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Aprendemos sobre nuestra iglesia parroquial Edicion para maestros:Manual para maestros y catequistas by Teresa Marshall

This Spanish version of the teaching edition ofWe Learn About Our Parish Churchgives teachers, catechists, and parents background information on our liturgical spaces and furnishings. It also includes separate notes and ideas for teaching children how they help us to participate in the liturgy.

978-1-56854-894-4 | Saddlestitched | 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 | 48 pages | Language: Spanish

• un indice analítico traducido del texto latino
• un glosario de términos y
• el decreto de promulgación del texto oficial latino.

The full, complete exposition of Catholic doctrine, this second edition of the international bestseller has been significantly expanded, enhancing both its content and usability. Revised in accordance with the official Latin text promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1997, the second edition now includes more than a hundred additional pages, offering such new features as a glossary of terms, an index of citations from sources and in-brief texts on core teachings. The essential elements of faith are presented in the most understandable manner, enabling everyone to read and know what the Church professes, celebrates, lives, and prays in her daily life. The first new compendium in more than 400 years, the second edition of the Catechism stands, in the words of Pope John Paul II, as "a sure norm for teaching the faith" and an "authentic reference text."

• Pages: 824
• Size: 6 x 9
• ISBN: 978-1-60137-919-1

The St. Joseph Edition Historia Biblia Condensada from Catholic Book Publishing is a treasury of Scripture stories from God's creation of the world up to and including the early days of Christianity. Historia Biblia Condensada is divided into three parts: the Old Testament, the Life of Jesus, and the Church. A detailed Table of Contents facilitates location of each story. Historia Biblia Condensada from Catholic Book Publishing is the ideal way for all Catholics to become acquainted with the history of God's Chosen People. Laforma ideal en la que todo catolico puede aprender lahistoria de aquellas personas escogidas por Dios.

In this revelatory, uplifting, and practical book, the preeminent spiritual leader explains why people must--and how they can--make the world safer, fairer, and healthier for everyone now.

ISBN: 9781982171865

Author: Pope Francis

Binding: Hardcover

The fifty-six essays in this book present cultural reflections on the gospel reading assigned for each Sunday in Cycle B of the Roman Lectionary. Each essay highlights aspects of the first-century, Eastern Mediterranean cultural world in which Jesus lived and suggests a cross-cultural comparison with contemporary Western culture. With this background information, readers can make more fitting applications of the Scripture to modern life situations.

John J. Pilch, a highly-regarded biblical scholar and author, taught at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and passed away in 2016. Among his numerous publications areThe Cultural World of the Apostles, and The Cultural World of the Prophets series, and Cultural Tools for Interpreting the Good News, published by Liturgical Press.

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN: 9780814622872, 2287
eISBN: 9780814639924, E3992
Details: 184 pgs , 5 3/8 x 8 1/4
Publication Date: 08/01/1996

978-085244-878-6 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 356 pages | Language: English

In recent years there has been an intensified focus on the development of discipleship-based parish ministries especially in the Catholic Church. Making disciples is the great and enduring Commission Jesus gave to the Church in Matthew 28:19.

In this book, Monsignor Mueggenborg presents a simple resource that can help enrich the faith lives of parishioners and assist them in becoming missionary disciples. These reflections are based on the Gospel readings assigned to a given Sunday in liturgical year B.

Each reflection identifies some significant elements in the Gospel passage followed by application questions that challenge a disciple's faith life. The reflections are designed for use in either small group bible studies or as a resource for individual prayer and contemplation. The reflections intentionally start with the brevity and simplicity of Advent before developing into more complex explorations of the biblical text as the year progresses. The Word of God is alive, powerful, and sharper than a two edged sword (Heb 4:12). Come Follow Me is a tried and proven resource that helps to unleash the power of the Word in the hearts of Christ's disciples.

978-1-59525-012-4 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 176 pages | Language: English

This is a book of short homilies on the Gospels for the Sundays and celebrations of Year B, featuring the Gospel of Mark. Each homily discusses in a simple and straightforward way the core message of the reading and its application to everyday life. It makes a wonderful companion and guide for those who prepare the homilies as well as those who want further reflection on what they hear at Mass.

PATHS OF LIFE, CYCLE B
Reflection on the Readings for Sundays and Holy Days

Author:  Ernest Ferlita, SJ
Copyright:  1993
First Printed:  10-18-1993

This second in the three year cycle of meditations on the liturgical readings for Sundays and Holy Days continues the dramatic and colorful style used to such great effect by the author in  The Paths of Life - Cycle A. Scripture is once again at the center of these reflections, and its application to the problems and concerns of daily life is always cogent, clear and timely. The poet and the pragmatist in the author combine to create new and insightful ways of viewing age-old truths and rediscovering their timeless significance for our own day and age. Priest and lay person alike will find his message helpful in preparing their own thoughts for each Sunday and Holy Day celebration.

About the Author:  Father Ernest Ferlita, SJ, received his licentiate in Sacred Theology from St. Louis University in 1964 and a Doctorate in Fine Arts from Yale in 1969. That same year he joined the drama faculty of Loyola University in New Orleans. He has often preached in university and parish settings but mainly in the chapel of the Poor Clares, for whom he has served as chaplain for many years. Father Ferlita is the author of several books, including five of scriptural reflections,  The Way of the River, Gospel Journey, and  The Paths of Life - Cycle A, B, and  C. One of his plays,  The Mask of Hiroshima, was published inThe Best Short Plays 1989. It was produced Off-Off-Broadway in 1996 with another short play,  The Bells of Nagasaki, under the title  Two Cities.

Book: 232 pages
ISBN: 978-0-8189-0677-0

Readings for Sundays, feasts, and solemnities for each year are offered in the revised New American Bible translation, with foil-stamped covers, original art, one ribbon marker, and a dedication page. Approved for use in the United States.

The proclaimed text is set in 14 pt. Goudy. The product dimensions are 9 5/8 inches by 12 inches

Hardcover

508 Pages

With permission granted by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and approval of the Apostolic Patrimony of the Holy See, this edition has been deemed in accordance with the Editio typica tertia and its sources. Textually, this edition is the same as that published by the Vatican in 2002, with the addition of two celebrations to the Proper of Saints.

Features of Missale Romanum Editio iuxta typicam tertiam:

• Reinforced cover made in Belgium from genuine German leather, with gold-stamp imprint of Christ Pantocrator (front) and a Chi-Rho figure (back);
• Images from the Church's treasury of fine art;
• 6 ornate place-holder ribbons;
• Gold-stamped leather endsheets;
• text is completely in Latin;
• Leather tabs; and
• Double-gilded pages.
• 1216 Pages
• Size: 8 x 10.75

Greg Kandra's A Deacon Prays--the essential prayer book for Catholic deacons--is a practical, daily companion that speaks to deacons as no other book has because it comes from Kandra, creator of The Deacon's Bench blog and one of the most popular voices and enthusiastic advocates of the deaconate in the Church today.

Kandra left a successful career as a television news writer and producer to become a Catholic deacon after the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center. Covering the devastating story set Kandra on a spiritual quest that led to his ordination in 2007. He serves a parish in the Diocese of Brooklyn.

In A Deacon Prays, Kandra has written prayers to greatly strengthen a deacon's spiritual life and richly enhance his ministry. There are prayers

• for daily life and seasons;
• for service in particular ministries;
• to patron saints;
• of devotion tailored for deacons;
• of petition and intercession; and
• marking special times in the life of a deacon.

This is an indispensable addition to any deacon's prayer corner, briefcase, or glove compartment, and will be a popular gift for ordinations, birthdays, holidays, and other special occasions in the life of a Catholic deacon.

This convenient and comprehensive paperback volume contains all of the readings for the Sundays of Year A, Year B, and Year C and those for solemnities and feast days. All of the readings are from the Revised New American Bible approved for use in the United States. To help with the long-range planning of liturgy and music, you'll find many useful tables and charts including: a list of all the readings in the order of the books in the Bible and where each may be found in the Lectionary; a similar index of responsorial psalms; a table of the dates of principal feasts from the year 2000 to the year 2025; a table of the dates of every Sunday in the liturgical year from 2000 to 2013; a list of the second readings for Sundays showing the continuity in proclaiming the letters of the New Testament; a list of the Gospel readings for Sundays that shows the continuity in proclaiming the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke; a list of the three readings for each Sunday in the three-year Lectionary cycle.

978-1-56854-335-2 | Paperback | 7 x 10 | 592 pages | Language: English

This second edition of The Deacon at Mass situates the role of the Deacon at Liturgy based on the new General Instruction on the Roman Missal (GIRM). A step-by-step handbook for deacons through the eucharistic celebration, this text looks at everything a deacon must do (read the gospel), may do (preach a homily), and may never do (sing the concluding doxology). Study questions follow each chapter. Noteworthy in the second edition:*The original edition had the benefit of drawing on the new GIRM, and while nothing in the GIRM has changed, we have the added benefit of the final English translations.*Questions raised by readers and reviewers of the original edition are answered.*An expanded introduction addresses specific issues related to the preparation and translation of liturgical books in general, and each subsequent chapter now includes references and guidance related to the approved English translation.

ISBN: 978-08091-4852-3

El 4th Hombre.

El matrimonio en el Senor
Un recurso de formacion catolica

Leisa Anslinger, Laura Boyce-Steinhauser

As couples prepare to be married in the Catholic Church, it is important for them to take time to share their faith and gain insights into each other's family history and personal expectations for a sacramental Marriage. This resource is designed to help couples put Christ at the center of their marriage. It will engage them in conversation about Catholic teachings, handling conflict, developing strong communication skills, maintaining financial security, starting a family, and fostering a prayer life. They will learn more about their future partner and develop a strong foundation for marriage while deepening their relationship with God and giving witness to his love in the world.

This resource can be used during day-long Marriage preparation formation sessions, weekend retreats, and with sponsor couples.

978-1-61671-585-4 | Saddlestitched | 8 1/2 x 11 | 80 pages | Language: Spanish

Experimente la gran maravilla de moverse en la gracia de Dios y por medio de ella dia a dia a medida que libera los dones espirituales hoy en un derramamiento del amor y el poder de El.

This clear and practical introduction to Christian Prayer explains step by step how to understand and celebrate this daily prayer of the Church.

How many times have you picked up a copy of Christian Prayer only to put it down again, confused by Commons and Propers, Invitatories and Antiphons? Initially, Christian Prayer can be intimidating. Fear not, however. It's not as complicated as it may first appear.

This small booklet is designed to help you learn to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. By introducing you to its various components and explaining-step by step-how to get started, this guide offers the map for a prayer-journey that can become part of the rhythm of your daily life.

Ministers of care are commissioned by the Church to bring the compassion and communion of Christ to the sick and the homebound and to bear witness to the suffering of the members of the parish. The third edition of this award-winning resource provides lay ministers of care with a formational and training tool as they prepare to serve those who are sick and homebound. In these pages, lay ministers will learn a theology of sickness and suffering, how to preside over the rituals of the Church, how best to make pastoral visits, and how to take care of their own spiritual needs while caring for others.

Available in Spanish!

• Good things come in small packages and this carry-along booklet is proof.
• RCIA candidates, non-practicing Catholics, and daily communicants all have something to learn from the brief but orthodox responses to the 21 most-asked questions about the Eucharist.
• This little catechism is a most useful resource in the accurate transmission of the Catholic Faith.
• The plethora of prayers on the Eucharist can foster greater reverence and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.
• Be an evangelizer by passing on copies.

ISBN: 9781953152879
Pages: 48
Author: MOST REV. ARTHUR J. SERRATELLI, S.T.D., S.S.L., D.D.
Size: 4 X 6 1/2
Color: ILLUSTRATED
Binding: PAPERBACK

• Holy Scripture, a Novena to Jesus, and the Blessed Sacrament mainstays of our Catholic Faith are perfectly united in this elegant prayer book.
• It will help you understand, celebrate, and live the Eucharist and to adore Jesus truly present in the Blessed Sacrament.
• Anywhere in this book is a good place to start, but it is meant to be savored whether in Church, at home, or on your lunch hour.
• The goal is not to finish the book but to let the Spirit move you to what you need on a particular day.

ISBN:9781953152824

Pages:128

Author:MOST REV. ARTHUR J. SERRATELLI, S.T.D., S.S.L., D.D.

Size:4 3/8 X 6 3/4

Color:BURGUNDY

Binding:DURA-LUX

• The Bishops deep spirituality, faith, knowledge, and love of the Eucharist will often leave you breathless. Meditate before, after, and during Adoration with a fervent desire to become a living host of Jesus, the perfect Host for all.

  • It will help to prepare you to pray before the Blessed Sacrament as you have never prayed before.
  • Before or during your Adoration time, read one or more of the 21 meditations based on Scripture and packed with prayers and quotes from Saints, Popes, theologians, and classical authors, which attest to the profound mystery and power of the Eucharist .
  • Keep this treasury close at hand to immerse yourself in the blessings and graces of Adoration that can overcome your worst fears and fulfill your deepest desires.
  • When time permits, follow your meditation with several of the Additional Prayers and Litanies at the end of the book or use them independently to increase your love and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.

• ISBN:9781953152602
• Pages:176
• Author:MOST REV. ARTHUR J. SERRATELLI, S.T.D., S.S.L., D.D.
• Size:4 3/8 X 6 3/4
• Color:BURGUNDY
• Binding:DURA-LUX

Eucharistic Meditations offers extracts from the Writings and Instructions of Saint John Vianney

Saint Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney, known affectionately as The Curé d'Ars, was a peasant priest. In the aftermath of the French Revolution and Napoleonic rule, in a time of anti-clericalism and social and economic disarray, he was appointed parish priest of the obscure and dispirited village of Ars.

Over the next forty years, he was the agent of a complete spiritual, social, and material reform of his parish, which became a joyful refuge and a place of pilgrimage. Men and women would travel for weeks simply to confess before the humble and holy man. His particular devotion to the Blessed Sacrament is manifest in this book of twenty-seven meditations, which had its first English edition two years before his canonization in 1925.

St. John Vianney is now celebrated as the patron of parish priests.  

ISBN: 9781594172731

Product #: 72731

Size: 5.5 x 8.5

Format: Paperback

Pages:136

By Romano Guardini. Translated by Jan Bentz

In 1923, Romano Guardini's Liturgie und Liturgische Bildung was published in German and later in Italian. For the first time, this overlooked but foundational resource is available in English. In Liturgy and Liturgical Formation, Guardidni delivers what the title indicates. He presents specific, formative tasks.

1. Liturgical formation grounds man's " capacity for symbolic perception."

2. Liturgical formation treats if the corresponding nature of sacramental signs.

3. Liturgical formation addresses the place of the individual and the community.

978-1-61671-677-6 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2022

A pastoral and theological approach by Paul F. Covino

When deacons reflect on their baptismal call, it opens a conversation about their vocation to the diaconate and helps them break open the meaning of the rite and each of its symbols. As an ordinary minister of the sacrament of baptism and in many cases, performing most baptisms in a parish the deacon is central to welcoming a new family and child to into their parish community.

A Deacon's Guide to Baptizing Children: A Pastoral and Theological Approach provides deacons with a greater understanding on how their own baptism calls them to ministry, along with ways to nurture faith among families who bring their children to be baptized.

It also addresses practical issues, such as when a deacon may baptize, preparation for celebrating the rite, homily preparation, and how to navigate through the ritual with intentionality when many children are being baptized at the same time.

978-1-61671-600-4 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 96 pages | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2022