This guide presents sessions to support young children's awareness of the sacramentality all around them. Excellent background for initiation into the sacraments of Eucharist and Reconciliation, sessions are based on the Sunday readings, liturgical seasons and celebrations, and systematic doctrine (sacraments) to convey the Christian message. Clear and concise planning guides and step-by-step session plans ensure confident catechists.

• Systematic doctrine: sacraments, sacramentals, and prayer with a focus on initiation sacraments and reconciliation
• 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
• Designed for beginning readers who have developed basic manipulative skills
• Additional features: four color posters; color activity book with games, holy cards, and more; catechetical resource book full of supplement ideas for crafts, activities, recipes, and prayers.

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
  • Activity and/or Catechist sheet(s)
  • Sunday Background
• 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 Ages 3-1

Available August. Order now!