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The Liturgy Documents The Liturgy Documents, Volume 2: Second Edition: Essential Documents for Parish Sacramental Rites and Other Liturgies Rev. Michael S. Driscoll; Rev. Msgr. Richard B. Hilgartner; Maureen A. Kelly; Rev. John Thomas Lane, sss; Rev. James Presta; Corinna Laughlin; Jim Schellman; D. Todd Williamson; Rev. Paul Turner; Catherine Combier-Donovan; Diana Macalintal; Sr. Genevieve Glen, osb; Rev. H. Richard Rutherford, csc; Michael R. Prendergast; Claire M. Gilligan; Deacon Francis L. Agnoli; Rev. Patrick R. Lagges

The Liturgy Documents, Volume One: Fifth Edition: Essential Documents for Parish Worship Rev. Michael S. Driscoll; Rev. Msgr. Richard Hilgartner; Sr. Joyce Anne Zimmerman, cpps; Rev. Msgr. Joseph DeGrocco; Jason J. McFarland; Christopher Carstens; Rev. Daniel J. Merz; Mary Elizabeth Sperry; Corinna Laughlin; Steven R. Janco; Rev. J. Philip Horrigan; Rev. Thomas J. Scirghi, sj; Michael R. Prendergast; Rev. Msgr. Patrick R. Lagges In one convenient place, this new edition of The Liturgy Documents, Volume One assembles the essential, important, and current liturgical documents needed by pastoral ministers and students to prepare and learn about parish liturgical celebrations, especially for Sunday celebrations. This fifth edition has been updated to include the revised documents found in the third edition of The Roman Missal, recent documents from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and important encyclical letters.

Volume 2 has been revised to include more of the essential liturgical documents needed to prepare the Sacred Liturgy. Contained in this volume are the praenotanda from the sacramental rites as well as additional documents needed to prepare the Mass, Eucharistic devotions, Liturgy of the Hours, blessings, and the Sacred Paschal Triduum. Pastoral overviews are provided for each of the documents explaining the theology, purpose, and authority of each of the included documents. This book also includes a detailed index and a glossary of terms related to liturgical documents and liturgical law.

The documents included in this resource are: • Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy • National Statutes for the Catechumenate • General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours • Paschale Solemnitatis • And more! Paperback, 7 x 10, 512 pages 978-1-61671-027-9 | Order code: LD2V2 $25

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Pastoral overviews explaining the theology, purpose, and authority of each are provided for every document in this volume. This book also includes introductions to the Rites, a detailed index and a glossary of terms related to liturgical documents and liturgical law. It provides ready access to the following primary documents: • Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy • General Instruction of the Roman Missal • Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the General Roman Calendar • Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest • And more! Paperback, 7 x 10, 672 pages 978-1-61671-062-0 | Order code: LD1V5 $30

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Oración dominical para Católicos 2013

Miguel Arias • This Spanish-language 13-month prayer book helps you nourish your faith through the week as you prepare for Sunday. This book begins the first Sunday of Advent, December 2nd, 2012, and contains the Sunday Gospel as well as a reflection for each Sunday and Holyday of Obligation for Year C. Its portable size allows you to easily slip it into a purse, briefcase, or backpack, so you’ll always have the Gospel with reflections readily available.

Oración dominical para Católicos 2013 includes: • prayer for each Sunday of the liturgical year • dated pages for easy reference • Sign of the Cross to begin and end prayer • the Gospel from Sunday Mass • pastoral reflections on the Gospel

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Spanish, Saddle stitched, 4 1⁄8 x 7 1⁄2, 64 pages 978-1-61671-057-6 Order code: OD13 1– 29 copies: $2 each 30 – 299 copies: $1 each 300 or more: $0.75 each

Oración dominical para catequistas y maestros 2012 – 2013 Miguel Arias • Oración dominical para catequistas y maestros 2013 provides teachers and catechists with a simple way to connect personally and spiritually to the message of scripture, using reflections that will help them to discover the spiritual side of their work with young people. This new, Spanish-language book contains Gospel readings and reflections for all of the Sundays and Holydays of the school year, from September 8, 2012, through September 1, 2013. Oración dominical para catequistas y maestros 2013 invites catechists and teachers to develop a habit of personal prayer and to reflect on the Sunday Lectionary readings. Oración dominical para catequistas y maestros 2013 is an inexpensive, meaningful gift that can be presented to catechists and teachers to honor them for their service while promoting their personal spiritual growth through their ministry. Spanish, Saddle stitched, 4 1⁄8 x 7 1⁄2, 64 pages 978-1-61671-061-3 | Order code: ODC13 1– 29 copies: $2 each 30 or more: $1 each

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Sunday Prayer for Catholic School Teachers 2012 – 2013 Julie Krakora • This new annual resource invites teachers to develop a habit of personal prayer and reflection on the word of God. This annual resource provides Gospel texts from the Sunday Lectionary and reflections that connect the message of scripture to work with young people in order to help teachers to grow spiritually through their work. It covers every Sunday and Holyday of Obligation from September 9, 2012, through September 1, 2013. This resource is a wonderful gift to present to teachers at the beginning of the year. Teachers can use this prayer resource throughout the year, on their own or in small groups, in order to grow in faith as a result of their experiences leading young people. The low cost and bulk pricing make this gift a practical choice for schools looking to do something to thank their teachers for their good work.

Saddle stitched, 4 1⁄8 x 7 1⁄2, 64 pages 978-1-61671-050-7 | Order code: SPS13 1– 29 copies: $2 each 30 or more: $1 each

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Sunday Prayer for Catechists 2012 – 2013 Joe Paprocki • Sunday Prayer for Catechists invites catechists to pray the Gospel texts from the Sunday Lectionary. It also includes reflections that connect the message of scripture to their ministry with young people. It covers every Sunday and Holyday of Obligation from September 9, 2012, through September 1, 2013. Catechists can use this prayer resource throughout the year to grow in faith as they lead young people. For directors of religious education, Sunday Prayer for Catechists is the inexpensive, meaningful gift that can be presented to catechists to honor them for their service while promoting their personal spiritual growth through their ministry. There is a dedication page in the front of the book that can be signed by the director of religious education or pastor to add a personal touch. Bulk pricing makes this gift a practical choice for parishes looking to thank catechists for their ministry. Saddle stitched, 4 1⁄8 x 7 1⁄2, 64 pages 978-1-61671-024-8 | Order code: SPC13 1– 29 copies: $2 each 30 or more: $1 each

Google Play, Barnes & Noble Nook ®, Apple iBook: 978-1-61833-014-7 $2 Amazon Kindle: 978-1-61833-015-4 $2

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Sunday Prayer for Teens 2012 – 2013

Brian K. Johnson • Help the teens in your life develop a habit of personal prayer with this new annual resource. Sunday Prayer for Teens provides teen-oriented reflections and the Gospel reading for each Sunday of the school year from September 9, 2012 through September 1, 2013. Great pricing makes this a cost effective way for youth ministry programs, religious education programs, and Catholic schools to give a meaningful gift to students.

Sunday Prayer for Teens is a great: • devotional prayer resource for teens • meditation aid for youth ministry events and programs • discussion sparker for high school theology or religious education classes • supplement to family prayer Saddle stitched, 4 1⁄8 x 7 1⁄2, 64 pages 978-1-61671-025-5 Order code: SPT13 Dated pages for easy reference

1– 29 copies: $2 each 30 or more: $1 each

The Sign of the Cross to begin prayer A reflection on the Gospel, written for teens The Sign of the Cross to end prayer

Google Play, Barnes & Noble Nook ®, Apple iBook: 978-1-61833-010-9 $2 Amazon Kindle: 978-1-61833-011-6 $2

God’s Word, Your World! 2012 – 2013: Digital Reproducibles for Catholic Teen Reflection and Action Jesse Manibusan, Julie Krakora, and Dorothy Grantham • God’s Word, Your World! provides you with the ability to ‘speak teen,’ communicating with all of the teens in your parish, on their level. This CD-ROM contains one-page, Lectionary-based digital reproducible handouts for every Sunday and Holyday of Obligation from September 9, 2012, through September 1, 2013. Each digital reproducible contains a scripture reflection, suggestion for action, and journaling questions. CD-ROM 978-1-61671-016-3 | Order code: GWY13C $25

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Celebrating the Lectionary ®

2012 – 2013

SUPPLEMENTAL LECTIONARY-BASED RESOURCE Celebrating the Lectionary ® provides engaging catechesis on the Lectionary and liturgical year. The age appropriate resources provide quick reflections on the Gospel readings for Sundays and Holydays of Obligation from August 5, 2012, through June 30, 2013. Each of the age-graded books may be used to supplement school curriculum or a faith formation program, or simply as a teacher or catechist’s go-to resource in order to facilitate prayer and reflection or fill an empty time slot with a simple, Gospel-based activity.

Features of CTL Paperback with disk, 8 1⁄2 x 11, 256 pages Single copy: $35 2 or more: $25 each

• T he age-graded resources for Primary Grades, Intermediate Grades, Junior High, and High School each include the full text of the Sunday Gospel. The resource for Preschool and Kindergarten includes an adapted version of the Gospel to meet the needs of younger children.

Each resource includes a CD-ROM of reproducible handouts

• A n age-appropriate Gospel reflection helps young people to contemplate the meaning of the Gospel through the lens of their own lives and experiences. • T he Liturgical Calendar Connection provides ongoing catechesis on liturgical colors and symbols and solemnities, feast days, and memorials. • T he Prayers and Blessings at Home page can be reproduced and sent home with young people to encourage their families to pray together, celebrate the seasons of the liturgical year, and live the message of the Lectionary each week. • T he activities, games, and reflections (which do not require any preparation or special supplies) integrate the meaning of the Gospel into the young people’s lives and actions. • T he Focus on Church Teaching section gives some insight into how the message of the Gospel is reflected in Church teaching and tradition.

Celebrating the Lectionary® for Preschool and Kindergarten 2012 – 2013

Celebrating the Lectionary® for Junior High 2012 – 2013

Rosanne Masters Thomas

Mary Kay Kelley, ssj and Catherine G. Johnson

978-1-61671-007-1, Order code: CCLK13

978-1-61671-011-8, Order code: CCLJ13

Celebrating the Lectionary® for Primary Grades 2012 – 2013

Celebrating the Lectionary® for High School 2012 – 2013

Mary A. DuQuaine and Aileen Scommegna

Lois De Felice

978-1-61671-008-8, Order code: CCLP13

978-1-61671-009-5, Order code: CCLH13

Celebrating the Lectionary® for Intermediate Grades 2012 – 2013 Christine Ondrla 978-1-61671-010-1, Order code: CCLI13

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Keeping the Seasons /

Celebremos los tiempos litúrgicos REPRODUCIBLES FOR ADVENT- CHRISTMAS 2012–2013 / RECURSOS REPRODUCIBLES PARA ADVIENTO-NAVIDAD 2012 – 2013 Kathy Coffey; Art by Jenny Reynish • Provide parishioners with rich and inspiring catechesis in attractive formats during Advent and Christmas Time with Keeping the Seasons, an economical CD-ROM containing beautifully illustrated and versatile reproducibles. The core of the resource is the seven handouts, in English and in Spanish, one for each week of Advent and Christmas.

With the Keeping the Seasons CD-ROM you can: • Print in English or Spanish • Print in color or black and white • Post images or handouts to your parish website • Print unlimited copies

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Keeping the Seasons / Celebremos los tiempos litúrgicos Reproducibles for Lent-Triduum-Easter 2013 / Recursos reproducibles para cuaresma-Triduo Pascual-Pascua 2013 Kathy Coffey; Art by Jenny Reynish • Help your parish keep Lent, Triduum, and Easter with Keeping the Seasons CD-ROM of reproducible handouts and images in English and Spanish. Bilingual: Spanish & English, CD-ROM 978-1-61671-018-7 | Order code: BKSL13C $45 (pre-publication)

Available January 2013

Holy Family Poster Art by Laura James • This 17” x 22” inspirational paper poster can be used year after year to inspire reflection and prayer through the Advent and Christmas seasons. Poster, 22 x 17 814805010184 | Order code: KSPHF $5

At the Empty Tomb Poster Art by Laura James • Laura James created a brilliant, lively image of the three Marys at the empty tomb on the first Easter morning. Poster, 22 x 17 814805010191 | Order code: KSPET $5

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Daily Prayer 2013 Daniella Zsupan-Jerome • Focus on scripture each day of the year with Daily Prayer 2013. This easy-to-use resource for group and individual prayer centers on a scripture reading each day, along with a reflection, a Psalm, intercessions, and closing prayer. The book provides an introduction to Catholic prayer for those involved in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and an easy-to-use format for Catholics of all ages. It draws on the long tradition of lectio divina, providing a simple order of prayer for each day of the liturgical year from the First Sunday of Advent, December 2, 2012, through December 31, 2013. The perfect gift for parish volunteers, teachers, and catechists, it will aid each person in the parish to foster a practice of prayer, and can be used to begin or end parish meetings.

Google Play, Barnes & Noble Nook ®, Apple iBook: 978-1-61833-006-2 $10

Paperback, 6 x 9, 432 pages 978-1-61671-014-9 | Order code: DP13

Amazon Kindle: 978-1-61833-007-9 $10

Single copy: $12 2 – 9 copies: $10 each 10 or more: $9 each

Sunday Prayer for Catholics 2013

Oración dominical para Católicos 2013

Daniella Zsupan-Jerome • This 13-month annual is perfect for on-the-go Catholics looking to reflect on the Sunday Gospel.

Miguel Arias • This Spanish-language 13-month prayer book contains the Sunday Gospel as well as a reflection for each Sunday and Holyday of Obligation for Year C.

Saddle stitched, 4 1⁄8 x 7 1⁄2, 64 pages 978-1-61671-026-2 | Order code: SP13

Spanish, Saddle stitched, 4 1⁄8 x 7 1⁄2, 64 pages 978-1-61671-057-6 | Order code: OD13

1– 29 copies: $2 each 30 – 299 copies: $1 each 300 or more: $.75 each

1 – 29 copies: $2 each 30 – 299 copies: $1 each 300 or more: $.75 each

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Señalamientos Biblicos 2013 para cada dia del año y santoral

Evangelio 2013 Evangelio 2013 contains the Gospel text of the Mass, with a daily prayer based on the Gospel as well as the liturgical calendar. Published by Edibesa.

Señalamientos Biblicos is printed in two colors to facilitate locating Sundays and Feast days, and includes biblical citations for each day’s liturgy, the saints calendar, and responses to the psalms for Mass.

Spanish, Paperback, 4 x 6 978-84-8407-990-3 | Order code: EV13 $6

Spanish, Paperback, 3 3⁄4 x 7 3⁄4, 32 pages Order code: SB13 $1.50

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At Home with the Word 2013 ®

Marielle Frigge, osb; Timothy Milinovich; Mary Ellen Hynes; Maggie Kast; Michael R. Prendergast • At Home with the Word ® is your guide to a deeper understanding of the Sunday Scriptures. This year’s annual provides the readings for Year C, along with insights from scripture scholars and action steps to spark conversation and scripture-related activities. Additional questions and action steps for families with children, RCIA, and small faith groups may be downloaded from the LTP website. At Home with the Word ® also includes prayers, citations for weekday readings, and other resources for scripture study. Whether you use this resource alone or in a group, it will deepen your experience of the liturgy and help you to feel ever more “at home” with the Word of God. Bulk pricing makes this prayer resource an economical gift to buy for every family in your parish.

Date and name of Sunday or feast: Easily find the scripture for every Sunday of the Church year. Paperback, 8 x 10, 144 pages 978-1-61671-004-0 Order code: AHW13 1– 4 copies: $8 each 5 – 9 9 copies: $7 each 100 – 499 copies: $6 each 500 or more: $5 each

Scripture: Spend the week preparing to hear God’s word on Sunday. Practice of Prayer: Discover the Sunday psalm as a source for prayer.

Scripture Insights: Begin your reflection with this nourishing background information. Google Play, Barnes & Noble Nook ®, Apple iBook: 978-1-61833-012-3 $6

Discussion questions: Enliven small-group dialogue or your own prayer with thought provoking questions.

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At Home with the Word® 2013: Large Print Edition Marielle Frigge, osb, Timothy Milinovich, Mary Ellen Hynes, Maggie Kast, and Michael R. Prendergast • At Home with the Word ® Large Print Edition is your readable guide to understanding the Sunday readings for the liturgical year. Paperback, 8 3⁄8 x 10 7⁄8 , 288 pages 978-1-61671-005-7 | Order code: AHW13L

Miguel Arias • Palabra de Dios, written especially for Spanish-speaking communities in the United States, invites you to be at home with God’s word. It provides suggestions for daily living, a Psalm and an order of prayer that corresponds with the Sunday scriptures. Spanish, Paperback, 8 3⁄8 x 10 7⁄8 , 160 pages 978-1-61671-022-4 | Order code: PD13 1– 4 copies: $8 each 5 – 9 9 copies: $7 each 100 – 499 copies: $6 each 500 or more: $5 each

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Children’s Liturgy of the Word 2012– 2013 A Weekly Resource Maureen A. Kelly • Children’s Liturgy of the Word provides liturgy preparation pages and liturgy guides for every Sunday and Holyday of Obligation from September 9, 2012, through September 1, 2013. Each liturgy guide includes words of dismissal for the presider, an opening and closing prayer, petitions for the Prayer of the Faithful, and the full text of an interactive reflection that connects the Word to the life experiences of children. Rather than focusing on catechizing or entertaining the children, Children’s Liturgy of the Word allows the power of the liturgy to act on children, facilitating their growing relationship with God and allowing them to testify to their own experiences of God’s presence.

Each session found in Children’s Liturgy of the Word provides:

Paperback, 8 3⁄8 x 10 7⁄8 , 272 pages 978-1-61671-013-2 | Order code: CLW13 Single copy: $30 2 – 4 copies: $25 each 5 or more: $20 each

• Scripture Backgrounds that illuminate each reading with citations from major Church documents.

• Liturgy Preparation pages that guide the prayer leader in getting ready to celebrate the Liturgy of the Word with children. • Liturgy Guides for each Sunday and Holyday of Obligation that provide an outline for the celebration of the Word with children.

• Season Backgrounds that give an overview of each liturgical season, the Lectionary readings proclaimed during it, and how the season connects to faith formation for children, youth, and adults.

Children’s Daily Prayer 2012– 2013 Mary Caswell Walsh • Children’s Daily Prayer offers a variety of prayer resources for children and young people in schools, religious education programs, and home-schooling settings. This resource includes an order of prayer for every day of the school year, prayer services for special times and feasts, brief prayer services to send home to families, and additional psalms and canticles. Children’s Daily Prayer provides good models of Catholic prayer, rooted in Scripture. It encourages children and young people to take a greater role in their own prayer life by leading prayer. For teachers and religious educators, it provides advice and support for praying with children and young people. Children’s Daily Prayer also offers flexibility, providing an array of essential elements and forms of prayer that can be adapted to each specific situation. Paperback, 8 3⁄8 x 10 7⁄8 , 368 pages 978-1-61671-012-5 | Order code: CDP13 Single copy: $15 2 – 9 copies: $13 each 10 or more: $12 each

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Year of Grace 2013 Julie M. Krakora, Illustrated by Brock Nicol • This Catholic liturgical calendar is for December 2, 2012, (First Sunday of Advent) to November 30, 2013 (Saturday of the Thirty-fourth or Last Week in Ordinary Time). It displays the major feasts and celebrations of the liturgical year, as well as a description of the theological concepts in the artwork. The 2013 Year of Grace calendar depicts the domestic Church.

About the Art The Domestic Church Love constitutes a great number of things depending upon the context in which the word is used. There is love of an inanimate item (ice cream); love of an animate item (pet animal to dote on); love of a subject (math) that excites us; love of a neighbor or friend who cares for us deeply; love of our family (parental or sibling which can too easily be taken for granted); and love of a spouse (the indissoluble union to teach us to grow deeper into love.) Love does “make the world go ’round.” Without a system in which to grow and learn how to be and how to love, we would walk this earth losing out on so much fun . The Catholic Church as a whole is one huge family from which we learn, grow, and test the waters of love and beliefs until we allow roots to grow into the “pot” of faith and it takes root within us so we can sprout and blossom. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) states: “In our own time, in a world often alien and even hostile to faith, believing families are of primary importance as centers of living, radiant faith. For this reason the Second Vatican Council, using an ancient expression, calls the family the Ecclesia domestica” (CCC, 1656; quoting Lumen Gentium, 11; see also Familiaris consortio, 21). Consider learning about the concept of love in a large, impersonal lecture hall with 100 people who are not seen as individuals, but rather a group of beings gathered to disseminate information. If you are craving true knowledge, you try to avoid large lectures and choose more intimate settings in which to learn. This is the point of the family as Ecclesia domestica, the domestic Church. In order to learn about and experience all aspects of love, the family becomes the safety net in which a person can make mistakes, feel the pain from wrongdoing, seek forgiveness, and discover the joy of mended relations. Our Mother Church is a very large container meant to offer guidelines to grow positively in the direction of embracing God in every moment of our lives. Rules are helpful when distractions are all too tempting. The family, as domestic Church, is meant to be a microcosm of our entire Church family, so that practice truly can “make

The center image appropriately portrays the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as the primary symbol for our Christian domestic Church. Each of the four corners illustrate contemporary examples of how particular families live out their call as Christian disciples:

perfect” the essence of learning to love. Secured in the proper container, held in the most secure arms of grace, allowing God to be the center of our lives, we grow as individuals who own our dignity and claim our inheritance as daughters and sons of God.

Catechetical Discussion and Activities 1. As a family (or students in a class) list, share, and then discuss the values your family upholds. What makes you unique as a family? How is faith an important part of your life? What roots are grown to allow you, as an individual in this family, to proclaim you are Roman Catholic? 2. As a family (or students in a class) list, share, and then discuss all the distractions that make it hard to live up to the teachings of the Catholic Church. How does your family (domestic or the overall Church) help you be a better Catholic?

The Center: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Christ chose to be born and grow up in the bosom of the holy family of Joseph and Mary. The Church is nothing other than “the family of God” (CCC, 1655). Every student needs an example and each teacher needs proof that what they preach is actually true. The Holy Family is the most perfect example and proof necessary to learn about the family as domestic Church and how love is grown from the moment of conception. Gazing at the image in the center of the calendar, immediately a sense of overpowering calm comes from experiencing the depth of love in the moment, a point of instruction for us all! In Joseph, fathers learn of their need for joyful and calming strength in the most-tender moment of birth. Joseph supports Mary. He does not assume to give answers, but simply offers a reassuring hand of support and love on the path he and Mary chose to accept, together. The history before this moment solidifies the dignity of who he is as a man, loving his betrothed. He supported, at all times, life — the life of Mary and the life of a child that was not his own. The love of a child, radiating to his mother, emanating a soft glow to his

father, is the gift of life that teaches and proclaims the need to stop and experience small moments. There are no material items in the picture and yet the family is perfectly secure and safe. Happiness is wrapped in the love between the parents, shared with each other and essentially infused into the swaddling clothes to support Christ. Mary’s love is an inner strength that comes as she looks at her Son, not knowing how she will be the example she needs to be in teaching the laws of faith with her husband, but trusting that she is given all she needs to protect and nurture her Son as he grows into wisdom. The animals are also important to our lesson of love. The donkey that carried Mary into Bethlehem, led by Joseph, represents the stubborn faithfulness we each need sometimes to survive in a world that tells us to forego our beliefs. The graceful loving warmth of the lamb is a symbol of Jesus as the sacrificial Lamb of God. In representing the lamb at the birth of Christ and in all Nativity scenes, we are called to remember our heritage and hold what is true within us. As Jesus was raised as a faithful Jew, the lamb was slain to show proof of faith to God so that he would pass “over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck down the Egyptians” (Exodus 12:27). We are, at all times, called to remain true to our faith and trust in God’s protection — especially in our weakest moments. Finally, there is an ox to offer the steadfast strength each mother (and father) needs to make the right decisions to offer instruction and healing to their families. This ox is also the symbol of Luke, the evangelist for 2013, who upheld the Holy Family uniquely in his infancy narrative. He was a doctor and chose to portray Jesus as an exceptionally relational person, one who loved children and women at a time when their dignity was not upheld.

or want to be, to those you love. Share your reasons with your family. Or, students could write a journal entry on this topic.

Top Left Corner: The Family Crèche, the Visitation of the Magi, and the Blessing of Homes

1. Of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus, choose which mentor can help you to be a person who better shares God’s light with others. Share this with your family.

To strengthen the bond of love needed in each family, time must be offered to shed the demands of modern society and focus on the “simple” things, which tie the threads of family members to each other. Place yourself, as a parent, into this father’s nostalgic and joyful face. In the act of putting the crèche together with his son, he is probably recalling every single time he did this with his own father and mother. In both time and in action, love is proclaimed between them. How similar this is to the Holy Family in that God sent his only Son to be loved by Joseph and Mary. Time to honor the child is necessary. Jesus, in the manger, is the center of his parents’ attention, and is meant to be the center of our lives. The young boy here is wonderfully content to be part of something special, to be the center of his father’s attention. Even if the full meaning of Advent preparation is not yet understood, the action of togetherness and shared tradition is ingrained in him. Time is valuable and also holy. This family understands that their time together must also be blessed. On the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, Catholic families offer special prayers in their homes; the doorframes visibly hold the essence of this prayer. As the Magi sought the light of Christ in their lives, we as family members seek daily to walk in Christ’s light — Christmas happening daily — each day of the year. 20 + C + M + B + 13 signifies the new year, separated by the names of the Magi (Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar) but the letters C, M, B could also be connected to the Latin phrase Christus mansionem benedicat: “Christ bless this house.” May Christ bless your family, your time, your lives, and your homes.

2. Or, students can be invited to write a journal entry on this topic.

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3. Choose an animal in the scene which best represents who you are,

1. As a family, learn about the history of the crèche (manger scene) and when

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it first came into use. When setting up the crèche, share the story of each figure that is placed with the scene — person, animal, or thing, each item has meaning in the story. 2. Look through the Book of Blessings and Catholic Household Blessings & Prayers. Uncover mysteries of faith that matter to your family, and put them into action. 3. Discuss how you can you walk away from the secular meaning of Christmas and embrace the true reason for the liturgical time — Jesus born in our hearts.

Top Right Corner: Preparing the First Meal of Easter Time Forty days to prepare the soul; three days to sit with the mystery; fifty days to celebrate the miracle: this is the intense “corner” of life. The Lenten actions through Holy Week seem arduous but necessary to cleanse and reground a person, and a family, in constant prayer. Familiaris consortio reminds us that: “The fruitfulness of the Christian family in its specific service to human advancement, which of itself cannot but lead to the transformation of the world, derives from its living union with Christ, nourished by liturgy, by self-oblation and by prayer” (62). This is especially experienced during Lent through fasting, reflective prayer, and acts of charity; yet there are also unspoken ways to pray in a family. The almost barren wall offers witness to the belief that the crucified Jesus will rise from the dead. The palm branch above the cross reminds us that there are those who sang “Hosanna” to the King and that we each have to choose to have faith even when our realities seem grim. The meaning of the cross cannot just be a sign in one’s home, but a reminder of all that it holds and from which the mystery of our faith unfolds. Our sign of salvation is not the beatific wonder that others expect, but one of unselfish, incomprehensible love — our God choosing to defeat our greatest enemies, sin and death. Spending time together as a family and living out the mystery in special ways while preparing to liturgically celebrate the springtime joys of Easter

offer us hope. The fragile eggs represent the strength of God within us; the bright colors of happiness bear witness to others that God’s miracle of love and life exist at all times. Kneading dough and then drizzling sweetness upon the cooked bread offers nourishment for our physical beings, with the love of a mother and child poured into the food itself. There are ways of understanding the Eucharistic meal at liturgy while at home; such as preparing bread together and offering blessings which can also bring a family closer. Finally, the ever present lilies remind us of the pureness of Christ’s Resurrection, the fullness of life come back as gift to us, and the sweet, strong fragrance conquering the stench of sin and death. Each small act, every little item, can be used as teaching to better understand the mystery of God’s mercy and love that covers each one of us.

Catechetical Discussion and Activities 1. Students can be invited to share some Easter traditions and encouraged to understand the deeper meaning behind simple actions. Why do we color Easter eggs? What is the tradition behind Hot Cross Buns? 2. Lent is a wonderful time to rediscover one’s faith and belief in the meaning of the cross. Talk to your friends and family about why you wear a cross or crucifix, or place one on the wall in your home. Create your own simple prayer to remind yourself of these beliefs. Once the meaning is discussed, a glance and a simple touch can be a bold prayer. 3. In the fifty days of Easter celebration, share, discover, or create your personal symbol of faith and belief in the Paschal Mystery. Children can learn about the Paschal Mystery as they watch caterpillars become butterflies. Adults can be encouraged to look at the events in their lives to see the touch of Jesus and share these times with others — grace unfolding.

Bottom Right Corner: Mother Teaching Her Daughter to Pray

Prayer, communication from the person back to the Divine, is learned but then needs to expand. Just as in a new love where you follow the right “steps” to ensure the person knows they are special, to continue the relationship creative moments that honor the uniqueness of those in the relationship are necessary. God shows us love in the splendor of creation, through sunshine and autumn colors. The psalms speak of this blessed communication. To enter the kingdom of heaven, we are to become like little children. Children love summer days and piles of leaves in which to play — God ever present. By choosing to teach and mold behaviors which form the container of prayer, parents follow through the teaching stated in Familiaris consortio: “By virtue of their ministry of educating, parents are, through the witness of their lives, the first heralds of the Gospel for their children. Furthermore, by praying with their children, by reading the word of God with them and by introducing them deeply through Christian initiation into the Body of Christ — both the Eucharistic and the ecclesial Body — they become fully parents . . .” (39). While both words and actions are important, for children actions speak louder. After including God in all conversation and events during the day and breathing the splendor of God found in this Ordinary Time, at the end of the day kneel together, and pray as you were taught. This physical action of praying together, possibly on bended knee, will ingrain in children the necessary habits of prayer and thankfulness.

Catechetical Discussion and Activities 1. Take a nature walk (leave technology at home.) Look at the world differently and find how God is speaking back to you through the change of seasons or the gift of the liturgical time at hand. 2. Discover new ways to pray together as a family. Adults and children alike may find that music is a wonderful way to pray together. An adult might appreciate the words, while the child might appreciate more the musical nuance. Find something you can share together.

Appropriately, in the playful moments of Ordinary Time in summer, the absolute presence of God is seen everywhere.

act of visiting the grave; sharing — the act of recalling the life of the person you loved; and praying — that act of making God present in all things and all times, make the moments of Ordinary Time and times of distress more manageable as a family.

3. Facilitate a group discussion in which those you lead name and share all the ways they like to pray. How did they first learn to pray? What methods did they like as a child and what has changed if they are now an adult? For younger students, have them share what they are learning at home and encourage ways they can communicate and hear God (stories, music, traditional prayers, the Rosary, Mass).

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Bottom Left Corner: Remembering the Dead As we continue our journey through Ordinary Time and approach the end of the liturgical year, the readings remind us of the end times and of dying. The entire month of November is set aside as a time to remember those who have gone before us in faith. There is reverence to each living thing and to all souls who were once among us. As a family, many traditions are developed to honor the emotions that accompany the hard times in life. The grace seen in this picture is of two parents respectfully passing on one tradition to the next generation. The youngest child may not fully comprehend, but she is as still and solemn as her sister. As parents are called to teach their children how to pray, the act of visiting graves and honoring cultural and religious traditions form the “spiritual DNA” of a lifetime. A corporal work of mercy is to bury the dead, but what does that truly mean to a young child? Roman Catholics celebrate All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. Depending on one’s ethnic heritage, how these days are celebrated will differ. The importance is that life, even in death, is always honored and celebrated. This is an essential understanding of the Paschal Mystery: that in dying we may come to exist in our full identity with God. As Ecclesiastes states, there is “a time to weep . . . and a time to dance” (see 3:1–15); for Hispanic families the wonderful celebration of Day of the Dead is both a religious and cultural custom. While the dead are no longer among us, to honor their spirits in the Communion of Saints praying among us, brings solace to both young and old, who may struggle with the concept of death. Doing — the

1. On All Saints’ Day (November 1), create a new family custom. Celebrate the saints for which you might be named. Learn about their lives and how to specially pray for their intercession to guide you in your lives. In some cultures, the feast of one’s patron saint is just as important as one’s birthday. Students can research this custom and find a way to integrate it into their family lives.

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2. On All Souls’ Day (November 2), pause together as a family and truly remember the wonderful times spent with those who may have passed on this year, and in prior years. Make a point to find ways to remember a loved one on the anniversary of their birthday, or date of their death. Talk about why these people were so special and how they touched each of you in the family.

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3. Honor the dead. Some older and smaller cemeteries do not have the means for upkeep. Seek out those places and ask if there are ways to help keep the gravesites clean and presentable. —Julie M. Krakora Julie M. Krakora received her BA in Theology from Marquette University and her MA in Pastoral Studies with an emphasis in Spirituality from Loyola University in Chicago. She has been a Director of Youth Ministry for junior high and high school teens, a campus minister / theology teacher in Catholic high schools, and currently is a Director of University Ministry at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois. While always seeking to work with people in the ministerial setting, her other passion is to write anything that will bring people closer in their relationships with God. She is the author of Sunday Prayer for Catholic School Teachers 2013, as well as a contributing author to God’s Word, Your World 2013, and Sourcebook for Sundays, Seasons, and Weekdays 2014 (all from LTP).

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The Book of Genesis tells us what God was doing on the first day that ever was, and then on the second and third and fourth and fifth and sixth days. Genesis tells us that after six days of work, “God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good” (Genesis 1:31). And on the seventh day, God rested. Jewish people, Christians, and Muslims have been counting the days in groups of seven. That’s our basic way of dividing time, and we call it “the week.” We read in the Acts of the Apostles that the followers of Jesus used to meet on the first day of the week. This was the day the Romans called the “Day of the Sun” or “Sunday.” For Christians, Sunday was not only the day when God began creation; it was also the day when our Lord Jesus Christ was raised from the dead; and it was the day when the Holy Spirit came upon Jesus’s disciples. These followers of Jesus began to call Sunday the “Lord’s Day.” On this day they came together to read aloud from the books of Scripture and to pray to God for every need they could name. They gave food and money to the poor, and then they put bread and wine on a table and stood together around it. One of them, the bishop or someone who had been sent by the bishop, led the whole assembly in giving thanks and praise to God. They lifted up their hearts in song and remembered all the ways God had shown love for the world, especially in the death and Resurrection of Jesus. Then they ate the consecrated bread and drank the consecrated wine from the cup — bread and wine that had become the Body and Blood of Christ. This was what made Sunday, the first day of the week, into the Lord’s Day. This is what we Christians still do. We make the first day of the week our gathering to celebrate the Eucharist. On the other days of the week, we pray in the morning and in the evening and at night. We participate in daily Communion. When we gather for any meal, we thank God for food and for all of God’s blessings. And we participate in acts of charity and justice.

• Spending time together while dying Easter eggs • Making hot cross buns for Easter dinner • Praying together before bedtime • Visiting the graves of loved ones who have gone before us in faith

The Liturgical Times Advent BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE THE SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (CHRISTMAS) ENDS AFTER MIDAFTERNOON PRAYER ON THE VIGIL OF THE SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (CHRISTMAS) We call the days and nights before the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Advent, which means “coming.” The Church reads and sings about God’s promises. We tell the stories of many holy people: Mary and John the Baptist, Nicholas and Lucy. We strive for the time when God’s love will be seen in all of us, when peace will come through people’s acts of justice and love for each other. But, primarily, we wait. We wait for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ, when all will be one, and the Kingdom of God will flourish. The Son of God already came to us, born in the city of David. This is what we celebrate at Christmas Time, and in Advent, we ready ourselves and our hearts for this birth. But, we also wait for his coming

again. We pray in the Creed each Sunday, “I look forward to the resurrection of the dead / and the life of the world to come.” And so we wait for his light to completely extinguish our darkness.

Christmas Time BEGINS WITH EVENING PRAYER ON THE VIGIL OF THE SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD ENDS AFTER EVENING PRAYER ON THE FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD On December 25 we proclaim, “Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord.” And so begins celebration of the Lord’s birth, of God becoming man. God loved us so much, that he gave us his only Son to be one with us, to dwell among us, and to show us how to live in that love. He came to bring peace, to heal division, to end all pain, and to bring us into his eternal light. And so we celebrate the gift of his love. We fill the long darkness with beautiful lights. We sing carols and eat delicious food. Around the festive trees — trees right inside our houses! — we give one another gifts because God has given such good gifts to us, and

we open our homes to guests because God has opened heaven to us. All through these days of the Nativity of the Lord, we tell Christmas stories. We celebrate the first martyrs and the sacredness of the holy family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. On New Year’s Day we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. A few days later, on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord (a word that means “the great manifestation of God to the world”), we remember the Magi who sought the Promised One, the Christ, just as we do today. And we end the liturgical time with the telling of Jesus’s baptism in the Jordan by John. Even after Christmas Time is over, 40 days after Christmas Day, we celebrate Jesus’s infancy once more on February 2, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, when we remember how Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem, where Simeon and Anna rejoiced in the Lord’s coming.

Lent BEGINS ON ASH WEDNESDAY ENDS BEFORE THE CELEBRATION OF THE EVENING MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER ON HOLY THURSDAY The 40 days of Lent are not literally 40, but the number evokes all other uses of “40” in the Scriptures. For 40 days Jesus fasted and prepared to proclaim the Good News. Long before Jesus, Moses and Elijah had their 40-day fasts. It rained on the earth and on Noah’s ark for 40 days, and the earth had a new beginning. And for 40 years the people of Israel wandered in the wilderness toward the Promised Land. In the Bible, the number 40 means that something important is taking place. In the northern hemisphere, Lent begins in winter. But when the days are over, we know that the warmth and new life of spring are surely coming. We enter Lent with ashes on our heads, and we fast in various ways, perhaps by eating less food and foregoing treats. We give alms, which means that we find ways to share what we have, our time and our goods. And these days have their own ways for us to pray and sing (but without ever singing or saying the “Alleluia” — that word waits for Easter). In these ways we remember our Baptism and so try to grow more deeply in the Christian life.

Each Sunday during Lent we listen to some of the most important stories in the Gospel, and we pray for the people who will be baptized on the greatest night of the year, when we celebrate the great Easter Vigil.

The Sacred Paschal Triduum BEGINS ON HOLY THURSDAY WITH THE EVENING MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER ENDS AFTER EVENING PRAYER ON EASTER SUNDAY Paschal Triduum means the “Three Days.” For the Jewish people, Passover celebrates the great event when God delivered the people of Israel from slavery. The followers of Jesus proclaim that in the life, Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus, God has freed and saved us. When Lent ends, we stand at the heart of the liturgical year. On the night of Holy Saturday we keep the Easter Vigil. We gather to light a great fire and a towering candle, to listen to our most treasured Scriptures, to sing psalms and other songs. Then we gather around the waters of the font as those who have been preparing for new life in Christ receive the Sacraments of Initiation. The newly baptized are then anointed with fragrant oil called chrism; and, at last, with these newly baptized, who are now called neophytes, we celebrate the Eucharist. We prepare for this Vigil by celebrating the institution of the Holy Eucharist on Holy Thursday and by commemorating the Lord’s Passion by venerating the Cross on Good Friday. We also prepare by keeping the Paschal fast, the special fast of Good Friday and Holy Saturday. The Church fasts — from food, from entertainment, from chatter, from work — so we have time to ponder deeply the Death and Resurrection of the Lord, the mystery of faith that we will celebrate in our Vigil.

Easter Time BEGINS WITH THE EASTER VIGIL ENDS AFTER EVENING PRAYER ON THE SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST Easter Time is 50 days, seven weeks plus one day, a week of weeks. Easter Sunday is to the year what Sunday is to the week. We live as if God’s Kingdom has already come — because it has. We put aside our fasting for feasting and celebration. We bless ourselves with

baptismal water to remind us of our share in Jesus’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection. “Alleluia” is our song because we delight to praise the Lord. The stories we read from Scripture are of Thomas’s and Mary Magdalene’s encounters with the Risen Lord, of meals with Jesus, of the Good Shepherd, and of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. As the Church baptized new Christians during the Easter Vigil, so now in Easter Time we often celebrate Confirmation and first Eucharist, Marriage, and Holy Orders.

Ordinary Time BEGINS AFTER EVENING PRAYER ON THE FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE ASH WEDNESDAY RESUMES AFTER EVENING PRAYER ON THE SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST UNTIL BEFORE EVENING PRAYER I OF THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT For a few weeks in January and February, and then all through the summer and fall, the Church is in Ordinary Time. Ordinary comes from the word ordinal and means “counted.” In other words, each of the weeks has a number (for example, the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time). During Ordinary Time, the Sunday Gospel follows Jesus from story to story in Matthew, Mark, or Luke. Each of these Gospel accounts is read for one year in the Church’s threeyear cycle of Sunday Mass readings. In the year 2013 we read the Gospel according to Luke. Sunday after Sunday we also read through the various letters of Paul and others in the New Testament. Ordinary Time is full of solemnities, feasts, and memorials of the Lord and the saints. In its last weeks, we keep All Saints’ Day on November 1, and All Souls’ Day on November 2. The whole month of November becomes a time to rejoice in the Communion of Saints and to remember that our true home is in the heavenly Jerusalem.

Using the Calendar This calendar provides the liturgical celebrations for the Dioceses of the United States of America and Canada.

Each spoke in this calendar wheel represents a week. Weeks begin on the Lord’s Day, Sunday (the outer hub on the wheel), and end on Saturday (the inner hub). Each liturgical time in the liturgical year is a different color. Notice the liturgical times Advent, Christmas Time, Lent, Easter Time. Between Lent and Easter Time you will find the Sacred Paschal Triduum, the Three Days that are the center of the liturgical year. Now notice the two spans of Ordinary Time. One of them comes in the winter and is rather short. The other comes after Pentecost and lasts all summer and fall. Then, after the last Sunday in Ordinary Time, Advent of a new liturgical year arrives. The colors used on the wheel are used to illustrate the various liturgical times. The colors are not meant to point out individual days. Shades are chosen to be as close to the color of the liturgical time as possible while blending with the shades used in the art. Because of this, the shades will vary from year to year. Shades of violet are chosen for both Advent and Lent (a bluer shade for Advent and a redder shade for Lent). Different shades of gold are used to differentiate between Christmas Time and Easter Time (the “official” liturgical color for Christmas Time and Easter Time is white; however, gold and silver may also be used). Green is used for the different stages of Ordinary Time and red is used for the Sacred Paschal Triduum (there is no “seasonal” color for Triduum—each day has its own color. In order to differentiate Triduum from Easter Time, red [the color for Good Friday] was selected.) Except during Christmas Time and on Pentecost, each Sunday has a large number on it. The name of a Sunday is usually a combination of its number and the liturgical time (for example, the Fourth Sunday of Lent or the Twentyninth Sunday in Ordinary Time). In some cases, the names of saints have been abbreviated or eliminated because of space constraints. The days of the liturgical year are ranked according to importance to the faith life of the Church. The typeface used on this calendar indicates this ranking. The great solemnities of the liturgical year are set in the largest typeface [EASTER SUNDAY]. These include each Sunday, solemnities of the Lord and of the saints, and

feasts of the Lord. The next largest type [St. Andrew] is used for feasts of the saints. A smaller type [St. Elizabeth of Hungary] is used for both obligatory and optional memorials of the saints and the beatified who are celebrated on the general calendar for the dioceses of the United States of America and for Canada. The smallest type is used for secular observances [New Year’s Day] for Australia, Canada, and the United States of America. Observances particular to a country have the following parenthetical notes: (A) for Australia; (C) for Canada; and (U) for the United States of America.

illustrator for over 20 years, Nicol has done a variety of illustrations from books and magazines to courtroom illustration. The Year Of Grace illustrations were created using traditional pencil and paper as well as digitally using Photoshop and Corel Painter. Brock works in his studio in Ottawa, illustrating in oils, pen and ink, gouache, and more recently illustrating digitally.

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In accordance with c. 827, permission to publish is granted on February 29, 2012, by the Reverend Monsignor John F. Canary, stl, dmin, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Permission to publish is an official declaration of ecclesiastical authority that the material is free from doctrinal and moral error. No legal responsibility is assumed by the grant of this permission.

A fish has been placed on the days of the Lenten fast, the Paschal fast, and on Fridays that fall outside festive times. On these days Christians are challenged by their tradition to pray, fast, and give alms.

The liturgical days for the United States of America on this calendar are taken from the Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America, published by the Secretariat of Divine Worship, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Canadian days are compiled by LTP. LTP’s work is based on the Canadian version of the third edition of The Roman Missal. English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America Copyright © 1994, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.—Libreria Editrice Vaticana. English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church Modifications from the Editio Typica Copyright © 1997, United States Conference, Inc.—Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission.

An oil lamp has been placed on the vigils of the great solemnities that by custom begin at sundown. This includes the celebration of Sunday, the Lord’s Day. Candles have been placed on solemnities and feasts of the Lord that are not Holydays of Obligation.

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Calendars come in two sizes: the notebook size (11 inches x 17 inches) and the poster size (26 inches square). Calendars can be purchased in paper or laminated. Companion to the Calendar, Second Edition gives information about most of the days and liturgical times named on the calendar as well as Sourcebook for Sundays, Seasons, and Weekdays: The Almanac for Pastoral Liturgy. Order these books or additional calendars from Liturgy Training Publications, 3949 South Racine Avenue, Chicago IL 60609; 1-800-933-1800, fax 1-800-933-7094, e-mail orders@ltp.org. See our website at www.LTP.org and www.YearofGrace.com.

A bread and cup has been placed on Sundays and other days of importance (Holydays of Obligation).

About the Artist

Spanish 978-1-61671-003-3 Order code: AG13LL $16

Photo courtesy of the artist

Sunday and the Week

• Blessing the manger and the home

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About the artist: Brock Nicol is a graduate of Algonquin College, with a ba in Graphic Design and Illustration. Having worked as an illustrator for over 20 years, Nicol has done a variety of illustrations from books and magazines to courtroom illustration. The Year Of Grace illustrations were created using traditional pencil and paper as well as digitally using Photoshop and Corel Painter. Brock works in his studio in Ottawa, illustrating in oils, pen and ink, gouache, and more recently, illustrating digitally.

This useful guide can be photocopied or downloaded from our website.

Use the Year of Grace calendar in many ways: • Give (or sell) one to every household in the parish and school • Hang a poster calendar in every classroom to teach about the liturgical year • Have students report on the significance of various liturgical days • Present calendars to first communicants and Confirmation candidates • Adorn the church vestibule and gathering space with a poster calendar • Decorate the teacher’s lounge, offices, and other public areas in the school while helping everyone who enters remember the importance of the liturgical year!

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Liturgical Year Companion to the Calendar, Second Edition: A Guide to the Saints, Seasons, and Holidays of the Year

New Edition!

Kathy Coffey, Donna M. Crilly, Mary G. Fox, Mary Ellen Hynes, Julie M. Krakora, Corinna Laughlin, and Robert C. Rabe • Companion to the Calendar has been revised to include the additional saints added to the proper calendar for the United States of America. This superb resource and guide for children and adults alike answers questions about saints, the liturgical seasons, and significant national holidays. Paperback, 8 x 10, 176 pages 978-1-56854-260-7 | Order code: COMCAL2 $17.95

A Yearbook of Seasons and Celebrations Joanna Bogle • This practical book offers families meaningful and fun ways to celebrate the liturgical year alongside the four seasons. It includes interesting facts about commonly celebrated traditions, activities for families, and tasty recipes to mark special times of the year. Published by Gracewing. Cannot ship to Europe. Paperback, 6 x 9, 128 pages 978-0-85244-129-9 | Order code: EYSC $9.95

An Introduction to the Liturgical Year Inos Biffi • A beautifully illustrated overview of the Church’s liturgical year, starting with Advent and ending with the last Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King. The text features explanations of all the celebrations with their scriptural underpinnings. The richly-hued art, by Franco Vignazio, the artist for the 2010 Year of Grace calendars, manages to combine a medieval style with a modern sensibility. Paperback, 6 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄2, 96 pages 978-1-56854-354-3 | Order code: EILY $16.95

Year of Grace 2013 Notebook Calendar The placemat-size, Year of Grace calendar is ideal for both classroom and home use. The front of the notebook displays the calendar, which is marked with the major feasts and celebrations of the liturgical year as well as a description of the theological concepts present in the artwork. The back provides a brief description of the liturgical year, the seasons, and daily celebrations. Notebook Laminated, Single sheet, 11 x 17 English Spanish 978-1-61671-033-0 978-1-61671-001-9 Order code: YG13SL $4 Order code: AG13SL $4 Notebook Paper, Pack of 25, 11 x 17 English Spanish 978-1-61671-032-3 978-1-61671-000-2 Order code: YG13SP Order code: AG13SP Pack of 25: $13 Pack of 25: $13

School Year, Church Year: Customs and Decorations for the Classroom Peter Mazar • This book will walk you through the school year, teach you about the liturgical year, and suggest customs you can use with children of all ages from Advent to Easter and fall to summer. You’ll learn how to decorate a classroom filled with biblical and liturgical images. Paperback, 8 3⁄8 x 10 3⁄4, 304 pages 978-1-56854-240-9 | Order code: SCHYR $24

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Sourcebook FOR SUNDAYS, SEASONS, AND WEEKDAYS 2013 The Almanac for Pastoral Liturgy Kathy Coffey; Peggy Eckerdt; J. Philip Horrigan; Maureen A. Kelly; John Thomas Lane, sss; Corinna Laughlin; Graziano Marcheschi; Biagio Mazza; Jill Maria Murdy; Kristopher W. Seaman; S. Anne Elizabeth Sweet, ocso; Paul Turner; Denise Simeone; Vivian E. Williams; Daniella Zsupan-Jerome • This book is the essential pastoral resource to help you prepare the liturgy for each day of the liturgical year! If you are a priest or deacon, liturgist, music director or worship team member, religious educator, or simply interested in more information about Catholic liturgy, this publication will be an invaluable tool. Featuring the updated texts of the third edition of The Roman Missal, Sourcebook for Sundays, Seasons, and Weekdays has notes on preparing for Mass and receiving sacraments, ideas for leading children’s Liturgy of the Word, enhancing liturgical environment, and celebrating the Liturgy of the Hours.

This book includes: • Reflections on the Lectionary texts for Year C and Weekday Year I • Features on liturgical ministry, devotions and sacramentals, and school liturgies

Paperback, 8 3⁄8 x 10 7⁄8 , 336 pages 978-1-61671-023-1 Order code: SSS13

• Helpful tips for homilies, catechesis, and liturgy preparation

Single copy: $16 2 – 4 copies: $12 each 5 or more: $11 each

• Formation advice for liturgical ministers, including seasonal prayers for ministry preparation • Original Mass texts for the Prayer of the Faithful, dismissals for RCIA and children’s Liturgy of the Word

Foundations for Preaching and Teaching ®: Scripture Backgrounds for 2013 Peggy Ekerdt; Jean Marie Hiesberger; Biago Mazza; Mary M. McGlone, csj; Abbot Gregory J. Polan, osb; Denise Simeone; Paul Turner • Foundations for Preaching and Teaching ® provides scripture backgrounds for each Sunday and Holyday of Obligation of the liturgical year. These backgrounds contain commentaries on all of the Lectionary readings, including the Responsorial Psalm. Written in a pastoral tone, these commentaries offer historical-critical background on the readings and underscore their relevance to life today. Each scripture background page includes an overlying theme that is drawn through the readings, providing homilists and catechists with a lens through which to prepare for Sunday. Paperback, 8 3⁄8 x 10 7⁄8 , 112 pages 978-1-61671-015-6 | Order code: FPT13 $9.95

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Workbook FOR LECTORS, GOSPEL READERS, ® AND PROCLAIMERS OF THE WORD 2013 USA 2013 Edition with RNAB Translation for use in the United States Mary A. Ehle, phd; Margaret Nutting Ralph, phd • Workbook for Lectors, Gospel Readers, and Proclaimers of the Word ® can provide the ongoing instruction and advice that readers need. Not only does it assist ministers of the Word in preparing their assigned reading on a specific occasion, it strengthens their proclamation skills and deepens their spiritual lives so that they can touch the hearts of your assembly with their reading. Workbook’s introduction offers an orientation to the ministry, catechesis about the place of the readings in the Mass, and links to audio files demonstrating chanted introductions and closings for the readings. Workbook contains: • Large print readings for easy practice

• Proclamation advice

• Background commentaries

• Pronunciation guides and tips

Paperback, 8 3⁄8 x 10 7⁄8 , 304 pages 978-1-61671-028-6 | Order code: WL13 1 – 4 copies: $13 each 5 – 49 copies: $12 each 50 or more: $11 each

Canadian customers may prefer to order Workbook for Lectors Canada directly from: Publication Services Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops 2500 Don Reid Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 2J2 Phone: 800-769-1147 • Fax: 613-241-5090 Email: cecc@cccb.ca

Workbook for Lectors, Gospel Readers, and Proclaimers of the Word ® 2013 Canada Mary A. Ehle, phd; Margaret Nutting Ralph, phd • Workbook offers scripture commentaries, advice for proclamation, and pronunciation aids in the New Revised Standard translation, approved for use in the dioceses of Canada. Paperback, 8 3⁄8 x 10 7⁄8 , 320 pages 978-1-61671-029-3 | Order code: WL13C 1– 4 copies: $13 each 5 – 49 copies: $12 each 50 or more: $11 each

Manual para proclamadores de la palabra 2013 – USA Santiago Cortés-Sjöberg • Manual para proclamadores de la palabra 2013 corresponds to the liturgical calendar, providing readings to aid proclamation of the word of God. This manual includes biblical readings for the days of precept, solemnities and liturgical feasts. Spanish, Paperback, 8 3⁄8 x 10 7⁄8 , 288 pages 978-1-61671-021-7 | Order code: MP13 1– 4 copies: $13 each 5 – 49 copies: $12 each 50 or more: $11 each

Proclaiming the Word: Formation for Readers in the Liturgy (DVD) In this video, experienced readers and the host, Aelred Rosser, explore the spiritual foundation and the skills needed in this ministry. Part One examines the faith of the reader, and Part Two examines the work of the reader. Segments can easily be used in training sessions. DVD English, 978-1-56854-930-9 | Order code: EPWD $24.95 Spanish, 978-1-56854-929-3 | Order code: SPWD $24.95

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Liturgy and Appointment Calendar 2013 The Liturgy and Appointment Calendar 2013 is a useful, annual resource which helps organize your very busy life and schedules. It is formatted with enough room to record all of your meetings and appointments. This calendar is an easy-to-use reference guide for liturgical preparation, organizing parish events within the liturgical year, and scheduling your personal, spiritual, and work life.

Calendar: Lines help you keep entries neat. Large area for writing entries. The whole week is on one page so you are always on top of your appointments. Liturgical Season: Header notes the liturgical season. Daily Mass Readings: Specific liturgical information for each day is listed, including liturgical color, seasons, feasts, solemnities, memorials, vigils, holy days of obligation, and scripture readings. Spiral, 8 x 10, 128 pages 814805010221 Order code: LAC13

Weekly Quotation: This year’s quotes for reflection are verses from Catholic Social Teaching.

Single copy: $16 2 or more: $14 each

Previous and Future Month Calendars: Helps you access dates without flipping to another section. Vigils, Feasts, and Fasting Days: Sundays and other days of precept, as well as solemnities, feasts, fasting days, and vigils are marked.

Works like a mini-Ordo!

The Catholic Planning Calendar 2013

Liturgical and Daily Mass Reading Reference 2013

This 13-month tear-off planning calendar runs from December 2, 2012, the First Sunday of Advent, until December 31, 2013. It is 22” x 17” and may be used as a desk blotter or hung on the wall. Its easy-to-use monthly format provides ample space for recording plans, preparations, and schedules as well as including pertinent Roman Catholic liturgical information and secular holidays and observances. The Catholic Planning Calendar is a great tool for those actively involved with Church ministry who need to reference quickly in one place their personal schedule, the liturgical year, and secular observances.

This portable booklet is a simple resource that anyone who follows, needs, or prays with the daily Mass readings can use every day from December 2, 2012, (First Sunday of Advent) to December 31, 2013. Liturgical and Daily Mass Reading Reference 2013 includes Lectionary numbers; Biblical citations for the First and Second Reading, Gospel, and Responsorial Psalm; Titles of solemnities, feasts, and memorials; liturgical colors; and Holydays of Obligation. Saddle stitched, 4 1⁄8 x 7 1⁄2, 48 pages 978-1-61671-019-4 | Order code: LDMR13 $3

Tear-off pad, 22 x 17, 15 pages 814805010238 | Order code: PC13 1– 4 copies: $16.95 each 5 – 9 copies: $14.95 each 10 or more: $12.95 each

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THE CATHOLIC HANDBOOK FOR

Visiting the Sick and Homebound 2013 Updated Intro by S. Genevieve Glen, osb; Explanations of the Readings by Daniella Zsupan-Jerome • The Catholic Handbook for Visiting the Sick and Homebound is the essential resource for lay ministers of care, especially extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion. This resource includes all of the official rites a lay minister will need from the Book of Blessings and Pastoral Care of the Sick: Rites of Anointing and Viaticum to bring Holy Communion to as well as pray and share the Gospel with those who cannot regularly worship with their parish community. In this edition, the rituals have been updated with the proper texts from the third edition of The Roman Missal. These rites include: • Communion in Ordinary Circumstances or Hospitals • Celebration of Viaticum outside Mass • Orders for the Blessing of the Sick • Visits to the Sick and to a Sick Child • Pastoral Care of the Dying • And more! Paperback, 6 x 9, 256 pages 978-1-61671-006-4 Order code: VS13 Single copy: $8 2 – 9 copies: $7 each 10 or more: $5 each

This book includes: • A revised introduction that explains the included rituals • How to use the new translation of The Roman Missal in these rites and the included rites • The Gospel for Sundays and Holydays of Obligation for Year C • New explanations of the readings for Year C • List of patron saints for those who are sick and suffering

Manual católico para visitar a los enfermos 2013 Based on the English version of The Catholic Handbook for Visiting the Sick and Homebound, this annual resource contains all of the official rites lay ministers will need to bring the Eucharist to and pray with those Spanish speakers who cannot regularly worship with their parish community. Manual católico para visitar a los enfermos includes the official rites for lay ministers as found in theCuidado Pastoral de los Enfermos: Ritos de la Unción y del Viático (Pastoral Care of the Sick) and the Bendicional (Book of Blessings). Additionally, the readings are taken from the Mexican Lectionary. Spanish, Paperback, 6 x 9, 256 pages 978-1-61671-020-0 | Order code: VE13 Single copy: $8 2 – 9 copies: $7 each 10 or more: $5 each

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