Here's the most versatile resource available for the adults in your parish. Use it for, faith-sharing groups, catechetical team formation, scripture study and reflection, catechumenate sessions for the unbaptized or uncatechized, candidates for full communion with the Catholic church, and prayers and discussion questions with Spanish speakers.

This guide will give leaders and adult groups the tools needed to inform, form, and transform through weekly sessions, drawing on the Sunday readings, liturgical seasons and celebrations, and systematic doctrine (social teaching) to convey the Christian message. This packet includes catechumenate dismissal questions and bilingual components. This is a year-round program (always including Year A Scrutiny reflections) and a component for whole-community faith formation.

CTL uses the best practices of adult faith formation: scripture sharing, discussion, and a variety of prayer forms and experiences. Each session breaks open the readings, helps people connect the scripture to their lives, and suggests opportunities for people to put their growing faith into action. This is faith formation that leads to committed discipleship!

• No textbooks to buy—blackline masters with photocopy rights
• Weekly sessions based on the Sunday readings, grounded in the liturgy
• Reproducible Sunday Backgrounds that provide on-going formation for the catechist/group facilitator/catechumenate team, and Scriptural formation for participants

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.

Early-Bird discount of an additional 10% is reflected in the price when ordering before June 15, 2008. Bulk Discounts apply year-round:

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.)

• Introduction
• Scope & Sequence
• Year Overview
• Season Background for Fall Ordinary Time 2008  
• Sample Session
  • Preparation page
  • Session Plan
  • Sunday Background 
• Catechumenate Dismissal Questions
• Discussion Questions (English & Spanish)
• Bilingual Prayers (English & Spanish)
• Color Poster Sample
  • Color Poster "The World Into Which Jesus Came"
• Catechetical Resource Book for Youth - Adults