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Antiqua et Nova ("Ancient and New") highlights the challenges and opportunities stemming from the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the fields of education, economy, work, health, relationships, and warfare. This document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and Dicastery for Culture and Education provides guidelines to ensure that the development and use of AI uphold human dignity and promote the integral development of the human person and society.
Living and Dying Well builds on both Sacred Scripture and Tradition, diving into Jesus' paradigmatic example of how to die (and live) and the example of saints, monks, and Catholic healthcare providers. This book challenges all of us to live (and die) with these values and practices in mind — as individuals, as families, and as broader Church communities and institutions.
As I Have Loved You explores the concept of "clerical unity," which is a way of living out one's vocation to Holy Orders with a sense of oneness, cohesion, and harmony without divisions or fragmentation. Bishops, priests, and deacons form a single, complete brotherhood while maintaining, in whole, each order's distinctive and particular contribution to the mission of the Church.
Sharing the Gospel with Our Lives is an inspiring, informative, and empowering resource for your ministry with Catholic teens. This is the book that helps you realize that Catholic youth ministry is more than putting a meeting together or teaching a class; it's about getting to know teens and sharing Jesus with them.
The document begins with a preface letter addressed directly from the U.S. Bishops to youth and young adults and continues with the three-part framework text for pastoral ministers, families, and young leaders in the Church.
El documento comienza con una carta prefacio dirigida directamente por los obispos estadounidenses a los jóvenes y jóvenes adultos y continúa con el texto marco en tres partes para los ministros de pastoral, las familias y los jóvenes líderes de la Iglesia.
The Body of Christ is called to be a faithful witness to the Gospel, with each member having a crucial personal mission.
To this end, the Catholic bishops have revised and expanded their Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with Persons with Disabilities to help assure that people with disabilities are able to participate in the sacramental life of the Church and share their own gifts as missionary disciples.
The Spirit of God is active, alive, and present in Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities. Keeping Christ's Sacred Promise, from the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), offers guidance to bishops, pastors, religious, Catholic Native leaders, and others serving Indigenous communities.
Let Us Begin highlights the unmatched witness of Francis on how to repair the brokenness of the human heart as well as to restore a world in need of renewal. As Francis realized more than 800 years ago, personal conversion is the key to renewing our Church and our culture.
With awe-inspiring illustrations and memorable rhyme, this book introduces children to the Holy Spirit and the captivating events of Pentecost. It also explains in a child-friendly way how the Holy Spirit helped the saints and has always been active in the Church throughout the ages, including today.
What you will find in these pages is a summary of the needs and situations, challenges and opportunities, hopes and dreams, gifts and talents, insights, recommendations, strategies, and successful practices for the pastoral care and accompaniment of the Hispanic / Latino people of the United States in our day.
Thinking Clearly is your introduction to philosophy in the Catholic tradition and a guide to having difficult conversations about faith, morality, the human person, and more, using natural human insights.
Go and Make Disciples provides a clear roadmap for evangelization in today's world. Written for all Catholics, not just those in parish and evangelization ministry, this book provides the faithful with a powerful instrument for opening wide the doors of Christ.
Missionary Disciples Going Forth with Joy: National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry addresses the entire Church in the United States and seeks to strengthen the Church's response to the Hispanic/Latino presence while embracing and fostering the contributions of Hispanic/Latino Catholics as missionary disciples serving the entire People of God.
Discípulos Misioneros en salida con alegría: El Plan Pastoral Nacional para el Ministerio Hispano / Latino se dirige a toda la Iglesia en los Estados Unidos y busca fortalecer la respuesta de la Iglesia a la presencia hispana/latina, mientras abraza y fomenta las contribuciones de los católicos hispanos / latinos como discípulos misioneros al servicio de todo el Pueblo de Dios.
Revitalizing Catholicism in America provides nine practical action items every faithful Catholic can undertake - nine steps which, all together, will form the building blocks of a renewed Catholic subculture. No matter what your specific gift or walk of life, you have a role to play in revitalizing Catholicism in America. This book will show you how.
Building a Firm Foundation is an eight-week evangelization and formation program for parents and guardians whose children are preparing for their first sacraments. This foundational program starts at the very beginning with the kerygma, the initial Gospel proclamation that introduces each of us to Christ.
This program will awaken in parents the capacity for an active, relational faith and equip them as they - in partnership with their children's catechists - help their children prepare for their sacraments.
This companion study guide will help you transform your parish or small faith community. Used with the revised and expanded edition of Forming Intentional Disciples, the study guide provides tools and resources to initiate conversations, share the story of faith, and begin walking the path of discipleship together.
Now the book that is changing hearts has a revised and updated study guide that will help you change your parish or small faith community. Created by people who have experienced the transformative impact of discipleship firsthand, the Forming Intentional Disciples Study Guide provides tools and resources to "break the silence," initiate conversations, share the story of faith, and begin walking the path of discipleship together.
Ten years after it was first published, Forming Intentional Disciples is still helping scores of Church leaders, parish staff, and all Catholics transform parish life from within. World-renowned author and speaker Sherry Weddell leads you through the steps that will help Catholics enter more deeply into a relationship with God and the river of apostolic creativity, charisms, and vocation that flow from that relationship for the sake of the Church and the world.
There is no perfect blueprint for evangelizing teenagers, but there is the right relationship: the parent-child bond. In Rooting Your Teen in the Faith, family coach, catechist, author, and mom Kim Cameron-Smith empowers parents to shepherd their teens, guiding them to discover their mission, deepen their faith, and discern the truth about their identity and purpose.
In Educating for Eternity: A Teacher's Companion for Making Every Class Catholic, Brett Salkeld, Ph.D., explains the role of Catholic anthropology in education and accompanies Catholic teachers in integrating the Faith into all aspects of the curriculum. From math and science to health and social studies, every subject can and should be taught from a Catholic worldview. And in doing so the true purpose of Catholic education is fulfilled.