of Discernment:  Helping Your Teen Hear God's Voice Within by Maggie Pike; Saint Mary’s Press, 2003; www.smp.org
Praying with Your Children by Pat Fosarelli; Resource Publications, 2003; www.rpinet.com
  * Raising Faith-Filled Kids- Ordinary Opportunities to Nurture Spirituality at Home by Tom McGrath; Loyola Press, 2000; www.loyolapress.com
Send Your Spirit:  Praying for Our Teens by Carl Koch; Saint Mary’s Press, 1999; www.smp.org
Sharing the Faith With Your Child- From Birth to Age Four by Phyllis Chandler, Joan Burney, and Mary Kay Leatherman; Liguori Publications, 2006; www.liguori.org
* Your Catholic Family- Simple Ways to Share the Faith at Home ...by Jim Merhaut; St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2006; www.americancatholic.org
How to Survive Being Married to a Catholic- A Frank and Honest Guide to Catholic Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices– Michael Henesy and Rosemary Gallagher, Liguori, 1997; www.liguori.org
Double Belonging – Rev. George Kilcourse, Paulist Press, 1992; www.paulistpress.com
Interchurch Families – Rev. John Bush & Rev. Patrick Cooney, WJK Books 2002; www.wjkbooks.com

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Newsletter

“At Home with Our Faith,” published nine times a year by Claretian Publications

($12 per year) 1-800-328-6515 or www.homefaith.com

Magazine

“Take Out: Family Faith on the Go,” published ten times a year by Our Sunday Visitor ($24 per year) 1-800-348-2440 or www.osv.com

Web Sites

Website for Teens

www.DisciplesNow.com  -- an interactive website for Catholic teens. DN helps youth see and live their Catholic faith. Teens can ask questions, get solid, Catholic answers and talk with other teens. They get informative articles on youth culture, Church teaching, music and current events; study the Sunday readings for Mass and reflections; and teens can use what they find here to strengthen the good that they do where they live and witness. Membership is free.

As prepared by

Youth & Young Adult Ministry & CYO Office    &    Department for Marriage & Family Ministry

Diocese of Cleveland

www.clevelandcatholiccharities.org/yyam-cyo

www.clevelandcatholiccharities.org/mfm

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