This packet helps catechists prepare unbaptized or unchurched children for the initiation rites and inclusion into the faith community. While the format is the same as other catechetical packets, this has a unique purpose and provides for a wide age range. This is a year-round program and includes a component for whole-community faith formation.

• No textbooks to buy—blackline masters with photocopy rights
• Weekly sessions based on the Sunday readings, grounded in the liturgy
• Sunday Backgrounds provide on-going formation for the catechist/Catechumenate team
• dismissal questions for year-round catechumenate
• Sessions for Year A Scrutiny readings for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Sundays of Lent always included
• Family sharing pages
• Color activity pages (16)
• Color posters (4)
• Catechetical resource book for youth/adult

Looseleaf, 8 1/2 x 11.

Faith Formation you can trust! Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur from the Archdiocese of Chicago. Celebrating the Lectionary is an innovative, flexible, and affordable collection of faith formation resources. CTL materials are grounded in the Sunday readings and the liturgical year. You will find a comprehensive array of manuals for a variety of uses in the parish, school, home, and community—each with the goal of supporting lifelong faith development.

Contents — Click below to view or print samples. (Some samples are ready. Some are under construction. In a few cases we have included samples from past years while the new ones are being prepared.)

• Year Overview
• Season Background for Fall Ordinary Time 2008
• Sample Session
  • Preparation page
  • Session Plan
  • Activity sheet(s)
  • Sunday Background
• Family Sharing Sheet
• Dismissal Questions
• Color Activity Pages
  • Color Activity Page "Easter Season Mini-pictures 2"
  • Color Activity Page "Holy Cards 1"
• Color Poster Sample
  • Color Poster "The World Into Which Jesus Came"
• Catechetical Activity Resource Book for Youth - Adults