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Be lead on the powerful journey of St. Paul and immerse yourself in the person of the apostle Paul. Gain fresh insights into your own personal growth potential through the combinations of Fr. Pacwa=s direction and the writings of St. Paul.  14.PACWA
 
The Bible Blueprint:  A Catholic’s Guide to Understanding and Embracing God’s Word
Joe Paprocki
The author cleverly uses a blueprint metaphor to help Catholics gain a solid understanding of the structure and organization of the Bible and to help them build confidence in navigating its pages.  34.PAPR
 
Strengthened to Serve (2 Corinthians)
Jim & Carol Plueddemann                                                                        Harold Shaw Publishers, 1993
God has called each of us to be his ambassadors - to offer a message of reconciliation to an alienated world. But what does a Asuccessful ministry@ look like? What Paul shows us about his life and ministry in this intensely personal letter is in startling contrast to prevalent views of successful ministry today. These studies will help you discover the power of strength through weakness for serving a needy world. 14.PLUE
 
Words Made Flesh, Volume III
Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB
Biblical Reflections for Year C – Fr. Rosica helps us to experience the Word Made Flesh and its sources, and he reveals deeper meanings and insights that help us to better understand the Word and to know and love the Lord.  For those who preach the Word on Sundays, and for those who long to reflect on that same Gospel before or after hearing it proclaimed, Father Rosica’s writing is accessible and insightful, presenting ideas that are spiritually uplifting, intellectually engaging, and profoundly enriching.  14.ROSI
 
JOB: Interactive Study Guide
Charles Swindoll                                                                                           W Publishing Group, 2004
This study guide brings you into the very presence of this beleaguered man. You will sit in sackcloth and ashes with him. You will endure his emotional pain when his family and fortunes are destroyed.  You=ll hear God Himself question Job. And, finally, you=ll see God restore Job=s health, replenish his family, and double his former wealth.  Ideal for group or individual learning.  14.SWIN
 
Insight’s Old Testament Handbook
Charles R. Swindoll                                                                                          IFL Publishing 2009
This book will provide you with an introduction to a collection of books too little read or understood by Christians today. Including accessible overviews and charts that help you to visually organize each book of the Old Testament, this resource will bring God’s Word to life and will show you that He still speaks to us through the Old Testament today.  14.SWIN
 
Interpreting Scripture in the Third Millennium                                                            Walter Vogels
This book will introduce the novice to three methods of biblical interpretation: author-centred, reader-centred and text centred.  14.VOGE
 
Words of Wisdom                                                                                                       Walter Vogels
The author shows the role that proverbs and aphorisms play in our every lives, and relates our experiences to the Wisdom tradition in Scripture.  14.VOGEL
 
Introduction to the Bible                                                                                          Ronald J. Wilkins
What the Bible says and how it says it, is discussed.  14.WILK
 
Any Given Day in the Life of the Bible
Wycliffe Bible Translators                                                                                 Multnomah Press, 1992
This book captures the vision of Cameron Townsend=s ACamp Wycliffe=s@ ministry today. No cultural group is considered too small, no language too difficult. Pioneering continues as workers break new ground, in the traditional sense and in the area of Bible translation. In over fifty countries on every continent, Wycliffe Bible Translators are working toward the day when all the people of the earth will have the Scriptures in the language of their hearts.  14.WYCL
                                                                             

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When Mom and Dad Divorce
By: Emily Menendez-Aponte                                                                                    Abbey Press, 1999
Divorce isn=t easy on anyone, least of all children. This book helps to gently guide children through this painful passage. With compassionate but realistic guidance, the author reasssures children that divorce is not their fault, and that they will always be loved and cared for. She offers tips for working through tricky feelings and working out sticky problems, such as loyalty conflicts and schedule confusion. 41.APON
 
Catholic Prayers/A First Book
Archdiocese of Chicago, 1982
This little book is meant to be one help along the way of learning to pray.   41.ARCH
 
God Loves Be Bible
Susan E. Beck
You are loved!  All children need to know, above everything else, that they are loved.  This book is filled with simple, action-filled stories about the lives of 66 of the Bible’s key characters.  Each story is illustrated with colourful, imaginative art, featuring many funny details for young children to point out.  41.BECK
 
Day by Day with God
Francoise & John Paul Berube                                                                              William Sadlier, 1982
This prayer book has been written for all children who want to be friends with Jesus.  It may help children understand better: what prayer is about, how to vary daily prayers, to celebrate the great feasts of the Church Year, to prepare for Sunday Mass and also for the sacrament of Reconciliation, to pray to the Blessed Virgin, to discover how close God is to us each day.  41.BERU
 
Books of the Old Testament
By: Julianne Booth                                                                                                    Arch Books, 1981
The books of the Old Testament trace the progression and development of God=s promise as it led to fulfilment in Jesus Christ, God=s Son. 41.BOOT
 
Books of the New Testament
By: Julianne Booth                                                                                                    Arch Books, 1981
This book takes up each one of the New Testament writings and discusses the role it plays in narrating the story of God=s redeeming activity on our behalf.  41.BOOT
 
At Home with the Sacraments: Baptism
By: Peg Bowman                                                                                 Twenty Third Publications, 1991
This book is part of a series meant to help you feel Aat home@ with preparing your children to receive the sacraments. Explore the history, meaning and ritual of the individual sacraments. Most important, this series is a practical guide to help you extend the preparation and liturgical celebration of the sacraments into your home, through family activities and prayer.  41.BOWM
 
At Home with the Sacraments: Eucharist
By: Peg Bowman                                                                                 Twenty Third Publications, 1991
This book is part of a series meant to help you feel Aat home@ with preparing your children to receive the sacraments. Explore the history, meaning and ritual of the individual sacraments. Most important, this series is a practical guide to help you extend the preparation and liturgical celebration of the sacraments into your home, through family activities and prayer.  41.BOWM
 
At Home with the Sacraments: Reconciliation
By: Peg Bowman                                                                                 Twenty Third Publications, 1991

 

This book is part of a series meant to help you feel Aat home@ with preparing your children to receive the sacraments. Explore the history, meaning and ritual of the individual sacraments. Most important, this series is a practical guide to help you extend the preparation and liturgical celebration of the sacraments into your home, through family activities and prayer.  41.BOWM
 
At Home with the Sacraments: Confirmation
By: Peg Bowman                                                                                 Twenty Third Publications, 1991
This book is part of a series meant to help you feel Aat home@ with preparing your children to receive the sacraments. Explore the history, meaning and ritual of the individual sacraments. Most important, this series is a practical guide to help you extend the preparation and liturgical celebration of the sacraments into your home, through family activities and prayer.  41.BOWM
 
Children = s Bible Stories                                                                                                  Novalis, 1997
These easy-to-read charming books are a fascinating introduction to Jesus= life and teachings. For ages 4-9.
An Angel Visits Mary
Wise Men from the East
Jesus Begins to Preach
Jairus = s Daughter
The Good Samaritan and The Blind Man
The Storm
Palm Sunday
The Last Supper                                                                                                                  41.CARR
 
The Sacraments
Sr. Karen Cavanagh, C.S.J.                                                                                 The Regina Press, 1990
A brief overview of the Sacraments in simple language for children.  41.CAVA
 
The Ten Commandments
Sr. Karen Cavanagh , C.S.J.                                                                                The Regina Press, 1989
A brief overview of the Ten Commandments in simple language for children.  41.CAVA
 
The Rosary
Sr. Karen Cavanagh, C.S.J.                                                                                 The Regina Press, 1998
A coloring book on the Rosary including stories about how the Rosary came to be, how to pray the rosary. 41.CAVA
 
My First Bible
CCCB                                                                                                         Tucker Slingsby Ltd., 2004
Bible stories are some of the most exciting and absorbing stories ever told. And they bring a message of love and hope that all parents will want to share with their children.  This beautiful collection, with its clear and lively text, ensures children today will find listening to and reading Bible stories rewarding and enjoyable.  A perfect introduction to the Old and New Testaments.  41.CCCB
 
Directory for Masses with Children
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops                                                               Concacan Inc., 1985
41.CCCB
 
Creed for a Young Catholic
Richard Chilson                                                                                 The Catholic Heritage Press, 1981
In this book, the author guides young people through the Creed a phrase at a time, stopping at each expression of faith to meditate on its meaning in the life of young people today.  41.CHIL
 
Jesus Plays for Primary Grades
Dorinda Clark                                                                                      Twenty-Third Publications, 1978

 

This book contains the plays which the author has used to provide many hours of enjoyable learning experience and which often have been repeated by popular demand of the children.  41.CLAR
 
Saint Colette
By: The Poor Clares of Poligny and Sister Elisabeth                                       Daughters of St. Paul, 1998
Did you know that the name Colette comes from the name of Saint Nicholas? There was once a young woman named Colette who had a great desire to follow Jesus. She wanted to give him everything, just like Saint Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi had. Colette became a saint too! Find out how by reading her story. 41.COLE
 
My Rosary Coloring Book
Written and Illustrated by the Daughters of St. Paul, 1992
41.DAUG
 
Jesus Lives - Activities with Young Children
By: Judith Dunlap and Mary Wlodarski
The activities and discussion questions are based on everyday experiences. They offer simple and practical ways of engaging a youngster in faith-talk. 41.DUNL
 
The Child's Bible
Jacob Ecker                                                                                          Mateu, Cromo, S.A. Pinto, 1983
A selection of biblical texts.  41.ECKE
 
Saint Patrick and the Snakes
Patricia Egan                                                                                                        Beehive Books, 1990
A story of how Saint Patrick banished snakes from Ireland.   41.EGAN
 
The Day the Sun Danced: The True Story of Fatima
By: Father Robert J. Fox                                                                                     CCC of America, 1988
This book tells the story of Fatima and is an accompaniment to the video. 41.FOX
 
Dear Pope Francis
The Pope Answers Letters from Children Around the World
41.FRAN
 
Can you find Jesus?
By: Philip Gallery                                                                            St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1996
This book offers hours of learning fun. A picture journey takes you and your child through the life of Jesus. As you search the charming illustrations for Jesus and other biblical figures together, your youngster will learn about Jesus and many of the things he did.  41.GALL
 
Can you find Bible Heroes?
By: Philip Gallery                                                                            St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1998
The stories of heroic men and women of the Old Testament spring to life in dazzling pictures that sprinkle a little learning in with the fun.  Exciting stories and lots of hidden surprises are to be found on each page.  41.GALL
 
Can you find Saints?
By: Philip Gallery                                                                            St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2003
Full of colourful and witty illustrations, the book invites children to search the illustrations for a variety of objects relating to the features saints, from well-known saints such as Mary, Francis of Assisi and Bernadette to lesser-known saints such as Linus, Jane Frances de Chantal and Juan Diego.  41.GALL
 
Leonie Paridis
Sister Therese Gendron, p.s.s.f.                                                           G. Canale & C.S.p.A. Turin, 1986

 

The story (in comic book form) of the foundress of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family.  41.GEND
 
Jesus for Children
William Griffin                                                                                    Twenty Third Publications, 1994
The life of Jesus is engagingly presented here in over fifty read-aloud stories for young children. These stories are faithfully retold from Scripture in contemporary language that will both delight and instruct. The writing is crisp, lively and full of charm, presenting the events of Jesus= life from a child=s-eye view. The illustrations add an extra dimension of warmth and playfulness to be enjoyed by the whole family.  41.GRIF
 
H.R. Cornelius Learns About Love
Richard Haffey                                                                                    Twenty Third Publications, 1985
A story about a lovable orphan who needs help learning about love.  41.HAFF
 
The Way of the Cross for Children
Rev. John Harfmann, S.S.J.                                                                             Barton-Cotton, Inc., 1970
This booklet is an attempt to provide a child with the historical view of Christ=s passion and death and combine it with a meditation which is applicable to a child=s daily life.  41.HARF
 
Nobody's Perfect
Jenny Hessell                                                                                                                   Novalis, 1991
A sensitive book, written specifically for children, addressing the problem of understanding death at an early age.  41.HESS
 
Rebecca's Babies
Jenny Hessell                                                                                                                   Novalis, 1991
This delightful picture book provides parents with an ideal opportunity to introduce children to the facts of life; and, importantly, it allows parents to tell them in the way they prefer.  41.HESS
 
What's Wrong with Bottoms?
Jenny Hessell                                                                                                                   Novalis, 1991
This book is written specifically for children on the subject of sexual abuse. Although it deals with an unpleasant situation, the overall tone is warm and supportive.  41.HESS
 
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Dave Hill                                                                                                    Concordia Publishing, 1967
The story of how the walls of Jericho came tumbling down.   41.HILL
 
John the Baptist         
Ronald Klug                                                                                                Concordia Publishing, 1984
This book uses the New Testament accounts to tell the story of John the Baptist.  41.KLUG
 
Child = s Bible History
Most Rev. F.J. Knecht, D.D.                                                          Tan Books and Publishers, Inc., 1973
A brief overview of some of the stories in the Bible with chapters followed by reflection question. 41.KNEC
 
The Child with Autism Learns the Faith
Kathy Labosh
A ready-to-go lesson plan for teaching the faith to children with autism.  This book offers plenty of how-to information for parents and teachers.  A list of materials and resources are included. 41.LABO
 
The Christmas Crib Book
Frederique and Claude LaFortune                                                                                     Novalis, 1992

 

Anyone can make Christmas very special by building their own crib scene by themselves, with family members or friends.  41.LAFO
 
Have You Met Marguerite Bourgeoys?
Denise Lamarche, C.N.D.                                                                                       Carte Blanche, 1999
Get better acquainted with Marguerite Bourgeoys who opened her first school in Ville Marie and devoted her life to making others happier.  You can compare your life with hers.  41.LAMA
 
One Minute Christmas Stories
Adapted by Shari Lewis                                                                                        Dell Publishing, 1987
An ideal read-aloud way to introduce children to the wonderful tradition of Christmas storytelling.  41.LEWI
 
New Catholic Picture Bible
Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D.                                          Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1981
This Picture Bible will help the reader know the goodness of God and His great love of people. 41.LOVA
 
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Rev. Lawrence G.Lovasik, S.V.D.                                                          Catholic Book Publishing, 1985
This series is intended to help adults teach the basics of the Catholic faith to our children.  41.LOVA
 
My First Prayer Book
Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D.
This series is intended to help adults teach the basics of the Catholic faith to our children.  41.LOVA
 
Book of Saints, 2                                  Lovasik, L.       41.LOVA
 
Book of Saints, 3                                  Lovasik, L.       41.LOVA
 
Book of Saints, 8                                  Lovasik, L.       41.LOVA
 
When Jesus Was Young
Carole MacClennan                                                                             Twenty Third Publications, 1991
This book shows children in preschool and primary grades that Jesus was a child much like them. It gives children a sense of the differences between the world that Jesus grew up in and the world today.  41.MACC
 
A Is for Altar, B Is for Bible
Art and Text by Judith Lang Main
Every child learns the ABC’s.  This book presents some of the essential elements of our Christian faith in a prayerful and enjoyable format.  Each letter of the alphabet is illuminated by an image and a brief prayer drawn from scripture or the liturgy.  41.MAIN
 
He Remembered to Say Thank You
Victor Mann                                                                                                Concordia Publishing, 1976
The story of Hiram, the leper, who was part of a crowd of lepers that were healed by Jesus, who after being healed by Jesus, is the only one to come back to thank Him.  41.MANN
 
Guided Meditations for Children
Sydney Ann Merritt                                                                             Resource Publications, Inc. 1995
With these meditations, you can guide students to imagine themselves present at Jesus= birth, the wedding at Cana, the Last Supper, and many other gospel events.  41.MERR
 
Forgiving Is Smart for Your Heart
Carol Ann Morrow

 

The author hopes to instill the virtue of forgiveness in young hearts. She teaches kids that they have a choice: to let hurt and anger hold their heart hostage, or to let go and experience the freeing power of forgiveness.  41.MORR
 
Love You Forever
Robert Munsch                                                                                                Firefly Books, Ltd, 2000
This is the story of how a little boy goes through the stages of childhood and becomes a man. It is also about the enduring nature of parents= love and how it crosses generations.  This is a book that both children and adults will enjoy - over and over again.  41.MUNS
 
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
Anne E. Neuberger
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha died over 300 years ago, but we honour and remember her for her deep faith and wonderful example to people everywhere.  She was canonized October of 2012.  41.NEUB
 
Francis: The Knight of Assisi
By: Terry Vorndran Nichols                                                         Creative Communication Centre, 1989
The story of Saint Francis of Assisi.  Accompaniment to the video.  41.NICH
 
My Prayer Book
Novalis
A small collection of prayers, some old, some new, showing ways that children can pray anytime and anywhere.  41.NOVA
 
When Bad Things Happen
Ted O=Neal                                                                                                               Abbey Press, 2003
We cannot shelter children from all hurt and harm. But with this book, we can begin to calm their fears, ease their sadness, and help them heal.  We can reassure them that they will always be loved and cared for. We can teach them skills for coping with life=s biggest changes and challenges.  41.ONEA
 
I discover my friend Jesus
Marielle Bissonnette-Pare                                                                                                 Novalis, 1983
This book presents events from Jesus= life: the texts are based on the Gospels, but are expressed in simple words so that children may better understand them; the drawings are conceived to attract the children=s attention and to take into account the way people dressed in Jesus= time.  41.PARE
 
Dear Jesus, Dear Child
Deborah Roslak and Linda Joy Orber                                                    Twenty Third Publications, 1992
Children have many fears, many questions and many concerns. This book was designed for caring adults to help children acknowledge their feelings and concerns, and answer them with love.  The twenty topics in this book address some of the most common feelings and situations young children face. Each subject features a letter from a child to Jesus, and a reply from Jesus to the child. A guided meditation follows, which gives children the opportunity to quietly focus and find Jesus within.  41.ROSL
 
The Saints, Vol. II
Louis Savary                                                                                                     The Regina Press, 1989
A brief overview for children of some of the saints lives.  41.SAVA
 
Lives of the Saints for Girls
Louis Savary                                                                                                     The Regina Press, 1996
A brief overview of women saints for children. 41.SAVA
 
For The Children                                                                                               Scholastic Press, 2000
Words of love and inspiration from His Holiness Pope John Paul II.  41.SCHO
 
The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein                                                                                                     Harper & Row, 1964
This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation, a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another=s capacity to love in return.  41.SILV

 

Marguerite Bourgeoys                                                                                           Sisters of CND, 1989
The story of Marguerite Bourgeoys, foundress of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal and co-founder of the Canadian Church.  41.SIST
 
365 Fun Facts for Catholic Kids
Bernadette McCarver Snyder                                                                         Liguori Publications, 1989
Mind-bogglers and grin-gigglers - for kids of all ages! Ants and can=ts... cannons and cans... heroes and heretics, papal bulls and bumblebees, lions and legends, and a whole lot more. Dip into this book and discover a new idea for each day of the year.  41.SNYD
 
Yes, Jesus Loves You
Heather Tietz
The most important nutrient in the life of a child is love.  It fosters peace, confidence, and emotional growth.  It causes children to be joyful and to respond with love to others.  This book is a celebration of God’s love for each of us, and especially God’s love for children.  41.TIETZ
 
Bernadette: The Princess of Lourdes
By: Fernando Uribe and Dan Engler                                                      Creative Communication Centre
Accompaniment to the video of the same name. The story of Saint Bernadette. 41.URIB
 
Creative Craft Ideas for All Ages                                                                Standard Publishing, 1966
Craft ideas and projects for Sunday morning Bible school class, study groups, vacation Bible school, Bible clubs, Christian camp, home.  41.VARI
 
When Someone Dies: Children's Grief Workbook
Various                                                                                                         Twenty Third Publications
Grief in children looks differently than it does for adults. You will find stories and activities in this booklet that are appropriate for a range of ages and stages of grief.  41.VARI
 
Book of Catholic Sights & Symbols
Amy Welborn
For centuries, people learned about the Christian faith through paintings, sculptures, objects, and gestures.  The author has created a friendly and fascinating sourcebook on the signs and symbols of the Catholic faith.  41.WELB
 
After the Funeral
Jane Loretta Winsch                                                                                                  Paulist Press, 1995
This book offers some very real help to parents, teachers, and other caring adults in dealing with the complex reactions that children have to a loss. Its simple format encourages honest dialogue and compassionately helps children to recognize some of the raw feelings of grief - and then confront it honestly. This is a positive contribution that will help children and their families move forward towards acceptance, understanding and hope.   41.WINS
 
Old Turtle and the Broken Truth
Douglas Wood
Old Turtle returns in a timeless story about love, acceptance and the nature of truth.  41.WOOD
 
 
    

THE ROSARY FOR LITTLE CHILDREN                                                              PUBLISHER:  Wild Canary, 1996
A video children will watch over and over again - with lasting rewards!  The Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, a reflection on the early life of Jesus, has been a mainstay of Christian prayer. And now, in this video, that same rosary is a source of joy for God=s littlest children.  In this video, children will join a lively chorus of children in a heartfelt journey to Jesus.  Led by a heavenly visitor, portrayed by Broadway actress Jennifer Naimo, children will learn the mysteries of Christ=s life.  And they=ll learn how to pray for their families, the Church and children with special needs.  LENGTH:  30 min.   VID#: 15.730  (in Prayer Section)
 
 
VID#:  32.700
 
 
BEN-HUR:  A RACE TO GLORY                                         PUBLISHED:  Creative Communication Centre (1989)
This animated film, based on historical facts and traditions, tells the story of Ben-Hur.  GUIDE.  LENGTH:  30 min.   VID#:  32.701
 
 
THE DAY THE SUN DANCED:  THE TRUE STORY OF FATIMA
PUBLISHED:      Creative Communication Centre (1988)
This animated film, based on historical facts and traditions, tells the story of Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia -- the three children to whom Mary gave a message for the world.   GUIDE.  LENGTH:  30 min.   DVD#:  32.702
 
 
COLUMBUS:  ADVENTURES TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
PUBLISHED:      Creative Communication Centre (1990)
It's past midnight, October 12, 1492, and it's now or never for Christopher Columbus and his lifelong dream of discovery.  After 37 days of sailing west across unknown seas, he must find land or else return to Spain at dawn, as he has promised his tired, angry crew.  But he's not ready to quit.  He's not afraid to stand up for his dreams, just as he's not afraid of sea monsters or falling off the edge of the world.  From his first sea voyage as a boy to his first step ashore in the Americas, this animated film tells the story of how one man's vision and courage brought continents together and changed history forever.  GUIDE.  LENGTH:  30 min.   VID#:  32.703
 
 
HOLY BABY!
A funfilled show featuring prayers of the Rosary.  Listen to these seven prayers in English, French, Spanish, Latin, Vietnamese, German or Portuguese:  the Sign of the Cross, the Apostle’s Creed, the Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, O My Jesus and Hail Holy Queen. VID#:  32.704
 
 
FRANCIS:  THE KNIGHT OF ASSISI
PUBLISHED:      Creative Communication Centre (1989)
It was the age of knights and kings, when honour belonged to the heroes and glory was found in the battlefield.  There lived a brave young man named Francis, whose wish was to become a mighty warrior and conquer a magnificent castle.  One day Francis felt a calling to greater glory.  God had vested upon him a very special mission that would require a supreme act of courage.  For the love of God, his King, Francis gave up all that he had and joyfully embarked upon the most exciting and unexpected adventure.  This animated film tells the remarkable true story of the founder of the Order of the Minor Friars, and inspirator of three Franciscan orders.  GUIDE.  LENGTH:  30 min.   DVD #:  32.705

   

ESTHER: THE GIRL WHO BECAME QUEEN (Courage)
The king needs a new queen, and Esther has been chosen!  But she=s about to find out that being queen is going to take more courage than she ever imagined!   VID#: 32.008
 
JOSH AND THE BIG WALL (Obedience)
Oh boy!  After 40 years of wandering in the desert, the children of Israel finally get to go to the Promised Land! Only one little thing they=ve overlooked though ... Jericho!  Yep. Surrounded by huge walls and bristling with really annoying peas, no one gets to the Promised Land without going through Jericho first! But how?  Joshua has God=s directions, but they sound kind of ... well, weird. To make matters worse, some of the Israelites are cooking up a plan of their own! In the end, they have to decide whether it=s better to do things their way, or God=s way!  VID#: 32.009
 
JONAH: A VEGGIE TALES MOVIE
For thousands of years people have heard the story of a man who was eaten by a whale and lived to tell about it! But never in all that time has it been told by vegetables...until now!  Get ready as Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber and the rest of the Veggie gang set sail on a whale of an adventure. Filled with music, laughs and some of the silliest adventures ever to be swallowed whole, this is the story of Jonah and the whale as you=ve never seen it before - a story where everyone learns that one of the best gifts you can give - or get - is a second chance.  DVD #: 32.010
 
THE ANGRY EYEBROWS
Working as the mild-mannered janitor at Bumblyburg=s newspaper, The Daily Bumble, alongside editor-in-chief Bob the Tomato, cub reporter Junior Asparagus and a whole host of new veggie friends, Larry the Cucumber must put on his plungers and fly into action as super-villain Awful Alvin unleashes a swarm of Angry Eyebrows on this otherwise friendly hamlet!  Can Larry Boy convince the townsfolk to let go of their anger in time to stop this menace and his litany of lashes? And who will save Larry Boy if he gets tangled up in Alvin=s diabolical scheme?!?  VID#: 32.011
 
PRINCESS AND THE POPSTAR
Princess Poppyseed’s life on her family’s farm is far from the glamorous but lonely world of her favourite pop singer Vanna Banana.  On a chance meeting at the playground, Vanna and Princess cross paths and discover they look almost exactly alike – which leads to a crazy secret plan where they decide to switch lives!  As each girl realizes that the life they longed for doesn’t fulfil all their dreams, they learn the life God gave them is the one for which they were uniquely and lovingly designed.  DVD# 32.012
 
THE MEANINGFUL LIFE
It was the biggest football game of his life and Stewart had a chance to win it all.  Injured in one bad play, his hopes of playing in the Salad Bowl – and living a life of fame and fortune – are dashed forever.  Years later, silly-but-sweet Stewart loves his family, friends and job at the toy train factory, but still wonders “what if” things had been different.  When he meets a mysterious train conductor who can turn back time, Stewart gets the change to have the life he always wanted.  Will he finally find all he’s been looking for?  And what does this mean for those he loves most?  DVD# 32.014
 
THE PENNILESS PRINCESS
Sweet Sara Crewe has everything a girl could want – a loving family, lots of friends and a closet full of frilly dresses! But when life takes a turn and Sara goes from riches to rags, will she realize that her true worth lies not in what she has, but what’s in her heart?  DVD#32.015
 
LARRY BOY AND THE BAD APPLE
The Bad Apple has dropped onto the scene and is trying to take control of the town by making all of its citizens give into their temptations.  Everyone is in danger – including Mayor Blueberry, Reporter Petunia, Butler Alfred – even the town’s fearless defender, Larry Boy!  Will the good people of Bumblyburg be able to resist the tricks of the Bad Apple?  Can Larry Boy see through the sour plot and save the day? DVD# 32.016
 
LORD OF THE BEANS
This story follows the fantastic journey of a Flobbit names Toto Baggypants who inherits a most unusual and powerful bean.  With the help of his mentor Randalf and a spirited group of friends, Toto embarks on a mission to discover how he should use his gift.  On their quest, the group encounters many challenges, including crossing the mountains of Much-Snowia, and facing the dreaded Lord Scaryman – who seeks the bean for misguided, selfish reasons.  Will Toto discover the purpose of his gift or will the scary dude and his Spork army capture the bean and wield its awesome powers?  DVD #32.017
 
BIG RIVER RESCUE
Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry’s life on the lazy river takes a turn for adventure when they help a stranger in need.  With unexpected twists around every bend, they discover that while helping others may not be the easiest thing to do, it’s always the right thing to do.  DVD #32.018
 
AN EASTER CAROL
He’s trying to make Easter bigger than ever by filling London with plastic eggs!  But just how hard can his mechanical chickens work before they’re… well, fried?  In just one unforgettable day and night, Cavis and Millward and a music box angel named Hope must convince Nezzer that Easter is about more than candy and eggs.  This film explains why millions of Christians around the world celebrate Easter past, present and future.  DVD #32.019
 
SHEERLUCK HOLMES AND THE GOLDEN RULER
Sheerluck Holmes and Dr. Watson, together with their superlative powers of observation and forensic fortitude can solve any crime.  But because Sheerluck takes all the credit for the pair’s sleuthing savvy, the missing Golden Ruler – the most valuable and prized treasure in all of Buckingham Palace – may never be recovered.  Will Sheerluck remember the all-important golden rule in time to rescue the ruler and save his friendship?  DVD #32.020
 
ABE AND THE AMAZING PROMISE
Bob the Tomato tries to bring the Bible story of Abraham and Sarah and their wait for a promised son to life, but when spitting camels and a film crew of zany French peas gets involved, everyone’s patience is tested! Will Bob pull everything together in time to teach a lesson?  Whether they’re waiting on a promise from God or cookies from mom, kids will learn that while being patient is never easy, the reward is always worth the wait!  DVD #32.021
 
PISTACHIO, THE LITTLE BOY THAT WOODN’T
Once upon a time, a lonely toymaker named Gelato decided to carve a little boy out of wood.  Imagine his surprise when he learned that this little toy boy could walk… and talk… and definitely had a mind of his own!  When Pistachio tries to do things his way he lands in a “whale” of a situation!  Will he decide to listen to the wisdom of a loving father in time enough to save his whole family from becoming fish food?  DVD #32.022
 
SAINT NICHOLAS, A STORY OF JOYFUL GIVING
Laura Carrot’s Christmas stocking might be empty this year because her dad is in danger of losing his job.  While Larry thinks a letter to the North Pole should fix the problem, Bob knows what will really help… and tells the story of a little boy names Nicholas who made a discovery in Bethlehem that changed Christmas forever.  But what did Nick learn and how can it possibly help Laura and her family?  DVD #32.023
 
VEGGIE TALES HOLIDAY PACK
A Very Veggie Christmas:  Join the VeggieTales Christmas party at Bob the Tomato’s house and listen to some very Veggie performances of 13 classic and hilarious holiday songs!
The Incredible Singing Christmas Tree
The Veggies deliver 16 songs just right for the holidays as they sing their hearts out to win the one very special spot reserved for the star at the tope of the singing Christmas Tree.
The Star of Christmas
Cavis Appythart and Millward Phelps are putting the finishing touches on their first Christmas musical – “The Princess and the Plumber.”  Unfortunately, little Edmund’s Christmas pageant is scheduled for the same night.  Which will London turn out to see? 
The Toy That Saved Christmas
With the children of Dinkletown whining and begging for more toys from Mr. Nezzer’s Toy Factory, it’s sure to be the worst Christmas ever … until one brave little Buzz-Saw Louie doll decides to take matters into his own hands!
DVD #32.024
 

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The Legal Guide for Canadian Churches
David Blaikie and Diana Ginn
An easy to read and understand summary of most of the legal issues that our churches need to be aware of touching on all major areas of law relevant to churches, including contracts, negligence, defamation, fiduciary duties, employment, human rights, privacy, and property law.  24.BLAIK
 
Breaking the Da Vinci Code
Darrell L. Bock, Ph.D.
This book will help you recognize the agenda that lurks behind the codes and help you break the Da Vinci Code – to distinguish fictitious entertainment from genuine historical elements of Christian faith.  24.BOCK
 
The Story of St. Michael = s Parish, Belleville, Ontario
A History of St. Michael=s Parish in Belleville, Ontario, 1826-1976.  24.BUCK
 
140 Years of History:  A Pilgrimage Like No Other
From the Dioceses of Ottawa-Gatineau-Pembroke, Mon-Laurier-Alexandria/Cornwall-Kingston.
Michael Budge, Guy Desrochers            24.BUDGE
 
Calling Out The Prophetic Tradition                                                                                        CCCB
A Jubilee of Social teaching from the CCCB.   24.CCCB
 
General Directory for Catechesis                                                                                               CCCB
A directory for the catechetical instruction of the Christian people.   24.CCCB
 
Circuit Rider to Cathedral: History of Diocese of Dallas                                           Steve Landregan
How the diocese of Dallas came to be.  24.DALL
 
Remembering for Tomorrow - History of CCCB                                                      Bernard M. Daly
A history of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1943-1993.   24.DALY
 
Constitution on the Church     DeEcclesia       24.DEEC
 
A House Worthy of God:  St. Patrick’s, Napanee, 1856-2006
Frank B. Edwards
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church stands as a testament to the faith of the pioneering families who had the vision and energy to build their own place of worship. This book tells the story of the early church and celebrates the beautiful stained glass windows that have illuminated it for a hundred years.  24.EDWA
 
A History of Canadian Catholics                                                                                  Terence J. Fay
This book relates the long story of the Catholic Church and its followers, beginning with how the church and its adherents came to Canada, how the church established itself and how Catholic spirituality played a part in shaping Canadian society.   24.FAY
 
Built On A Rock                                                                                                            Louis J. Flynn
The story of the Roman Catholic Church in Kingston 1826-1976.  24.FLYNN (For reference only)
 
The Catholic Church in the Modern World                                                                    E.E.Y. Hales
A survey from the French Revolution to the tanks of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.  24.HALE

 

A Popular History of the Catholic Church                                                                    Philip Hughes
A fascinating pageant which highlights the leading events and movements and personalities that have shaped or been shaped by the life of the Church.    24.HUGH   -2
 
A Popular History of the Reformation            Philip Hughes
The author vividly portrays the events, characters and background of the Reformation in a masterpiece of historical writing.   24.HUGH
 
A Brief History of the Diocese of St. Catharines
Edward Jackman          24.JACK
 
What You Will See Inside a Catholic Church
Reverend Michael Keane                                                                                                  Novalis, 2002
Visual and informative, this book features full-page pictures and concise descriptions of what is happening, the objects used, the clergy and lay people who have specific roles and the spiritual intent of the believers. Ideal for children as well as teachers, parents, librarians, clergy and lay leaders who want to demystify the celebrations and ceremonies of the Church throughout the year, as well as encourage understanding and tolerance among different faith traditions.  24.KEANE
 
Faith of Our Fathers
A history of Holy Cross Parish in Kemptville, Ontario.  24.KEMP
 
Springing From the Rock
A portrait of the Archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario 1976-2001.  24.KING
 
The First Thousand Years
Raymond Lahey                                                                                                               Novalis, 2002
This book tells for the first time the story of the history of the Catholic Church movement from east to west, and south to north.  24.LAHEY
 
Redemption and Renewal: The Redemptorists of English Canada, 1834-1994
Paul Laverdure
This history of the personalities, institutions, ideas and Canadian missions that formed the Redemptorists of English Canada is written to commemorate the 300 ^th anniversary of the birth of their founder, Alphonsus Liguori, a doctor of the Church, and patron saint of moralists and confessors.  Illustrated with over 80 photographs, maps and drawings, this book will provide hours of enjoyable, informative reading about a fascinating group of men and their work.  24.LAVER
 
Coalitions for Justice                                                         Edited by Christopher Lind and Joe Mihevc
More than simply a recounting of a great period in the life of Canadian Churches and Canada; it provides a variety of perceptive observations about the directions for Christian social justice in these different, drearier days.   24.LIND
 
The Story of the Church                                                                                             Alfred McBride
Thirty Apeak moments@ in this 2,000-year story are presented with verve and insight as the author gives us Church history from a human perspective.   24.MCBR
 
St. Ann: A Parish History (Merrickville, Ontario) 1823-2003                                                    Various
The parish history of St. Ann=s in Merrickville, Ontario celebrating 100 years.     24.MERR
 
Seven Lies About Catholic History: Infamous Myths about the Church=s Past and How to Answer Them
Diane Moczar                                                                                                             Tan Books, 2010

 

In this fast-paced and enjoyable work, the author uses historical facts to defend the Crusades, the ADark Ages,@ the Inquisition, the pre-Reformation Catholic Church, the Church=s position in the Galileo case, Spanish Catholic actions in the New World - and more.  She also touches on medieval medicine, the medieval woman, usury, the Albigensian heresy, monarchy, the Byzantine Empire, the devastation cause by Protestantism, and many more.  This book does more than defend the Catholic Church; it also awakens Catholics to their true and fascinating history.  24.MOCZ
 
Catholic Shrines and Places of Pilgrimage in the United States
National Conference of Catholic Bishops                                                                            USCC, 1998
This revised and illustrated edition identifies shrines and pilgrimage sites in the United States. Each shrine listing includes history, schedule of Masses, devotions, facilities/accommodations available, and languages spoken.  To facilitate travel, the shrines are listed geographically.  24.NCCB
 
The Church:  The People of God                                                                          John S. Nelson, S.J.
Text book for religion course.  24.NELS
 
A Faith Walk: Diocese of Charlottetown
By Reverend Art O’Shea
A pictorial history of the diocese of Charlottetown.  24.OSHEA
 
The Journey of the Jubilee to the Origins of Our Faith and of Our Church
Michele Piccirillo                                                                     Publisher Custody of the holy land, 2002
A photo journal of the pilgrimage Pope John Paul II took to the Holy Land in the month of March of the Jubilee Year.  Each chapter of the book will lead the reader through the various days of the holy pilgrimage, reporting speeches and homilies made by the Pope followed by texts written by father Michele Piiccirillo.
 
St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Read
A history of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Read, Ontario marking it=s 150 ^th anniversary.  24.READ
 
The Eastern Christian Churches
Ronald Roberson, CSP                                                                                                                  1995
The purpose of this book is to provide a clear overview of the eastern churches for the non-specialist by furnishing basic information about each of them and clearly indicating the relationship between them.  Each church is placed in its historical, geographical, doctrinal and liturgical context.  24.ROBE
 
The Catholic Revolution                                                                                              Douglas Roche
In dramatic, down-to-earth fashion, Mr. Roche blends the changing attitudes of the changing Church to explain what the mounting turmoil is all about.  He also reveals the creative forces at work today that are giving an increasing sense of discovery to the Catholic Church as it wrenches from its medieval past toward a genuine confrontation with man in the secular city.   24.ROCH
 
Our Legacy of Stained Glass Windows
The parish history and photos of the stained glass windows of the Church of the Sacred Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wolfe Island, Ontario.  24.SACRED
 
Sketches of a Church: Diocese of Springfield, Mass.                                          Father Bill Pomerleau
A brief history of the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts.    24.SPRING
 
St. Laurence O = Toole Roman Catholic Church Spencerville, Ontario 1883-2008           24.STLAU
 
One In Christ: Diocese of Stockton, California                             Jim Shebl and Mary-Cabrini Durkin
A short history of the Diocese of Stockton, California.   24.STOCK

 

 
New Short History of the Catholic Church
Norman Tanner                                                                                      Burns & Oates, 2011 (Novalis)
Here is a one volume history of the Christian people from Pentecost to the present day, with principal focus on the Catholic Church.  24.TANN
 
Catholic Shrines & Places of Pilgrimage (U.S.)           U.S.C.C.          24.USCC
 
Faith of Our Fathers:  Holy Cross, Kemptville
Various
The History of Holy Cross Parish, Kemptville, Ontario.  24.VARI
 
The St. Mark's Story  
Various                        
A history of St. Mark’s, Prescott.   24.VARI
 
175 Years of Faith:  The Story of the Parish of St. John the Baptist, Perth (1823-1998)
24.VARI
 
A History of the Diocese of Hamilton
24.VARI
 
Gather Up the Fragments:  A History of the Diocese of London
24.VARI
 
The Untold Story:  The Irish in Canada
A comprehensive account of the Irish experience in Canada.  24.VARI
 
The Truth in Charity: Archdiocese of Washington                                       Rev. Rory Conley, Ph.D.
A history of the Archdiocese of Washington.   24.WASH

 

 
 

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Lesson 1: Be a Builder
Lesson 2: Power in Numbers
Lesson 3: Waling and Talking with Confidence
Lesson 4: Name Calling
Lesson 5: Being Threatened
Lesson 6: Easy Defense                                                                                                            #24.781
 
 
THE ULTIMATE GIFT
Based on Jim Stovall’s best-selling novel, this movie sends a young man of privilege on an improbable journey.  Jason Stevens loves all of life’s gifts, as long as they’re bankable.  But when his wealthy grandfather dies, Jason receives a most unusual inheritance:  twelve tasks, which his grandfather calls “gifts,” to challenge Jason to grow as a man. If he succeeds, the experience will not only change Jason forever, but he will discover the real meaning of wealth.  24.782
 
COME FOLLOW ME
Down through the ages, people have responded in various ways tot eh call of Jesus to follow him.  On this DVD, Albert Haase, scholar of Christian spirituality, highlights six of the most vital spiritual traditions in the history of the Church:  the Benedictines, Cistercians, Carmelites, Dominicans, Franciscans and Jesuits.  Each 30-minute presentation offers insights into the founder, the characteristics and famous followers of that tradition.  DVD# 24.783
 
A LIVING FAITH : Themes from the Catechism of the Catholic Church  (DVD)
A thought provoking series of presentations and discussions of essential Roman Catholic themes taken from the new Catechism.  The Sacraments, Ethics, Morality, Prayer and other major themes are brought to life by the distinguished faculty members of the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.  Meaningful for Catholics and people of all faiths who want to gain a better understanding of the fundamental concepts and beliefs of the Catholic Church.  24.784
 
THE WHY? COURSE (DVD)
A three-part introduction to the Catholic Faith that is ideal for parishes, schools, study groups, colleges or personal study.  In three 25-minute episodes, it looks at some of the most important and intriguing questions human beings have ever asked, and explores the three vital questions the course is built on:  Why God? Why Christ? And Why the Church?  24.785
 
APOSTOLIC FATHERS: Handing on the Faith
The story of salvation from Abraham to Augustine.  They faced Emperors, heretics and lions but these heroes of the Catholic faith never lost courage.  Chains, prisons and blood-soaked arenas did not stop the early Christians from witnessing for Christ.  24.786
 
NATIONAL CATHOLIC MISSION on DVD
2018:  The Mass:  Mystery at the Centre of Salvation
 
2017:  Part 1: Our Final Gift 
            Part 2:  The Promise of Life Everlasting
 
2011: “The Heart of the Matter” Fr. Jack Lynch s.f.m., Fr. Donald Senior C.P., Sr. Melanie Svoboda SND
            Show 1:  Reconciliation
            Show 2:  Spirituality
 
 
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WORD ON FIRE:  BISHOP ROBERT BARRON’S DVD COLLECTION                           10.805
Untold Blessing:  The Three Paths to Holiness
The greatest calling for each of us is to become a saint, and the journey toward holiness is full of untold blessing.  Bishop Barron describes this journey in three paths:  Finding the Centre of Christ; Knowing You Are a Sinner; and Realizing Your Life is Not About You.
Conversion:  Following the Call of Christ
Using six stories from the Bible, Bishop Barron demonstrates how ordinary, sinful people are met by Jesus and called to a better life through him.  Conversion is not so much a one-time event, but a life-long process of focusing our attention and energy toward an ever-deepening relationship with Christ.
Seven Deadly Sins/Seven Lively Virtues
The seven deadly sins are patterns of dysfunction that lead us to unhappiness.  Bishop Barron explains the pervasiveness of pride, envy, anger, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust and shows us how to counteract these sinful patters through a conscious focus on a specific virtue for each sin.
Eucharist:  Sacred Meal, Sacrifice, Real Presence
Take a deeper look at the “source and summit” of our Faith, the Eucharist.  Bishop Barron brings to light the Blessed Sacrament’s reality as a sacred meal, the sacrifice necessary for communion with God, and as the Real Presence of Christ.
Priest, Prophet, King
In this deeply biblical presentation, Bishop Barron brings us closer to Christ not only as our Saviour, but also as the consummate Priest, Prophet, and King as foreshadowed in the Old Testament.  These divinely-ordained roles become our calling as well once we are baptized into Christ.
The Mystery of God:  Who God Is and Why He Matters
Bishop Barron provides a comprehensive look at what Christians mean by “God” and clarifies our understanding of God and the Trinity as “Being itself,” not one being among many.  Bishop Barron specifically engages the claims of modern atheists and shows how Catholics can refute them.
 
CATHOLICISM
A Journey Around the World and Deep Into the Faith
The beauty and truth of the Catholic Faith is illustrated in a rich, multimedia experience.
Episode Guide (2 Episodes per DVD):

1. Amazed and Afraid:  The Revelation of God Become Man
2. Happy Are We:  The Teachings of Jesus
3. The Ineffable Mystery of God:  That Than Which Nothing Greater can be Thought
4. Our Tainted Nature’s Solitary Boast:  Mary, the Mother of God
5. The Indispensible Men:  Peter, Paul and the Missionary Adventure
6. A Body Both Suffering and Glorious:  The Mystical Union of Christ and the Church
7. Word Made Flesh, True Bread of Heaven:  The Mystery of the Liturgy and the Eucharist
8. A Vast Company of Witnesses:  The Communion of Saints
9. The Fire of His Love:  Prayer and the Life of the spirit
10. World Without End:  The Last Things                                                                            12.701

 
 
WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE  (DVD)
PUBLISHED: Atlas Video, Inc., 1992
For the first time on home video, Dr. Harold S. Kushner powerfully presents the thinking and faith behind his best-selling book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People, a source of comfort and insight for anyone confronted by tragedy and suffering.  Kushner speaks from his own painful experience, the loss of his young son, Aaron, to a rare illness. He recounts his own realization that the traditional words of consolation we so often speak - words that Kushner so often spoke to others - are far from adequate. His search for a better response leads to the Book of Job and that most profound question of faith: If God is all powerful and all good, why do good people suffer? Kushner's answer is as practical as it is theological. It provides a reaffirmation of a belief in God, and offers compassionate direction for those in pain.  LENGTH:  1 hour  DVD#:  16.705  (Grief Section)

 

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Young Server's Book of the Mass
By:  Kenneth Guentert                                                                        PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Pub.
Here at last is a training aid for young servers that presents sophisticated liturgical information in the language of young people. Despite the playfulness of both author and illustrator, the text and artwork retain the utterly serious purpose of trying to give young people some sense of Athe holy@ -- especially as it relates to our worship.  Indeed, that is the motif of the book.  If young servers can learn that their role is special (i.e., holy), style and grace will follow.   12AL.GUEN
 
Ministering at the Altar of the Lord: Servers (Archdiocese of Kingston Guidelines)
By:  Fr. John Hibbard
This manual is offered as an assistance to those who exercise the ministry of service at the Altar and those who are responsible for training and preparing servers. This book contains material of general interest at the parish level: serving principles, the Sunday Eucharist, Funerals and Marriages. 12AL.HIBB
 
A Serving Manual
Rev. John G. Hibbard, 1980
This booklet is designed to assist those who are involved in the work of Sacred Liturgy, especially those who have responsibility for the servers of the parish. Contained in this Manual is the Liturgy of Saint Francis Xavier Church, Brockville. It will provide assistance to all who are involved in the development of the liturgy. 12AL.HIBB
 
The Ministry of Servers         
By:       Michael Kwatera
This booklet gives detailed instructions for altar servers, who perform an essential ministry to God and God=s people. Pastors, associate pastors, liturgy directors and anyone entrusted with the training of servers will welcome the clear, concise, simple and well-organized directions given in this practical booklet.  12AL.KWAT
 
Guide for Sacristans
Corinna Laughlin and Paul Turner                                                             Liturgy Training Publications
Effective for training those new to the ministry of sacristan and for rejuvenating the work of veterans. It gives all sacristans the background and tools they need to pray, study and serve in the liturgy. 12AL.LAUG
 
Called to Serve (Revised)
Father Albert J. Nevins, M.M.                                                                         Our Sunday Visitor, 1993
A Guidebook for Altar Servers
Altar servers will appreciate received this tool to help know Awhen to do what@ during Mass. 12AL.NEVI
 
Serve God with Gladness:  A Manual for Servers
By: David Philippart                                                                           PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Pub.
This book will help you learn to serve, or serve even better at Sundays, weddings, funerals, daily Mass daily prayer and when the bishop comes.  It will help you learn the names of other ministers and of all the things that servers use.  It will even help you learn your way around the church building!   12AL.PHIL
 
The Ministry of the Altar Server
Caroline Thomas
The primary purpose of this book is to give altar servers an understanding of what ministry is, what liturgy is, and what their role in it is.  12AL.THOM
 
The Ministry of the Sacristan
By:       Frank Winkels                                                                                  Publisher: Liturgical Press
Long recognized as an important adjunct to other liturgical ministries, the ministry of the sacristan must be firmly rooted in the requirements that the liturgy places upon it. This booklet provides insights into the graceful preparation of the worship space to aid in the celebrations of the faith community.  12AL.WINK
 
 
 
**MISSING - The Sacristy Manual
By: Thomas G. Ryan                                                                          PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Publ.
The first chapters of this manual form an introduction, thus setting the later details into this framework of church and liturgy. The next part is a long tour through the different part os the church complex, showing the relationship of the items in the sacristy to the actions and places of community. Part three describes the sacristy=s holdings and functions; it is a review and background for experienced sacristans and a suggested program for those building a new sacristy.  Finally, in the last part is a series of checklists for major feasts and rites. #13.095
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Documents on the Liturgy 1963-1979  Conciliar, Papal, and Curial Texts
AUTHOR:      Thomas C. O’Brien, (Trans., Ed.)          PUBLISHER: The Liturgical Press
These decrees and instructions define the basic principles that have updated Catholic public worship the last 25 years. This book has much to offer - the vision, the insights, the norms and practical directives that under Christ and his Spirit provide the driving force for the growth of liturgical life.  LENGTH: 1496 pages   ISBN: 0-8146-1281-4    BOOK # 10.008
 
Sunday Mass Book                                                                                           LENGTH: 1344 pages
AUTHOR:      National Office for Liturgy (Ed.)           PUBLISHER: CCC Publications
A Canadian missal including both Mass texts and other pertinent material for understanding Sunday Mass.  French Mass texts are also included.   ISBN: 0-88997-000-9   BOOK # 10.009
 
Sundays & Solemnities Lectionary                                                                     LENGTH: 866 pages
AUTHOR:      National Office for Liturgy (Ed.)           PUBLISHER: CCCB Publications
The readings for the Sundays of Years A, B and C are placed in separate sections for each liturgical season. Continuous footers help the reader find a specific Sunday or Solemnity in a particular year. {Ambo, chapel and study editions available.)   ISBN: 0-88997-270-2   BOOK # 10.010-A
 
Lectionnaire Dominical pour la préparation des célébrations                            LENGTH: 883 pages
PUBLISHER: Concacan Inc.
All Sunday readings for each of the three cycles are given in French.   ISBN: 0-88997-048-3  BOOK # 10.010-B
 
Weekday Lectionary - Study Edition                                                               LENGTH: 1366 pages
AUTHOR:      National Office for Liturgy (Ed.)           PUBLISHER: CCC Publications
The readings for the Sundays of Years A, B and C are placed in separate sections for each liturgical season. Continuous footers help the reader find a specific Sunday or Solemnity in a particular year. (Ambo, chapel and study editions available.)   BOOK # 10.011
 
Passion Narratives for Holy Week                                                                       LENGTH: 87 pages
AUTHOR:      National Liturgical Office (Ed.) PUBLISHER: CCCB Publications
Presented in sense lines, the texts are arranged for three or more readers.  Sensitive pastoral notes help parishes as they prepare to proclaim and hear the Passion narratives on Passion Sunday and Good Friday.  The text of the Bible included in this lectionary is taken from the New Jerusalem Bible.  (Two copies available in hardcover and three  in softcover # 14.006.)   ISBN: 0-88997-152-8   BOOK # 10.012
 
The Liturgy Documents - A Parish Resource                                                     LENGTH: 320 pages
EDITOR:        Mary Ann Simcoe        PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Public.
Contains background, outline and texts for early 1963-1979 documents: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, General Instruction of the Roman Missal, Lectionary, Liturgical Year and Calendar, Directory for Masses with Children, Music in Catholic Worship, Liturgical Music Today and Environment and Art in Catholic Worship.   ISBN: 0-930467-03-5   BOOK # 10.015 A
 
The Liturgy Documents - A Parish Resource                                                     LENGTH: 320 pages
EDITOR:        Mary Ann Simcoe        PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Public.
Revised edition of the above resource.   ISBN: 0-930467-03-5   BOOK # 10.015 B
The Liturgy Documents -A Parish Resource – Volume II                                   LENGTH: 320 pages
EDITOR:        David A. Lysik PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Public.   
Text and overview of: Dies Domini, Paschale Solemnitatis, Inculturation, Plenty Good Room , God’s Mercy etc.   ISBN: 1-56854-245-3    BOOK # 10.015 C
 
Environment and Art in Catholic Worship                                                        LENGTH: 100 pages
AUTHOR:      National Liturgical Office (Ed.) PUBLISHER: USCCB Publications
Although first printed in 1977, this little book has excellent guidelines and photos to assist any parish that considers renovating their worship space or building a new one.  (A number of alternative copies © 1978 in both English and Spanish and with updated photos are available  c.f. # 15.001)  ISBN: 1-55586-563-1    BOOK # 10.016
 
This is the Word of the Lord                                                                              LENGTH: 152 pages
AUTHOR:      Rev. William J. Freburger         PUBLISHER: Ave Maria Press
34 Liturgies of the Word for Holy Week, major feasts and selected Sundays arranged in dialogue form for three readers.   BOOK # 10.017
 
New Introductions to the Sacramentary and Lectionary                                      LENGTH: 91 pages
AUTHOR:                                                                  National Liturgical Office (Ed.)             PUBLISHER: CCCB Publications
1983 Publication of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal of 1975 and the Introduction of the Lectionary for Mass of 1981 printed in a study format and soft covered.  ISBN: 0-88997-083-1  BOOK # 10.021 - A
 
General Instruction on the Roman Missal                                                 LENGTH: 58 page booklet
AUTHOR:      Rev. William Carr (Trans.)        PUBLISHER: Sunday Missal Service
1969 study edition was put out with the intention of preparing for changes in the Roman Missal.  It is not the official translation. The official version put out by the CCCB is listed above  # 100.21   BOOK # 10.021 - B
 
Christifideles Laici                                                                                             LENGTH: 201 pages
AUTHOR:      Pope John Paul II          PUBLISHER: CCCB Publications
The Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of His Holiness John Paul II on the Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World.   ISBN: 0-88997-196-X    BOOK # 10.026 - A (3 copies)
 
The Lay Members of Christ’s Faithful People - Study Guide                    LENGTH: 19 page booklet
AUTHOR:      Knights of Columbus    PUBLISHER: Daughters of St. Paul
A summary of the Pope’s document with questions for discussion.  See the full document above (cf.. # 10.026).   BOOK # 10.026
 
Dies Domini                                                                                                         LENGTH: 95 pages
AUTHOR:      Pope John Paul II          PUBLISHER: CCCB Publications
Apostolic Letter of the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II to the Bishops, Clergy and Faithful of the Catholic Church on Keeping the Lord’s Day Holy.   ISBN: 0-88997-414-4   BOOK # 10.026 - B
 
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy - Sacrosanctum Concilium                 LENGTH: 43 page booklet
AUTHOR:                                                                  Document of Vatican II                         PUBLISHER: Daughters of St. Paul
The first text of the Council giving the vision for the Church’s celebration of the Sacred Liturgy.  Topics include: General Liturgical Principles, the Eucharist, Sacraments and Sacramentals, The Divine Office, Liturgical Year, Sacred Music and Sacred Art and Furnishings.   BOOK # 10.027 (2 copies)
25^th Anniversary Letter of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy                    LENGTH: 100 pages
AUTHOR:      Pope John Paul II          PUBLISHER: CCCB Publications
Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the  25^th Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy.   ISBN: 0-88997-205-2   BOOK # 10.028
 
The Documents of Vatican II                                                                             LENGTH: 794 pages
AUTHOR:      Walter M. Abbott (Ed.) PUBLISHER: Guild Press, 1966
All 16 Documents of Vatican II are presented.  Informed comments and appraisals by Catholics and non-Catholics make this book essential reading for anyone, of whatever shade of belief, who is interested in the changing climate of thought in today’s world.   BOOK # 10.029
 
General Instruction on the Liturgy of the Hours                                                  LENGTH: 72 pages
AUTHOR:                                                                              Bishop’s Committee on the Liturgy (Ed.)            PUBLISHER: NCCB Publications
The text of the Vatican Document with introduction and comments on this important liturgy in the life of the Church.   BOOK # 10.030
 
The SUNDAY Lectionary for Children Years A, B and C (blue, green, red)         LENGTH: 157 pages
AUTHOR:      Rev. Edward Matthews, et al     PUBLISHER: Treehaus / Novalis
God’s Word adapted especially for children and endorsed for liturgical use by the Episcopal Commission for Liturgy, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.  Contains readings for the 52 Sundays, Feasts of the Lord, and Solemnities.  Guidebook with homily hints, music and prayer of the day are also available in the Leader’s Guide (see # 14.091 A, B, C.).  Leaflets and other resources available from the publisher. (Children’s Shelf)   BOOK # 10.031 A, B, C
 
The Reform of the Liturgy 1948-1975                                                                LENGTH: 973 pages
AUTHOR:      Annibale Bugnini         PUBLISHER: The Liturgical Press
Illuminates the meanings and purposes behind the reforms, as well as the compromises that were made for the sake of reform.    ISBN: 0-8146-1571-6   BOOK # 10.033
 
Lectionary for Masses with Children Year B - Study edition                             LENGTH: 189 pages
AUTHOR:      Sean McEntee, et al.    PUBLISHER: Twenty-Third Public.
Each Sunday’s readings are preceded by a short dramatization that highlights key elements.  The scripture used is from The Jerusalem Bible.   ISBN: 0-89622-435-x    BOOK # 10.034  (Children’s Shelf)
 
Directory for Masses With Children                                                               LENGTH: 28/18 pages
AUTHOR:                                                                  International Committee on English       PUBLISHER: CCCB/NCCB
The Canadian edition (as contrasted with the US) provides a fresh update to the already well-known and useful list of suggested readings.  An index also offers all involved in liturgies with children an opportunity to explore the document more fully and to benefit from its riches.   ISBN: 0-88997-362-8   BOOK # 10.037 (several copies)
 
Masses with Children Liturgy Documentary Series # 12                                      LENGTH: 56 pages
AUTHOR:      documents       PUBLISHER: USCC
This volume includes the complete text of the Directory for Masses With Children as well as the introductions to the Eucharistic Prayers for Masses with Children and the Lectionary for Masses with Children.   ISBN: 1-57455-107-8   BOOK # 10.038
 
Masses With Children - Masses for Reconciliation                                             LENGTH: 142 pages
AUTHOR:      National Liturgical Office (Ed.) PUBLISHER: CCCB Publications
Easy to carry, this sacramentary is indispensable for home and school masses, as well as for use in church for masses with children.  It offers a selection of seasonal and votive masses and prefaces (with music), complete Order of Mass and all nine approved eucharistic prayers.  Masses with Children: three eucharistic prayers, with simple and joyful musical settings; Masses of Reconciliation: two eucharistic prayers.   ISBN: 0-88997-052-1   BOOK # 10.046 - A
 
Eucharistic Prayers for Masses With Children                                         LENGTH: 20 page booklet
AUTHOR:                                                                  Bishop’s Committee on Liturgy             PUBLISHER: USCCB Publications
Provisional U.S. text. Small booklet. [See the CCCB edition # 10.046 - A]   BOOK # 10.046 - B
 
Eucharistic Prayers - Masses with Children and Masses of Reconciliation                 LENGTH: 44 pages
AUTHOR:                                                                  Bishop’s Committee on Liturgy             PUBLISHER: USCCB Publications
Provisional text. [See  the CCCB edition # 10.046- A]    BOOK # 10.046 - C
 
General Directory for Catechesis                                                                       LENGTH: 318 pages
AUTHOR:      Congregation for the Clergy      PUBLISHER: CCCB
Reflects the evolution from many previous documents related to catechesis, and takes into account the new situations and needs. Topis include: Catechesis in the Church’s mission of Evangelization, The Gospel Message, The Pedagogy of the Faith, those to be Catechized, and Catechesis in the particular church.   ISBN: 0-88997-401-2    BOOK # 10.047
 
Lectionary for Masses with Children Ritual edition (red hard cover)                            LENGTH: 291
AUTHOR:                                                                               NCCB                                                              PUBLISHER: Catholic Book Pub.
Approved for use in the Dioceses of U.S.  In contemporary English Version. Contains the readings, responsorial psalms, gospel acclamations and gospels for years A, B, C. Sundays; as well as weekday readings for the Seasons; and feast days for each month of the year; as well as Sacraments; and Masses for various needs and occasions..   BOOK # 10.050 - A   (Children’s shelf)
 
Lectionary for Masses with Children Year B - study edition                                       LENGTH: 291
AUTHOR:      NCCB  PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Pub.
Approved contemporary English Version. Year B contains the readings, responsorial psalms, gospel acclamations and gospels for sundays and major feast days.   ISBN: 1-56854-002-7   BOOK # 10.050 - B (Children’s shelf)
 
Lectionary for Masses with Children Weekdays Volume -  study edition                    LENGTH: 503
AUTHOR:      NCCB  PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Pub.
Approved contemporary English Version.  Weekday volume contains texts needed for weekday Masses, including selections for each season and for special occasions.  Weekday volume may be used every year.
ISBN: 1-56854-001-9    BOOK # 10.050 - B (Children’s shelf)
 
The Book of Weekday Readings: Lectionary Adapted for Children (Treehaus 2003 (See Children's Shelf)  10.050D
 
Ceremonial of Bishops                                                                                       LENGTH: 339 pages
AUTHOR:      I.C.E.L. PUBLISHER: The Liturgical Press
This cannot be regarded as a liturgical book in the proper sense, since it is not a book for use in liturgical celebrations.  But this Ceremonial will be helpful to bishops, to the several categories of ministers, and to masters of ceremonies, since they will all find in it the parts belonging to them in the various celebrations. The Ceremonial of Bishops describes the rites carried out by a bishop in such a way that the traditions and requirements proper to each place can be retained.  ISBN: 0-8146-1818-9      BOOK # 10.052 - A
 
Dedication of a Church and an Altar                                                                 LENGTH: 143 pages
AUTHOR:      I.C.E.L. PUBLISHER: I.C.E.L.
DESCRIPTION: This is only the draft translation of the rite of Dedication of a Church and an Altar.  It is submitted to the member and associate member conferences of bishops which constitute ICEL and other consultants and is the study and recommendation phase of the ICEL translation. BOOK # 10.052-B
 
Pontificale Romanum                                                
AUTHOR:      Decree of Paul VI / John Paul II PUBLISHER: Polyglot Press, Vat.
The latin “typica edition altera” of the Ordination Rite for bishops, priests and deacons. (Issued 1990)  LENGTH: 242  BOOK: # 10.052-C
 
The Rites of the Catholic Church Vol. 1                            PUBLISHER: Pueblo Publishing Company
AUTHOR:      International Commission on English in the Liturgy
Approved for the Dioceses of the U.S. and confirmed by the apostolic See: the rites of Baptism, Penance, Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharist Outside Mass, Blessing of Oils and Consecrating the chrism, Marriage, Pastoral Care of the Sick: rites of Anointing and Viaticum. LENGTH: 1118 pages
ISBN: 0-916134-15-6   BOOK # 10.053-A
 
The Rites of the Catholic Church Vol. 2                                        PUBLISHER: The Liturgical Press
AUTHOR:      International Commission on English in the Liturgy
Approved for the Dioceses of the U.S. and confirmed by the apostolic See: the rites of Ordination of Deacons, Priests and Bishops; Institutions of Ministers and the Blessing of Persons (includes: readers, acolytes, pastoral ministers, virgins, abbots and abbesses); Blessing of Objects and Places (includes: oils, churches, vessels, statues)  LENGTH: 478 pages  ISBN: 0-8146-6037-1   BOOK # 10.053-B
 
The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship                                                  LENGTH: 1351 pages
AUTHOR:      Fink, Peter E., editor     PUBLISHER: Liturgical Press
This is a well-conceived and scholarly presentation on many religious topics of sacramental worship. Topics covered include: (i) the Worshipping Church: Vatican II, traditions, Liturgical Renewal; (ii)  the Heritage of the Church: history, sources; (iii)  the Sacramental Life of the Church: sacraments in general, initiation, eucharist, orders, reconciliation, sacrament of the sick and Christian burial; (iv) The Church at Prayer: liturgical acts, forms of prayer, proclaiming the word, presiding at prayer, liturgical ministries, liturgical time, spirituality, special liturgical issues, special communities of prayer; (v) The Church and the Arts: general, music, art and environment, movement and gestures, language and symbol; (vi) The Reflecting Church: general theological questions, special theological questions; (vii) The Pastoral Mission of the Church: general, issues of church and culture.   ISBN: 000-8146-5788-5   BOOK # 10.054
 
Sunday Celebration of the Word and Hours - Ambo ritual (red)                                 LENGTH: 344
AUTHOR:      National Liturgy Office, ed.      PUBLISHER: CCCB Publications
Beautiful ritual book is intended for liturgical assemblies where the Eucharist cannot be celebrated. the ritual book can also be used on other occasions: parish or community celebrations of Morning or Evening Prayer, liturgies of the Word in chapels and institutions where it is not pastorally possible to celebrate the Eucharist; or ecumenical celebrations of the Word or Hours.  ISBN: 0-88997-338-5   BOOK # 10.062-A
 
Sunday Celebration of the Word and Hours - study edition                               LENGTH: 384 pages
AUTHOR:      National Liturgy Office, ed.      PUBLISHER: CCCB Publications
Identical to the ritual book, this edition  presents the liturgical prayers and rubrical directions for the following celebrations: Sunday Celebration of the Word, Rite of distribution of Communion, Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer.   ISBN: 0-88997-338-5   BOOK # 10.062  - B (2 copies)
 
Sunday Celebration of the Word and Hours - Pastoral Notes                              LENGTH: 84 pages
AUTHOR:      National Liturgy Office PUBLISHER: CCCB Publications
The Pastoral Notes are issued in Canadian Studies in Liturgy no. 6 and are intended as a companion volume to the ritual book Sunday Celebration of the Word and Hours.  The notes concerning the formation and training of leaders of prayer are entitled Formation Notes. Liturgical principles, ministries, the formation of lay leaders, special occasions, liturgy of the hours, options for the celebration and liturgical music are some of the subjects discussed in this companion book.   ISBN: 0-88997-322-9   BOOK # 10.063 (3 copies)
 
 Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest                                                   LENGTH: 64 pages
Liturgy Document Series No. 10                                                                            PUBLISHER: USCC
This volume includes the complete texts of both the Directory for Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest and Gathered in Steadfast Faith as well as the introduction to Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest.   ISBN: 1-57455-105-1    BOOK # 10.064
 
A Supplement to the Sacramentary                                                                     LENGTH: 32 pages
AUTHOR:      National Liturgy Office, ed.      PUBLISHER: CCCB
New optional Memorials, Memorals and Votive Masses for the Dioceses of Canada.  For study and comment. (Includes St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, Blessed Kateri, Remembrance Day, as well as the Litany of the Saints for use in Canada.)   ISBN: 0-88997-248-6   BOOK # 10.065
 
Eucharistic Prayer for Mass For Various Needs and Occasions                           LENGTH: 74 pages
AUTHOR:      National Liturgy Office, ed.      PUBLISHER: CCCB
Printed as a supplement to the Sacramentary, it contains the ICEL interim translation of the textf for the Eucharistic Prayer for Mass For Various Needs and Occasions. It consists of one prayer with four thematic prefaces and corresponding sets of intercessions.  For more convenience, the text is published in this edition as fours separate prayers. Musical settings are also included.  It is the same page size as the Sacramentary and so fits nicely on top of it.   ISBN: 0-88997-370-9   BOOK # 10.066
 
The Pattern of Our Days: Worship in the Celtic Tradition                                LENGTH: 182 pages
AUTHOR:      Kathy Galloway, ed.     PUBLISHER: Paulist Press
An anthology of worship in the Celtic tradition from the Iona Community and its commitment to world peace, social justice and the rediscovery of an integrated spirituality.. Included are liturgies for pilgrimage and Journeys, healing, witness and dissent, sanctuary and light.  Suitable for individual or groups use, these prayers and resources draw deeply on Celtic and Benedictine influences, as well as the Liturgy of the Hours.  ISBN: 0-8091-3860-3   BOOK # 10.068
 
Celebrations Along the Way Liturgies for Everyday Moments                          LENGTH: 111 pages
AUTHOR:      McRae-McMahon        PUBLISHER: Novalis
A collection of liturgical celebrations and prayers for communal use, written with great power, simplicity and directness. Set up as a complete service and with suggestions for environment and symbols to use during the time of the prayer.  ISBN: 2-89507-148-9   BOOK # 10.069
 
Directory on Popular Piety & the Liturgy Principles and Guidelines                 LENGTH: 256 pages
AUTHOR:      Cong. Divine Worship & Sacraments     PUBLISHER: Pauline Books & Pub.
The language of popular piety is examined, and a historical perspective given. Theological and liturgical principles are also set forth.  Feasts of the Liturgical Year, as well as devotion to Our Lady and the Saints are all addressed in this little document, as well as suffrages for the dead, Shrines and Pilgrimages.
ISBN: 0-8198-1881-X   BOOK # 10.070
 
Diocese of Kingston Guidelines
AUTHOR:      Rev. John Hibbard        PUBLISHER: duplicated in-house
A variety of early guidelines: 1. Celebration of the Sunday Eucharist;  2. Easter Triduum; 3. Confirmation and other celebrations with the Bishop; Liturgical Planning; Altar Servers (circa 1986)  BOOK # 11.003
 
Guidelines and from Other Dioceses
AUTHOR:      Diocesan Offices
Two guidelines from Diocese of Lacrosse:
                                                                                                            Baptism for Children (1984)                              BOOK # 11.004
                                                                                                Pastoral Care of the Sick (1987)             BOOK # 11.005
A variety of other sacramental and organizational guidelines       BINDER # 11.006                  
 
To Give Thanks and Praise:  General Instruction of the Roman Missal             LENGTH: 179 pages
AUTHOR:       Ralph A. Keifer           PUBLISHER: The Pastoral Press
The GIRM (1982 edition) is published here in its entirety, and gives the official directives for the celebration of Mass of the Roman Catholic Church. With commentary for musicians and priests, Keifer’s commentary focuses on the pastoral needs of the parish. (1980)   ISBN: 1-56929-005-9  BOOK # 11.007 (2 copies)
 
Let Everyone Celebrate:  Guidelines and Principles for Liturgical Celebrations – Particularly with the Handicapped 
AUTHOR:      ICEL / Bishops’ Conference      PUBLISHER: The Secretariat, ICEL
A guide for planning and carrying out celebrations, whether they are sacramental or not, and also for reflecting on celebrations that have taken place.  Intended primarily as an aid for groups, especially of handicapped persons, whether social, mental, physical or psychological. It is a translation from the French.  LENGTH: 53 pages   BOOK # 11.008
 
The Mystery of Faith: A Study of the Structural Elements of the Order of Mass
AUTHOR:      Federation of Diocesan Lit. Commissions          PUBLISHER: F.D.L.C., Washington
This workbook, designed by the Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy, is offered so that Catholics can study the elements of the Order of Mass in a systematic manner.  It is especially prepared for group use and is highly recommended to parish liturgy committees as their working study-agenda for a complete year of meetings.  It would also be beneficial for adult education courses, as well as for private study of the Mass. (1980) LENGTH: 137 pages   BOOK # 11.009 (2 copies)
 
Springtime of the Liturgy                                                                                   LENGTH: 307 pages
AUTHOR:       Lucien Deiss, C.S.Sp.  PUBLISHER: The Liturgical Press.
Liturgical texts of the first four centuries of the Church, from sources in Jewish Prayer, Accounts of the Institution of the Eucharist, the Didache, the anaphora of Addai and Mari, the Didiscalia, the Apostolic Constitution and the Catechesis of Cyril of Jerusalem. These early historical documents all give us a better understanding of the development of the Liturgy of the Mass as it developed throughout the ages. (1979)  ISBN: 0 8146-1023-4   BOOK # 11.010
 
The Liturgical Movement                                                                                    LENGTH: 48 pages
AUTHOR:      J.A. Jungman, S.J.        PUBLISHER: St. Paul Publications
This is an historical and practical commentary by one of the foremost liturgists of the century. Besides looking back, he looks at tasks and presuppositions for Liturgical Renewal in the present and future. (1966)  BOOK # 11.015
 
Our Changing Liturgy                                                                                        LENGTH: 271pages
AUTHOR:       C.J. McNaspy, S.J.(forward by G. Dickmann)   PUBLISHER: Hawthorn Books, N.Y.
Written soon after the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, the author looks at changes in the Church, the Mass, Ecumenism, the Arts and anxieties about changes in the liturgy. The complete text of the Constitution is given in the appendix. (1966)   BOOK # 11.016
 
The Christian Celebration                                                                                   LENGTH: 49 pages
AUTHOR:       Lucien Deiss, CSSp     PUBLISHER: World Library Pub.
Father Deiss, musician and liturgist,  looks at the principles underlying all Christian celebration, its structure and its organization. Each part of the Mass is examined and pastoral suggestions made which would help both presiders and liturgy planners. (1977)   BOOK # 11.018 (2 copies)
 
Disputed Questions in the Liturgy Today                                                           LENGTH: 125 pages
AUTHOR:      John M.Huels   PUBLISHER: Liturgy Training Pub.
What does church law say about lay preaching, female altar servers, first confession, concelebration, general absolution, anointing of the sick? Father Huels addresses these and other questions to help us understand how law and liturgy come together in the discipline and practice of the church.  An index of canons and liturgical laws is included. (1988)   ISBN: 0-9330467-95-7   BOOK # 10.020 A
 
More Disputed Questions in the Liturgy                                                            LENGTH: 200 pages
AUTHOR:      John M.Huels   PUBLISHER: Liturgy Training Pub.
What does church law say about the Sunday Mass obligation, reception of the sacraments by divorced and remarried people, lay preaching at Mass, Penance, the Liturgy of the Hours in parishes, unauthorized liturgical adaptations? Father Huels addresses these and other issues on which an appreciation of canon law can inform our celebration of liturgy.  An index of canons and liturgical laws is included. (1996)   ISBN: 1-56854-171-6   BOOK # 10.020 B
 
The Meaning of Sunday                                                                           LENGTH: 39 paged booklet
AUTHOR:      Catholic Home Messenger        PUBLISHER: St. Paul Publications
There are many views of Sunday. The underlying goal of this simple little booklet  is to show that the many sides of Sunday unite in one essential purpose, which is to give man pause to re-direct his spirit. (circa 1964)   BOOK # 10.023
 
The Mass and the Laity (F. R McManus)         BOOK # 11.024 (Missing ‘02)                                     
 
Mary in the Liturgy Canadian Studies in Liturgy -  No. 3                                       LENGTH: 70 pages
AUTHOR:        National Liturgy Office/Commission     PUBLISHER: CCCB Publications 
This study is intended for the people in parishes who are involved in planning and leading liturgical celebrations, especially during the Marian Year.  It speaks of the place of Mary in our modern liturgy. Texts for three new Mass, issued in 1987 by the Congregation for Divine Worship are included as well as Guidelines and Suggestions for the Marian Year.  Recommended devotional practices to Our Lady are also included. (1988)   ISBN: 0-88-090000-8   BOOK # 10.025
 
How to Understand the Liturgy                                                                           LENGTH: 148 pages
AUTHOR:      Jean Lebon       PUBLISHER: SCM Press, London
This book lays out clearly the underlying truths of liturgy and applies them to the celebration of the eucharistic liturgy.  The first part explores the nature of signs and symbols, sacraments and rites from their earliest appearance.  The second part traces the development of Christian liturgy from its first gatherings to the elaboration of places and forms of worship and the music and dress which goes with them. The third part looks more specifically  to the eucharistic liturgy. (1986)  ISBN: 0-334-02039-5  BOOK # 11.027 (2 copies) 
 
New Horizons in Catholic Worship                                                                    LENGTH: 116 pages
AUTHOR:      Revs Leonard and McNeill        PUBLISHER: Liturgical Com Kansas
This book attempts to clarify and make the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy more understandable. This text provides a vehicle for discussion groups of clergy, religious and laity. (1964)   BOOK # 11.030
 
The Word and Eucharist Handbook                                                                  LENGTH: 140 pages
AUTHOR:       Lawrence J. Johnson    PUBLISHER: Resource Publications
Similar in format to “Mystery of Faith”(# 11.009), this handbook gives the historical, theological and liturgical aspects of each element of the Mass. The author provides all necessary documentation, including the GIRM as well as an excellent section of recommended readings after each element is discussed.  It is a great resource for understanding as well as practical applications for planning.  (1986)
ISBN: 0-89390-067-2   BOOK # 11.033
 
Catechesis for Liturgy A Program for Parish Involvement                                    LENGTH: 179 pages
AUTHOR:      Gilbert  Ostdiek PUBLISHER: Pastoral Press
This book makes a most valuable contribution towards promoting a consciousness-raising liturgical catechesis. He proposes an integrated program of pastoral care for the liturgy consisting of catechesis, preparation, and evaluation.  The catechetical process holds much promise for forming a new liturgical identity and disposition in our parishioners, aware of themselves as full participant by right and with responsibility for the liturgical action. (1986)   ISBN: 0-912405-23-6   BOOK # 11.034
 
Active Sharing in Public Worship                                                                        LENGTH: 43 pages
AUTHOR:      J.B. O’Connell PUBLISHER: Burnes and Oates
Quite an early commentary on the chief purpose of the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy. Concentration is on active sharing in public worship, its purpose and some ways by which it may be achieved.  (1964)   BOOK # 11.035
 
Spirit and Song of the New Liturgy                                                                    LENGTH: 281 pages
AUTHOR:       Lucien Deiss, C.C.Sp.  PUBLISHER: World Library Pub.
Father Deiss gives insight into the spirit of the liturgical renewal as expressed in the song of the Church.  A detailed study of each part of the Mass, its meaning, function, and musical potential, as well as helpful techniques for realizing maximum participation are included.  Topics include music sung by the priest, the people and the choir; the choral director; acclamations, psalmody, processional songs, litanies and hymnody; instruments and Gregorian Chant. (1970)   BOOK # 11.036
 
Beyond East and West:  Problems of Liturgical Understanding                         LENGTH: 203 pages
AUTHOR:        Robert Taft, S.J.           PUBLISHER: The Pastoral Press
These essays deal with liturgy, both Eastern and Western, from the standpoint of history, theology, and pastoral practice.  Practice is built on tradition–the Church’s self-consciousness now of that which has been handed on to her not as an inert treasure but as a dynamic inner life. “If we want to know what Christmas and Chrismation, Eucharist and Easter mean, we must plunge into the enormous stream of liturgical and patristic evidence and wade through it piece by piece, age by age, ever alert to pick up shifts in the current as each generation reaches for its own understanding of what it is we are about”, says the author.  A beautiful chapter by the author is “Thanksgiving for the Light”, a theology of Vespers. (1984)   ISBN: 0912405-13-9   BOOK # 11.037
 
Learning to Celebrate:  The Mass and its Music                                                LENGTH: 114 pages
AUTHOR:       Joseph Gelineau                                                        PUBLISHER: The Pastoral Press
Renowned liturgist and musician, Father Gelineau, focuses his insight on the pivotal points for music in the Mass: the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.  Particularly helpful to all who prepare liturgy, both pastoral musicians and presiders. Added documentation from the GIRM is also provided.  (1985)   ISBN: 0-912405-21-X    BOOK # 11.038
 
Worship in a New World                                                                                    LENGTH: 110 pages
AUTHOR:      Rev. James Dallen        PUBLISHER: NA. Liturgy Resources
Although somewhat dated, this book compiled from a series of articles by the author, has some helpful topical reprints which could be helpful in preparing inserts for parish bulletins.  (1972)   BOOK # 11.039
 
The Order of Mass: Guidelines                                                                            LENGTH: 56 pages
AUTHOR:       Eugene A. Walsh, S.S. PUBLISHER: Pastoral Arts Assoc.
The goal of this booklet is not just the structure of the Mass but on the pace and flow of one part to the next. A basic understanding of the structure of the Mass is the foundation and starting-point for all celebrants, musicians and other ministers. (1981)   ISBN: 0-89699-021-4   BOOK # 11.041
 
Music in Catholic Worship                                                                      LENGTH: 17 paged booklet
AUTHOR:      Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy       PUBLISHER: NA. Liturgy Resources
A statement of the Bishops’ Committee written to urge renewed interest with regard to music in the liturgy. Topics include among others: Theology of Celebration, Pastoral Planning, Place of Music in the Celebration (including notes on the musical, Liturgical, Pastoral Judgements); also the structure of the Eucharist. (1972)   BOOK # 11.046
 
Eucharist and Community                                                                                   LENGTH: 54 pages
AUTHOR:      Presenters at Diocesan Workshop          PUBLISHER: Diocese of Montreal
A day-long workshop held in Montreal focussing on our responsibilities in Eucharist and community and how Liturgy should build community in our parishes. (1978)   BOOK # 11.048
 
Together at Mass                                                                                                LENGTH: 141 pages
AUTHOR:      Eugene S. Geissler, Kenneth W. Peters, PUBLISHER: Ave Maria Press
A prayerful and meditative commentary on the Mass, noting particularly its close relationship to Jesus Christ, his life and message. Besides the elements of the Mass, 24 Liturgies of the Word are included.  Photos throughout the book illustrate the meaning of the Mass in the lives of Christians in today’s world. (1973)   ISBN: 0-87793-051-1   BOOK # 11.049
 
How to Get More Out of the Mass                                                                      LENGTH: 144 pages
AUTHOR:      Joseph McGloin, S.J.   PUBLISHER: Liguori Publications
A freewheeling commentary on the Mass for those who know enough about the Mass to want to know more. It is written in a contemporary and interesting style. The topics could be used to prepare insert material in parish bulletins. The cartoon drawings are most enjoyable. (1974)   BOOK # 11.051
 
Come Celebrate the Mass                                                                                    LENGTH: 64 pages
AUTHOR:      Rev. K.J. MacDonald   PUBLISHER: Diocese of Winnipeg
A pastoral aid on the Liturgical Celebration of the Mass on the Lord’s Day. (circa 1970)  BOOK # 11.053 (7 copies)
 
Liturgical Music Today                                                                                        LENGTH: 28 pages
AUTHOR:      Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy       PUBLISHER: NCCB Pub. Services
Published ten years after  Music in Catholic Worship and twenty after the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, this booklet looks at clarifying issues and revealing new possibilities for liturgical music.  General principles for music in the Eucharist are given as well as in the celebrations of other sacraments and rites, as well as in the Liturgy of the Hours. (1982)   BOOK # 11.054
 
Music in Catholic Worship                                                             LENGTH: 31 page booklet (1983)
AUTHOR:      Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy       PUBLISHER: Pastoral Arts Assoc.
Establishes the principles for music as an expression of faith.  A reading edition of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy.  Topics include among others: Theology of Celebration, Pastoral Planning, Place of Music in the Celebration (including notes on the musical, liturgical, and pastoral judgements); as well as the structure of the Eucharist. (1972)  (See other editions of this document: # 10.039, #11.046; as well as the edition with commentary # 16.004)   BOOK # 11.055
 
Byzantine Ukrainian Rite                                                                                   LENGTH: 119 pages
AUTHOR:      Nat. Office of Religious Education        PUBLISHER: CCCB
This book describes the beauty and traditions of the Byzantine Ukrainian rite in simple and clear language. It is written for teachers, parents and students; and for all members of the Latin and Byzantine Ukrainian rites, to promote mutual understanding.  (1975)   BOOK # 11.059
 
New Introductions to the Sacramentary and Lectionary                                      LENGTH: 90 pages
AUTHOR:      National Liturgy Office (ed.)     PUBLISHER: CCCB Public. Service
Study edition of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (1975) and the Introduction of the Lectionary for Mass (1981).  Prepared for study groups with translations by ICEL.  (1983)  BOOK # 11.060
 
Manual of Celebration Commentary for Planners                               LENGTH: Average of 39 pages
AUTHOR:      Robert W. Hovda         PUBLISHER: The Liturgical Confer.
Folders are divided according to chapter:  The Introduction, Rite of Baptism for Several Children; Rite for Celebrating Marriage During Mass, Rite of Funerals for Adults, Sunday Eucharist, Occasional Services.  This manual contains help for Liturgy Planning teams, studying the new rites for Mass, the Sacraments: marriage, funerals, baptism etc.  The revised texts are given and they are joined to pastoral ideas for the adaptation and enrichment of public services. The introduction, particularly, is worth careful study for although being an early work in the liturgical renewal after Vatican II,  the principles are still sound. (1972)   BOOK # 11.061 - 11.066
 
Shaping English Liturgy                                                                                    LENGTH: 493 pages
AUTHOR:      Peter Finn and  James Schellman, (ed.)  PUBLISHER: The Pastoral Press
This is the first comprehensive account of the challenges and solutions encountered in crafting a vernacular liturgy for the Roman Catholic church in the English-speaking world. Prepared by  ICEL, but with the contributions of many liturgists, including among others Frank Henderson, Mark Searle, Bishop Weakland, Msgr. Patrick Byrne. (1990)   ISBN: 0-912405-72-4  BOOK # 11.069
 
To Hear and Proclaim Introduction Lectionary for Mass                                   LENGTH: 120pages
AUTHOR:      Ralph A. Keifer PUBLISHER: Nat..Ass Past. Music.
A commentary on the Introduction of 1981, which is given in its entirety, is very positive about new developments in the Roman rite.  The document, Keifer says, addresses everything from lay preaching to the use of leaflet missals, while condemning nothing, accepting much, and reproving little, it represents a landmark in official commentary on liturgical practice.  The commentator seeks mainly to underling the fundamental principles in the document, where those principles seem to be least understood and most often neglected. (1983)   ISBN: 1-56929-004-0   BOOK # 11.072 (2 copies)
 
This is Our Mass                                                                                                LENGTH: 149 pages
AUTHOR:      Tom Coyle      PUBLISHER: 23^rd Publications
A simple down-to-earth explanation of the Mass. The historical, liturgical, and spiritual dimensions of the Mass are presented to assist Catholics in understanding the eucharistic celebration. This book is an ideal book for RCIA candidates, and alienated Catholics returning to the church. Religious instruction for teenagers and young adults will also be enhanced by the useful information contained in this handy book.  (1989)   ISBN: 0-89622-394-9   BOOK # 11.074
 
Gathered in Steadfast Faith                                                                                 LENGTH: 12 pages
AUTHOR:      Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy       PUBLISHER: NCCB
This is a statement on Sunday Worship in the Absence of a Priest. Prepared by the American Bishops to accompany the ritual “Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest: Leader’s Edition.  Topics covered are selection and training of leaders, catechesis, structure and principles of Liturgical Prayer as apply to Sunday Celebrations. (1991)   ISBN: 1-55586-361-2   BOOK # 11.075 (2 copies)
 
(1)Milwaukee Symposia for Church                                                              LENGTH: undesignated
     Composers: A Ten-Year Report
(2) The Snowbird Statement on Catholic Liturgical Music
AUTHOR:                                                                  Nat. Association of Pastoral Musicians                                   PUBLISHER: Pastoral Press/LTP
(1) Far from a simple”state of the music” address, this report is full of hammered-out judgements, thoughtful and urgent questions, difficult challenges to musicians and to all involved in pastoral liturgy. It applauds the good that has been done but points towards work awaiting us. Topics include Music as a Language of Faith, Liturgical Formation and Preparation, Technology and Worship, Musical-Liturgical-Pastoral Judgment. (1992) Further critique on Music in the Liturgy.  (1995)   ISBN: 0-912405-43-0  BOOK # 11.078
 
Children, Liturgy, and Music:  Pastoral Music in Practice #2                            LENGTH: 119 pages
AUTHOR:      Virgil Funk, (ed)          PUBLISHER: Pastoral Press
Teaching children to celebrate their faith in ritual requires understanding, imagination, and a sense of wonder.  Topics include participation–making it happen; celebration–choosing ministers; children’s choirs–motivating membership; music education–in the classroom and in the whole parish.  (1990)
ISBN: 0-912405-73-2  BOOK # 11.079 (Children’s shelf)
 
From Age to Age:  How Christians Celebrated the Eucharist                            LENGTH: 206 pages
AUTHOR:      Edward Foley   PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Pub.
Through architecture, music, books and vessels, Father Foley traces the origins of Christian celebration from its Jewish roots to our own time. Lavishly illustrated with maps, photographs, drawings and music, this book recaptures the experience of the ordinary Christian worshippers at Eucharist and traces the development of the theology of liturgical celebration. (1991)   ISBN: 0-929650  BOOK # 11.080
 
Sunday Morning
AUTHOR:      Gail Ramshaw PUBLISHER: Liturgy Train. Public.
How does a parent, a friend or a teacher begin to talk with a young child about what the church does on Sunday morning?  On way is to look at pictures and to tell their stories and to let these stories echo what the church is doing: when we gather, when we pray, when we exchange the greeting of peace. The pages of this book allow all of this and more. (1993)  ISBN: 1-56854-005-1   BOOK # 11.085 (Children’s shelf)
 
Celebration of the Word                                                                                    LENGTH: 145 pages
AUTHOR:      Lucien Deiss    PUBLISHER: Liturgical Press
In this book, Father Deiss comments on the richness and imperfections of the Lectionary, considers the relationship between the celebration of the Word and the celebration of the Covenant, and then comments on the role of the Responsorial Psalm, the homily, the Prayer of the Faithful, the participant in the celebration of the Word, and the objects, places, and rites which make up the ritual environment of this celebration.  (1993)   ISBN: 0-8146-2090-6   BOOK # 11.087
 
Promoting Liturgical Renewal: Guidelines for Diocesan Liturgical Commissions and Offices of Worship
AUTHOR:      Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy       PUBLISHER: U.S. Catholic Confer.
Topics range from the Role of the Bishop in Worship, Liturgical Co-workers with the bishop; functions of local structures; models of local organizations etc. (1988)  See # 13.089 LENGTH: 20 pages
ISBN: 1-55586-250-0   BOOK # 11.090 (2 copies)
 
The Assembly Celebrates: Gathering the Community for Worship                   LENGTH: 101 pages
AUTHOR:      James Challancin         PUBLISHER: Paulist  Press
In this clear and readable book, Father Challancin outlines the central role the gathered community plays in liturgy. Focussing on how the Eucharist gives tangible expression to the reality of the Church as a community, he then examines the parts of the liturgy which are designed to build a unified assembly.  The GIRM is the basis for his comments.  (1989)   ISBN: 0-8091-3096-3   BOOK # 11.091
 
Ceremonial of Bishop: A Reader                                                                        LENGTH: 164 pages
AUTHOR:      Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy       PUBLISHER: U.S. Catholic Conf.
Proceedings of the National Workshop on the Ceremonial of Bishops. Essays on Episcopal Liturgy; overview of the document; the Paschal Presence of the Bishop; the cathedral, the stational church; the cathedral musician etc.  (1992)   ISBN: 1-555-86-819-3   BOOK # 11.092
 
The Cathedral: A Reader                                                                                     LENGTH: 52 pages
AUTHOR:      Secretariat, Bishops’ Com. on the Lit.    PUBLISHER: U.S. Catholic Conf.
A collection of essays on the Cathedral: an environment for People; paradoxes and promise; stational Liturgies; and the RCIA; Chrism Mass, Great Occasions; Reception/ Installation of a Bishop etc.  (1979)   BOOK # 11.094
 
The Postures of the Assembly During the Eucharistic Prayer                              LENGTH: 98 pages
AUTHOR:      J.K. Leonard and N.D. Mitchell PUBLISHER: Liturgy Training Pub.
 The authors have gathered a wealth of historical source material about the significance of posture in the Graeco-Roman world; the religious values of standing, kneeling and prostration; posture during ritual meals during the time of Jesus and the early church; and the evolution of posture in the liturgy from the patristic era to the present.  (1994)   ISBN: 0-929650-64-6   BOOK # 11.096
 
Guidelines for Building a New Church                                                                LENGTH: 63 pages
AUTHOR:      Diocesan Building Commission PUBLISHER: Diocese of London
Besides guidelines, this booklet contains general Procedures for a parish building or renovation project; a recommended parish process; renovation–a challenge to change.  A well researched and documented project.  (1994)   BOOK # 11.097
 
Echoing God's Word                                                                             AUTHOR: James B. Dunning
Catechesis is the process of “echoing” the word of God. In this book, the author offers his vision of catechesis in a church called to mission in the modern world.  Dunning then presents a method to help catechists and homilists prepare to open God’s word. This book is primarily for those who will preach or catechize during the period of the catechumenate, but it is also for all who strive to help make God’s word accessible and to echo it in ways that release its liberating message.  BOOK# 11.098
 
Liturgical Gestures, Words, Objects                                                                    LENGTH: 54 pages
AUTHOR:      Eleanor Bernstein (ed)  PUBLISHER: N.D. Center Past. Lit.
Collection of essays, poetry and drawings on the actions and object of the Liturgy, formerly printed in Assembly, a publication of the Notre Dame Center for Pastoral Liturgy..  (1995)   ISBN: 1-555-86-819-3  BOOK # 11.100
 
How not to Say Mass: A guidebook for all concerned about authentic Worship LENGTH: 92 pages
AUTHOR:      Dennis C. Smolarski     PUBLISHER: Paulist Press
 Although directed primarily towards presiders of the Eucharist, the book is addressed to all who have an active role in the liturgy of the Church--deacons, lectors, acolytes, musicians, committees, and members of the assembly. It is presented in a concise and often witty style.  (1986)   ISBN: 0-8091-2811-X  BOOK # 11.102
 
Sacred Mysteries:  Sacramental Principles and Liturgical Practice                         LENGTH: 217 pages
AUTHOR:      Dennis Smolarski         PUBLISHER: Paulist Press
How well do Christians celebrate those rituals that embody their belief?  This book reflects on the continual process of reform in the church and on the foundational principles for all liturgical action. It then moves to a discussion of each of the sacraments, with particular reference to the way they are ritualized in the assembly.   ISBN: 0-80913551-5  BOOK # 11.103
 
 
Fulfilled in Your Hearing: The Homily in the Sunday Assembly                         LENGTH: 47 pages
AUTHOR:      Bishops’ Committee on Priestly Life     PUBLISHER: N.C.C.B.
The information contained in this little booklet should enhance the quality of preaching in the Sunday assembly, and assist priests and bishops as they endeavor to fulfull their primary duty, namely, the proclamation of the Gospel of God to all.  Chapters focus on the Assembly, the Preacher, the Homily and Homiletic method. (1982)  ISBN: 1-55586-850-9   BOOK # 11.104
 
A Rereading of the Renewed Liturgy                                                                 LENGTH: 138 pages
AUTHOR:                  Adrien Nocent PUBLISHER: The Liturgical Press
In his assessment of the years since the promulgation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Father Nocent raises questions and in a positive attitude  makes suggestions about a variety of topics: the celebration of the Eucharist, Christian Initiation, the  Sacrament of Reconciliation  (1994)  ISBN: 0-8146-2299-2   BOOK # 11.110
 
Developmental Disabilities and Sacramental Access  - New Paradigms for Sacramental Encounters
AUTHOR:      Edward Foley (ed)       PUBLISHER: Liturgical Press
This volume grapples with real issues that daily confront Catholics with developmental disabilities. The authors demonstrate how these people need to be embraced by the Church and its sacraments, for they teach us something central about sacramental encounters.  Guidelines from Chicago and England / Wales are included in the appendix. (1994)  LENGTH: 166 pages  ISBN: 0-8146-2280-1  BOOK # 11.113
 
In Heaven There Are No Thunderstorms:  Celebrating the Liturgy with Developmentally Disabled People
AUTHOR:      G. Okhuijsen and C. Opzeeland PUBLISHER: Liturgical Press
A wonderful, joyful and playful book showing how those who may be marginal in the eyes of our society stand in the centre of the good news. The authors share with the reader moving stories of liturgies celebrated with residents with mental disabilities in the Netherlands. These stories could be very useful for others who minister to developmentally disabled people.  (1992)  LENGTH: 136 pages
ISBN: 0-8146-1999-1   BOOK # 11.114
 
A Eucharist Sourcebook                                                                                     LENGTH: 145 pages
AUTHOR:      J.R Baker and  B. Budde, (ed)   PUBLISHER: Liturgy Training Pub.
One of a set of Sourcebooks, anthologies of prose and poetry, hymns and prayers from various times and traditions, all centred on a particular theme from the seasons of the church year to the foundational moments in the life of a Christian. Each collection offers a treasury of wisdom for use in homilies, prayer services and personal meditation. This collection on Eucharist uses the following themes: hungering, gathering, praying, remembering, offering, eating and drinking, healing, feeding the world, Corpus Christi.  (1999)   ISBN: 1-56854-182-1   BOOK # 11.125
 
Music and the Mass:  A Practical Guide for Ministers of Music                         LENGTH: 129 pages
AUTHOR:      David Haas      PUBLISHER: Liturgy Train. Public
This is a basic guide to key documents and principles regarding the celebration of the Eucharist. It walks through the Mass, rite by rite and step by step, and describes each part through scripture, church documents and various other sources.  The author then offers commentary on the role of music and other elements. A great basic text for liturgical musicians, planners and anyone interested in knowing more about the Mass.  (1998)  ISBN: 1-56854-198-8   BOOK # 11.126
 
Our Place of Worship                                                                                          LENGTH: 87 pages
AUTHOR:      National Liturgy Office PUBLISHER: Public. Service CCCB
Approved by the National Liturgy Office for use in Canada, these guidelines are intended to assist liturgy committees and building committees to explore with their communities who the Church is and what it does before it proceeds to the specific requirements of the community. It offers a process to help the community achieve its purpose. It also offers principles and characteristics of an appropriate place, always with the primacy of the assembly in mind, and it outlines the requirements of the liturgy according to the Constitution on the Liturgy of Vatican II and the Introduction to the Roman Missal. (1999)  ISBN: 088997-441-1   BOOK # 11.127 (2 copies)
 
Making Good Preaching Better                                                                          LENGTH: 264 pages
AUTHOR:      Alvin C. Rueter PUBLISHER: Liturgical Press
This textbook, based on Dr. Rueter’s preaching workshops and experience, has homiletic exercises that proceed step-by-step, allowing students the possibility of success, a step at a time. The author taught for 33 years both at the Luther Seminary in Minnesota (1966-84) and in St. John’s Seminary, Collegeville Minnesota (1985-1991). Since his retirement he continues to conduct workshops both for seminary students and for permanent deacons in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.  ISBN: 0-8146-2215-1   BOOK # 11.135
 
The Mass (Questions and Answers)
Dennis Smolarksi, S.J.                                                                     Liturgy Training Publications, 2002
Questions that priests and liturgists, music directors, liturgy committees, ministry coordinators and diocesan liturgy offices frequently ask about the Mass are answered here with legal expertise and pastoral sensitivity by Father Dennis Smolarksi, S.J. The answer takes into account the 2000 edition of the GIRM as well as other official documents.  At the same time, each answer is informed with the common sense and pastoral sensitivity of an author who has spent much of his life on both sides of the alter - as presider and member of the assembly.  ISBN 1-56854-358-1 B OOK# 11.133
 
Preparing the Eucharistic Table
By:  Barry Glendinning                                                                                      PUBLISHER: Novalis
Little attention has been given to preparing the liturgy of the Eucharist, the centre of our celebration - often because people assume that it is the priest’s prayer.  But pay attention to the words of the various collects, the variety of Eucharistic prayers, the acclamations, the gestures and music of the communion rite, and this aspect of your celebrations will come alive.  This booklet takes you through these resources, pointing out how, in your community, you can prepare a festive, nourishing table off the Eucharist.  BOOK #13.013A *
 
Preparing Sunday without the Eucharist
By:  Andrew Britz, OSB & Zita Maier, OSU                                                       PUBLISHER: Novalis
As more and more communities face this reality, they are challenged to prepare different forms of celebration.  How should this type of celebration “feel”?  Does it merit the same attention we give to Sunday Eucharist?  What kind of formation do those who are celebration it or leading it need?  Using basic principles of good liturgy, this booklet helps communities facing this reality to continue to prepare nourishing celebrations.  BOOK #13.013B *
 
Preparing to Celebrate in Schools
By:  Margaret Bick                                                                                            PUBLISHER: Novalis
Everyone knows the obstacles to good celebration in schools: poor environment for liturgy, too many kids, “crowd control” and confused expectations on the part of many. This booklet will provide principles to help you through the maze, along with lots of examples of how to apply them in schools large or small.  BOOK #  13.013C *
 
Preparing the Liturgical Year - I - Sunday and the Paschal Triduum
By:  Corbin Eddy                                                                                               PUBLISHER: Novalis
The paschal mystery is the heart of the liturgical year.  Celebrated most intensely during the Easter Triduum, it is also the heartbeat of all the other seasons.  How does each celebrate a particular aspect of this mystery of our dying and rising in Christ?  How do we keep this experience the focus of our celebrations all year long?  Background to the seasons, practical applications of principles and ideas for working with the paschal triduum and the Sundays of Ordinary time will make this an invaluable resource.  BOOK #  13.013E *
 
Preparing the Liturgical Year - II - Lent-Easter and Advent-Christmas
By:  Corbin Eddy                                                                                               PUBLISHER: Novalis
The paschal mystery is the heart of the liturgical year.  Celebrated most intensely during the Easter Triduum, it is also the heartbeat of all the other seasons.  How does each celebrate a particular aspect of this mystery of our dying and rising in Christ?  How do we keep this experience the focus of our celebrations all year long?  Background to the seasons, practical applications of principles and ideas for ongoing catechesis for the seasons of Lent-Easter and Advent-Christmas make this an invaluable resource.  BOOK #13.013F *
 
Preparing to Celebrate with Children
By: Gerard Whittey, J. Mercer, E. Wells                                                             PUBLISHER: Novalis
What are the ABC’s of celebrating with children? How do we help them experience the paschal mystery in celebrations? How do we prepare celebrations that are simple, not simplistic; accessible, not childish? This booklet is a primer of principles and ideas for celebrating with children.  BOOK#: 13.013G
 
Preparing the Environment for Worship
By: David McNorgan                                                                                         PUBLISHER: Novalis
Preparing the environment attends to all aspects of the physical and symbolic context in which liturgy happens. Readers will see how different ways of preparing the environment communicate various images of Church, the assembly of God, and learn practical ways to provide the best environment for worship in their Church.  BOOK# 13.013I
 
Preparing and Evaluating Liturgy
By: Bernadette Gasslein                                                                                     PUBLISHER: Novalis
How can we know if our mnistry of preparation was effective? How can we tell whether the community’s worhsip offered it an experienc eof “full, conscoious active” preparation in the liturgy? Without evaluation, the work of preparation can either spin its wheels, or drift on a sea of good intentions. This book will help your preparation team learn to ask the right qustions of the right people, and integrate these responses into ongoing preparation.  BOOK# 13.013L
 
Liturgical Sermons
By: Rev. Gerard Weber & James Killgallon                                                        Publisher: Alba House
This series of homiletic outlines elucidates the focal points in the Constitution of the Sacred Liturgy. The aim of these outlines is to help in the preparation of homilies based mostly on the Epistle of the Mass. They are not intended to be preached as printed; rather they are meant to help the priest in preparing his own sermon to meet the needs of his people. BOOK #13.030
 
Yours is a Share: The Call of Liturgical Ministry
By: Austin Fleming
In the context of a prayer for each liturgical ministry, a vision and a mandate are enunciated and a blessing pronounced. This book would be useful for a mandating service or simply as a reflection for a specific liturgical ministry. Material is repeated in #12.083. BOOK #13.033
 
The following four booklets by Pastoral Liturgist, Father Eugene Walsh, are excellent little  study outlines for Liturgy Committees.
 
Giving Life: The Ministry of the Parish Sunday Assembly
By:  Eugene A. Walsh, SS                                                                                 PUBLISHER: PAANA
Giving Life is a message to all members of Catholic parishes, regardless of whether a member is also active in an individual liturgical ministry.  It is a synopsis of the sense-of-church which Eugene A. Walsh tries to bring alive in people through his renewal weekends in parishes, through his other workshops and his published writings.  It is not the only way possible to spell out parish priorities or goals, but we believe that it is the best catalyst available for the pressing task of a parish community identifying g and articulating its self-understanding and serious goals.  BOOK #13.043
 
 
Special Ministries at Sunday Mass:Understanding and Expectations
By:  Eugene A. Walsh, SS                                                                                 PUBLISHER: PAANA
This booklet’s principles, understandings and expectations are proposed to serve two purposes in a parish.  First, they bring to the attention of all present and prospective ministers the most basic understandings and expectations by the parish community of their ministry.  Secondly, therefore, the matters in the following few pages can constitute a kind of “contract” between the celebrating assemblies of a parish and their members who would offer “special” ministry.  BOOK #13.044
 
Gathering for Each Other
By:  Eugene A Walsh, SS                                                                                  PUBLISHER: PAANA
The purpose of this booklet is to invite you to take a fresh look at what our Church intends parish Sunday Mass to be ... and to discover that the leadership of the priest and other ministers depends totally upon a very real ministry to other people that only you can decide is worth giving.  The things we stress in these pages might give you more questions than answers.  Our hope is that your might share your reactions to our thoughts with other people in your parish.  BOOK #13.045
 
The Ministry of the Celebrating Community
By:  Eugene A. Walsh, SS                                                                                 PUBLISHER: PAANA
This booklet is a competent exploration and analysis which rekindles basic hope that good worship can indeed take place at Sunday Mass in the much-maligned “average” parish –  identifying the problem, proposing a remedy, meaning of the ministry of the celebrating community, understanding what needs to be done to make the community come alive, practical suggestions for bringing alive the ministry of hospitality.  BOOK #13.046
 
Parish Liturgy:   People, Process, Procedure
By: Joyce Ann Zimmerman, CPPS
This book/folio consists of brief explanatory text and numerous reflection/preparation guides that have been compiled from different worships given over the past decade in various contexts and to various audiences. this folio brings together in one place assorted materials that assist parish liturgy personnel in their task of helping liturgy come alive and celebrate what is really all about: making present the Paschal Mystery.  BOOK #13.073
 
Resources for Sunday Homilies - Year A
By:  National Liturgical Office                                                                            PUBLISHER:  CCCB
The bishops of the Episcopal Liturgy Commission for English-speaking Canada have been concerned about helping priests and deacons to preach God’s word more effectively each Sunday. This resource presents practical help for preaching according to the mind of Vatican II by providing insights into the Church’s Sunday lectionary.  BOOK #13.083A
 
Resources for Sunday Homilies - Year B
By: National Liturgical Office                                                                             PUBLISHER:  CCCB
Preaching the Gospel of our Lord in the Sunday liturgy is a serious responsibility. Good preaching week after week requires preparation in prayer and study. The bishops of the Episcopal Liturgy Commission for English-speaking Canada have been concerned about helping priests and deacons to preach God’s word more effectively each Sunday. This book presents practical help for preaching according to the mind of Vatican II by providing insights into the Church’s Sunday lectionary.  BOOK #13.083B
 
Resources for Sunday Homilies - Year C
National Liturgical Office                                                                                   PUBLISHER:  CCCB
Preaching the Gospel of our lord in the Sunday liturgy is a serious responsibility. Good preaching week after week requires preparation in prayer and study. The bishops of the Episcopal Liturgy Commission for English-speaking Canada have been concerned about helping priests and deacons to preach God’s word more effectively each Sunday. This book presents practical help for preaching according to the mind of Vatican II by providing insights into the Church’s Sunday
lectionary.  BOOK #13.083C
 
Liturgy Planning: New Parish Ministries
By: Kenneth Pearce                                                                                           PUBLISHER: Novalis
This is a little book which help us to “get ready” for liturgy. Those who do the planning are no less ministers than those who function more visibly on Sunday morning. Besides showing how to set up a planning committee and providing sample agenda, information is gen on the Liturgical Year and planning the environment for Sunday Mass. Checklists are provided. #13.106
 
Guide for Sunday Mass
By: Cardinal Roger Mahony                                                             PUBLISHER:   Lit. Training Publ.
This is Cardinal Mahony’s pastoral letter to the people of his diocese, Gather Faithfully Together, in book form. In it he speaks about the vigour of the Sunday assembly and ways to make the liturgy more meaningful. BOOK #13.113
 
Liturgical Ministry:  A Practical Guide to Spirituality     
By:  Donna M. Cole                                                                           PUBLISHER: Resource Pub. Inc.
This is a very helpful resource for both the novice and the seasoned liturgical minister.  Donna Cole invites her reader to prepare for ministry -- whether that of reader, musician, acolyte, minister of communion or of hospitality -- by study, refection, and prayer, and she provides the resources to do just that.   BOOK #13.118
 
Let’s Go to Mass
Aileen Urquhart                                                                                                               Novalis, 2000
A specially designed little Mass book for kids, they can write or draw on pages that are erasable. For children ages 5-8.  ISBN 2-89507-087-3 BOOK#: 14.094
 
Living Liturgy (Year A - 2005)                                                                           Liturgical Press, 2004
Spirituality, Celebration and Catechesis for Sundays and Solemnities - 2005
A practical and prayerful means to reflect on, celebrate and live the Paschal mystery.  Living Liturgy integrates spirituality and celebration, catechesis and pastoral practice, and the ministry of the assembly and other ministries so that celebrating the liturgy and living go hand-in-hand. ISBN 0-8146-2742-0 BOOK# 14.163A
 
The Sunday Lectionary - Ritual Word, Paschal Shape
Normand Bonneau                                                                                         The Liturgical Press, 1998
This book examines a key aspect of the liturgical use of the Bible - how the Lectionary puts biblical flesh on the bones of the liturgical calendar and gives paschal shape to the Christian year.  Pastors, homilists, worship leaders, lectors, cantors, students of liturgy through this book may heighten their understanding of the Lectionary and their appreciation of the liturgy.  ISBN 0-8146-2457-X BOOK# 14.166
 
Who Knows the Reach of God?   Homilies and Reflections for Year A
Corbin Eddy                                                                                                                    Novalis, 2001
In this new collection of homilies, join Fr. Eddy as he leads us through Sundays and feast days of Year A, which focuses on the Gospel of Matthew.  His comments are always fresh and focused, contemporary and timeless. Each text captures the traditional sense of the homily as an “intimate conversation.” Invaluable for homilists, RCIA catechists and general readers wanting to explore more deeply the meaning of the Sunday scriptures for our daily lives.  ISBN 2-89507-174-8 BOOK#: 14.167
 
The Church Year and the Art of Clemens Schmidt
Provides selections from the word of Clemens Schmidt in a convenient book/CD-ROM format that illustrate themes organized according to the liturgical year.  The variety of line drawings and calligraphy offers a wealth of opportunities for illustrating bulletins, programs, church, school, or personal documents with clip art.  ISBN 0-8146-2905-9   BOOK# 15.028
 
 

Preparing to Celebrate in Schools                                                                               Margaret Bick
Everyone knows the obstacles to good celebration in schools: poor environment for liturgy, too many kids, “crowd control” and confused expectations on the part of many. This book will provide principles to help you through the maze, along with lots of examples of how to apply them in schools large or small.  26.BICK
 
Preparing Sunday Without the Eucharist                                     Andrew Britz & Ursuline Zita Maier
As more and more communities face this reality, they are challenged to prepare different forms of celebration. How should this type of celebration “feel”? Does it merit the same attention we give to Sunday Eucharist? What kind of formation do those who are celebrating it or leading it need? Using basic principles of good liturgy, this book helps communities facing this reality to continue to prepare nourishing celebrations.  26.BRIT
 
Unlocking the Feasts and Seasons of the Liturgical Year
Glenn Byer
How can we live out the elements of the Mass in our everyday lives?  This engaging book delves into dozens of aspects of prayer and times we can pray.  The author offers encouragement and wisdom on ordinary ways to take the Mass with us and make it a key part of our lives.  26.BYER
 
God's Word is Alive!                                                                                                   Alice Camille
This book offers solid material for breaking open very reading of all three liturgical cycles, for Sundays and holy days alike.  The author’s highly descriptive style and scholarly background make reading this volume a pleasure as well as an enlightening experience.  26.CAMI
 
Youth at Worship
CCCB                                                                                                                          Concacan, 1999
This document developed in response to a need expressed all across Canada - to offer some clear guidance for preparing liturgies with youth. The goal is to assist in the preparation of good celebrations in the Roman Catholic tradition that invite and encourage full, conscious and active participation of young people. 26.CCCB
 
Celebrating the Liturgy of the Word with Children – Guidelines for Practice
CCCB                                                                                                                          Concacan, 2006
 
The Mystery and Meaning of the Mass                                                           Joseph Champlin
Why does the priest kiss the altar or pour water into the cup? What are the reasons behind touching our faces at the Gospel or striking our breasts before Communion? What is the meaning of the Mass and all its aspects? Fr. Champlin answers these and other questions in this fascinating primer. He explains the particulars of the Mass and the symbols surrounding it as well as its history and theology through an interesting narrative spiced with stories, analogies and photos.  26.CHAM
 
Little Catechism on the Eucharist                                                      
By Fr. Roberto Coggi, O.P.                                                                   New Hope Publications, 2005
This book will lead both children and adults to a deeper faith in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.  26.COGGI
 
The New Mass:  Guide to the New Mass
P. Coughlan   26.COUG
 
From Mass to Mission for Children                                                                            Joyce Donahue
These booklets provide parish catechists and Catholic school teachers with the tools for teaching children about the Mass.  A companion DVD provides a variety of downloadable materials that will enhance your lessons and assist with advertising and connection with parents and guardians.  26.DONA
 
The How-To Book of the Mass
Michael Dubruiel
This book provides the who, what, where, when, why and how of the most time-honoured traditions of the Catholic Church all in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format.   26.DUBR
 
Who Knows the Shape of God? Homilies and Reflections for Year B Corbin Eddy
In this new collection of homilies, join Fr. Eddy as he lead us through the Sundays and feast days of Year B, which focuses on the Gospel of Mark.  His comments are always fresh and focused, contemporary and timeless. This book is invaluable for homilists, RCIA catechists and general readers wanting to explore more deeply the meaning of the Sunday scriptures for our daily lives.  26.EDDY
 
Who Knows the Reach of God?  Homilies and Reflections for Year A                          Corbin Eddy
In this new collection of homilies, join Fr. Eddy as he lead us through the Sundays and feast days of Year A, the first years in the three-year liturgical cycle, which focuses on the Gospel of Matthew.  From the First Sunday of Advent to the feast of Christ the King, Fr. Eddy explores the biblical texts and links them to everyday experiences and situations with sensitivity, gentles, grace and a deep understanding of the scriptures.  26.EDDY
 
School Liturgies Made Easy                                                   Lisa Freemantle & Carmela Caporiccio
This book provides valuable background information for novices and seasoned school liturgy planning teams.  Includes comprehensive guides and the checklists include the use of the latest technology available to schools.  26.FREE
 
Shaping a Priestly People                                                                    Edited by Bernadette Gasslein
The story of liturgical renewal in Canada - a story that will interest all who have wondered what happened to the worship of the Catholic Church since Vatican II and why.  26.GASS
 
Preparing the Eucharistic Table                                                                     Barry Glendinning
Little attention has been given to preparing the liturgy of the Eucharist, the centre of our celebration - often because people assume that it is the priest’s prayer. But pay attention to the words of the various collects, the variety of Eucharistic prayers, the acclamations, the gestures and music of the communion rite, and this aspect of your celebrations will come alive. This book takes you through these resources, pointing out how, in your community, you can prepare a festive, nourishing table of the Eucharist.  26.GLEN
 
Preparing to Preside                                                                                       Barry Glendinning
Presiding demands much more than being in the right place with the right words at the right time. The ministry of the preacher - lay or ordained - is crucial in liturgy. The art of gathering up the people’s prayer and giving voice to it can be learned, and must be prepared.  26.GLEN
 
The Lamb’s Supper:  The Mass as Heaven on Earth
Scott Hahn
This book will help readers see the Mass with new eyes, pray the liturgy with a renewed heart and enter into the Mass for fully, enthusiastically, intelligently and powerfully than ever before.  26.HAHN
 
The Healing Power of the Eucharist
J. Hampsch    26.HAMP
 
There’s No Place Like People: Planning Small Group Liturgies
Hovda, R.        26.HOVD
 
Saying Amen: A Mystagogy of Sacrament
Kathleen Hughes                                                                      Liturgy Training Publications, 1999
This book explores a new way of contemplating the liturgy, a mystagogical way based less on the history and theology of the rites than on the actual experiences of women and men at prayer.  26.HUGH
 
Let Everyone Celebrate                                                                                  Denis Hurley, O.M.I.
Guidelines and principles for liturgical celebrations particularly with the handicapped.  26.HURL
 
Preparing the General Intercessions
Michael Kwatera                                                                                           The Liturgical Press, 1996
A guide for preparing intercessions from scratch and samples to assist the writers.  26.KWAT
 
Worship of the Eucharist Outside Mass                                              John Thomas Lane, SSS, 2015
Praying in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass has been a part of Catholic tradition for centuries.  This practice leads us to a deeper appreciation of Christ’s presence in our lives and to fuller participation in the Mass.  This resource traces the historical developments of this practice from the early Church through the post-Conciliar reform.  26.LANE
 
Joy Joy the Mass
Jeannine Leichner                                                                                                    Our Sunday Visitor
This book offers a simple, activity-oriented presentation of the basic ideas of the Mass, with the hope that the children who use it will find it enjoyable and come to a better understanding of our family celebration, the Mass.  26.LEIC
 
What Every Catholic Needs to Know About the Mass
Kevin McGloin
A comprehensive explanation of liturgical principles.  26.MCGL
 
The Blessed Eucharist
Fr. Michael Muller, C.S.S.R.                                                     Tan Books and Publishers, Inc., 1994
The object of this book is to make Jesus in the Blessed Eucharist more generally known and better loved.  It is filled with the spirit of faith and holiness.  It is a fast-paced book of simply amazing insights into the nature and value of the Holy Eucharist that will surprise, delight and inspire everyone and will leave its readers with an immensely heightened appreciation for the divine wisdom and love which bequeathed to making this totally incredible gift.  26.MULL
 
THE MASS:  Step-by-Step                                                                                          Novalis
Leader’s Guide and Student Booklet
This booklet leads young Catholics through the Mass one step at a time so they can see what’s new.  By going through every part of the Mass, they learn what each part means and why it’s important.  26.NOVA
 
Liturgy and the New Evangelization  
Timothy P. O’Malley                                                                                        Liturgical Press, 2014
The author provides a liturgical foundation to the church’s New Evangelization.  He examines questions pastoral ministers must treat in order to foster the renewal of humanity that the New Evangelization seeks to promote.  Readers are invited to a renewed experience of the liturgical life of the church, learning to practice the art of self-giving love for the renewal of the world.  26.OMALL
 
Know Him in the Breaking of the Bread: A Guide to the Mass
Fr. Francis Randolph                                                                                        Ignatius Press, 1998
This book explains the ceremonies of the Catholic Mass and their meaning for lay people, including the young.  The author goes through the Mass step-by-step, looking at the origin and purpose of the various elements and relating them to the reader’s experience of prayer and the Christian life.  26.RAND
 
God Is Near Us
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger                                                                                 Ignatius Press, 2003
The author compellingly shows us the biblical, historical, and theological dimensions of the Eucharist.  He draws far-reaching conclusions, focusing on the importance of one’s personal devotion to and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, for the personal reception of Communion by the individual Christian, as well as for the life of the Church.  26.RATZ
 
The Mass Through Time
S. Redmond     26.REDM
 
Preparing Music for Celebration
H. Reid            26.REID
 
The Sacristy Manual                                                                                       G.Thomas Ryan
The first chapters of this manual form an introduction, setting the later details into this framework of church and liturgy.  Part 2 is a long tour through the different parts of the church complex, showing the relationship of the items in the sacristy to the actions and places of community.  Part 3 descrbies the sacristy’s holdings and functions; it is a review and background for experiences sacristans and a suggested program for those building a new sacristy.  Part 4 is a series of checklists for major feasts and rites.  26.RYAN
 
Scripture in Church: An aid to understanding the readings at Mass.  26.SCRIP
 
Preparing for Sunday, Year B                                                                        J. E. Spicer, CssR
This book will help you to enter into the Scriptures in a deeper way. Through faith-filled reflections and thought-provoking questions, Fr. Spicer invites you to reflect on God’s Word in light of your own life experience.  An accessible resource for those who want to explore their faith and our great scriptural heritage more fully, and who wish for both to matter in their daily lives seven days a week.  26.SPICER
 
Celebrations of the Word for Children - Cycle C                                                        Bernice Stadler
A collection of scripture services for pastors, worship committees, and church educators who witness to the beauty of celebrating the Word of God with young people. These eighteen celebrations for during the school year feature seasonal and holiday feasts from Advent through Christ the King for Cycle C of the liturgical calendar.  26.STAD
 
The Complete Children's Liturgy Book (Years A, B, C)                                 Katie Thompson
This book provides a complete but flexible format for celebrating the Liturgy of the Word with children. It offers a framework for every Sunday of the Year and the major feast days, which can be adapted to suite the age and needs of a particular group. It provides a step by step guide for those preparing Liturgy of the Word for children, and can be used as a resource to stimulate new ideas.  26.THOM
 
At the Supper of the Lamb
A Pastoral and Theological Commentary on the Mass                                                     Paul Turner
This book will help the faithful understand the parts of the Mass so that they may enter them more intentionally and prepare for them effectively.  26.TURN
 
From Mass to Mission for Teens                                                                     Trish Sullivan Vanni
This resource is an insightful exploration of the Mass and its importance in our life of faith.  It provides those who minister to teens with the tools for leading effective formation and catechetical sessions about the Mass.  26.VANNI
 
24 Intergenerational Liturgies of the Word
These tested liturgies were developed specifically to encourage the participation of adults of all ages, youth and children in key liturgies throughout the year.  They are handy, easy to use, and complete.  Each liturgy includes a materials list, music ideas, homily suggestions, bulletin tips and worship-aid covers.  26.VARI
 
Celebrating School Liturgies                                                                                      Joan Vos
This book focuses on the need for careful preparation of teachers and students for liturgy and provides a step-by-step guide for planning liturgies.   26.VOS
 
A Pilgrim People: Learning Through the Church Year         
By:       John Westerhoff
The author looks at the Gospel texts for the Sunday readings and relates their teachings to the life and ministry of the People of God and to the life cycle of childhood, adolescence and adulthood when we dream of peace and justice but grow weary in well-doing.  12.WEST
 
Introduction to Christian Worship                                                                 James F. White, 2000
This book traces the development and the current practices of the major forms of Christian worship.  The author explains the most significant terms associated with the study of worship as he discusses the central topics in this well-organized and accessible volume.  26.WHITE
 
Preparing to Celebrate with Children
Gerard Whitty              26.WHIT
 
Understanding the Mass
Fr. Michael G. Witczak
A prayerful guide to the liturgy.  26.WITC
 
Liturgical Music Accompaniment Series (Volume 2)
Booklet accompanies a CD featuring 24 song selections and 6 service songs for school liturgies.  The set can be helpful in learning and choosing music for liturgies, rehearsing the songs and providing instrumental accompaniment during liturgies. 
                                                           
 

VIDEOS in the OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

 
DEATH & LIFE:  PREPARING FOR THE CATHOLIC FUNERAL MASS
Tabor Publishing
Visiting the home of a bereaved family as soon as information about the death occurs is a very powerful, highly comforting and pastorally effective procedure.  After greeting and listening for a period of time, the pastoral minister or bereavement committee member could suggest playing this video.  The video could also be left at the house during the sometimes empty and difficult hours between the time of death and the beginning of calling hours or the funeral mass.  The priest or parish delegate would also indicate that someone will talk with the family, probably the evening before the Eucharistic liturgy, about their possible selections and personal requests for the Mass.   GUIDE.   LENGTH:  30 min.  VID#: 16.701 (Grief section)
 
 
CHILDREN, LITURGY and the WORLD         PUBLISHED:  Archdiocese of Chicago, 1997, L.T.P.
See how children at St. Julie Billiart Church in Tinley Park, Illinois, process from the assembly to celebrate their own liturgy of the word with ritual words, singing and gestures. Listen to how the lay presider proclaims the scriptures from the Lectionary for Masses with Children and preaches to the children. This is seen in the context of the entrance rite, the dismissal and the children's participation in the liturgy of the Eucharist with the larger assembly.  LENGTH:  26 min.   VID#:  22.000
 
 
THE MASS FOR CHILDREN
SPEAKER:     Fr. Maurice Nutt           PUBLISHED:  Liguori Publications (1993)
This video is unique in that it uses strong images of Jesus throughout, and concentrates on real-life situations.  With short vignettes, it shows how we can bring problems with family and friends to the Mass and experience reconciliation in the Eucharist.  This video provides a tremendous opportunity to send a direct message to children in an entertaining way: the celebration of the Eucharist is a life-giving and joyous experience.   GUIDE. LENGTH:  approx. 30 min.   VID#: 22.001
 
 
THE ANGEL'S MASS LESSON
SPEAKER:     Gwen Costello PUBLISHER:  Twenty Third Publications, 1995
Danny wants to go on a weekend class trip, but his parents won't let him miss Mass.  Danny is very angry about this, so the angel Veritas comes for a visit.  He takes Danny "back in time" to the second century.  They visit a "house church" where early Christians have gathered to celebrate the Eucharist.  They Danny witnesses the vibrant faith of these Christians and he feels their joy and enthusiasm.  Before this experience, Danny took Mass for granted.  After it, he understands that celebrating Eucharist is a privilege and that his faith is a precious gift.   GUIDE.  LENGTH:  13 min.  VID#:  22.002
 
 
AMANDA GOES TO MASS
SPEAKER:     JoAnn Marie Angers     PUBLISHED:  Twenty-Third Publications (1991)
In this delightful video program, Amanda shares her joy as she participates in the Eucharistic celebration.  She explains, in simple and direct terms, her understanding of what happens when she and her family worship with their parish family.  Full-colour video cartoon artwork draws primary and intermediate age children into the story, and help foster their enthusiasm for the appreciation of the Sunday liturgy.  The script fully reflects the Mass as it is celebrated today, as each part of the Eucharistic celebration is shown and defined.  GUIDE.  LENGTH:  9 min.  VID#: 22.003            
 
 
THE ANGEL’S CHURCH YEAR LESSON                                               Twenty Third Publications
Angel Vita wants children everywhere to know that Jesus is with them always. With the help of Angels Caritas and Benedicta, she decides to invite children on a journey through the church year. The angels open a special “blessing” book that takes them (and the children watching) into their journey. Children learn about what happened to Jesus in each church season, including Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, and Ordinary Time.  GUIDE.  LENGTH: 11 min.  VID#: 22.004
 
 
THE LITURGICAL YEAR AND SUNDAY                                           St. Anthony Messenger Press
This video provides an overview of the Church’s liturgical year and an explanation of Sunday’s importance within it.  Story segment: a couple celebrating their 50^th wedding anniversary reflect on events and themes, the rhythms and cycle of their life together. Their marriage provides a real-life parallel to the way that the Church year relates to our daily lives.  Witness segment: Catholics talk about the relevance of the liturgical year and Sundays in their lives.  Teaching segment: Franciscan Father Tom Richstatter offers an overview of the liturgical year and an explanation of the important place Sunday holds in it. His presentation revolves around the central statement that “The Church Year is the way we read the Bible.”  GUIDE. LENGTH:   34 min.  DVD#:  22.005
 
 
A VIDEO GUIDE TO WHAT CATHOLICS BELIEVE ABOUT THE MASS
Host Father Michael Tueth, S.J., warmly invites viewers to come along on these fast-paced half-hour interactive introductions into the beliefs of the Catholic Church.  VID#: 22.006
 
 
FEEDING HUNGRY HEARTS: CELEBRATING THE EUCHARIST
In this 45 minutes, four part DVD, Fr. Joe Kempf walks us through the celebration of the Mass and opens us to a new appreciation of – and awe for – the sacrament of the Eucharist.  DVD#:  22.007
 
 
DRAW NEAR: A Video Guide to the Catholic Mass
A simple and practical way to explain the Mass, explore the structure of the Mass, its particular parts, and the meaning of its rituals.  DVD#:  22.008
 
 
A HISTORY OF THE MASS
This DVD traces the evolution of the Mass, showing how it was shaped and reshaped by times and cultures, as well as developments in theology and the arts.   DVD#:  22.009

 
                       VIDEOS ─ THEOLOGY (EUCHARIST) in Liturgy Office
*videos have accompanying notes or study guide.  Some videos are non-professionally filmed
 
The Eucharist of Jesus*                                                                                                                                                                            LENGTH: 2 hours, 15 min
SPEAKER:                                                                 Rev Robert Fabing                                                                                                                                                           PUBLISHER: Epoch/NALR
A spirituality for eucharistic celebration. This is a three-segment six program presentation on the Mass. Part I: The Liturgy of the Word,  Part II Liturgy of the Eucharist, Part III The Priesthood of Jesus and the Eucharist as Sacrament.  (Excellent guidebook with questions and topics for discussion)  VID  # 12.701
 
 
The Eucharist Yesterday...Today...Forever
SPEAKER:                                                                             Glendinning, Rev. Barry                                                                                                            Non-professionally videotaped
A four-part series of eight excellent presentations given by Father Glendinning on January 27-28, 1989 at the Diocesan Liturgical Conference. Although these will probably not serve for public viewing anyone can appreciate these videos for a better theological, pastoral and spiritual understanding of the Sunday Eucharist. Each tape is approximately 2 hours.  See the complete set.  VID # 12.702-12.705
Tape 1: Regaining our Roots (history of initiation); Moving toward the centre (Eucharist as Church Sacrament)
Tape 2: The church (Assembly Of God); Dynamics of Sunday Eucharist (a new look at participation)
Tape 3: Coming to Grips with Change (an explanation of the new Mass);
Tape 4: Dismissal unto Mission (Pastoral implications of Sunday Eucharist);  Eucharist, the Feast of the Kingdom.           
 
 
The Challenge of Eucharist-- the Sacred Banquet of the Community:
SPEAKER:                                                                 Members of the Liturgical Commission                          Non-professionally videotaped
a Diocesan workshop given April 29, 1989 by members of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission--Father John Hibbard, Joanna Seitz (tape 1) and Sister Wanda MacDonald (tape 2) .  A set of two videos. VID # 12.706-12.707
Tape 1:  Sacrament of Praise and Thanksgiving;   Sacred Banquet of the Christian Community.
(slides are also included in the presentation.)                 
Tape 2: Call to Conversion and Mission - allow the Liturgy to Liberate us.
 (slides are included in the presentation)                        
 
 
Table of the Lord                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    LENGTH: 13 MIN.
SPEAKER:                                                                             Crowley, Bonaventure, OFMConv                         PUBLISHER: The Liturgical Press
By focusing on the message of Christian responsibility in the Eucharist, this visual meditation urges viewers to share their good fortune by feeding and clothing others.  A powerful presentation, it makes an excellent teaching tool to help Christians of all ages see the connection between the Mass and the rest of their week at work and play.  Just as Christ has generously called us to his saving table, so must we call others to ours.  The text of this program is appropriate and clear enough for a variety of audiences to understand and appreciate.   ISBN 8146-7742-8                       VID  #  12.708
 
 
Let's Celebrate Eucharist*                                                                                                                                                                                   LENGTH: 2 hours
SPEAKER:     Fr. Malcolm Smith
Divided into 8 segments, Father Smith explains in his own style, the various aspects of the Mass that people might wonder about.  Basic divisions are participation, tradition, entrance rites,  Liturgy of the Word, Liturgy of the Eucharist.  VID  # 12.709 
 
 
Introduction to Liturgy*                                                    PUBLISHER:  Twenty-Third Publications.
SPEAKER:                             Emily Besl                                                                                                        VID  # 12.710-12.714
A five video programme of straight-forward lectures which are both challenging and enlightening. It answers such questions as “What does liturgy tell us about God and ourselves?”, as it probes the structure, history, and, most importantly, the spirit of the liturgy.   The series comes complete with study guides that include discussion questions for review and a comprehensive bibliography.  It is is well-suited to adult formation groups, as well as training and enrichment programs for liturgical ministers, catechists, and members of the assembly. Each tape is approximately 25 minutes.
Tape 1:            Liturgy as Sacrament - Recognizing God’s Grace *
Tape 2: Liturgy as Dialogue - Revealing & Expressing Faith *
Tape 3: Liturgy as Communal Worship - Responding as an Assembly *
Tape 4:                                                            Liturgy of the Word - Listening *         
Tape 5: Liturgy of the Eucharist - Sharing *
 
 
This is the Night                                                                                                                                                                                                              LENGTH: 30 MIN.
The Easter Vigil                      PUBLISHER: Liturgy Training Pub.
In this video, we follow the elect and the candidates from the celebration of the third scrutiny during lent through their baptisms and receptions at the Easter Vigil, to Easter Sunday morning.  The people of St. Pius V parish and their sponsors, initiation team members, parish staff members and parishioners describe their experiences of Christian initiation.  (The video shows adult baptism by immersion at the Easter Vigil.)
ISBN 0-929650-87-5    VID#  12.715
 
 
The Sunday Eucharistic Assembly: Part I                   LENGTH: 2 hours
SPEAKER:                                                                             Dr. Frank Henderson                                                                                                                             Non-professionally videotaped
This set of four videos give the Principles of Pastoral Ministry. Taped at the Diocesan Liturgical Conference, Oct. 23-24, 1992.  Each tape is approximately 2 hours. A set of four videos # 12.716 - # 12.719
Tape 1: The Church, a Mystery: The Sunday Eucharistic Assembly: the focus of the parish Community; Full, Conscious, Participation: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy No. 14                               
Tape 2:  The Priest in the Assembly: the priest as minister in and to the Assembly;   Forming the Assembly: increased awareness that we worship as assembly.
Tape 3:  The assembly is the Church at Worship: Our Baptismal Identity;  Eucharist, the Action of the whole people of God; Participation: verbal, non-verbal and musical forms of participation. 
Tape 4: Ministries in the assembly; Liturgy and Life: Sent forth to serve, witness and evangelize.
 
 
Eucharist: The Parish Comes Alive                                                                       LENGTH: 2hours
SPEAKER:     Rev. Barry Glendinning Non-professionally videotaped
A set of three video tapes made at the Archdiocesan Liturgical Conference, Jan. 17-18 with Rev. Barry Glendinning and Simone Baryliuk. Focus is on Liturgy, Catechesis and Mission. Approximately 2 hours each.  A set of three videos                        VID  # 12.720 - # 12.723
Tape 1: Celebrating the Feast of the Kingdom: Liturgy, the summit and source of Parish Life; Recovering the Church’s ancient festal Joy (includes slides)
Tape 2: Pastoral Concerns: Question Period; Catechesis: Recovering the Church’s ancient teaching core: Paschal Faith; Developing a New Agenda; On interpreting the Signs of the Kingdom; Recap: Celebrating the Feast and Interpreting the Signs of the Kingdom
Tape 3: Mission: transforming the world into the shape of the Kingdom; Making all things new; Workshop: Paschal Life –  How can today’s parish breathe new life into an ailing world? The Vision
 
A Taste of God*                                                                           LENGTH: 120 MIN. (15 min. seg.)
SPEAKER:     Fr. Joe Kempf PUBLISHER: Liguori Publications
Exploring the Church’s most powerful resource for spiritual growth and practical living.  Why do we celebrate the Eucharist?  What gifts are we promised and what demands does it make on us before we can fully appreciate its richness?  Father Joe Kempf offers a fresh look at the great treasure and challenge of the sacrament.  This excellent video, intended for small groups, encourages discussion, prayer and group activities.  Each segment is 10-15 minutes long and covers the following topics: Hunger / The Quiet Presence of God / Called to the Gathering, The Challenge / Called to the Gathering: The Gift / A Meal for Sinners / The Voice of God / Broken, Poured for Love / I Am Here for You / Mission / To Say “Amen”.  Father Joe uses Scriptures, ancient wisdom stories, and practical, often humourous, modern-day examples to create a closer relationship with God and the Church.  ISBN 0-7648-0021-3  VID  #  12.723
 
 
A Walk Through the Mass
AUTHOR:      Bishop Donald W. Wuerl         PUBLISHER: Our Sunday Visitor
The bishop goes through the Mass step-by-step showing us what is done and explaining why it is done. He examines the liturgical sights and sounds, altar vessels, furnishings, and vestments.  This is a simple easy-to-use video that answers questions the new or not-so-new Catholics may be asking.
ISBN 0-87973-580-5.    VID  # 12.724
 
 
Liturgies of the Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Vigil
PRESENTERS: varied                                                             PUBLISHER: Liturgy Training Pub.
An excellent set of three videos on the Paschal Triduum: the Three Days which are the centre and climax of our Christian year.  Any parish group would be stimulated to love and appreciate our Catholic tradition by watching these videos.  It will open eyes and hearts to new possibilities.  Three very different parishes allowed LTP to record their celebration of the Vigil.  You will hear many parishioners share their wisdom as they keep the Triduum in fasting and anticipation of the Great Vigil - which they will celebrate with patience, joy, loud enthusiasm and many tears.  From the children in the school and the religious education program, to the youth group, the liturgy committee and the parish council, to adults, seniors and the homebound - this video will fuel discussion about what Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil are all about and what it all means.   Three videos # 12.725 - #12.727
 
 
Holy Thursday                                                                                                   LENGTH: 29 MIN.
Liturgies of the Triduum # 1                                                   PUBLISHER: Liturgy Training Pub.
This video explores what we do in the first hours of the Three Days, after lent is quietly left behind.  We see and hear how the church assembles on Thursday night and processes into the Paschal Triduum.  After people have heard powerful scripture readings, taken time to wash each other’s feet, raised a collection for the poor, celebrated Eucharist and gone singing in procession with the Blessed Sacrament - then the Three Days are well begun.  ISBN 1-56854-343-3 VID  #  12.725
 
 
Good Friday                                                                                                       LENGTH: 26 MIN.
Liturgies of the Triduum # 2                                                    PUBLISHER: Liturgy Training Pub.
This video explores what happens in the afternoon or evening of Good Friday.  The church assembles in a way that it unlike any other day of the year.  Kneeling or prostrate, all are silent.  Then the scriptures are proclaimed, and many prayers of intercession are changed.  Finally, the holy cross is set down in the midst of the church, and, for as long as it takes, each person comes forward to venerate and honour the wood of the cross, all the while singing of its glory.  ISBN 1-56854-344-1  VID  #  12.726
 
Easter Vigil                                                                                                        LENGTH: 55 MIN.
Liturgies of the Triduum # 3                                                   PUBLISHER: Liturgy Training Pub.
 From Thursday night until sundown on Saturday, the church prays and keeps the paschal fast.  Then the church celebrates the great Easter Vigil, which is the subject of this video.  “This is the night,” the cantor proclaims, the night spent first around a blazing fire, then around a newly-lighted candle, then with the scriptures, from which we proclaim once again the stories of our salvation.  Finally, the saints process to the front, where those who have been long preparing renounce evil, profess faith in Christ, and enter the waters. Then they are anointed with chrism and join the rest of the joyful assembly to celebrate the Eucharist.  It is a splendid night, indeed!  ISBN 1-56854-343-3   VID  #  12.727
 
Hour of Glory: The Easter Triduum
SPEAKERS:                                                                           Margaret Bick and Bishop Meagher                               PUBLISHER: Vision Broad.
A set of three videos on the Triduum produced by Vision T.V., Holy Week (April 20, 21, 22) 2000. Margaret Bick speaks of the liturgy of the day followed by a homily on the feast by Bishop Meagher, who is now the Archbishop of Kingston.  These are excellent videos for liturgy committees to study while preparing their own parish liturgies; as well as for shut-ins who are unable to attend the parish church services.  A set of three videos.  VID #  12.728-12.730.
                                                                                    Tape 1:  “Hour of Glory” - Holy Thursday     
                                                                                    Tape 2:  “Hour of Glory” - Good Friday         
            Tape 3:  “Hour of Glory” - Holy Saturday
 
                                                                       

                              VIDEOS ─ PREPARING FEASTS AND SEASONS
*videos have an accompanying notes or study guide.  Some videos are non-professionally filmed
 
 
Making Sunday Worship Work*                                                                       LENGTH: 117 MIN.
PRESENTER: Rev.  Donald Osuna                 PUBLISHER: Franciscan Comm.
We all want Sunday Mass to be an inspiring and a deeply prayerful celebration. This video is designed to help prepare for Sunday worship to do just that. The programme offers stimulating and inspiring scenes of the ministers within the celebrating community.  Each part is approximately one-half hour and can serve for excellent discussion.
Part 1: Ministries of Welcome: artist, usher, greeter, song leader and presiding priest all explain the importance of animating the congregation before the liturgy.
Part 2: Ministries of Music: cantor, music director and a church choir director demonstrate how congregational and choral music play a key role in enabling the assembly to pray well together.
Part 3: Ministries of the Word: lector, deacon, homilist give attention to proclaim the scriptures with power and conviction.
Part 4: Ministries of the Table: acolyte, deacon, presider, eucharistic minister and bread baker present their personal experiences of these ministries.    VID  #  14.701
 
 
HolyWeek: The Triduum
PRESENTER: Rev. Murray Kroetsch                                                     Non-professionally produced
Diocesan workshop held January 17, 1987. Father Murray discusses the Mystery of Lent: beginning with an understanding of the Paschal Mystery; our baptismal incorporation  into Christ, and that all liturgy celebrates the Paschal Mystery. Then he speaks about each of the three days of Holy Week:  Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday.  VID # 14.702 (2 copies)
 
 
Celebrating the Seasons: Advent/Christmas
PRESENTER: various members of the Liturgical Com.                           Non-professionally produced
Diocesan workshop held November 12, 1988. Some use of slides were also used.  Only two of the sessions are presented here: Environment and Creativity: presented by Sister Wanda MacDonald and Sister Gayle Desarmia;  Proclamation of the Advent/Christmas Readings  by  Mary Pat Byrne. Parish Liturgy Committees will find much here to help them prepare for the Season–symbols and customs of the season, ideas for creating banners and other aspects of the environment.  Lectors will also profit from the explanation of  the connectedness of the various Sundays of the Advent/Christmas Season and a better understanding of the various readings.   VID # 14.703
 
 
Gathering the Children                                                                         Non-professionally produced
Diocesan workshop held at the Diocesan Centre on November 10, 1990. Several pastors and teams participated in these two tapes.
Tape 1: Directory for Masses with Children, sample liturgies, planning, discussion
Sister Doherty presents the vision of the Directory for Masses with Children as it regards Liturgies of the Word with children on Sundays. Three parish teams present casually their way of organizing the primary, older and eldest groups who come for Junior Liturgy. Some discussion takes place after these presentations.            VID # 14.704 
Tape 2: Questions continued from morning session led by parish group, resources discussed by Sister      Mary Hamilton, a panel speaking about how they do Children’s  Word Liturgy,  as well as explaining the development of Family Masses at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Some music included.  VID  # 14.705
 
 
Let’s Celebrate Holy Week*  
PRESENTER: Rev. Malcolm Smith                                                                             Privately but professionally produced
In this video Father Smith explains each one of the liturgical celebrations of Holy Week. With a camera crew, he went to five different parishes in Montreal (St. Mary’s, St. Edmond’s, St. Patrick’s, Good Shepherd and St. Ignatius of Loyola) and recorded the different liturgies of Holy Week.  On this video he explains each celebration as it unfolds.   VID # 14.706
 
 
How to Celebrate the Word with Children...and why                                     LENGTH: 33:30 MIN.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Gerard A. Pottebaum                         PUBLISHER: Treehaus Publications
This video provides a demonstration of a celebration of the Word with children, supported by a wealth of information on the main components of a celebration, their significance, and the importance of adapting the reading in language children understand. People who authored the Directory for Masses with Children, or piloted the Sunday lectionary series were involved in creating this video which not only informs, but communicates the spirit of celebrating the Word with children.  VID # 14.707
 
 
Children, Liturgy and the Word*                                                                         LENGTH: 26 MIN
PRESENTER: Maria Leonard             PUBLISHER: Liturgy Training Pub..
This video presents the celebration of the Liturgy of the Word with Children.  It is not meant to demonstrate how the LWC should be celebrated but invites parishes to explore reasons why they might choose to celebrate a separate Liturgy of the Word with Children; and  how such liturgy would be adapted to age, abilities, and capacity of children; and how to integrate the children into a single assembly. 
ISBN 1-56854-218-6    VID # 14.708
 
                                                           

COMMENTARIES ON RITUALS AND DOCUMENTS
*videos have an accompanying notes or study guide.  Some videos are non-professionally filmed.
 
 
We Shall God Up With Joy:  The Entrance Rites of the Mass                               LENGTH: 30 MIN
PRESENTERS:  Varied                                                                     PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Pub.
Through the various ways of doing the entrance procession and greeting, we see how these rites take people who are isolated by their individual cares and bring them and their cares to be the church.
ISBN 1-56854-048-5    VID  # 11.725
 
 
The Word of the Lord*:  The Liturgy of the Word of the Mass                           LENGTH: 29 MIN.
PRESENTERS:  Varied                                                                                                          PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Publications
Christians are people of the book, the Sacred Scriptures.  Every Sunday our communities gather to read our book and to listen.  In this video we see the people of Christ the King in Las Vegas on the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.  The word of God is proclaimed with vigour, respect and understanding.  Those who read the scriptures and those who preach talk about their preparation and ministry.  Parishioners speak about what they need and hope for from the liturgy of the word, including the singing of psalms and acclamations around the attentive listening to scripture.  People reflect on the place of Sunday scripture in their lives, how it is read at home and in places where children and adults gather for discussion and study.  ISBN 1-56854-047-7  VID  #  11.726
 
 
The Roman Catholic Mass Today                                                                        LENGTH: 30 MIN.
[The Introduction to the 4-part video series on the Mass]      PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Publications
What does it look like and sound like when the parish leadership has made strong liturgical celebrations the heart of all parish life?  This video is guaranteed to get people’s attention and start some conversations. 
Here are four parishes from four very different parts of the Catholic Church in the United States.  And they know so well what to do when Sunday morning comes!  From preparation in the home to the procession and singing of the entrance.  From attentive listening to God’s word to the setting of the table and acclamations of praise in the Eucharistic prayer.  From their Great Amen to their communion procession and their busy visiting after Mass.  From older children through veteran Catholics;  everyone can get a glimpse of the direction we are going with liturgical renewal.  Suitable to show to parish staffs, to general adult education groups; for retreats, for training ministers, for liturgists and catechists, for presiders and ushers, singers and readers.  ISBN 1-56854-049-3        VID  #  11.728
 
 
Lay-Led Sunday Worship:  Understanding Sunday Worship In the Absence of a Priest
AUTHOR:      Patrick L. Malloy          PUBLISHER: The Liturgical Press
By focussing on lay-led Sunday worship celebrated in three different parishes, the vieo explains the structure of services as outlined in the National Council of Catholic Bishops’ Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest and gives the reactions of parishioners, presiders and priests to this emerging form of Catholic worship.  Included in this presentation is an excellent step-by-step instruction on the Liturgy of the Hours and how it is structured.  Of interest to all Adult groups examining ways and means of leading a faith community in prayer.          LENGTH: 33 MIN   ISBN 0-8146-7904-8 VID  #  11.729
 
 
PREACHING THE JUST WORD – a five video series  See individual listings for description.
PUBLISHER: Lit.Training Publications
I -  Preaching the Just Word *                                                        PRESENTER: W. Burghardt et al.
Here is excitement and enthusiasm about preaching.  This montage of presentations, conversations and interviews will expand the viewer’s vision of justice and provide practical pointers for honing and improving preaching skills.  It inspires homilists to give the assembly what it is entitled to, desires and needs. How can our homilies both encourage and challenge our communities to live justly in a challenging time?  How can we preach about justice without using jargon and cliche?  How can we recognize and name the power of sin and injustice in the world?  Where do we find the even greater power of grace, love and reconciliation?  LENGTH: 40 MIN.  ISBN 1-56854-077-9           VID  # 11.730
 
 
II -  A Biblical View of Justice                                                   PRESENTER: Sharkey, Sarah A. O.P
We are presented with a biblical view of justice - the right ordering of all relationships: with God, with our brothers and sisters, and with the earth.  Beginning with the scriptures and building on the Catholic tradition of social teaching, we see how justice takes shape in daily life.   VID # 11.731
 
 
III - Catholic Social Teaching                                                                  PRESENTER: Carr, John L.
With lively stories and startling examples, Carr presents the “signs of the times,” the cultural and political world in which we live our faith. What unique response and vision can the Catholic community of faith give?  Answers come from years of experience: the practical direction for preaching and actions, dangers to avoid. LENGTH: 100 MIN. approx.   ISBN 1-56954-138-4     VID # 11.732
 
 
IV - The Liturgy that does Justice                  PRESENTER: Hughes, Kathleen RSCJ
What is the connection between liturgy and justice? Does the God of justice speak only through the word and homily or rather throughout the entire liturgy? What is the role of liturgy in the process of conversion?  Hughes traces the development of the liturgical and Catholic social action in the United States.  Because the homily is integral to the liturgy, the presenter gives a method of preparation and reflection based on the liturgy itself. LENGTH: 90 MIN. Approx.  ISBN 1-56854-138-2 VID # 11.733
 
 
V - Preparing the Homily                                                               AUTHOR: Walter J. Burghardt, SJ
“An unprepared homilist is a pastoral peril” says Walter Burghardt. What is adequate, appropriate preparation?  How can the radical dimension of the gospel as it touches society be heard in the church?  Burghardt leads us step-by-step through both remote and proximate preparation for effective preaching.  He explores the role of scripture, theology and tradition and demonstrates how to translate these into popular language.  Biblical justice based on fidelity to God, our sisters and brothers and the earth is contrasted with ethical justice.  From the example of this master preacher we learn the role of imagination and rhetoric in preaching.  Burghardt shares with the viewer a practical, realistic approach to preparation and gives suggestions for homilies on special occasions. LENGTH: 24 MIN. ISBN 1-56854-140-6  VID  #  11.734
 
 
Fire in the Pews *                    LENGTH: 30 MIN.
PRESENTERS:  Varied                      PUBLISHER: Oblate Media/Com. Corp.
Focusing on a unique and diverse group, this program looks at what Black Catholics share with other U.S. Catholics, and at those things which are unique to them.  An exciting look at a group which is sure to challenge and inspire the American Catholic Church.  VID  #  11.735
 
Eucharistic Adoration            LENGTH: 28 MIN.
AUTHOR:      Groeschel, Rev. Benedict J., CFR          PUBLISHER: Pauline Video
Why is adoration of Jesus in the Eucharist central in Catholic devotional life?  Father Benedict Groeschel explains that the Eucharistic presence of Christ is for all of us. This inspiring program clearly presents the Church’s teaching on the Eucharist, including the development of Eucharistic devotion from earliest Christian times up to the present day.  Encouraging both reverence and devotion, Father Groeschel urges the viewer to discover or rediscover the joy of spending time with the Lord through Eucharistic adoration. Ideal for both parish and personal use.  ISBN 0-8198-2342-2          VID  #  11.737
 
 
Gather Faithfully Together*               PUBLISHER: Lit.Training Publications
Based on the Pastoral Letter of Cardinal R. Mahoney.   VID # 11.738
 
 
What Do We Do at Mass? *                                                                                 LENGTH: 17 MIN.
PRESENTERS: Varied                       PUBLISHER: Lit.Training Publications
A video for children that takes children seriously!  The children (ages 7-13) in the video speak about their understanding of the Mass.  They speak with confidence and spontaneity, providing wonderful insights into the Mass that will inspire not only their peers but adults too. This video is a remarkable witness to the religious life of children.  A leader’s guide packed with ideas for continuing this conversation with children in your care is included with this video.  Along with questions for discussion and a list of resources, it includes a transcript of the children’s reflections heard on the video.  It is appropriate for Junior and Senior Kindergarten, grades 1-6; as well as review of the Mass for First Communion Preparation, as well as the formation of Altar Servers.  ISBN 1-56854-346-8       VID  #  11.739
 
 
Mass In A Moment     
PRESENTER:   Margaret Bick                                                 PUBLISHER: Nat.Cath. Broad.Council
Originally presented on National Television during October 2000, these short clips on the various parts of the Mass would be excellent for beginning discussions, for study groups, liturgy committees and all interested in deepening their understanding of the Catholic Celebration of Eucharist.   VID  #  11.740
 
 
A Mass in American Sign Language
AUTHOR:      Patrick Graybill & Fran Ripplinger       PUBLISHER: Nat. Cath. Office/Deaf
The Mass signed but without voice-over.  Also available are lesson plans for preparing deaf children for Holy Communion (four binders).       VID  #  11.741
 
 
A History of the Mass
AUTHOR:                                          Rev. John H. McKenna                                                                                                          PUBLISHER: Our Sunday Visitor
This excellent video traces the evolution of the Mass, showing how it was shaped and reshaped by times and cultures, by theologies and the arts.  You will see the visual record of our past and hear from witnesses along the way, people who got engaged in the conversation about the meaning and celebration of Sunday Mass.
Especially useful for RCIA, High School and Adult groups, liturgy committees, school and parish staffs.
VID  #  11.743
 
 
Why We Go to Mass *                                                               LENGTH: 87 MIN. (three 30 min. seg.)
AUTHOR:                                                      Rev. J-Glenn Murray, SJ                                                                                         PUBLISHER: Loyola Press
Why do we celebrate Mass?  How is the Mass relevant to our lives today?  Popular liturgist J-Glenn Murray, S.J., takes on critics who challenge that the Mass is “boring” or has little to do with daily life.  He shows viewers the dynamic celebration that is our Catholic liturgy.  In this video, Rev. Murray energetically addresses such issues as table fellowship and ritual, then walks viewers through the order of the Mass, explaining how each part calls for our “full, conscious, active participation” in God’s work here on earth.  ISBN 0-8294-1934-9         VID  #  11.744
 
 

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The Deacon: Minister of Word and Sacrament
(USCC, 1979)Bishop's Committee
A study text which has as its purpose the presentation, from the historical, theological and pastoral perspective of two of the ministries of the diaconate: diakonia of the word and the diakonia of worship.  12DI.BISH
 
Permanent Deacons in the United States: Guidelines on Their Formation and Ministry
By:       NCCB 
The diaconate was restored as a permanent ministry both out of a concern to regain for the Church the full range of its ordained ministers and to meet the challenges of a new age. These guidelines have been drawn up on the basis of the Church=s tradition, the challenges of Christian service in modern society, and in light of the experience gained in the years since the diaconate was restored in the U.S. 12.NCCB
 
Permanent Deacons
By:       Russell Shaw
An overview of the Permanent Diaconate in the U.S. 12DI.SHAW
 
Service Ministry of the Deacon
By:       Rev. Timothy J. Shugrue
This planning document, as approved by the general membership of the NCCB in 1986, the Bishop=s Committee on the Permanent Diaconate was authorized to prepare a series of monographs as part of a structured catechesis on the permanent diaconate.  12DI.SHUG
 
The Liturgical Ministry of Deacons
By:       Michael Kwatera, OSB                                                       PUBLISHER: The Liturgical Press
This short work is directed to all deacons, both permanent and transitional, in the hope that it will promote their formation for service within the Church=s Eucharist, other sacramental rites, and communal prayer.  It explains how the duties of the deacon within the liturgy may be performed effectively.  
 

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RESOURCES IN PASTORAL CARE SECTION

A Caregiver's Companion     By:  J. Daniel Dymski
As the older adult population increases and the number of clergy decreases, the ministry of lay pastoral caregivers -parishioners who visit the sick and elderly - has become a vital one in the Church. This book offers guidance and training to pastoral caregivers serving parishioners who are homebound or in care facilities.   12PC.DYMS

Handbook for Ministers of Care     By:  Genevieve Glen
This is a manual for those already involved in the ministry of care, and for those preparing to undertake this vital work. Here you will learn: a theology of sickness and suffering; how the communion ritual works; practical advice on making pastoral visits; how to take care of yourself while caring for others; where to find further information about illnesses affecting those you visit. 12PC.GLEN

Caring for Yourself When Caring for Others     By:  Margot Hover
Margot weaves Scripture, personal stories, situational experiences, and prayer into a practical and uplifting support for caregivers. Based on her work in the field of pastoral care, Margot offers simple, direct advice for dealing with day-to-day occurrences facing those who give care to other people. She imparts to the reader a whole-hearted conviction that a reliance on God's judgment and providence is the only steady - and necessary - source of support for the frazzled caregiver. 12PC.HOVE

The Ministry to the Aging     By:  Millie Hynes
The Ministry to the Aging offers practical advice to those involved in the care of the elderly in the family home and in retirement and nursing homes and challenges others to respond to this ministry with understanding and compassion. 12PC.HYNE

Health Care Ministers     By:   Novalis
To visit the sick is a personal and a communal responsibility of the parish Christian Community. Some participate by praying to the sick, others in direct ministry, and all by becoming more aware of the power of caring in our interactions with others. This booklet is written to give some insights to those who hear this call, and to initiate ongoing growth in its creative ministry. 12PC.MCGE

Ministry to the Homebound: A 10-Session Training Course     By:   Kent Miller
Following the process outline in this book, you can build an effective visitation program in your community. Ten sessions form the basis for helping your ministers make regular and meaningful visits to persons who are ill and homebound and to their families and caregivers. 12PC.MILL

Ministry to the Sick     By:  Rev. Gerald Niklas
This is a concise and practical handbook for Christian ministers whose duties involve the care of hospitalized and/or sick persons. Written by a Catholic priest and a teaching nurse, it shows acute awareness of the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of hospital patients and their families. 12PC.NIKL

With God's Oldest Friends     By:   Henry Simmons
With God's Oldest Friends is filled with realistic, detailed and practical information for pastoral caregivers. Highly recommended as a resource for anyone who wants to prepare responsibly to offer pastoral care in the nursing home.  12PC.SIMM

 

RESOURCES IN MORALITY SECTION

Euthanasia: Moral and Pastoral Perspectives     By:  Richard M. Gula, S.S.
Efforts to legalize euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are increasing, and public debate is intensifying. Public appeals for and against euthanasia have been made on passionate, largely pragmatic grounds. Yet, underlying both the feelings and the pragmatism are conflicting spiritual visions and moral values. This book is a welcome resource for the general reader as well as health care practitioners.  It is a simply written, straightforward introduction to the euthanasia question. For anyone concerned about society's slide toward legalized mercy killing, this book is a helpful response.   22.GULA

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide: Killing or Caring?     By:  Michael Manning, M.D.
In this brief but informative work, author Michael Manning describes the historical background and conceptual framework within which the current debate over euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide is taking place.  While the Roman Catholic position is explored in some detail, the book also addresses the arguments stemming from both philosophical and medical considerations.  Using concise, nontechnical language, the author explains the arguments for and against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in a clear and evenhanded manner.  This book provides an excellent overview for readers who are new to the controversy as well as those readers who wish to deepen their understanding of a complex area of debate.   22.MANN

How to Forgive    By: John Monbourquette
“What does it take to forgive?” asks priest and psychologist, John Monbourquette.  His answer is a unique twelve-step guide which offers profound and practical advice on overcoming the emotional, spiritual and psychological blocks to true forgiveness.  22.MONB
 

RESOURCES IN GRIEF/BEREAVEMENT SECTION

In All Our Affairs:  Making Crises Work for You
Al-Anon
There is no situation too difficult to be bettered and no unhappiness too great to be lessened.23.ALANON

Rites of the Sick                             By: Archdiocese of Chicago
23.ARCH
Psalms and prayers and scriptures organized to help prepre and then celebrate the rite of penance, the rite of holy communion and the sacremant of the anoingint of the sick.

Now and At The Hour Of Our Death     By:  Archdiocese of Chicago
Important information concerning medical treatment, finances, death and funeral. 23.ARCH
 
Cries from the Heart: Stories of Struggle and Hope     By:  Johanne Christoph Arnold
Everybody’s talking to God these days.  Is anyone listening? Cries from the Heart answers a specific spiritual hunger millions share - a longing for a personal connection to the divine.  It tells stories about real men and women dealing with adversity.  People will see themselves in these glimpses of anguish, triumph and peace.  23.ARNO

Handbook for Those Who Grieve
What you should know and what you can do during times of loss
Martin Auz & Maureen Lyons Andrews     Loyola Press, 2002
This valuable resource guide provides practical information for people who are grieving and the people who support them. Material is presented in an easy-to-read format for quick reference.  23.AUZ

Nobody’s Child Anymore     By:   Barbara Bartocci
All grieving takes time.  It can’t be hurried or covered up.  But grieving for a parent can be especially complicated.  What if your relationship wasn’t very good?  What if there are unresolved issues?  What if you must care for a living parent in the midst of your own grief?  This book approaches all the hard questions with compassion, a hopeful outlook, and a wealth of practical wisdom.  23.BART

Caregiver's Gethsemane (When a Loved One Longs To Die)     By:  Cecile Bauer
This book serves as a source of strength and sustenance to caregivers who are dealing with the care of a terminally ill loved one. A gentle and moving mix of personal experience, scripture verses, meditations and original prayers, this well-crafted, powerful book offers caregivers a spiritual resource to use during the precious little "downtime" they encounter as they wait for their loved ones to be brought to their eternal rest. It is during this period of waiting - a time filled with the heavy burden of their own anguish as well as the suffering of their loved ones - that readers can turn to this book and find comfort, hope and perhaps, most importantly, a sense of trust in God.  23.BAUE
 
The Last Journey: Reflections for the time of grieving
John L. Bell                                GIA Publications, Inc., 1996
The author explores the myriad emotions that accompany loss, offering us a way to grieve, to earch through the struggle before us – and perhaps enabling us to find the courage to face the world with a renewed sense of hope.  CD-Songs for the time of grieving accompanies the book. This resource was used in a Separated and Divorced Retreat.  23.BELL

My Loved One Is Dying
John Biegert     Pilgrim Press, 2004
This booklet is ideal for times that call for contemplation or prayer, for times of difficulty or worry, for times of joy and happiness and for special occasions and events.  Hey will help you find the right words, a caring thought, a comforting reflection.  23.BIEG

Mourning After Suicide
Lois Bloom     Pilgrim Press, 2004
This booklet is ideal for times that call for contemplation or prayer, for times of difficulty or worry, for times of joy and happiness and for special occasions and events.  Hey will help you find the right words, a caring thought, a comforting reflection.  23.BLOOM

Rites of Death and Dying
Lawrence Boadt, Mary Dombeck, Richard Rutherford     The Liturgical Press, 1988
This book provides three addresses given at the meeting of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical commissions, 1987. The Titles: The Scriptures on Death and Dying and the New Funeral Rite/ Death Rituals and Life Values: The American Way/ Funeral Liturgy - Why Bother? A Practical Theology of Death and Bereavement.  23.BOADT

Such is the Way of the World (A Journey through Grief)     By:  Barbara Schiff Brisson
The author offers clear, simple and practical ways to deal with one of life's most difficult challenges: grief and mourning.  23.BRIS

I Don’t Know What to Say
How to Help and Support Someone Who is Dying
Dr. Robert Buckman     Key Porter Books, 1988
The author deals frankly and in plain language with many of the real concerns likely to trouble a dying person.  He explains how to talk to them, and how to listen sensitively to what he or she says. A person’s death is often upsetting and almost always sad, but by talking and listening - by knowing what to say - it can become for both the patient and supporter a moving and rewarding time of life.  23.BUCK

Parenting After the Death of a Child
Jennifer L. Buckle and Stephen J. Fleming
The death of a child has a tremendous and overwhelming impact on parents and siblings, completely altering the psychological landscape of the family.  Those working with bereaved parents as well as researchers, educators and students interested in the topic, will find this book to be a rich, sensitive and invaluable resource.  23.BUCK

Protect Us From All Anxiety: Meditations for the Depressed     By:  William Burke
Protect us from all anxiety offers hope and consolation to those suffering from the terrible effects of depression, as well as those trying to understand and assist others in their struggle for wholeness.
23.BURK

Amazing Grace for Those Who Suffer
Jeff Cavins & Matthew Pinto     Ascension Press, 2002
A most compelling collection of stories of hope and healing. These true stories will make you laugh, make you cry, and show you the power of God’s healing grace.  23.CAVI

A Thoughtful Word, A Healing Touch
Joseph M. Champlin    23.CHAM

Through Death to Life: Preparing to celebrate the Funeral Mass
Joseph M. Champlin     Ave Maria Press, 1990
This booklet includes prayers and blessings, suggestions for songs and readings and explains the ceremonies and symbols of a Catholic Funeral Mass.  23.CHAM

Preparing for Eternity: A Catholic Handbook  for End-of-Life Concerns
Joseph M. Champlin      Ave Maria Press, 2007
This book will guide readers through the practical physical, emotional, and spiritual concerns that everyone faces at the end of life such as making a will or naming a health care proxy. Each topic is supported with real-life illustrations that challenge adult Catholics to attend to these very important issues through the eyes of faith and the wisdom of the Church’s tradition.  23.CHAM

The Death of a Parent
Dell Chatman
This book is filled with stories of people who have lost a parent and how they dealt with the reality of that event.  23.CHAT

New Hope in Christ    By:  CCCB
A pastoral message on sickness and healing.  23.CCCB

Parenting Through Crisis     By: Barbara Coloroso
In this companion to her bestselling kids are worth it!, parenting educator Barbara Coloroso shows how parents can help children find a way through grief and sorrow during the difficult times of death, illness, divorce and other upheavals. She offers concrete, compassionate ideas for supporting children as they navigate the emotional ups and downs that accompany loss, assisting them in developing their own constructive ways of responding to what life hands them.  23.COLO 

Parenting with Wit and Wisdom in times of Chaos and Loss    By:  Barbara Coloroso 
When our lives are thrown into chaos and confusion by illness, divorce, death or other loss, we need to rely on the T.A.O. of Family: time, affection and optimism.  If we spend time with our children, attending to their needs but also showing them affection, compassion and kindness, and sharing with them a sense of optimism, we affirm that both grief and joy are vital and inevitable parts of life.  28.COLO (Family section)
    
Sacred Threshold    Paula D’Arcy
Powerful personal stories from the author that invite us to reconsider the nature of love and thresholds we must cross in order to love honestly.  23.DARCY

Winter of the Heart     Paula D’Arcy
The author shares her life’s work in accompanying you through various seasons of grief and the emotions that come with the loss of a loved one or after other major changes in life.  23.DARCY

Visiting and Caring for the Sick     By:  Isabelle Delisle with Richard M. Haughian
This guide is intended for relatives, friends and volunteers as a practical introduction to assisting sick people in the specific circumstances of their illness. It is meant to help care-givers be present with them in a spirit of compassion and mutual search for spiritual growth.  23.DELI

Your Grieving Child     By:   Bill Dodds
Children ask hard questions.  Sometimes it’s difficult to find the right words - the right way - to answer.  That can be especially true following the death of a loved one.  This book is designed to help you answer your children’s questions about death and dying.  It also offers you a better idea of what your child might like to ask but hasn’t been able to put into words.  For teens and older children, you may just want to give them the book and allow them the opportunity to examine it alone.  Your Grieving Child can bring comfort and hope to your grieving family.  23.DODD 

A Time of Grace (One Family's Experience with Chronic Care)    By:  Daniel Donovan
Through narrative and reflection, this book tells the story of one elderly but still active and independent woman who was suddenly incapacitated by a stroke and of how she and her family attempted to cope with her reduced state. 23.DONO

Fighting Cancer with the Help of Your Catholic Faith
Lorene Hanley Duquin     Our Sunday Visitor, Inc, 2005
Here is solid, encouraging, practical help and support for anyone who has cancer and for his or her family members and friends.  23.DUQU  

Grieving with the Help of Your Catholic Faith
Loreen Hanley Duquin       Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., 2006
This book gives Catholics a meaningful way to help themselves or others through this challenging time with personal stories, reassuring prayers and spiritual wisdom.  23.DUQU

Finding a Loving God in the Midst of Grief
Susan M. Erschen
Drawing from her own journey of grief, her experience as the facilitator of a grief recovery and support group, and the stories of saints and ordinary people who have dealt with grief, the author provides us with an inviting and gentle approach to the natural process of grief.  23.ERSC

Love and Laughter:  A Healing Journey
Catherine Ripplinger Fenwick, 2004
This book is an engaging discussion of what we can do to help ourselves to create a fuller and more rewarding life.  23.FEN

Water from the Rock
Lyn Fraser                                    Paulist Press 1994
A collection of open-ended reflections that offer a chance to make sense of our losses and find some degree of healing in grief.  23.FRAS

Life is Changed, Not Ended:  Planning and Preparing a Catholic Funeral
Bernadette Gasslein and Fr. Cornelius O’Mahony                 Novalis, 2005
This booklet guides you through the readings and prayers for a Catholic funeral, allowing you to choose the ones most appropriate and meaningful for you.  23.GASS

Cure of Mind and Cure of Soul (Depth Psychology and Pastoral Care)     By:  Josef Goldbrunner
Cure of Mind and Cure of Soul considers knowledge of self to be the basis for a spiritually healthy relationship with the external world. Matters of conscience, of the laws that guide personal life, of problems encountered in the learning process and of the God-person relationship, are treated with equally satisfying clarity.  23.GOLD

Realization (The Anthropology of Pastoral Care)     By:  Josef Goldbrunner
The author speaks not only to pastors and educators, but to all who wish consciously to grasp the meaningfulness of personal existence and to take a stand in their own authentic name - in the name given to them by God when He called them into existence. 23.GOLD

When A Friend Dies: A Book for Teens About Grieving and Healing
Marilyn E. Gootman, Ed.D.                        Free Spirit Publishing, 1994
Let the author’s genuine understanding, gentle advice and compassionate wisdom guide you through the days, weeks or months after the loss of a friend.  23.GOOT

The Love of God     By:  Aelred Graham
An introduction for laymen to read in order to gain clear and adult notions of the basic doctrines of faith. A most inspiring spiritual guide.  23.GRAH

Teenagers Face to Face with Bereavement
Karen Gravelle & Charles Haskins     Julian Messner, 1989
With special understanding because they’ve been through it all, seventeen young adults discuss the death of parents, siblings and friends in this sensitive and caring book. Teens going through similar experiences will appreciate the honesty of their counterparts, as they talk about such important subjects as personal relationships with the terminally ill; initial reactions after a death; problems facing classmates and friends; difficulties coping with depression; feelings of pain, guilt and anger; and steps toward a renewing family life.  23.GRAV

The Next Place     Warren Hanson Waldman House Press, 1997
An inspirational journey of light and hope to a place where earthly hurts are left behind. An uncomplicated journey of awe and wonder to a destination without barriers. The Next Place is above all, a celebration of life.  23.HANS

Holding On ... While Letting Go
Joan Hemenway     Pilgrim Press, 2004
This booklet is ideal for times that call for contemplation or prayer, for times of difficulty or worry, for times of joy and happiness and for special occasions and events.  Hey will help you find the right words, a caring thought, a comforting reflection.  23.HEME

Intimate Death
Marie de Hennezel                                Random House, 1997
As the author tells the stories of her patients and their families, she teaches us how to turn death from something lonely and agonizing into a sacred passage.  She discusses the importance of an honest reckoning, the value of ritual, the necessity of touch.  23.HENN

Caring for Yourself when Caring for Others     
Margot Hover     Twenty Third Publications, 1993
The author weaves Scripture, personal stories, situational experiences and prayer into a practical and uplifting support for caregivers.  She offers simple, direct advice for dealing with the day-to-day occurrences facing those who give care to other people.  23.HOVE

Always Precious In Our Memory: Reflections after Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Neonatal Death
By:  Kristen J. Ingram
This is a collection of heartfelt meditations that address the many powerful emotions felt by mothers and fathers who have endured the death of their baby. Each brief reflection - combined with a carefully chosen Scripture quotation - will help parents, family members and friends understand the grief, regret, anger and guilt they are feeling. 23.INGR

Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
Bryan Mellonie & Robert Ingpen      Bantam Books, 1983
A moving book for children of all ages, even parents too. It lets us explain life and death in a sensitive, caring, beautiful way. Lifetimes tells about beginnings. And about endings. And about living in-between.  It helps us to remember. It helps us to understand.  23.INGPEN

Walking with God through the 12 Steps
Frances Jay                                    Acta Publications, 1996
In a style that is both poetic and passionate, this book chronicles one person’s painful yet promising battle against addiction.  Readers can share in the struggles, rejoice in the growth and take strength for their own personal journeys.  23.JAY

Morgan's Baby Sister     By:  Patricia Johnson and Donna Williams
The Helping Children Who Hurt series was created to assist adults with the difficult and often painful task of helping children understand their feelings about personal tragedies. Counsellors, healthcare professionals, bereavement ministers, teachers, and parents may use this book with families who are grieving the loss of a baby. A special section in the back of the book offers guidance to adults for helping children through personal losses. The section also includes discussion questions to encourage young listeners to talk about the story and relate it to their own experience.  23.JOHN

Goodbye Mom, Goodbye
Philip E. Johnson     Welch Publishing Company Inc., 1987
This book was written from the author’s own experience.  His mother died very suddenly when he was 11 years old. More than a decade after her death, he decided to share with children his thoughts and feelings about life and death.  23.JOHN

Rediscovering the Art of Dying
Nuala Kenny                                        Novalis, 2017
Drawing of the Passion of Christ, Sr. Kenny reflects on the inevitable questions we all face regarding health, illness, suffering and dying.  She provides a profound spiritual and biblical reflection by linking Jesus’ own experience of suffering and death with real-life stories about patients in today’s world.  23.KENN

Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One
William C. Kroen, Ph.D., LMHC                     Free Spirit Publishing, 1996
In clear, concise languate, Dr. Kroen offers comfort, compassion and sound advice to any adult who is helping a child cope with the death of a loved one.  He offers suggestions on how we can respond to children at different ages and stages, and describes specific strategies we can use to guide and support them through the grieving process.  23.KROE

On Death and Dying     By:  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
What the dying have to teach doctors, nurses, clergy and their own families
An excellent book on the management of the terminally ill that offers hope for the understanding of human strengths and weaknesses experienced during a very difficult time.  23.KUBL

Questions and Answers On Death and Dying     By:  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
This is the sequel to On Death and Dying and consists of the most frequently asked questions and Dr. Kubler-Ross's answers. 23.KUBL

To Live Until We Say Goodbye    By:  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Extraordinary visual record of Dr. Kubler-Ross's work. The brilliant photographs gives a gripping, intimate view of her counselling work with terminally ill patients as she brings them to an acceptance of death. 23.KUBL

An Empty Crade, A Full Heart     By: Christine O’Keeffe Lafser
Reflections for mothers and fathers after miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death
Lafser offers grieving parents the empathy and courage that can come only from one who has walked the same difficult path.  23.LAFS

Healing Grief, Finding Peace                            Dr. Louis E. LeGrand
Grief counselling expert describes 101 tips and prescriptions to help mourners through their tragic loss.  His specific coping strategies offer practical advice, ultimately giving readers pathways for achieving lasting inner peace by using the one thing you can control – your own response to grief.  23.LEGRA

Mind of Clear Light: Advice on Living Well and Dying Consciously
His Holiness the Dalai Lama (translated by Jeffrey Hopkins Ph.D.)    Atria Books, 2003
Join His Holiness the Dalai Lama on a spiritual journey as he shares the ways in which active contemplation of the deep nature of the mind - clear light - and its manifestation throughout our life and at death can reveal to us how to live realistically and meaningfully. Tapping this profound inner clarity, we are fully able to appreciate and enjoy our precious time while alive and advance on the path to enlightenment.  23.LAMA

From Grief to Grace: Images for Overcoming Sadness and Loss    By:  Helen R. Lambin
This book address the powerful emotions and feelings common to difficult situations. It is not a sad book, but one that helps people through some of the dark hours of sadness and loss that comes into everyone's life. BOOK#: 23.LAMB

The Death of a Husband: Reflections for a Griefing Wife     By:  Helen R. Lambin
Any woman who has lost a beloved husband knows these feelings. Whether he died yesterday, last month, last year or a decade ago, the sense of grief lingers. It may change with the passing of time, the help of friends or new life circumstances, but the feelings of loss never end. A collection of poignant reflections that offer insights that will touch a woman's heart, heal her soul and point out new and hopeful directions. BOOK#: 23.LAMB

To Begin Again:  The Journey Toward Comfort, Strength and Faith in Difficult Times 
Naomi Levy                                Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1998
The author, Rabbi Levy, tells us how to thrive, emotionally and spiritually, when we feel overwhelmed by pain, loss or life itself.  23.LEVY

Coping with Loss
Carol Luebering
This book offers sage advice for anyone suffering from grief brought on by the loss of a job, a friendship, a home, a stage in life, and the most intense of all, a loved one.  The author offers practical and spiritual advice when we seek solace, peace and relief from the darkness that envelops us during the many stages of grief.  23.LUEB

Mommy, Please Don’t Cry:  There are no Tears in Heaven
Linda Dey Maz      Random House, Inc. 2003
A book of hope and healing. Adorned with beautiful illustrations, the gentle, poignant words express the love of heaven through the eyes of a child.  23.MAZ

Out of the Ashes: A Handbook for Starting Over
By: Patrick J. McDonald & Claudette M. McDonald
Out of the Ashes deals with deep changes in life that are serious, difficult and often painful. The reality of change confronts a person with questions about life, mortality, human destiny, and meaning.  An evolution from a state of helplessness to a mature spirituality will involve five processes: Disintegration, Sifting, Reconstruction, Reintegrating, Transcendence.  23.MCDO        

Grief Quest: Men Coping with Loss
By: Robert Miller     Saint Mary’s Press, 1996
This book allows us a remarkable look (for men and women, for caregivers, and for individuals on the journey) at what the male journey is and, most of all, what it can become if we willingly commit to the quest for healing.   23.MILL

To Love Again - Finding Comfort and Meaning in Times of Grief     By: Jean Monbourquette
Accepting the natural pain of loss helps begin the healing journey through the grief process. To Love Again offers us help to live our losses well, to find comfort and healing in the midst of our grief.  23.MONB

How to Love Again: Moving from Grief to Growth
John Monbourquette, 2001
A book that can offer you comfort in a time of despair.  It is intended to accompany you on your journey.  The author describes the kind of healing that comes after loss.  23.MONB

God’s Garden: A Story About What  Happens When We Die
Kevin Morrison      Ambassador Books, 2009
A lovely book which will not only comfort children but adults as well.   23.MORR

The Bereavement Ministry Program (A Comprehensive Guide for Churches)
Jan Nelson / David Aaker     Ave Maria Press, 2009
Parish-proven and customizable for diverse audiences, this program provides everything needed to begin and nurture a parish-based program of bereavement care for individuals and families. This program includes detailed guidelines and reproducible materials geared to a number of different kinds of grief experiences, a searchable CD-Rom containing letters and handouts that are the trademark of this program, updated resource lists with recommended reading and national grief support organizations, extensive practical advice on healthy grieving practices.  23.NELS

The Power to Prevent Suicide: A Guide for Teens Helping Teens
Richard E. Nelson, Ph.D.,  and Judith C. Galas                 Free Spirit Publishing, 1994
In this book, the reader will learn:  why someone might want to die; what you need to know about suicide and suicidal people; how to recognize the warning signs of suicide; how to reach out to a friend in danger; how to get help; how to get your schools and communities involved in suicide prevention; how to help yourself when you’re feeling stressed, depressed, or overwhelmed.  23.NELS

Seeds of Hope     By:  Henri Nouwen
A choice selection of passages from Nouwen's best work. In these inspiring pages, Nouwen addresses the human hunger for success, for knowledge, for peace and for love. He explores the mysteries of life and death, of prayer and compassion, of loneliness and intimacy, of God and man.  He looks at the controversial issues of our day that stand as a challenge to the soul - issues such as political oppression and the threat of nuclear holocaust - and he point the way to a triumph of the human spirit.  23.NOUW

When the Time Comes: A Guide to My Last Wishes
Novalis, 2006
When completed, this resource will provide a guide not only to your wishes concerning your funeral, but also to your financial circumstances. 23.NOVA

Psalms and Prayers for Times of Grief
Novalis, 2017  23.NOVA

The New Day Journal: A Journey from grief to healing     By:  Mauryeen O'Brien, O.P.
The New Day Journal offers those who have lost a loved one in death a structured way to work through the tasks of grief. This nine week program is based on the premise that journaling one's thoughts, feelings, and experiences is one of the most helpful ways to move beyond the pain that is caused by the death of a loved one.  23.OBRI

Praying Through Grief     By: Mauryeen O’Brien, O.P.
This book is a resource which allows anyone to organize prayer services designed specifically for those wrestling with grief. These brief, practical services combine prayer, meditation, scripture and song as well as a small ritual which helps draw participants into the process. Each service is centred on a theme, and specific suggestions are given for occasions on which particular services might be used. Praying Through Grief allows participants to acknowledge the pain they feel, to relive cherished memories, and to move toward healing. There is reason to hope, these services remind the participants; as surely as spring follows winter, new meaning and beauty can emerge from pain. 23.OBRIEN

Catholic Thinking on End of Life Decisions
Rev. Michael P. Orsi, Ed.D.     Pauline Books & Media, 2000
A concise and practical guide to the Church’s teaching on proportionate and disproportionate means of prolonging life.   The author discusses the steps you can take now to provide instructions for your medical treatment in the event that you are unable to communicate your informed consent. Real case studies are used to illustrate how to make difficult medical decisions that respect human dignity and the gift of life.  23.ORSI

The Resurrection of the Body     By:  Karl Rahner
The Resurrection of Christ/The Fact of Our Resurrection/Our Resurrection 23.RAHN

Caring for Those With Alzheimer’s
Joan D. Roberts     Alba House, 1991
The author wrote this book with two thoughts in mind: to help Alzheimer’s caregivers in their duties and to show pastors and counsellors how the spiritual and emotional needs of the caregiver can be met.  23.ROBE

Praying Our Goodbyes     By: Joyce Rupp
This book is for anyone who has experienced loss, whether it be a job change, the end of a relationship, the death of a loved one, a financial struggle, a mid-life crisis or an extended illness.  This book is about the spirituality of change. (Ave Maria Press, 1988)  23.RUPP

Your Sorrow is My Sorrow     By: Joyce Rupp
The author relates the Seven Sorrows of Mary to our own sufferings and opens for us a vast reservoir of courage, strength and wisdom.  Her book is about us.  And it offers us compassion, comfort and healing.  23.RUPP

Caring for the Dying with the Help of Your Catholic Faith
Elizabeth Scalia     Our Sunday Visitor, , Inc. 2008
This practical guide will help you see that your fears, worries and even the odd moments of humour, are perfectly normal parts of the process of “letting go”; understand what resources are available through the Church; find the right words to answer hontest and practical questions; discover the beauty, grace and even the joy, that can come from departing this earth on God’s time.  23.SCAL

The Bereaved Parent
Harriett Schiff     Penguin Books, 1982
This is the only books of its kind for parents whose child has died - and for all who want to help them. Many such parents feel that no one can help because no one can understand the complex ramifications of their tragedy; the exhaustion, the quarrels with mates, the sleeplessness, the panic, the inertia, the horror of laughter - all the seemingly endless aftermath of sorrow and despair. If you have lost a child, you know that pain like yours cannot be erased. The author offers guidelines and practical step-by-step suggestions to help  cope with every stage of grief, from facing the funeral to rebuilding your marriage.  23.SCHIFF

Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss        Grief Watch, 1999
By: Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen
In this richly illustrated new book, Grandy has just suffered a big loss in her life, and so she is cooking up her own unique batch of “tear soup.”  Her tear soup will help to bring her comfort and ultimately help to fill the void in her life that was created by her loss.  23.SCHW

Grieving the Death of a Mother     By: Harold Ivan Smith
Harold Ivan Smith has an extraordinary ability to weave together individual experiences, insights, passes from Scripture, and other sources to illuminate our own experience.  He combines tender glimpses, wise counsel, spiritual connection and permission to find your own way through the issues that surround the death of a mother. This book will speak to those who have gone through this loss and help those who are yet to fact it.  23.SMITH

Finding Your Way to say Goodbye
Comfort for the Dying and Those Who Care for Them
Harold Ivan Smith     Ave Maria Press, 2002
The author has been holding the hand of the dying for years and he knows how to help. Whether you are the one with the diagnosis, or the one who is caring for the dying, this book will offer support, encouragement, and some helpful tips.  23.SMITH 

The Death of a Child
Elaine Stillwell     Acta Publications, 2004
There is perhaps no more excruciating pain than the loss of a child.  It is a life-changing event that will forever scar a parent. when a child dies, bereaved parents face the challenge of rebuilding their lives, a daunting task that may often seem overwhelming.  This book is filled with examples of people who have lost a child and how they dealt with the reality of that event.  A collection of life-giving lessons that touch on a wide range of emotions and situations that parents may encounter after the death of their child.  23.STILL

Aging in the Lord     By:  Mary Hester Valentine
This book explores the more common changes associated with aging, such as adjusting to diminishing strength and health, reduced finances, retirement, coming to terms with limitations and the loss of those we love. It also examines some of the more positive aspects of aging: how it affects our use of time, leisure, friendship and faith. Most importantly, however, this book documents the power of our spiritual life and how it keeps our hearts open and our lives fulfilled at a time when life seems most complex.  23.VALE

Seeing Beyond Depression     By:Jean Vanier
Depression is a painful reality, an illness that we cannot treat by ourselves.  We need help to recover from it, and a friend to walk with us through the difficult times.  Jean Vanier, one of the great spiritual writers of our time, has written this simple and clear book about depression.  The writing is inspirational and sympathetic as he explores how we can move beyond depression - out of the darkness into the light.  23.VANI

Care for the dying & the bereaved
Essays by various authors     Anglican Book Centre, 1982
This book is intended for several audiences: those who work professionally with the dying and the bereaved, those who must cope with the death of someone close to them, and those who wish to effect on the issues, moral and intellectual, raised by death and bereavement. 23.VARI

Dealing with Loss and Grief
Cathy Gross, Sharron McKeever, Mary Ann Takacs Debly
This compassionate, user-friendly resource offers information and helpful suggestions for guiding intermediate and senior students through a range of losses, from the death of someone important to changing schools, from bullying to parents’ divorce, from not being chosen for a team to breaking up with a girlfriend or boyfriend.  23.VARI
 
Guiding Children Through Life’s Losses            Twenty-Third Publications, 1998
Prayers, Rituals and Activities.   23.VARI

The Death of a Wife: Reflections for a Grieving Husband     By:  Robert L. Vogt
The Death of a Wife is a collection of poignant reflections for a husband mourning the loss of his wife. Each brief story and poem considers a different facet of the grieving process. These insights will touch the heart, heal the soul, and point out a new and hopeful direction.  23.VOGT

Lost for Words    Dr. Bill Webster 
There are times in life when you realize that words are just not enough.  Nothing we say or do ever seems sufficient and we are left feeling inadequate.  This booklet gives useful suggestions and ideas of practical help.  23.WEBS

A Not So Jolly Christmas     Dr. Bill Webster
Christmas can be a difficult time for many people.  When Christmas is different because of a loss, it can be all the more depressing.   This booklet gives useful suggestions and ideas of practical help.  23.WEBS

Help Me … If You Can     Dr. Bill Webster
This book offers a balance between the very practical issues a life-threatening situation confronts, and the other reality, that we do not want to give hope.  The author provides information to guide the dying person as well as family and friends through one of life’s most frightening and difficult experiences.  23.WEBS
Understanding Bereavement    Dr. Bill Webster
A practical approach to understanding grief, loss and change in our modern world.  23.WEBS


Grief Ministry: Helping Others Mourn     By:  Donna Reilly Williams and JoAnn Sturzl
Grief Ministry: Facilitator's Guide
How do you counsel someone who has lost a child, a spouse, a close friend? What can you say about a suicide or a divorce? Let two experienced grief ministers share their wisdom and accompany you as you learn to help others mourn. The authors have added two new chapters on AIDS and job-related grief.  23.WILL

Butterflies: Talking with Children about Death... and Life Eternal
Rev. P. William VanerWyden     Thomas More Publishing, 2001
Children deserve answers to their difficult questions that are appropriate for their age and that respond tot he issues they are dealing with as they develop.  Children who get realistic, honest answers develop trust, faith and hope, and become well adjusted adults. Butterflies provides guidance for each stage of development: from infants and toddlers to high school. 23.WYDEN

Prism:  the Hurt, the Healing, the Hope
Suzy Perkins Yehl
The purpose of Prism is to mend the memories, heal the hurts and once again, have hope for a bright future.  Designed for group meetings guided by a trained facilitator.  23.YEHL

Bereavement Ministry (A Leader's Resource Manual)     By:  Harriet Young
Here's an all-encompassing resource manual for people who are interested in ministering to those who suffer the loss of a loved one. It offers detailed directions for organizing or improving bereavement support groups in dioceses, parishes, on college campuses, and in many other community situations.  23.YOUN

Door to Eternity
Irma Zaleski     Novalis, 2001
This hopeful, insightful book looks at the mystery and certainty of death and the faith and hope that we can bring to it. Not knowing what lies beyond death is the cause of our fear of death; that “unkowing” often poses the greatest challenge to our faith.  23.ZALE


OTHER RESOURCES:  

Growing Through Change     By:   Archdiocese of Omaha
A support group resource manual for youth and young adults experiencing loss and change. 28.ARCH (Family)

Mars and Venus Starting Over     By:  John Gray, Ph.D.
A practical guide for finding love again after a painful breakup, divorce or the loss of a loved one. 28S.GRAY (Separated & Divorce)

Chicken Soup for the Single’s Soul
Whether you love being single or you long to find your life partner, you’ll find wisdom, laughter and inspiration in these stories of love and inspiration for the single, divorced and widowed. 28S.VARI  (Separated & Divorce)


BOOKS IN PRAYER SECTION

Saving Graces - Reflections on hope in everyday life      By: Bertha Catherine Madott
Written in clear and thoughtful prose, Saving Graces offers a chance to pause, to ponder, to give thanks for all the little things that fill our lives, with hope and grace.  39.RABI

May I Walk You Home?     By:  Joyce Rupp (prayers)   Joyce Hutchison (stories)
The authors capture the spirit of personal companionship for those who accompany the dying on their final journey. Hutchison's moving stories relate her many experiences of caring for the dying and Rupp follows with simple and tender prayers offering caregivers both strength and hope. Whether family members, friends, chaplains or health care workers, caregivers will find here much inspiration and support for their ministry.  39.RUPP

Lord, Help Me, I'm Grieving     By:  Ph. Aviron-Violet
Lord, Help Me, I’m Sick
Full colour booklets with prayers, reflections and encouragement for those who are suffering because of illness or the loss of a loved one. 39.VARI


Loneliness     By:   Various contributors
No matter what our age, most of us are familiar with the profound feeling of loneliness. The selections in this booklet illustrate the inescapable role that loneliness plays in the life of each of us. 39.VARI

Death, Grief & Christian Hope     By:  Nancy Marrocco
Death, Grief & Christian Hope explores the meaning of the paschal mystery while dealing with issues such as death denial, the acceptance of loss, the Christian concept of afterlife, and basic skills for grieving. Through it all, the young people are led to encounter Jesus as someone who faced death and profoundly changed it - through his love. 40.MARR  (Youth Section)

BOOKS IN CHILDREN’S SECTION

Nobody's Perfect (for Children)     By:    Jenny Hessell
How can a child come to terms with unexpected and unexplained death? This is a sensitive book written specifically for children, addressing the problem of understanding death at an early age. 41.HESS

When Someone Dies (A Children's Grief Workbook)     By:   Various Contributors
Grief in children looks different than it does for adults. Children grieve and children and at different ages they will exhibit grief differently. You will find stories and activities in this booklet that are appropriate for a range of ages and stages of grief. 41.VARI

After the Funeral (For Children)      By:  Jane Loretta Winsch
The strange and disturbing new feelings that grief brings are frightening and stressful for children. This book offers some very real help to parents, teachers and other caring adults in dealing with the complex reactions that children have to a loss. Its simple format encourages honest dialogue and compassionately helps children to recognize some of the raw feelings of grief - and then confront it honestly.  41.WINS

                    





 
VIDEOS IN O.R.E.

16.700 – 16.704

WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE  (DVD)
For the first time on home video, Dr. Harold S. Kushner powerfully presents the thinking and faith behind his best-selling book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People, a source of comfort and insight for anyone confronted by tragedy and suffering.  Kushner speaks from his own painful experience, the loss of his young son, Aaron, to a rare illness. He recounts his own realization that the traditional words of consolation we so often speak - words that Kushner so often spoke to others - are far from adequate. His search for a better response leads to the Book of Job and that most profound question of faith: If God is all powerful and all good, why do good people suffer? Kushner's answer is as practical as it is theological. It provides a reaffirmation of a belief in God, and offers compassionate direction for those in pain.  Length:  1 hour  DVD#:  16.705


GRIEF MATTERS: Learning to Cope with Loss
With Dr. Bill Webster and Friends
A comprehensive guide to the grief process.  Dr. Webster address 18 relevant topics, each one dealt with as self contained 20-30 minute programme.  Topics include Understanding the Grief Process, Understanding our Emotions and Reliving our Memories, Guilt and Anger, Loneliness, Special Days, Holidays and Adjustments, Coping with Christmas, How to Help a Grieving Person.  DVD#: 27.706


CARING WITH FAITH SERIES (available on ONE DVD #16.708)
FACING MY OWN SUFFERING AND LOSS
The story segment is the true story of a successful professional woman who discovers she has breast cancer. That physical discovery leads her on an inner journey, a journey of the spirit.  The witness segment, real-life witnesses who have walked as caregivers with loved ones in times of suffering or at the approach of death reflect on the view from the outside - how those who give care and love perceive the journey of those facing their own suffering.  The teaching segment explores the questions which the onset of illness and suffering bring. The program concludes with a music video reflection featuring the classic hymn, "Amazing Grace," and images which move us through the limitations of suffering to the freedom offered by Jesus Christ.  Guide.  Length: 33 min   


BEYOND DEATH’S DOOR  (DVD)
Help for the Grieving Process After Someone You Love Has Died
This DVD gives us the hope that we can learn to live again after the death of a loved one, and not just survive.  Our task is to embrace all of their life – the good parts, the ugly parts, the hard parts – and then to make sure that love is what we remember most.  DVD#:  16.712


THE TRANSFORMING POWER OF CAREGIVING (DVD)
Returning to Life After Caregiving Ends
Whether you have cared for your loved one for one year or many, when it ends, it will feel abrupt.  The life and routine that have become yours, suddenly comes to an end with a finality that is painful on many levels.  You have become a different person during your caregiving experience, yet you haven’t had time to realize who that person is.  Your focus was on someone else, and the thought of shifting that focus to yourself may be scary.  However, exploring who you are now, as well as what you learned about yourself – and about life itself – during your caregiving experience can be an experience full of discovery and adventure.  DVD#:  16.713    


GRIEVING THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A LOVED ONE (DVD)
There is no adequate preparation for dealing with the sudden death of a loved one.  This video will take you through seventeen segments of the grief process.  DVD#:  16.714


SURVIVING GRIEF
Speaker:        Clayton Barbeau
Clayton Barbeau helps the viewer to understand the grieving process and to work toward acceptance of the loss of a loved one.  Through his own experience of the untimely death of his wife, he suggests not to prolong and nurture grief, but to take one day at a time and make an effort to begin building a future.  Level: high school - adult.  Length:  24 min.  VID#:  24.736


COPING SERIES  (DVD)  - Human Development
Clayton Barbeau is one of America's most popular and entertaining speakers. His perceptions derive from a tremendous sensitivity to his own family's experiences and to his many years of involvement as a family therapist.
Tape One: Coping with Self (Guide/60 min.)
Beginning with stresses surrounding birth, Clayton humourously describes how coping with ourselves depends on our abilities to react creatively to stress. He explains how stress on individuals can bring about either good or bad results.
Tape Two: Coping with Others (Guide/60 min.)
Using a variety of anecdotes from his family experiences and the lives of his counselling clients, therapist Clayton keeps his audience chuckling as he shares insights about coping with others. 
Tape Three: Coping with Loss (Guide/60 min.)
No human being escapes coping with loss in life. Failing to cope with loss, both great and small is to wound ourselves. Clayton leads his audience to examine healthy coping from death of a loved one to simple losses in daily living.
Tape Four: Coping with Feelings (Guide/60 min.)
A lively and insightful presentation on just how to cope creatively with personal feelings like anger, fear, disappointment and depression.                 
Available on one DVD #24.761


PASTORAL CARE TRAINING VIDEOS   (Available on one DVD)  #24.773
AN OVERVIEW OF PASTORAL CARE
This program is a general look at what pastoral care is all about. Beginning with the historical connection between care of the sick and religious institutions, it supports the relationship between medical and spiritual healing, and the part pastoral care givers play in bridging the two.  

BUILDING SKILLS
Topics include: listening, uncovering the meta-story, assessing a person’s spiritual state, knowing when to make referrals and the importance of self-care.  

ASSESSING AND DISCERNING
This program builds on the insights of Building Skills and gives the pastoral care volunteer the skills to be a compassionate presence to a person in need.  

PASTORAL CARE FOR THOSE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS
Here is an overview of the 18 year progression of the disease and how its evolution and current drug therapies have changed the focus of pastoral care in North America. This program provides an awareness of some of the sensitive issues people living with HIV/AIDS face everyday, and outlines the do’s and don’t’s of ministering to those infected. 

PASTORAL CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH CANCER
People with cancer have special needs. This program helps the pastoral care provider understand the experience and how to “be there” for someone enduring it. 

PASTORAL CARE OF THE DYING
There is perhaps no greater challenge to the pastoral care provider than taking part in a person’s journey toward death. This video provides practical insight as well as inspiration to encourage the pastoral care provider to stay in the tension of this time as a person of faith. 
    

             

BOOKS IN LITURGY

Order of Christian Funerals                 
AUTHOR:  National Liturgical Office    PUBLISHER: CCCB Publications
This Canadian edition includes extensive pastoral notes, complete rites for adults and for children, and a wide variety of texts to be used in special circumstances (e.g. tragic death suicide, cremation).  Nine models for the Liturgy of the Word and two for Evening Prayer are also included in this edition for Vigil or Wake Services.  LENGTH: 433 pages  ISBN: 0-88997-235-4   BOOK # 10.007 (2 Copies)

Vigils and Related Rites from the Order of Christian Funerals
AUTHOR:  National Liturgical Office    PUBLISHER: CCCB Publications
A companion to the Order of Christian Funerals, this booklet contains everything mourners need to participate fully in the celebration of the funeral rites.  A selection of 26 hymns from Catholic Book of Worship III are also included.  LENGTH: 109 pages  ISBN: 0-88997-247-8   BOOK # 10.007

Rites of the Sick
AUTHOR:  David Phillipart, editor     PUBLISHER: Liturgy Train. Public.
Contains prayers and scripture for use of those who visit the sick and pray with them or listen to their questions and concerns.  Topics deal with Before the sacrament of Penance, Before the Anointing, the rite of Penance, Communion of the Sick, Anointing, About Illness and Faith.  LENGTH: 60 page booklet
ISBN: 1-56854-141-4   BOOK # 10.013 - A 

Prayers of the Sick
AUTHOR:  David Philippart, editor    PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Public.
Prayers for Throughout the Day, for Myself and others, In time of Pain, Going into the Hospital, Before Surgery, Invoking the Saints, In time of Recovery, About Terminal Illness.  LENGTH: 58 page booklet
BOOK # 10.013 - B

Pastoral Care of the Sick:  Rites of Anointing and Viaticum
AUTHOR:  NCCB and ICEL jointly    PUBLISHER: Catholic. Bk. Pub. Co.
Rites of Anointing and Viaticum: approved for use in the Dioceses of the USA. by the NCCB and confirmed by the Apostolic See.  This booklet also contains rite for emergencies and rite for reconciliation of Individual Penitents.  LENGTH: 383 pages   BOOK # 10.013 - C

Prayers With The Dying
AUTHOR:   David Philippart (ed.)    PUBLISHER: Liturgy Training Pub.
Prayers to use during the watch before death. Helping to remember some of the favourite prayers which were prayed during good health to help the one dying.  LENGTH: 61 page booklet  ISBN: 1-56854-115-5  BOOK # 10.013 - D

Prayers of Those Who Mourn
AUTHOR:  David Philippart (ed.)    PUBLISHER: Liturgy Training Publ
Beautiful prayers to use when people grieve: Gathering in the Presence of the body, Keeping watch, During the days after, When Grief is too much, on Anniversary of Death.  LENGTH: 58 page booklet   ISBN: 1-56854-132-5   BOOK # 10.013 - E

The Lord is My Shepherd - A Book of Wake Services     PUBLISHER: Ave Maria Press
Prayers to accompany the U.S. funeral ritual. Includes prayers, readings and psalms for Vigil Services.  LENGTH: 32 page booklet   BOOK # 10.022
Facing Death Together:  Parish Funerals
AUTHOR:  Margaret Smith    PUBLISHER: Liturgy Train. Pub.
A resource for all parish leaders who recognize their responsibility to minister to the dying, the dead and those who mourn, and who recognize that the whole parish shared in the awesome experience of the paschal mystery.  Practical advice, true stories of pastoral situations is given as well as notes toward rites to use when disconnecting life-support, when organs are donated or bodies given to science after death. (1998)  LENGTH: 164 pages   ISBN: 1-56854-176-7   BOOK # 11.123



 

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Ministry of Hospitality
James Comiskey                                                                                                            Liturgical Press
Before Vatican Council II, we probably would not have discussed a ministry of Hospitality. Mere physical presence seemed to be all that was required of us, although we knew, even then, that worship and church life called us to much more than that. As we examine the many ministries that have emerged in the Church of our time, we discover how important hospitality is to all of the works in which we are involved. Hospitality is part of the foundation on which all of the ministries are built.  12HO.COMI
 
Ministers of the Lord's Presence:  Ushers'/Greeters' Edition
By:  Carol Luebering                                                                 PUBLISHER: St. Anthony Mess. Press
This booklet of prayers, reflections and history will help all ministers of hospitality appreciate more fully their unique ministry of helping their brothers and sisters prepare for a joyful and prayerful celebration of the Eucharist.   12HO.LUEB
 
Guide for Ushers & Greeters 
By:       Lawrence Mick
Fr. Mick links ushering with the ministry of greeting, because these two together contribute to the overall ministry of hospitality at the Sunday Eucharistic assembly.   12HO.MICK
 
Ministry of Ushers     
By: G. Smith    12.SMIT (HO)
 
Ushers, Greeters & the Ministry of Hospitality
By:       Robert Smith
As Catholic Christians, we need to reawaken our sense of hospitality. Church is community. And we are the Church. We are all called to perform the ministry of hospitality. Somebody has to get it started. Topics include: Welcoming the Guest to the Feast; General Duties of Ushers; Special Concerns; Creating or Re-creating a Hospitality Ministry in Your Parish.  12.SMIT (HO)
 
 
Missing
Ministry of Ushers
By:  Gregory F. Smith, OCarm,                                                              PUBLISHER: Liturgical Press
Along with all other lay ministries in the church today, the role of ushers at the Eucharistic assembly is being cast in new light.  They are not mere stagehands or money-collectors but exercise a true liturgical ministry of hospitality that helps to build community.  Father Smith explains how ushers can effectively serve the worshipping assembly with joy, dependability, kindness, and reverence, and thus prepare their brothers and sisters for joyous participation in the sacrament of unity.  #13.058

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This book has been written to encourage lay readers in the ministry of the word.  It helps them see their role in the larger liturgical life of the church.  It offers many practical Ado=s and don=ts@ for public readers.  Finally it provides a spiritual basis for those who serve as lay lectors.  People who are just beginning their ministry and those who have been serving in that role for a long time will equally find this a helpful and positive book. 12LE.CHAM
 
Ministry to Word and Sacraments:  History & and Theology
By:       Bernard Cooke
This book is an attempt to fill part of the gap of synthetic historical and theological nature of ministry.  12LE.COOK
 
Lector Becomes Proclaimer
By:  Jerry and Gail Ducharme                                                            PUBLISHER: Resource Pub. Inc.
Explore the ministry and spirituality of proclamation; master an effective method for preparing the Sunday readings; learn practical tips and techniques that will help a lector become a faith-filled proclaimer.   12LE.DUCH
 
Reader's Guide to Proclamation ─ Cycle A
By:       Jerome J. DuCharme                                                      PUBLISHER: Franciscan Herald Press
This book provides readers with some needed theological and spiritual formation.  This book is written for laymen to help them discover how the first two readings are connected with the gospel and how the Liturgy of the Word is part of the Eucharistic celebration.  Comments in this book centre around Jesus. It is the prayerful hope of the author that it will lead readers to a personal encounter with our risen Lord.  12LE.DUCH
 
The Joy of Being a Lector
By:  Mitch Finley                                                                              PUBLISHER: Resurrection Press.
This is a quick and practical introduction to the ministry of lector.  There are many elements about Finley=s book which make it recommended reading for all who fulfill this ministry: it is short; it is eminently readable; it is rich in theology, history and liturgy; it is practical, full of useful suggestions on how to be a better lector.  12LE.FINL
 
Speech and Oral Reading Techniques for Mass Lectors and Commentators
By:  Benedict E. Hardman                                                               PUBLISHER: The Liturgical Press
This book deals with the following topics: Role; Fear and Stage fright; Relaxation; Breath Control; Concentration and Comprehension; Projection and Intonation; Rate or Tempo; Phrasing, pause; Oral Reading Techniques; Eye Contact; Rehearsal; Pronunciation; Use of Public Address Microphone.  12LE.HARD
 
Proclaiming the Word
By: G. B. Harrison                                                                              PUBLISHER: Pueblo Publishing
This book can contribute in a significant way to raising the level of performance of the lector in our Liturgy.  It offers positive help and suggestions on ways in which the lector can be a more effective communicator.  This is done in the context of a profound understanding of the richness of the role of the lector.  12LE.HARR
 
A Well-Trained Tongue (Workbook for lectors)
By:  Ray Lonergan                                                                       PUBLISHER: Liturgy Training Pub.
This book begins in Section I, by expanding on the role of the lector in the ritual context of the proclamation. Section II deals with basic communication techniques, Section III describes the steps in preparing a reading and Section IV suggests ways of bringing the words on the page to life. The final section handles some related considerations: the lectionary, choreography, proper clothing and behaviour. 12LE.LONE
 
Guide for Lectors
Virginia Meagher and Paul Turner                                                    Liturgy Training Publications, 2006
This book is effective for training new ministers and rejuvenating the work of veterans and can be used by individuals or groups. It gives lectors the tools they need to prepare well and to proclaim with understanding. It offers sound advice for the practical challenges of parish liturgies, and it nurtures spiritual growth in the minister. 12LE.MEAG
 
Reading at Mass:  Guidelines for the Lector
By:  Frank J Mulligan                                                                     PUBLISHER: The Liturgical Press
Reading at Mass outlines the message of each of the Sunday readings of the three Lectionary cycles and provides hints as to how the lector should proclaim the readings at Mass.  Its purpose is to help the lector and the hearers understand the Word of God in the liturgy.  12LE.MULL
 
Guide for Lectors
By:       Aelred Rosser                                                                        PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Publ.
Aelred Rosser is well-known for his teaching and writing about the proclamation of the word of God in Christian assemblies. He has taken his knowledge and experience as a lector and a trainer of lectors and brought them to this new work. It is a fitting resource for those coming to the ministry for the first time or for those who are renewing their participation in this work of the church in the Sunday assembly. 12LE.ROSS
 
A Word That Will Rouse Them:  Reflections on the ministry of Reader
By:  Aelred R. Rosser                                                                         PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Pub.
This little book is not a training manual.  It does not give readers instructions about volume, pitch, pauses and eye contact.  The reflections offered here are about formation and transformation.  They are about the interior growth and spiritual insight that ministers of the word want to develop.  They are about the transformation of the reader from public communicator to genuine minister.  Almost anyone can be trained to read the words of the Bible aloud in church.  But to proclaim the word of God in the midst of the assembly, one must be formed -- and transformed.   12LE.ROSS
 
Manual for Lectors
Judith Tate                                                                                        PUBLISHER: Pflaum Publishing
This book is divided in to 4 chapters: 1. The Role of the Lector - as minister; Lector in history, In Meditation, Before the People and Lector Speaking; 2. Understanding Scripture - First Readings; Literary Forms; Second Readings; 3. Work Sheets for Lectors - Introduction, Paraphrasing, Pausing, Emphasizing, Dramatising, Introducing, Putting It All Together; 4. Commissioning Lectors - A Suggested Rite  12LE.TATE
 
The Ministry of the Lector
Caroline M. Thomas
This book gives suggestions on how to prepare and describes actual techniques on how to bring the word of God to life for our assembly at Mass.  12LE.THOM
 
Ministry of Lectors
By:       James Wallace
Since lectors proclaim, not just any word, but the Word of God, it is essential that they develop the skills required to communicate God=s message competently. This booklet first considers the Church=s advice to lectors, the nature of the Word of God, the form it takes, and the principles of oral interpretation. It then comments on the lector=s preparation and the characteristics of good public reading, treating such topics as nervousness, voice quality, volume, diction, range of voice, pace, pausing, rhythm, intonation and eye contact. 12LE.WALL
 
Workbook for Lectors and Gospel Readers                                PUBLISHER: Liturgy Training Pub.
(Cycle A) (Graziano Marcheschi) Available each year from LTP or CCCB
(Cycle B) (Aelred Rosser)
(Cycle C) (Mick)                                                                                                       # 13.019 A, B, C
  

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VIDEO RESOURCES ON MARRIAGE & FAMILY

 
 
TEN INGREDIENTS FOR HAPPY FAMILY LIVING
PUBLISHED: Tabor Publishing
A two-segment video presentation during which Fr. McNulty shares with us his experience from 32 years of pastoral ministry with families.  In each 30-min. segment we reflect with Fr. McNulty on ten ingredients of family living that he has come to value.  Fr. McNulty gives us practical ways we can integrate these values into our own family lives.  GUIDE. LENGTH:  1 hr.   VID#:  20.006
 
 
HOMES OF HONOR - PARENTING SERIES - Gary Smalley
PUBLISHER: Today's Family, 1998
Hidden Keys to Successful Parenting teaches parents how to discover their child's personality type, their strengths and weaknesses, and how to build on those strengths and minimize those weaknesses.  Gary teaches you how to move out of the two parenting styles that can produce devastating, long-range consequences, and move into the parenting style that produces the most stable and fulfilled children.  Parents will learn: how to motivate their children; how to remove walls between them and their children; and how to keep the lines of meaningful communication and love flowing both ways.  These are just a few of the areas covered in this seminar.  GUIDE.   LENGTH:  Approx. 40 min. each   VID#: 20.008
 
 
JOY IN PARENTING                                                      PUBLISHED:  Franciscan Communications
In four, 30-min. segments, Joe Schlehofer addresses common issues that concern parents: raising children, developing self-esteem, discipline and spiritual values. LENGTH:  120 min. VID#: 20.009
 
 
CREATING FAMILY                                                    PUBLISHER:  St. Anthony Messenger Press
A five-part video series that takes an engaging and inspirational look at the American family, with author, lecturer and family therapist, Clayton Barbeau.
Husband/Wife Relationship: The whole concept of marriage hinges on how husbands and wives relate to each other... and that relating revolves around their sexuality.  51 min.
Creating Family: We create ourselves, our families and each other by our responses to each other and our world... our creation means risk taking to nurture ourselves. 49 min.
The Male/Female Crisis: Obsolete American misconceptions of male, female roles are wreaking havoc in many marital relationships.  47 min.
Teens, Singles & Lovers vs. Sex: Love is learned in the home, and love education is the answer to a lot of the problems sex education is trying to solve.  53 min.
Parents as Role Models: What we do, more than what we say, is critical in parenting... we need to be open and natural with our children.  49 min.  VID#: 20.010-20.014
 
 
FAITH & FAMILY LIFE SERIES:
TAPE 1:          HOW TO RAISE YOUR CHILD WITH FAITH AS A SINGLE PARENT (Help for the Divorced or Widowed) 
Shows how a single parent can meet this challenge with confidence and hope.
TAPE 2:          HOW TO RAISE YOUR CHILD WITH FAITH
Explores some practical answers while helping parents to go on a faith journey as a family.
TAPE 3:          RAISING FAITH-FILLED CHILDREN IN A CONSUMER SOCIETY
Provides realistic answers which help children live gospel values.  VID#:  20.015-20.017
 
 
FAMILY SPIRITUALITY
SPEAKER:     Dr. Kathleen Chesto                                      PUBLISHED:  Twenty-Third Publications
This video program is a significant step in the ongoing faith journey of families.  Dr. Kathleen Chesto, a nationally known speaker and workshop presenter, enriches her audience with her thoughts and ideas on building healthy faith life within the family.   She emphasizes how the commitment we make to a family lifestyle is as important as any calling.
Dr. Chesto uses her own experience as a mother of three and a family religious education consultant to bring encouragement and affirmation to other families.  Her stories cover areas that all parents can relate to as they find support and comfort in hearing many of their own fears and feelings voiced.  This video will spark an excited response in viewers and elicit a fundamental commitment to fostering a sound spiritual life in their families.  LENGTH:  25 min.   VID#:  20.019
 
 
HOLINESS FAMILYSTYLE
SPEAKER:     Kathleen O=Connell Chesto                                     PUBLISHER:  Liguori Publications
Holiness FamilyStyle is a simple, heart-warming look at the extraordinary sacredness of all the ordinary tasks of parenting.  Dr. Chesto calls on parents to recognize their role in Amaking God visible@ in the lives of their children, while using stories to illustrate how children also play a primary role in teaching their parents about God.
This is an empowering video, designed to help parents feel comfortable with their faith and confident in their ability to share faith with their children.  Use it with parents during sacramental preparation, in young mothers support groups, in the RCIA, at PTA meetings, in marriage preparation and at the beginning of a religious education program.   LENGTH:   30 min.  VID#:  20.020

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Edited by:  James A. Wilde                                                                PUBLISHER: Lit. Training Pub.
Seven ministries for everyone in the parish -- evangelization, hospitality, Sunday assembly, prayer, discernment, peace and justice, catechist -- make the first seven chapters of this work book necessary study for all.  Thirteen other chapters -- catechumen, sponsor coordinator, sponsor, catechumenate director, etc. benefit specific people or groups.  Chapters are written by expert practitioners in particular pastoral ministries.  Teachers, RCIA directors, pastors, Bible study facilitators and liturgists need this workbook.   12.VARI
 
Whole Community Liturgy: A Guide for Parish Leaders and Lay Ministers
Nick Wagner                                                                                       Twenty Third Publications, 2005
This book offers a new framework for active participation in Sunday liturgies.  An invaluable, practical resource for any parish. 12.WAGN
 
The Ministry of the Celebrating Community LENGTH: 29 paged booklet                             
Walsh, SS, Eugene A                                                                                                                                        PUBLISHER: PAANA
This booklet is a competent exploration and analysis which rekindles basic hope that good worship can indeed take place at Sunday Mass in the much-maligned Aaverage@ parish B  identifying the problem, proposing a remedy, meaning of the ministry of the celebrating community, understanding what needs to be done to make the community come alive, practical suggestions for bringing alive the ministry of hospitality.          12.WALS
 
A Pilgrim People: Learning Through the Church Year
John H.Westerhoff III
This book looks at the Gospel texts for the Sunday readings and relates their teachings to the life and ministry of the People of God and to the cycle of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, when we dream of peace but grow weary in well-doing.  12.WEST
 
New Parish Ministries, Series I, II, III
Editor: Jerome Herauf                                                                                       PUBLISHER: Novalis
This is a series of Ahow-to@ handbooks, providing ministers with very practical materials on what to do:
Series I - ten key areas of ministry Baptism Preparation; First Eucharist; Reconciliation; Confirmation; Marriage Preparation; Liturgy Planning; Readers at Liturgy; Musicians at Liturgy; Lay Presiders at Liturgy; Health Care Ministers; Parish Prayer Groups; Parish Council.  Series II -  five key areas of ministry: Adult Faith Education; Children=s Word Liturgy; Hospitality; Separation and Divorce Ministry Series III - six key areas of ministry - Adult Christian Initiation, Communion,  the Elderly, Inactive Catholic, Recruitment and Formation, and Social Justice.  It presents pastors and pastoral teams with a rich set of resource materials, helping them to activate laity and religious in many aspects of parish life. (These handbooks are also available as individual booklets.) 
 
Living Liturgy - Year A , Year C                                                                        Liturgical Press, 2004
Spirituality - Celebration - Catechesis for Sundays and Solemnities
This book offers a practical and prayerful means to reflect on, celebrate and live the Paschal Mystery. It integrates spirituality and celebration, catechesis and pastoral practice, and the ministry of the assembly and other ministries so that celebrating the liturgy and living go hand-in-hand.  Using this book as the single source of preparing for the liturgy during the previous week, the community comes to the Sunday Eucharist fully prepared to offer God praise and thanksgiving.  Further, Living Liturgy for presiders, deacons, music ministers, hospitality ministers, altar ministers, lectors and Eucharistic ministers provides spiritual preparation and specific suggestions for ministering each Sunday.  BOOK# 13.019 A, C
 
 

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This book addresses the role of the cantor by clarifying what liturgy and liturgical music are about and helping cantors find their role within that understanding. Several chapters deal with the cantor=s primary role as psalmist.  Subsequent chapters address the cantor=s secondary role as song leader, the cantor gesture, and the identification and formation of persons called to this ministry. The final chapter identifies concrete ways the cantor is called to surrender self to the transforming power of the paschal mystery.  #13.834
 
The Ministry of Music
Kathleen Harmon                                                                                                 Liturgical Press, 2004
This book explores liturgical music from the perspective of liturgy as a ritual enactment of the paschal mystery. How do the acclamations, the hymns and songs, the responsorial psalm, and the litanies enable the assembly to participate in this enactment? What musical and pastoral choices best enable music to fulfill this role? And how does the music form us in a paschal mystery spirituality that shapes daily Christian living and makes the relationship between liturgy and life tangible. #13.835
 
Guide for Music Ministers (The Liturgical Ministry Series)
Jennifer Breedlove and Paul Turner                                                                                        LTP, 2007
Effective for training those new to the ministry and for rejuvenating the work of veterans, the book can be used by individuals or groups. It gives all music ministers the background and tools they need to pray, study and serve in the liturgy. #13.836
 

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WHEN A LOVED ONE DIES                                                     PUBLISHER: Paraclete Press, 2002
Walking Through Grief as a Teenager -  The death of a loved one is always a difficult experience.  But when you are a teenager, walking through grief is particularly poignant.  It is punctuated by all the conflicts and questions and realizations of the teen years. This video helps teen understand the grief process through the testimonies of young people who have walked through it, and gives hope that you can heal and grow through this life-changing experience. Topics include: Surviving the first days, weeks, and months after a death; Grieving the relationship lost; Grieving particular types of deaths; Facing your future; Learning to cope; Rebuilding your life.  GUIDE.  LENGTH: 30 min.  VID#: 24.776
 
AT DEATH=S DOOR                                                                 PUBLISHER:   Paraclete Press, 1999
Facing the Terminal Illness of a Loved One - Death teaches us that we don=t know what the future is going to be. This video gives excellent insight on living life to the fullest with your dying loved one. We must invest each day with as much meaning as possible.  GUIDE.  LENGTH: 35 min.  VID#: 24.777

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Restorative Justice is a process to involve, to the extent possible, those who have a stake in a specific offense and to collectively identify and address harms, needs, and obligations, in order to heal and put things as right as possible.  12PM.ZEHR
 
Malachi Dads: A Ministry for RADICAL Change (set of DVD=s)
From the humble beginnings of AWANA in the far reaches of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as AThe Angola Prison@ this Malachi Dads Ministry has broken, tamed and transformed the hearts of the hopeless, the forgotten making them a ministry among peers to be reckoned with... now the Edmonton Institution, the first Canadian Prison to embrace this ministry, has witnessed its life-changing effects and now calls and invites you to try it for yourself!
 
One of Us: Circles of Support and Accountability (DVD)
CoSA is a community based reintegration program, based on restorative justice principles, designed to accompany sex offenders who are newly released from prison and who share the community=s wish for safety from re-offending.  36 min.  
 
 
CATHOLICISM
For the first time, the beauty and truth of the Catholic Faith is illustrated in a rich, multimedia experience. Journey with acclaimed author, speaker and theologian Fr. Robert Barron to more than 50 locations throughout 15 countries. Be illuminated by the spiritual and artistic treasures of this global culture that claims more than one billion of the earth=s people.  From the sacred lands of Israel to the beating heart of Uganda, from the glorious shrines of Italy, France, and Spain, to the streets of Mexico, Kolkata, and New York City, the mystery of Catholicism is revealed.  Discover the full meaning of the Faith.  Ten episodes/1 hour each. 5 DVD set. 17.704
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Videotaped live at a workshop for parish leaders, Total Parish Ministry lives up to it's name. Fr. Bausch provides viewers with an extensive overview of the societal changes and shifts in the profile of the Catholic Church in America and provides the tools to meet the growing spiritual and educational needs of Catholics today, both young and old.
1)         Patters of Change and the Call to Respond
2)         The Evolution of Parish Renewal
3)         Profile of a Functioning Parish
4)         A Welcoming Community, an Owned Community
5)         Principles of Collaboration and Community Building
6)         The Sacramental Touch and Holy Week Liturgies
7)         Sacraments of Cohesion-Living the Life of Community
8)         Pastoral Issues - Conflicts and Leadership
GUIDE.  (Also: The Total Parish Manual)  LENGTH:  Approx. 1 hour per video   VID#:  21.712-719