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Liturgical Catechesis supports catechesis that comes from and leads back into the liturgy. Editor David Philippart and experts in liturgy, catechetics, and initiation ministries fill the pages of each issue with indispensable tools for organizing parish life around the liturgical year.

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Liturgical Catechesis December 2004 / January 2005 Volume 7 Number 6 Features

The Mass as model of adult catechesis
By Richard Brown
The key to effective catechesis is found at Mass.

The get-together: Learning to live the Mass
By Alan Capasso
Paying attention to our lives allows us to understand the Scriptures and the Mass.

Eucharist and the humility of God
By Mary Testin
How can it be that the God who created the entire universe,
all that is seen and unseen, would be willing to be hidden
under the forms of simple bread and wine?
 

Departments

Inside LC

About Eucharist

Creating and Celebrating Classroom Rituals

Eucharistic Community

Reviews

Connecting Catechesis and Life

Unity around the table of the Lord

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Liturgical Catechesis
October-November 2004
Volume 7 Number 5

Features

Anointed priest, prophet, monarch:
Initiation into Christian ministry
By Robert Rivers
What does confirmation have to do with ministry?

Institutions of grace and royal Christhood:
Sacraments that read the signs of the times
By Michael Mansfield
The power of the sacraments lies in our being kin and builiding with Christ a kin-dom.

Saving signs, wondrous words
By David Philippart
People in love make signs of love or else love dies.
 

Departments

Inside LC

Our work

Creating and Celebrating Classroom Rituals

Signs and symbols

Connecting Catechesis and Life

All the saints praying for us

Catechizing More Than Catechumens

Lessons from Alaska

Liturgical Catechesis
August–September 2004
Volume 7 Number 4

Features

The response to Jesus: Conversion and community life
By Robert Rivers
Hear the call to conversion from John, Luke, Paul, and the RCIA

A friendship with conversion
By Mary Testin
How to “prepare the soil” for conversion and recognize the signs.

Story, call, and ritual: Jesus' story and our stories
— a eucharistic perspective
By Robert J. Hater
Connecting childhood rituals with core rituals of faith.

Conversion: A celebration whose time has come (part 2)
By Steven R. Hemler
If the church is not moving toward adult confirmation,
is there a need for a rite to celebrate conversion?
 

Departments

Pre-catechesis

Celebrating conversion

Creating and Celebrating Classroom Rituals

Birthday as ritual

Connecting Catechesis and Life

St. Mary: The assumption and heaven

Catechizing More Than Catechumens

The ritual of the parsley

Liturgical Catechesis You Can Use:
Special Celebrating The Lectionary Section

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Session and Accompanying Activity Sheet

Reviews

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Liturgical Catechesis
June-July 2004
Volume 7 Number 3

Features

Conversion: A celebration whose time has come (part 1)
By Steven R. Hemler
Infant baptism and conversion

When Life Hurts: Liturgical catechesis
with persons in chronic pain (part 3)
By Janet Martyn and Dan Gast
Reflections on our core Christian symbols, oil, water, flame,
bread and wine, touch, assembly, word, cross
Accompanying clip art files

Pastoral considerations concerning conversion
By Loyes Spayd
Recognizing conversion

Departments

Pre-catechesis

Into mystery

Creating and Celebrating Classroom Rituals

It's the journey!

Connecting Catechesis and Life

To live as Christian disciples

Catechizing More Than Catechumens

Eucharist and communion: Real conversion and real presence

Liturgical Catechesis You Can Use:
Special Celebrating The Lectionary Section

July 18, 2004, Adult level

Session and Accompanying Activity Sheet

Reviews
Web Resources

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Features

Proclaiming the Gospel in a multicultural world
By Daniel S. Mulhall
What cultural values do you carry with you?

Catholic evangelizers: How Scripture informs us
By Margaret Nutting Ralph
We must pass on our rich tradition by the power of the Gospel.

How do we evangelize our teens?
By Kathy Wolf
Proclaim the good news to this sub-culture.

Living with mystery: Understanding the words
By Joseph Martos
When we begin to practice agape, we begin to enter the paschal mystery.

Departments

Pre-catechesis

Have they heard the good news?

Creating and Celebrating Classroom Rituals

Help us to love

Connecting Catechesis and Life

Holy Thursday and the poor

Catechizing More Than Catechumens

Living the good news, sharing the good news

Liturgical Catechesis You Can Use:
Special Celebrating The Lectionary Section

3rd Sunday of Lent, Nursery level

Accompanying Activity Sheet

Reviews

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Features

Baptized into the presence of Christ:
Our daily participation in the paschal mystery
By Robert Rivers
Initiated into the Body of Christ by baptism,
how do we live as sign and instrument?

The paschal mystery:
Participation in eternal life here and now
By Kay Murdy
See how Christ's death and resurrection
resounds in the liturgy two millennia later.

When life hurts: Liturgical catechesis with persons in chronic pain
By Janet Martyn and Dan Gast
Part 2 in a series focused on healing within the faith community
by appropriating the power of our sacraments.

Life, death, & Resurrection:
A ritual for seeing the paschal mystery around us
By Michael Mansfield
Train your eyes to see the human-divine cross of life,
death, and resurrection in all of creation.

Departments

Pre-catechesis

With Christ

Creating and Celebrating Classroom Rituals

Fast, pray, and give

Connecting Catechesis and Life

Easter candle, the light of Christ

Catechizing More Than Catechumens

A “new” mystery of faith

Liturgical Catechesis You Can Use: Special Celebrating The Lectionary Section

Passion Sunday, Primary level

Accompanying Activity Sheet

Reviews