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Nurturing Family Faith Resource List
(Click on the title to get a description of the book and ordering information from the publisher).


Books Other Print Resources Websites
 
 

Books

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Becoming a Church of Lifelong Learners by John Roberto; 23rd Publications; www.cmdnet.org
 

Bringing Home the Gospel: A Weekly Journal for Catholic Parents (Year of Matthew and Year of Luke) by Judith Dunlap (St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2006, 2007) catalog.americancatholic.org
 
Building Catholic Family Traditions by Paul & Leisa Thigpen (Our Sunday Visitor, 1999) osv.com
 
Catholic Traditions in the Home and Classroom by Ann Ball (Our Sunday Visitor, 2005) osv.com
 
Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers, Revised Edition (USCCB, 2007) www.usccbpublishing.org
 
Celebrating Faith: Year-Round Activities for Catholic Families by Mary Cronk Farrell (St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2005) catalog.americancatholic.org
 
Christian Parenting Survival Guide from A to Z by David M. Thomas (23rd Publications, 2007)  www.cmdnet.org.
 
Double Belonging by Rev. George Kilcourse (Paulist Press, 1992) www.paulistpress.com
 
Families and Faith: A Vision and Practice for Parish Ministry by Leif Kerhwald, 23rd Publications; $12.00  www.cmdnet.org.
 
Family Prayer for Family Times: Traditions, Celebrations, and Rituals by Kathleen Chesto (Twenty-Third Publications, 1995) www.cmdnet.org.
 
52 Simple Ways to Talk with Your Kids about Faith by Jim Campbell (Loyola Press, 2007) www.loyolabooks.org
 
Food for the Family Spirit: A Sourcebook for Religious Education by Laurie N. Bowen (Sheed & Ward, 1997) www.rowmanlittlefield.com/Sheed
 
Generations of Faith Resource Manual by John Roberto; 23rd Publications; $24.00; www.cmdnet.org.
 
Growing Up Girl: Sharing Your Heart with Your Mom by Eileen Pettycrew; (Saint Mary's Press, 2003); $10.95; www.smp.org.
 
How to Survive Being Married to a Catholic by Michael Henesy abd Rosemary Gallagher; (Ligouri, 1997);  www.ligouri.org
 
Interchurch Families by Rev. John Bush & Rev. Patrick Cooney; (WJK Books, 2002); www.wjkbooks.com.  
 
Intergenerational Faith Formation by Marietta Martineau, et. al.; 23rd Publications; $16.00   www.cmdnet.org.
 
Just Family Nights: Sixty Activities to Keep Your Family Together in a World Falling Apart, Susan Vogt, editor (Brethren Press, 1994) www.brethrenpress.com/store/bpress
 
Know It! Pray It! Live It! A Family Guide to the Catholic Youth Bible by Lisa-Marie Calderone Stewart (Saint Mary’s Press, 2000) www.smp.org
 
Nurturing the Spiritual Growth of Today’s Adolescent in Your Home, School, and Parish by Michael Carotta (Harcourt Religion Publishers, 2007) https://jstore.harcourtreligion.com/onlinecatalog
 
A Parent’s Guide to Prayer by Kathy Hendricks (23rd Publications, 2004) www.cmdnet.org
 
The Power of Discernment: Helping Your Teen Hear God's Voice Within by Maggie Pike (St. Mary's Press, 2003) www.smp.org
 
Practicing Our Faith edited by Dorothy C. Bass (Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997) www.practicingourfaith.org 
 
Praying with Your Children by Pat Fosarelli (Resource Publications, 2003) www.rpinet.com
 
Raising Faith-filled Kids: Ordinary Opportunities to Nurture Spirituality at Home by Tom McGrath (Loyola Press, 2000)  www.loyolabooks.org
 
Raising Kids Who Will Make a Difference by Susan Vogt; Loyola Press; 320 Pages; ISBN 0829417923; $13.95    www.loyolabooks.org 
 
Send Your Spirit: Praying for Our Teens by Carl Koch (Saint Mary's Press, 1999) www.smp.org
 
Sharing the Faith with Your Child from Birth to Age Four by Phyllis Chandler, Joan Burney, and Mary Kay Leatherman (Liguori Publications, 2006) www.liguori.org
 
Teens and Parents: Sessions for Growing in Faith Together by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart; Saint Mary’s Press; 112 pages; ISBN13: 978-0-88489-808-5; www.smp.org.
 
To Dance with God: Family Ritual and Community Celebration by Gertrud Mueller Nelson (Paulist Press, 1986) www.paulistpress.com
 
Way to Live--Christian Practices for Teens edited by Dorothy C. Bass and Don C. Richter (Upper Room Books, 2002) www.waytolive.org and www.practicingourfaith.org
 
Where Does God Live? Questions and Answers for Parents and Children by Rabbi Marc Gellman & Monsignor Thomas Hartman (Liguori Publications, 1991) www.liguori.org
 
Your Catholic Family by Jim Merhaut; St. Anthony Messenger Press; ISBN-10: 0-86716-662-2; $24.95;   www.americancatholic.org.
 
 

Other Print Resources

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“At Home with Our Faith,” published nine times a year by Claretian Publications. ($12 per year) 1-800-328-6515. Download a sample copy and other additional resources at HomeFaith.com.
 
“Take Out: Family Faith on the Go,” published ten times a year by Our Sunday Visitor ($24 per year) 1-800-348-2440
 
 

Websites

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AIFusa.org
AAIF is an association that supports interchurch families, defined as a husband and wife from separate Christian traditions who both desire to remain active in their respective churches.

 
BlestAreWe.com
Follow the family links for activities specially geared around the liturgical seasons, separate for each grade level.
 
CatholicSpot.com 
Catholic source for news, information and resources to re-evangalize and support families. Excellent youth section. Priest's page, links, prayers and doctrine.

 
ChristJesustheWay.com  
Follow the links to family and family activities for family rituals, recipes and ideas for other family activities for parents to do with their children.
 
Disciples Now
An interactive website for Catholic teens. DN helps youth see and live their Catholic faith. Teens can ask questions, get solid, Catholic answers and talk with other teens. They get informative articles on youth culture, Church teaching, music and current events; study the Sunday readings for Mass and reflections; and teens can use what they find here to strengthen the good that they do where they live and witness. Membership is free.
 
FaithFirst.com 
A listing of free resources for parents to learn for themselves as well as for parents to use with their children.
 
FindingGod.org 
A free site with resources for catechists, youth ministers and parents, including session plan enhancers and family activities. Free membership gains access to much more.
 
InterchurchFamilies.org
A site that supports Interchurch families (where the partners belong to different denominations - often a Roman Catholic and a Christian of another communion) by lending support and sharing information on how to live the often painful and confusing situations arising out of the divisions in the churches.

 
www.pflaum.com/familypages
A frequently updated site with resources for saints of the season, feasts of the season, Catholic culture features, a family prayer service and reproducible activity pages for children in pre-school through eighth grade.
 
www.WaytoLive.org 
This is the companion website to the book Way to Live—Christian Practices for Teens (see listing above) and we recommend that it be used with this website. While Way to Live is Christian (not specifically Catholic), all eighteen of the Christian practices described have their roots in Catholicism and are not in opposition to our faith. This website highlights a dramatized real life scenario associated with each Christian practice and invites teens to reflect on the issue and the corresponding practice. In addition, there is a downloadable Leader’s Guide that helps put the scenarios in context and offers practical suggestions for usage.
 
WeBelieveWeb.com
The We Believe section of Sadlier Publishing's website, this page contains links to resources for catechists, students and families.
 
www.WeLiveOurFaith.com
The We Live Our Faith section of Sadlier Publishing's website, this page contains numerous links to free resources for students, families, youth ministers, pastors, catechists and the entire parish community.
 
www.youthministry.com
This section of the youthministry.com site has a few ideas from national youth ministry leaders on engaging parents in the work of discipling their own children, not leaving it all to the youth ministry leaders and religious educators.