REFERENCE INFORMATION
This page contains references for further reading or viewing in conjunction with our Religious Education classes.
Please check back for listings update. You may also check directly with your class instructor/teacher.
Reference Library
Great Ideas for Family Reading
Recommended for children in Kingergarten
I Went to Mass What Did I See
Katie Warner
Tan Books, 2018
A Child’s Book of the Mass
Betsy Puntel and Hannah Roberts
LTP, 2014
Child’s Guide to Baptism
Sue Stanton
Paulist Press, 2006
Recommended for children in grades 1-2
Child’s Guide to the Seven Sacraments
Elizabeth Ficocelli
Paulist Press, 2005
Child’s Guide to Reconciliation
Elizabeth Ficocelli
Paulist Press, 2003
Child’s Guide to First Holy Communion
Elizabeth Ficocelli
Paulist Press, 2003
Recommended for children in grades 3-4
Loyola Kids Book of Saints
Amy Welborn
Loyola Press
People of the Bible: Life and Customs
Silvia Gastaldi and Claire Musatti
St. Anthony Messenger Press
Tell Me About The Catholic Faith: From The Bible to The Sacraments
Magnificat-Ignatius Press, 2013
Recommended for children in grades 5-6
Loyola Kids Book of Saints
Amy Welborn
Loyola Press
People of the Bible: Life and Customs
Silvia Gastaldi and Claire Musatti
St. Anthony Messenger Press
Tell Me About The Catholic Faith: From The Bible to The Sacraments
Magnificat-Ignatius Press, 2013
Recommended for teens
YOUCAT
Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church
Ignatius Press
Do I Have to Go?
101 Questions about the Mass, the Eucharist, and Your Spiritual Life
Matthew Pinto and Chris Stefanick
Ascension Press
Prove It Series
Amy Welborn
Our Sunday Visitor
The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth
St. Mary’s Press, 2004
The Catholic Youth Bible:
Pray It, Study It, Live It
St. Mary’s Press
Theology of the Body for Teens: Discovering God’s Plan for Love and Life
Ascension Press, 2006
Theology of His Body/Her Body
Jason Evert
Ascension Press
Recommended for Families
The Bible
The Catholic All Year Compendium: Liturgical Living for Real Life
Kendra Tierney
Ignatius Press, 2018
LoveEd Parent Guide: Raising Kids That Are Strong, Smart & Pure
Colleen Kelly Mast
Tan Books, 2017
Colleen Kelly Mast
Tan Books, 2017
A Short Guide to Praying as a Family: Growing Together in Faith and Love Each Day
Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia Congregation
Saint Benedict Press, 2015
The Good Shepherd and the Child: A Joyful Journey, revised and updated
Sofia Cavalletti, Patricia Coulter, Gianna Gobbi, Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro MD, Rebekah Rojcewicz
National Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, USA, 2013
Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2008
Virtues in Practice
Virtues in Practice is a program for children in grades pre-kindergarten through eight to grow closer to Jesus by imitating His life and virtues.
It is set up in such a way that we all study the same virtue each month, to provide a whole-family focus. The program covers 27 virtues over a three-year cycle, with 81 saints held up as models of the virtues.
To download the materials, click here.