Way of Holy Joy

Way of Holy Joy PDF Author: Sofia Cavalletti
Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications
ISBN: 1616710527
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Co-founder of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and scholar of Hebrew Scriptures, Cavalletti offers her insight into the spiritual life of children.

Way of Holy Joy

Way of Holy Joy PDF Author: Sofia Cavalletti
Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications
ISBN: 1616710527
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Book Description
Co-founder of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and scholar of Hebrew Scriptures, Cavalletti offers her insight into the spiritual life of children.

The Religious Potential of the Child

The Religious Potential of the Child PDF Author: Sofia Cavalletti
Publisher: Liturgy Training Publications
ISBN: 161833378X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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This book describes the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based style of catechesis that focuses on the child’s independent journey to God by working with materials in a specially prepared place called an atrium. Written by Sofia Cavaletti, the Italian scripture scholar who developed the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, this classic work demonstrates the profound spiritual capabilities of children as brought forth through their engagement in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. This book is important for anyone desiring to learn about the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd or the spiritual life of children ages 3-6. Sofia Cavaletti is an internationally known biblical scholar and was a member of the committee that prepared the Directory for Masses with Children. Together with her collaborator, Gianna Gobbi, a Montessori educator, she has traveled throughout the world forming catechists in this essentially oral method and helping to establish catechetical centers modeled on their Centro di Catechesi in Rome.

The Good Shepherd and the Child

The Good Shepherd and the Child PDF Author: Sofia Cavalletti
Publisher: Liturgy Training Publications
ISBN: 1618334565
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 295

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Book Description
Anyone familiar with the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd has probably encountered the early description of this approach to the religious formation of the child in The Good Shepherd and the Child: A Joyful Journey. With major contributions by Sofia Cavalletti, Gianna Gobbi, Silvana Montanaro, and Patricia Coulter, this book has long been a “core text’ for catechists and also for parents of children in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. Now there is a new edition, which reflects the changes in the presentations and the materials that Sofia Cavalletti made in the years before her death in August 2011. The original contributions of the authors are retained in Part I. In Part II, long time catechist and one of the first US catechists to study with Sofia Cavalletti, Rebekah Rojcewicz, has carefully outlined the current methods and developments in the work. This includes a selection of the key parables and scripture texts that are presented to the children. She also offers a new Introduction in which she describes the process by which the original authors and founders of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd came to recognize the child’s potential for a relationship with God and learned what nurtures that experience. The original art work by Julie Coulter-English is retained in this new edition.

The Religious Potential of the Child 6 to 12 Years Old

The Religious Potential of the Child 6 to 12 Years Old PDF Author: Sofia Cavalletti
Publisher: Liturgy Training Publications
ISBN: 1618333801
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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Book Description
Here at last is the long-awaited continuation of The Religious Potential of the Child (from 3 to 6 years old). The author, Sofia Cavaletti, founder of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, describes an approach to the religious education of children according to the methods of Maria Montessori, which has gained worldwide attention. In this book she draws on her long experience with children from diverse cultures and environments to describe the vital religious needs of the older child (6 to 12 years old). The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for the older child builds on the foundation in scripture and liturgy offered to the younger child (3 to 6 years old). The theme of the covenant between God and humankind, first revealed to the people of Israel, is expanded to include the dimension of time: all of history, from creation to the parousia. For the older child, awareness of participation in this covenant relationship leads spontaneously to a sense of moral responsibility, and of engagement with the cosmos in all its manifestations. This book will be a great help to educators and catechists who seek to understand the characteristics of the older child, particularly the child’s relationship with the mystery of God.

Look at the Light

Look at the Light PDF Author: Patricia Coulter, D. MIN.
Publisher: Liturgy Training Publications
ISBN: 1618333380
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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During times of suffering, loss, and grief, each of us needs companions who console and strengthen us. As Christians, we also need to understand our experience in light of our faith. At such times, Sofia Cavalletti offered her friend Patricia Coulter such guidance and encouragement. We will all benefit from reading the excerpts from her letters to Coulter, as well as meditating on the questions and carefully selected texts from Scripture and liturgy that Coulter provides. Many people are familiar with Sofia Cavelletti's writings on the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. These books help to train catechists and give the theological and pedagogical principles for that approach to the spiritual formation of children. In this book we have a rare glimpse into her personal life and her deep care for her friends, in this case, her student and friend Patricia Coulter.

A Year with Sofia Cavalletti:

A Year with Sofia Cavalletti: PDF Author: Ann Garrido
Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications
ISBN: 1616714093
Category : Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (Program).
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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Book Description
A Year with Sofia Cavalletti: Daily Reflections on the Spiritual and Theological Influences of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd provides a short excerpt for each day from significant theologians and scholars who informed Cavalletti’s understanding of Scripture, liturgy, and the spiritual life, as well as a question for further meditation. A brief biography of the writer introduces each chapter.

Ways to Nurture the Relationship with God

Ways to Nurture the Relationship with God PDF Author: Sofia Cavalletti
Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications
ISBN: 1568549202
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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The History of the Kingdom of God, Part I: From Creation to Parousia

The History of the Kingdom of God, Part I: From Creation to Parousia PDF Author: Sofia Cavalletti
Publisher: Liturgy Training Publications
ISBN: 1618330543
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 215

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Book Description
The History of the Kingdom of God I: Creation to Parousia is a revision by Sofia Cavalletti of her earlier work, History's Golden Thread, a core text in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. Another core text, Living Liturgy, has also been revised and will be the second volume, The History of the Kingdom of God II: Liturgy and the Building of the Kingdom. Together, these two volumes offer the reader insight into Scripture and Liturgy as the means to understand God's plan of salvation history, from the creation of the world, through redemption by the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus, to its culmination in the Parousia, when God will be all in all. While this first volume is essential reading for all catechists of the Good Shepherd, anyone who studies the Bible and who seeks to understand God's revelation through sacred history will be enlightened and inspired by Cavalletti's insights and scholarship. According to Rebekah Rojcewicz, the translator of both the original volume and this revision, and also a catechist herself, this revised edition is "even more essential, … a fruit of Cavalletti's more than fifty years of patient observation of and work with children in the atrium…. Essentiality is one of the strongest spiritual characteristics of even the youngest children, and it is also one of the most severe disciplines for most adults. In this book, the less is truly more, for it enables us to more readily detect the "golden thread," the plan of God that binds together the whole history of salvation.

Life in the Vine

Life in the Vine PDF Author: Rebekah Francisco Rojcewicz
Publisher: Liturgy Training Publications
ISBN: 1618334425
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Book Description
The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is an approach to the religious formation of children that is grounded in an understanding and appreciation of the child’s relationship with God through their engagement with Scripture and liturgy. In this companion to The Religious Potential of the Child 6-12 years old, author Rebekah Rojcewicz documents the decades of work and the journeys that catechists and older children, six to twelve years old, have made with Jesus the True Vine. For parents, catechists, and those who seek to take seriously Jesus’ challenge “to change and become like children” (Matthew 18:3), this book serves as an invitation to the same joyful journey.

The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd in a Parish Setting

The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd in a Parish Setting PDF Author: Tina Lillig
Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications
ISBN: 1616714239
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 82

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What happens when a parish community chooses the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for its youngest members? What questions should be asked before that decision is made, and after? What does an atrium look like? What do you need? How do you start? And how did this type of Catechesis ever get started in the first place? This newly revised edition of Tina Lillig’s practical and enduring resource offers step-by-step information to address the questions of pastors, directors of religious education, parish staff members, parents, catechists, and anyone else interested in the great blessing that young children are to the parish community.