The Living Word™ 2024-2025


Book Description

The Living Word™ helps youth ministers, parish catechists, and high school religion teachers meet teens where they are and guide them to a deeper understanding of the Gospel’s role in their lives. This model of liturgical catechesis through lectionary readings enhances the liturgical preparation, liturgical participation, and liturgical living of teens. Each session can be easily incorporated into lessons or group activities that have already been planned. This resource includes materials for each Sunday and holyday of obligation from the first Sunday of August through the last Sunday in July. Additionally, The Living Word™ includes digital resources to help teens reflect on and act on the Sunday Gospel throughout the week. The Living Word™ includes the following: Complete and flexible 30-minute sessions to complement your current teen programs Connections to the liturgical calendar and to Catholic teachings Ritual with the proclamation of the Gospel Reflections to help teens understand the Gospel in the context of their own experiences and concerns Useful tools for integrating the New Evangelization in your teen ministry Digital reproducibles (in PDF and JPG format) for teens that can be printed, emailed, and shared via social media Authors include: Kate Cousino, Julie Dienno-Demarest, Karla Hardersen, and Aires Patulot.




The Living Word™ 2023-2024


Book Description

The Living Word™ helps youth ministers, parish catechists, and high school religion teachers meet teens where they are and guide them to a deeper understanding of the Gospel’s role in their lives. This model of liturgical catechesis through lectionary readings enhances the liturgical preparation, liturgical participation, and liturgical living of teens. Each session can be easily incorporated into lessons or group activities that have already been planned. This resource includes materials for each Sunday and holyday of obligation from the first Sunday of August through the last Sunday in July. Additionally, The Living Word™ includes digital resources to help teens reflect on and act on the Sunday Gospel throughout the week. The Living Word™ includes the following: -Complete and flexible 15-minute sessions to complement your current teen programs -Connections to the liturgical calendar and to Catholic teachings -Ritual with the proclamation of the Gospel -Reflections to help teens understand the Gospel in the context of their own experiences and concerns -Useful tools for integrating the New Evangelization in your teen ministry -Digital reproducibles (in PDF and JPG format) for teens that can be printed, emailed, and shared via social media Authors include Kate Cousino, Julie Dienno-Demarest, Aires Patulot, and Liza N. Peters.




Sourcebook for Sundays, Seasons, and Weekdays 2023


Book Description

This trusted annual publication provides concise and helpful material to inspire and assist those who prepare the Mass for each day of the liturgical year. It includes: - Preaching points - Additional Scripture insights for the Proper of Saints - Music preparation guidance and song suggestions - Ways to connect the liturgy to the Christian life - Original Mass texts for Sundays, solemnities, and feasts of the Lord - Seasonal worship committee agendas - Ideas for celebrating other rites and customs - An online supplement for preparing the sacramental rites - Seasonal introductions - Daily calendar preparation guides - Dated entries with liturgical titles, lectionary citations, and vestment colors - Scripture insights - Brief biographies of the saints and blesseds - Guidance for choosing among the options provided in the ritual texts This year’s authors include: Leisa Anslinger, Wendy Cichanski Caduff, Benjamin Caduff, Kate Cousino, Ann Dickinson Degenhard, Mary A. Ehle, Karla Hardersen, John T. Kyler, Rachel Doll O’Mahoney, John Marquez, Jill Maria Murdy, Andrew Mountin, Jena Thurow-Mountin, Stephen Palanca, Paul Radkowski, and Robert Valle. Additional material was provided by: Susan Gleason Anderson, Kathryn Ball-Boruff, Jennifer Kerr Budziak, Jennifer Dixon Caravelli, Paul H. Colloton, osfs, Catherine A. Corey, Joseph DeGrocco, Mary C. Dumm, Rebekah Eklund, Christopher J. Ferraro, Karie Ferrell, Edrianne Ezell, Michael JK Fuller, Jerome Hall, sj, Kathleen Harmon, Patrick Hartin, Kurt Heinrich, Mary Heinrich, J. Philip Horrigan, Timothy A. Johnston, John Thomas Lane, sss, Ed Langlois, Corinna Laughlin, Maria Laughlin, Sara McGinnis Lee, Tat-siong Benny Liew, Julie Males, Ricky Manalo, csp, Anna Belle O’Shea, Teresa Marshall-Patterson, Randall R. Phillips, Biagio Mazza, Tanya Rybarczyk, Michael Simone, sj, Anne Elizabeth Sweet, ocso, Letitia Thornton, Stephen C. Wilbricht,,sj, Daren J. Zehnle




The Living Word 2022-2023


Book Description

The Living Word™ helps youth ministers, parish catechists, and high school religion teachers meet teens where they are and guide them to a deeper understanding of the Gospel’s role in their lives. This model of liturgical catechesis through lectionary readings enhances the liturgical preparation, liturgical participation, and liturgical living of teens. Each session can be easily incorporated into lessons or group activities that have already been planned. This resource includes materials for each Sunday and holyday of obligation from the first Sunday of August through the last Sunday in July. Additionally, The Living Word™ includes digital resources to help the teens reflect and act on the Sunday Gospel throughout the week. The Living Word™ includes the following: - Complete and flexible 15-minute sessions to complement your current teen programs - Connections to the liturgical calendar and to Catholic teachings - Ritual with the proclamation of the Gospel - Reflections to help teens understand the Gospel in the context of their own experiences and concerns - Useful tools for integrating the New Evangelization in your teen ministry - Digital reproducibles (in PDF or JPG format) for teens that can be printed, emailed, or shared via social media Authors include: Kate Cousino, Julie Dienno-Demarest, Aires Patulot, and Liza N. Peters.




The Living Word™ 2019-2020


Book Description

The Living Word™ helps youth ministers, parish catechists, and high school religion teachers engage in a process of catechesis that finds its source in the liturgy. The sessions in this resource are designed to enhance the liturgical preparation, liturgical participation, and liturgical living of teens through reflection on the Sunday Gospel. Following the academic calendar, this resource includes materials for each Sunday and Holyday of Obligation from the first Sunday in August (2019) through the last Sunday in July (2020). In addition to each weekly session, The Living Word™ offers handouts, “Living the Word,” for the week, inviting teens to reflect on the word and providing actions to encourage them to integrate the message of the Gospel in their daily life.




The Living Word™ 2018-2019


Book Description

The Living Word™ helps youth ministers, parish catechists, and high school religion teachers to engage in a process of catechesis that finds its source in the liturgy. The sessions in this resource are designed to enhance the liturgical preparation, liturgical participation, and liturgical living of teens through reflection on the Lectionary readings.




The Living Word 2015-2016


Book Description

This resource provides youth ministers with 15-minute Gospel-oriented activities and reflections designed to help renew the liturgical lives of teens. Following the school calendar, each session offers prayers, Scripture readings, reflections, and catechesis, for every Sunday and Holyday of Obligation from August 3, 2014, to June 28, 2015.







Living Word™ 2020-2021


Book Description

The Living Word™ helps youth ministers, parish catechists, and high school religion teachers to meet teens where they are and guide them to a deeper understanding of the Gospel’s role in their lives. This model of liturgical catechesis through Lectionary readings enhances the liturgical preparation, liturgical participation, and liturgical living of teens.




Sourcebook for Sundays, Seasons, and Weekdays 2015


Book Description

This trusted resource is the essential guide for preparing the liturgy. For each season, you can explore background information on the saints, the liturgical books, the liturgical environment, and the liturgical music, along with ways to bring the liturgy into your home.