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The Latest Resources to Support Your Spiritual Journey in 2014

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For Australian parishes, schools and individuals

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Parish resources Ministry in a changing Church

Tools for busy priests & parish leaders

Priesthood Today: Ministry in a Changing Church

Prayer of the Faithful: For All Occasions Find a helpful aid in choosing the Prayer of the Faithful for various occasions. Each prayer can be used as is, or as inspiration for composing your own prayers.

Ed. Eamonn Conway Over thirty leading thinkers give their views on the life and role of priests in the twenty-first century, particularly focussing on the needs and skills of priests, the theological foundations of priesthood and the opportunities and challenges presented by a changing Church in an ever-changing world.

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The Veritas Book of Blessings for All Occasions

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Ed. by Columba McCann

Letters to my Brother: Words of Hope and Challenge for Priests

Find blessings for all occasions with this updated version of the popular Veritas Book of Blessings. Ideal for priests and lay ministers.

Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti

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Bestselling author of Why Priests Are Happy, Stephen Rossetti reaffirms your life and work as a priest and applauds the ongoing dedication and generosity of priests in general. He challenges you to renew your commitment to holiness and fidelity, ongoing conversion through a stronger prayer-life, and a greater care for your health and wellbeing.

So You’re Planning a Wedding: A Friendly Guide for Catholics

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Theology for Ministry: An Introduction for Lay Ministers Edward P. Hahnenberg

Available April 2014

Engage with and refresh your existing knowledge of key areas of theology very lay minister ought to know. Be inspired by this easy-to-read, refreshing resource that provides personal stories and examples that cannot help but inspire the work of lay ministers today.

An essential resource for couples needing to understand the importance of a Catholic church wedding and the true meaning of Catholic marriage.

Introduce non-Catholic partners to Catholic beliefs and traditions and obtain assistance to plan the readings and music.

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Re-energise your parish Keeping parishes continuously vibrant, energised, and capable of satisfying the spiritual needs of all parishioners is an ongoing challenge for parishes all over the world. Why not discover the strategies that were successful for one parish in more than trebling—yes … trebling—Sunday Mass attendance, which lead to increased giving, flourishing ministries and a vibrant, solidly Catholic spiritual revival. Rejuvenate your parish using the tried and tested, practical, no-cost, easy-to-do tactics of Father Michael J. White, and parishioner Tom Corcoran.

Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost and Making Church Matter

Tools for Rebuilding: 75 Really, Really Practical Ways to Make Your Parish Better

Michael J. White & Tom Corcoran

Michael J. White & Tom Corcoran

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A Pastor’s Toolbox: Management Skills for Parish Leadership

Facilitation Skills for Ministry

Ed. Paul A Holmes

Jo Whitehead, Sally Nash and Simon Sutcliffe

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Redeeming Administration: 12 Spiritual Habits for Catholic Leaders

The Heart of Catholicism: Practicing the Everyday Habits That Shape Us

Ann M. Garrido

Bert Ghezzi

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Empowering Young People Christian Fini Unlock the potential and gifts of young people in your parish to help them foster personal and spiritual growth. Use the expertise and experience of Christian Fini, director of the Oblate Office

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and ministry of Jesus, portraying him in a way that would meet the spiritual and pastoral needs of the community for which he was writing.

Matthew’s community consisted of Jews who had accepted Jesus as their Messiah, but also of gentiles. These Jewish Christians were no longer welcome in the local Jewish synagogues and they were struggling to hold in tension their Jewish identity with the revelation of God in Christ, the old with the new. They’re going through an identity crisis. Matthew’s gospel places the Sermon on the Mount at the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry, thereby presenting Jesus as the new

Dorothy A. Lee

Moses. Jesus, like Moses before him, ascends the mountain. Matthew is like the “householder who brings out of his treasure new things and old” (Mt 13:52). He then organises his teaching into five sermons, thereby suggesting a new Torah, a fulfillment not an abrogation of the old. In Matthew’s gospel even the tiniest part of the ancient Jewish Law must remain, but only as radically interpreted by Jesus.

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About the Author Geoffrey Plant is pastor of St Luke’s Parish, Revesby, within the Archdiocese of Sydney.

Ordained in 1972, Geoffrey’s ministry has been in education at secondary and tertiary levels, but parish work is his first love. He studied theology at the Yarra Theological Union in Melbourne, and at Sydney University.

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Ascending the Mountain:

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of Matthew, Year A Geoffrey Plant

Be informed and delighted with this illuminating collection of homilies for Year A of the liturgical calendar which draws together biblical and contemporary contexts to deepen your understanding of Matthew’s Gospel.

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In this second volume of Homilies, Geoff Plant once again proves that he is an eloquent and engrossing master storyteller. He breaks open the word, drawing together the biblical and contemporary contexts. His stories inform and delight illuminating the text to deepen understanding of the Gospels and enhance participation in the Sunday liturgy. These homilies will be welcomed by priests and pastoral associates, students of Biblical Studies, Bible Study groups, teachers and individuals wishing to enrich their own spiritual understanding.

Prepare yourself for the new liturgical year by delving a deeper into the Gospel of Matthew with this engaging, easy-to-read resource. Written with the layperson in mind, A Friendly Guide to Matthew brings Matthew’s Gospel to life and paints a vivid picture of Jesus as divine but undeniably human.

Dorothy A Lee

charts, summary boxes and original artwork. The format is attractive and engaging and will provide an invaluable resource for teachers, students, parish groups, RCIA teams and candidates, and anyone searching for a clear explanation of Catholic tradition.

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Table Talk Year A: Beginning Conversation on the Gospel of Matthew

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Spark conversations within your parish or home about the Gospel of Matthew with these helpful reflections.

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Between the Ambo and the Altar: Biblical Preaching and the Roman Missal Year A

Abiding Word: Sunday Reflections for Year A

Guerric DeBona

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Dorothy A. Lee is a New Testament scholar and a priest in the Anglican Church. She is the Dean of Trinity College Theological School and the Frank Woods Distinguished Lecturer in Biblical Studies.

Dorothy has published widely in the area of the Gospels, especially the Gospel of John, and has also written on the Transfiguration. Her most recent book is Hallowed in Truth and Love: Spirituality in the Johannine Literature (Melbourne: Mosaic, 2011).

She has two daughters, a sonin-law, and a granddaughter.

She lives in Melbourne with her two miniature daschunds.

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Resources for Year A

Barbara E. Reid

Enrich your homilies with an exploration of the relationship between the Sunday readings and the new Roman Missal. Be guided through a study of the language of the Missal and the parallels to the Sunday lectionary. Practical homiletic strategies—using core themes and images—are also provided.

Contemplate the true meaning of Sunday’s lectionary readings and incorporate them into your everyday life. This collection of reflections helps readers make the connection between Scripture and everyday living.

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Sundays under the Southern Cross GOSPEL REFLECTIONS YEAR A MATTHEW

Twelve Months of Sundays Years A, B & C: Biblical Meditation on the Christian Year

Sundays under the Southern Cross: Year A Gospel Reflections, Matthew Mary L. Coloe

Understand the central themes of Matthew’s Gospel more clearly with the concise, contemporary Australian gospel reflections written by well-known author, Mary L. Coloe.

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Tom Wright Deepen your understanding of the Bible and New Testament with these insightful reflections from Tom Wright on the Sunday readings for Years A, B & C. RRP $42.95 Sophia $34.36 9780281065813

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Affordable and inspiring Lenten resources for Lent 2014 Deepen your Lenten experience in 2014 with the aid of enriching Lenten resources. Whether you are always on-the-go or have ample time to reflect on the significance of the season, Lenten resources are a valuable way to ensure that you maintain spiritual focus during Lent and Easter.

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Remember Lent commences, Wednesday, 5th March 2014

Not by Bread Alone: Daily Reflections for Lent 2014 (pocket-sized)

Working Toward Sainthood: Daily Reflections for Lent

40 Days of Hope and Healing: Daily Reflections, Actions, and Prayers

Joy in the Journey: Daily Reflections, Practices and Prayers Lent 2014

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Alice Camille

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Stations of the Cross Virtual Meditations: Stations of the Cross (14 cards) RRP $12.95 Sophia $10.36 9781599824079

You have Redeemed the World: Praying the Stations in the Holy Cross Tradition Andrew Gawrych RRP $4.95 Sophia $3.96 9781594712623

Stations for Teens: Meditations of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus

Everyone’s Way of the Cross

Gary Egebert

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Stations of the Cross for Today’s Disciples

Stations of the Cross: Walking the Way of the Cross

Christine Kresho CSJ

Kevin O’Gorman

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Affordable and inspiring Lenten resources for Lent 2014 continued

2014 Lenten resources for parents & children

2014 Lenten resources for parish groups

Real Life Lent: Daily Meditations, Prayers, and Activities

Lent and Holy Week Bridges to Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton Great

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Connie Clark

Offers busy parents a resource to help them take time to find God’s grace within their family and live that grace while facing another day and all that life throws at them.

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Jonathan Montaldo (Ed)

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Unpack the true meaning of the Lenten period by exploring the writings of Thomas Merton.

Individuals will be introduced to contemplative dialogue around eight compelling Lenten themes.

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Learn to Love this Lent: Thoughts, Activities and Prayers for Kids for Lent 2014

Seeing the Word Bible Studies Program

Colleen D. Rainone Provide children with engaging ways to learn of Jesus’ death and resurrection. With engaging activities and prayers on each page, there is no better way to enhance kids understanding of the true meaning of Lent and Easter.

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This highly-acclaimed Bible studies program can be used throughout Lent and offers components that make for an enriching parish Lenten program. Providing program manuals, illuminations and music—as well as reflection guides—this program covers key Lenten themes, e.g.

Sower and Seed, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. The Seeing the Word Program can be purchased as a set or in separate pieces.

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Open Our Hearts: A Small Group Guide for an Active Lent Cycle A

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Lectionary-based, this small group resource provides themes for weekly small group sessions and daily reflections to support participants between sessions.

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Inspirational reading for everyone Faith in action Living faith can be the biggest, most rewarding adventure of your life

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walk4one: Paving a Path to Unity Samuel Clear 15 600 km on foot, 568 days, 11 near-death experiences— one extraordinary story!

A truly remarkable modern-day adventure, Australian Sam Clear’s book is bound to move and inspire readers of all ages, races and religions.

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The must-read book of 2014

In a world parched by apathy and conflict comes a positive, uplifting story of a young Australian who pledged himself to a mission and was prepared to see it through, despite facing and enduring terrible hardship, injury, violence and the risk of death.

He didn’t think it would be easy; but he had no idea how hard it was going to be...

“Samuel Clear has walked a long way in the right direction. In a brutally fragmented world, he has been a pilgrim of unity, and here is his remarkable story. It is really the story of the human heart in search of the unity in which we find rest. It is also a story of God. To read this book is to set foot upon the same pilgrim path.’

The Most Reverend Mark Coleridge Archbishop of Brisbane

Beyond The Edge: Spiritual Transitions for Adventurous Souls

Walk with him and share his journey.

Sam’s story will motivate and inspire you to: • Live your life to the fullest • Be truly committed to your faith and beliefs, live them and enjoy the experience • Be prepared to hear God’s calling • Trust in the goodness of people • Believe in yourself and know that every one of us can make a difference • Keep moving forward, one step at a time, in whatever endeavour you put your mind to • Stay true to your own mission and learn that obstacles are just roadblocks to be overcome.

Catholic by Choice: Why I Embraced the Faith, Joined the Church, and Embarked on the Adventure of a Lifetime

Andrew D. Mayes

Richard Cole

A fun read

Explore how following Jesus can sometimes be challenging; he may lead us into risky places, full of uncertainty.

Learn that new places of discovery and hardship can lead to great spiritual growth.

Embark on a funny and joyous look at what it means to become Catholic in today’s world and discover the incredible vibrancy of the Catholic community.

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A New Sacramental Program that Australia’s newest and best Sacramental preparation program now available

The Becoming Catholic Sacramental Series Completely revised and enriched Kathy Horan Years in the making, and responding to the specific needs of Australian Catholic parishes and schools, the Becoming Catholic Sacramental Program has been totally revamped to satisfy the needs of today’s young Catholics and their families.

Much more than just Sacramental preparation

Never before has such attention been given to the specific needs of 21st century learners and their families.

Bursting with vibrancy, colour and real-life photographs

The new and revised Becoming Catholic Program is:

✔ satisfies the needs of modern children to be fully interested and stimulated

Totally and uniquely family-centric ✔ the entire program emphasises the importance and role of the family in supporting the religious development of the child ✔ provides parents with valuable tools to support their children in receiving the sacraments for the first time and throughout their lives ✔ fosters prayer and Christian dialogue in the home.

✔ widens the lens to show children and families how to celebrate, share and most importantly live Jesus’ mission to the world.

✔ engaging reading, activities and prayers reinforce the importance of each sacrament

Supported by engaging classroom resources ✔ Visually stunning Sacramental ‘big books’ enable parishes and schools to capture and hold the attention of children as they convey key information relating to the Sacraments

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Kathy Horan holds Masters Degrees in Theology and Educational Leadership.

She is considered one of Australia’s leading experts in family-based sacramental preparation.

‘I am happy to endorse these revised editions of the Becoming Catholic sacramental series of books. I am sure that everyone who uses these resources will find them to be a great help and source of information.’

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A Parent’s Guide to Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist & Reconciliation

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Eucharist: A Practical Guide for Families

Confirmation: A Practical Guide for Families

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Group sacramental preparation with big books

This Reconciliation & Eucharist big book aims to support children’s preparation to receive the sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist.

This Baptism & Confirmation big book aims to support children’s preparation to understand and receive the sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation.

It offers the following key themes and main teachings that can be explored during the preparations:

It offers the following key themes and main teachings that can be explored during the preparations:

Visually stunning and highly engaging big books support the Becoming Catholic sacrament program in the classroom.

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Jesus Baptism Water, light and name Baptism Godparents A Sign of new life Symbols of Baptism

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The Church - A Community of Disciples Pentecost The Spirit of Jesus alive in us The Role of the Sponsor The Ceremony of Confirmation Celebrating Confirmation The Symbols of Confirmation

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Meals and Celebrations Justice Mission Celebrating the Eucharist The structure of the Mass

The accompanying CD-ROM includes the eBook version of this big book and reflection activity sheets.

The accompanying CD-ROM includes the eBook version of this big book and reflection activity sheets.

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the sacrament of Reconciliation. Its main teaching is that the sacrament re-affirms the constant truth of God’s love and forgiveness for the times we fail and need forgiveness.

following the Second Vatican Council. It is now seen, along with Baptism and Eucharist, as part of the process of initiation into the Catholic Church. Reception of the sacrament varies from diocese to diocese: some offer the sacrament together with First Eucharist, others separately at the end of primary school.

Kathy horan provides a brief introduction to the Church’s teachings on reconciliation and explains how the celebration of the sacrament has changed since the Second Vatican Council.

She uses brief reflections from Scripture to demonstrate that Jesus always proclaimed God’s readiness to forgive our wrongdoings no matter the circumstances.

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She offers ten themes that parents and children can explore together: 1. Created in God’s image 2. the Baptism of Jesus 3. Baptism: a new creation 4. We make choices 5. Brokenness 6. Jesus brings hope and healing 7. We celebrate forgiveness 8. reviewing the day 9. the shape of reconciliation 10. Building bridges: making peace

A parent’s guide to Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist & Reconciliation

Each session contains a scripture story, family reflection activities and prayers.

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Kathy horan explains the changes that have taken place and points out that, whatever the diocesan practice, Confirmation is seen by all as the second formal step of initiation.

She provides ten themes around relevant scripture passages to help parents explain the sacrament to their children: 1. Jesus is baptised 2. Baptism: the journey begins 3. the Church: a community of disciples 4. Pentecost 5. the Spirit of Jesus is alive in us 6. Confirmation: confirming Baptism 7. Celebrating Confirmation 8. Being a follower of Jesus 9. Living as a Spirit-filled follower of Jesus 10. Called to mission

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A practical guide for families

Each session contains a scripture story, family reflection activities and prayers.

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• What does it mean to be part of a Christian community?

• Why do we call Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist, ‘the sacraments of Initiation’?

• What are the different ways of celebrating Reconciliation today?

• How can parents help in the preparation of their children?

• What are the parts of the Mass and how do we participate?

‘I am happy to endorse these revised editions of the Becoming Catholic sacramental series of books authored by Kathy Horan, who works in the Catholic Education system in Adelaide and is a member of the Archdiocese of Adelaide Liturgical Commission.

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