catechism
Saints for the Week of June 14th through 20th
WORD SEARCH AND PUZZLE using the names and some info are at the end of the post. Enjoy.
The lives of saints are very interesting, and obviously exciting – most of them martyred for their faith … most get lost in the mists of time. Here I link their names to a contemporary website like Wikipedia, which allows interesting details presented in a modern way – otherwise I link to the best sites I can find with the fewest ads. Please let me know of any broken links in this website 🙂
14: Basil the Great – care of the poor, theologian, guidelines for monastic life, worked with thieves and prostitutes to reform, great saint in Church of England, the Byzantine Rite, the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Macedonian Orthodox Church. Read the rest of this entry »
The Little Prayer Book that Could
June 4th Saints: Quirinus, Breaca, Burian, Francis Caracciolo (Patron Saint of cooks and Naples), Petroc-son of Welsh king, Optatus, Walter, Ab.
June 5th Saints: Boniface, Dorotheus of Tyre, Illidius – cured the daughter of the Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus at Trier.
My aunt was tossing out a box of books and she, almost jokingly, invited me to look through (who \would want these musty religious books), but I took her up on it.
I almost hoped I wouldn’t find anything, since we always returned from summer holiday in a hot vehicle, loaded with kids, gifts for the kids’ next Christmas from my Mom, and musty old clothes and books that no one else wanted.
Most of the books were, admittedly, pretty boring, but I wanted to take them because they were my 
grandparents’, and then … I found the PRIZE: a prayer book from 1852, that belonged to my great grandmother when she was taught by the Sisters of St. Joseph at the Sacred Heart Convent School/Academy in St. Joseph, Missouri.
My great grandmother on the left, with her sister and cousin. Graduation day. c. 1879 Read the rest of this entry »
The Four Marks of the Church
Saints for June 1st: Pamphilus (biblical scholar); Justin (regarded as the foremost interpreter of the theory of the Logos in the 2nd century); Peter of Pisa (Italian grammarian, deacon, poet); Wistan (English prince mid-800s).
Simple messaging is important, and the Four Marks (attributes) of the Catholic Church gets an A+ in simplicity and messaging of incredible meaning and importance.
The Catholic Church is ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC/UNIVERSAL, and APOSTOLIC – easy to learn, easy to remember – sets us apart from the rest! Read the rest of this entry »
Children and Convert Instruction Card
Even Cradle Catholics can use this as a review; most of us have learned it but have lost it over the years. Just click on the picture to enlarge – it should be printable. There’s a LOT of material on these compact pages, so you have to look through it slowly.
Catholicism
We’ve looked at a lot of catechisms over the years, but our favorite one is My Catholic Faith, republished in January 2000 by Sarto House in Kansas City, MO, from their 1954 edition.
It’s a larger book, which makes it impressive, and about 1.5 inches think, with great illustrations to study and larger print that makes it easy on the eyes.
They cover what we need to know as Catholics, in strictly logical sequence by subject:
- the Credo, containing what we must know and believe:
- the Commandments * of God and the Church, containing what we must do, and
- the Sacraments and Prayer, containing the means of grace by which we can attain God.
In the Preface, Bishop Morrow says that the two most importance subjects are on the Catholic Church (pages 94-149) and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass (pages 264-293).
He says that the topics not “strictly doctrinal” are on the Eastern Churches, Roman Curia, Church and State, Papal Decorations, Science and the Bible, Capital and Labor and Evolution.
I recommend this “approachable” book for families who want to ensure covering the important facts about their faith.
This book follows: My Jesus and I (kindergarten), My First Communion, and My Catechism-Book I and II (with My Bible History).
If you’ve got a grasp of the items below, the test is to put it all into practice!
A good website for review is FishEaters.com.
* Here are the Catholic Ten Commandments:
- I am the LORD your God. You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.
- You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
- Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.
- Honor your father and your mother.
- You shall not kill.
- You shall not commit adultery.
- You shall not steal.
- You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
- You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
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