Main Categories: Scripture; Doctrine; Worship; Christian Living Sub-Categories: HIV/AIDS; Prayer Service/Liturgy; Reference: Bible; Reference: Catholicity; Reference: Doctrine; Reference: Lectionary; Rites & Rituals; Social Justice; Inspirational
CATEGORY/Description	ISBN	Publisher	Author	Title
	1-56854-240-2	LTP	Mazar, Peter	School Year Church Year
	0-7648-0225-9	Liguori	Donze, Mary Terese	In My Heart Room
	1-88-396-84-X	Jalmar Press	Kavelin Popov, Linda	The Virtues Project, Educator’s Guide
ADVENT/CHRISTMAS	0-8198-0774-5	Pauline Books & Media	Arbogast, Joan Marie	The Advent-Christmas Book
CATHOLICITY		NCEA	Quinn, Sister Edward William IHM	It’s a Catholic School… Let’s Keep it Catholic
GUIDED MEDITATIONS	0-15-901099-3	Harcourt Religion	Reehorst, Jane BVM	Guided Meditations
GUIDED MEDITATIONS	0-697-02988-3	Brown-Roa	Reehorst, Jane BVM	Guided Meditations for Children (1 & 2)
GUIDED MEDITATIONS	0-89390-336-1	Resource Publications	Merritt, Sydney Ann	Guided Meditations for Children
HIV/AIDS			Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Catholic Schools 2003	Awareness, Prevention, Compassion: AN HIV/AIDS Curriculum Guide for Catholic Schools
INSPIRATIONAL	0-8091-3138-2	Paulist Press	Cavanaugh, Fr. Brian	The Sower’s Seeds: One Hundred Inspiring Stories for Preaching, Teaching, and Public Speaking
LENT/EASTER	0-8198-4515-9	Pauline Books & Media	Arbogast, Joan Marie	The Lent-Easter Book
LITURGICAL SEASON	0-8198-5436-0	Pauline Media & Books	Kadela, Natalie	Our Year With God
LITURGICAL SEASON	0-88489-605-6	St. Mary's Press	Goodwin, Carole & Kielbasa, Marilyn	Holiday & Seasonal Ideas
LITURGICAL SEASON	0-687-03736-0	Abingdon Press	Stoner, Marcia Joslin	Seasons of Faith
MORALITY	0-8423-4595-7	Tyndale House Publishers	Veerman, David, et al	103 Questions Children Ask about Right from Wrong

CATEGORY/Description	ISBN	Publisher	Author	Title
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES		NCEA	Nuzzi, Rev. Ronald Ph.D.	Gifts of the Spirit: Multiple Intelligences in Religious Education
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES	1-58595-269-9	Twenty-Third Publications	Stankard, Bernadette	How Each Child Learns: Using Multiple Intelligence in Faith Formation
PRAYER SERVICE/LITURGY	1-58595-213-3	Twenty-Third Publications	McCann, Deborah	Let Us Gather:Prayer Services for Catholic Schools and Assemblies
PRAYER SERVICE/LITURGY	1-57999-013-4	GIA Publications	Piercey, Robert & Williams, Vivian	When Children Gather: 20 Eucharist Liturgies for the School Year
REFERENCE: BIBLE Includes special features that help make the Bible easier to read and understand; a great resource for scripture and background information on the “characters” in the Bible	0-88489-862-8	Saint Mary’s Press		Break Through! The Bible for Young Catholics
REFERENCE: BIBLE Includes books summaries, names and places, timelines, definitions	1-58660-479-1	Humble Creek	Smith, Carol	The Everyday Guide to the Bible
REFERENCE: BIBLE A-Z resource of contemporary topics that points to scripture passages	0-7852-5003-4	Nelson Reference Publishing	Anderson, Ken	Where to Find it in the Bible

CATEGORY/Description	ISBN	Publisher	Author	Title
REFERENCE: CATHOLICITY		St. Anthony Messenger Press	Groome, Thomas H.	Nine Things That Make Us Catholic
REFERENCE: CATHOLICITY A vast collection of information to help people of faith learn, renew, teach, and live the risen life of Jesus Christ in the Catholic Church	0-15-950653-0	Harcourt Religion Publishers	Klein, Rev. Peter	The Catholic Source Book
REFERENCE: DOCTRINE A compendium of Catholic doctrine regarding faith and morals in more than 400 years; “a sure norm for teaching the faith” and an “authentic reference text,” according to Pope John Paul II.	1-57455-110-8	USCCB Publishing		Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2^nd Ed
REFERENCE: LECTIONARY	1-56854-001-9	LTP	Committee on the Liturgy National Conference of Catholic Bishops	Lectionary for Masses With Children: Weekdays
REFERENCE: LECTIONARY	0-8146-6147-5	The Liturgical Press	Committee on the Liturgy National Conference of Catholic Bishops	Lectionary for Masses with Children: Weekdays
REFERENCE: LITURGY	0-89622-695-6	Twenty-third Publications	Thompson, Katie	Complete Children's Liturgy Book

CATEGORY/Description	ISBN	Publisher	Author	Title
REFERENCE: Prayer A step-by-step method for praying every day of the school year	1-56854-538-x	LTP	McMahon Jeep, Elizabeth	Children’s Daily Prayer 2005-2006
REFERENCE: TRADITIONS	0-1-931709-44-0	Our Sunday Visitor	McNamara, Beth et al	Big Book of Catholic Customs & Traditions
RITES & RITUALS	0-89622-939-4	Twenty-Third Publications	Chateau, Kathy & Miller, Paula	Celebrating Catholic Rites and Rituals in Religion Class
RITES & RITUALS PRAYER SERVICE/LITURGY	0-15-950532-1	GIA Publications	Piercy, Robert & Haas, David	Walking by Faith: Liturgy and Ritual Book
RITES & RITUALS	0-87793-706-0	Ave Maria Press	Florian, Amy	Sign & Symbol, Word & Song: Creating and Celebrating Classroom Rituals
SAINTS	0-87793-973X	Ave Maria Press	Vos Wezeman, Phyllis & Liechty, Anna	Many Saints, Many Ways
SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS	0-8294-0505-4	Loyola Press	Sisters of Notre Dame of Chardon, OH	Saints and Feast Days Lives of the Saints: with a Calendar and Ways to Celebrate
SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS	0-8294-1505-X	Loyola Press	Sisters of Notre Dame	Saints & Feast Days (new version)
SOCIAL JUSTICE		NCEA		From the Ground Up: Teaching Catholic Social Principles in Elementary Schools
SOCIAL JUSTICE	1-58595-222-2	Twenty-Third Publications	Neuberger, Anne	Introducing Catholic Social Teaching to Children with Stories and Activities
SCRIPTURE	0-89622-972

Catechist Certification Resources related to The Nature and Purpose of Catechesis

Books

Bokenkotter, Thomas, A Concise History of the Catholic Church.

Kindle Edition, 2007.

Caruso, SJ, Michael P., Prayers and Reflections For Educators.

National Catholic Educational Association, Washington D.C., 2005.

ISBN 1-55833-376-2 www.ncea.org

Mazar, Peter, School Year Church Year.

Liturgy Training Publications, Chicago, 2001.

ISBN 1-56854-240-2 www.LTP.org

Paprocki, Joe, The Catechechist’s Toolbox. Loyola Press, Chicago, 2007.

ISBN 10: 0-8294-2451-2

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, To Teach as Jesus Did.

USCCB, Washington, D.C., 1972. ISBN 1-55586-063-X www.usccb.org

Redemptorists, The Essential Catholic Handbook. Liguori, Missouri, 2004.

ISBN 978-0-7648-1289-7 www.liguori.org

Pope John Paul II, Catechism of the Catholic Church (2^nd English Translation), United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1997.

ISBN 9781574551105 www.usccb.org

Magazines

Catechist, Peter Li Education Group, 1-800-558-2292 ext. 1128.

Religion Teacher’s Journal, Bayard, Inc., 1-800-321-0411, www.religionteachersjournal.com

Today’s Catholic Teacher, Riverside Publishing, 1-800-323-9540.

Catholic Videos/DVDs

Vision Video, 1-800-476-2492, www.catholicvideo.com

Maryknoll Media Productions, www.maryknollmall.org

Other Websites

www.catechistsjourney.com

FaithFirst.com

www.tomorrow.com

www.riversidepublishing.com

Glavich, Mary Kathleen, SND Acting Out the Gospels, 40 Five Minute Plays

Twenty Third Productions

0-89622-972-6 (organized according to theme and liturgical season)

Take Me Home: Notes on the Church Year for Children

LTP 0-920650-52-2

Blackline masters

Celebration Times, Feasts and Seasons of the Church Year,

Reproducible handouts for Primary Grades

Pflaum

0-937997-49-8

Celebrating the Liturgical Year, Special Seasons, Special Feasts

Reproducible handouts for Intermediate Grades

Pflaum

0-937997-50-1

Knowing My Church : What Makes Us Catholic

Reproducible handouts for Intermediate Grades

Pflaum

0-937997-85-4

Celebrating Seasons Prayer Lessons for Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter

Wezeman and Fournier

Twenty Third Publications

1-58595-016-5

From Advent to Christ the King Following the Liturgical Year

Reproducible handouts for Jr High

Pflaum

0-937997-90-0

What’s Your Catholic IQ? 22 faith quizzes for all ages

by Page McKean Zyromski
Pflaum (these are like the ones in catechist magazine; quizzes are divided into “rookie,” “almost expert,” and “scholar” categories and

topics include Advent Christmas, Bible, Catholic Identity, Commandments, Beatitudes, Lent, Easter, Sacraments, Saints.
ISBN 978-1-933178-36-3

United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

(easier to use and follow than CCC)

USCCB

978-1-57455-450-2

Catechist Magazine

1-800-676-3264

PO Box 49726

Dayton OH 45449-0726

Religion Teacher’s Journal

www.religionteachersjournal.com

PO Box 6015

New London CT

Liturgy preparation

Lectionary for Masses with Children/Study Edition/Weekdays

(invaluable for liturgy planning: lists possible readings for saints, feast days. Has been approved by National Conference of Bishops as the only English lectionary for children)

Liturgical Press

Collegeville, MN 1993

0-8146-6147-5

Breaking Open the Word (preparing children for Sunday readings)

The Complete Children’s Liturgy Book

Liturgies of the Word for Years A,B,C (K-3 : readings are adapted to primary level and each one has a black line activity master

By Kate Thompson

Twenty-Third Publications

Mystic, CT

ISBN 0-89622-695-6

Sunday Book of Readings

The Lectionary Adapted for Children

Text adapted by Sr. Paule Freeburg

3 volumes (cycles A,B,C); Good for grades 3-8 (Gr. 2 possibly)

Treehaus Communications; ISBN 0-929496091-4 (cycle C); 0-929496-38-8 (cycle A); 0-929496-57-4 9 (cycle B)

cyberfaith.com

Links to weekly readings, best for grades 6-8 although there are also activities for other levels. This is an excellent resource: students will use their own Bible to find readings, but the comments and activities guide the catechist.

Meditations

Guided Meditations for Teens( lectionary based)

Sydney Ann Merritt, Resource Publications, 160 E. Virginia St

San Jose, CA 95112-5876

ISBN 0-89390-402-3

Guided Meditations for Children

S.A. Merritt

Resource Publications

ISBN 0-89390-336-1

Guided Meditations

How to Teach Youth to Pray Using Scripture

Jane Reehost, BVM, Brown ROA

Dubuque, Iowa

ISBN0-697-17596-0