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Mini-Courses
for Catholic Youth & Adult Formation
See below for CREATE YOUR OWN MINI-COURSE suggestions!
1.The Growing Faith ProjectGrowing Faith is a reflection on and summary of the entire Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) in plain English. It has a Nihil Obstatand an Imprimatur. It is presented in 48 8-page full color booklets, each with original artwork illustrating the material. The sequence of booklets moves from the first article of the CCC to the last. Growing Faith es disponible en español también; se llama Creciendo en la Fe.It is a very strong resource for small group sharing and has built in reflections and exercises for group use.
Growing Faith is also organized into Mini-Courses for small group use. Groups normally require more than one meeting to exhaust the contents of any one booklet. These Mini-Courses are now in wide use for Confirmation programs,Youth Ministry, RCIA, Small communities, and Adult Formation.
Each Mini-Course comes with a terrific Study Guide (which is free with your order and is reproducible). The Study Guides introduce a method we call, "Learn and Teach" in which the participants must learn the material so well that they can turn around and teach their peers about it. Working in small groups like this, the whole program succeeds and creates faith that lasts a lifetime! This alone is worth the price of the resource.
A Mini-Course Marketing Kit comes free-with-order for each Mini-Course and includes: (1) a ready-to-use flier (fill in your own parish info and print), (2) a full color, one page Poster -- which can be printed and posted, be added to your parish web site or be used in the bulletin, and (3) a series of four bulletin announcements, which could also be used as a single letter from you to your people.
Mini-Course 1. The Nature of God and Faith
What is God like?
How do we describe the Trinity?
How does Revelation occur and how is it passed
from generation to generation?
How did God create heaven and earth?
What is grace and how do we get it?
What is the end of life like?
5 Booklets: #s 2, 4, 6, 7, & 8
Mini-Course 2. Growing Our Faith
What do humans want?
How are we made in God’s image?
Why do we sin?
How are we made whole and free?
How do we make a response in faith?
How do we live our faith in everyday life?
What is human freedom?
5 Booklets: #s 1, 5, 9, 10, & 16
Mini-Course 3. The Person of Jesus Christ
Who is Jesus Christ?
What did Jesus teach?
How do we relate with Mary, his Mother?
Why did he suffer?
What happened at the Resurrection?
How does he live on in the Church?
How do we reach out in prayer?
5 Booklets: #s 11, 12, 13, 14, &15
Mini-Course 4 has been discontinued.
Mini-Course 5. Introduction to the Nature of the Church
How is revelation passed on to us?
Who is the church?
What is the communion of saints?
How does the church pray?
How do we designate leaders?
What is the Magisterium?
5 Booklets: #s 3, 17, 18, 19, 20
Mini-Course 6. Introduction to the Liturgy and Sacraments
How does the Church pray?
What are the sacraments?
How is the liturgy the “source and summit” of life?
How do the sacraments shape our lives as Catholics?
What are the essential words and actions of the sacraments?
9 Booklets: #s 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Mini-Course 7. Introduction to Catholic Social and Moral Teachings
What makes us free?
What is right and what is wrong?
How do we cultivate virtuous living?
How do we live together peacefully?
What are our social and moral teachings?
7 Booklets: #s 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36
Mini-Course 8. Living the Commandments
What does each of the commandments ask of us?
How did Jesus bring them to fulfillment?
How do Christians follow the commandments?
How does the church help us live as Christ teaches?
What are the key dimensions of each command?
7 Booklets: #s 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
Mini-Course 9. Christian Prayer
What is prayer?
How do we pray?
How do we deal with distractions to prayer?
What are the wellsprings of prayer?
How did Jesus pray?
5 Booklets: #s 44, 45, 46, 47, & 48
Mini-Course 10. A Thorough Survey of Catholicism
Note: This is the only Mini-Course which repeats booklets from a previous Mini-Course. And while this is a “survey” of Catholicism, the only truly exhaustive treatment of Catholicism would be a Course using all 48 booklets contained in the 8 previous Mini-Courses.
Our inborn hunger for God
Our need for the Church
How God speaks through Scripture
The love of the Trinity
Why we sometimes turn away from God
The life and teachings of Christ
The Holy Spirit
How the Church prays together
Morality and conscience
The Magisterium and the Ten Commandments
Christian Prayer
12 Booklets #s 1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 13, 16, 22, 31, 36, & 44
Create Your Own Mini-Course
Using the list below, choose the booklets that best suit your needs as a group. Try to select those which cover the theme you set, or which give a good survey of Catholic teaching for your group.
Shipping:This product will be sent via postal mail
The study guides and marketing kits are sent via e-mail. / Pricing:
All booklets are sold in bundles of ten
The price per bundle is 12.95, plus shipping
But we give 10% discounts for Mini-Course groups of 10 when your order includes ten or more packs of booklets.
Titles / Price / Quantity
Full set of 48 booklets in English / 59.95
Facilitator Manual group sessions for each booklet, plus PowerPoint on CD / 69.95
Conjunto completo de cuarenta y ocho folletos en español / 59.95
Manual del Facilitador sesiones de grupo para cada folleto, además de PowerPoint en CD / 69.95
Individual booklets (in bundles of 10)
Individual folletos (en paquetes de 10) / Quantity English / Quantity Spanish
1What Does Your Heart Desire? The inborn hunger for God
¿Cuál es el deseo de su corazón? El hambre innata de Dios
2 Where Do You Meet God? God reveals a loving plan
¿Dónde encuentra usted a Dios? Dios revela su designio amoroso
3 Why Do We Need the Church? The Church passes on divine revelation.
¿Por qué necesitamos la Iglesia? La Iglesia comunica la revelación divina
4 How Does God Speak to Us? Scripture is the word of God
¿Cómo nos habla Dios? La Sagrada Escritura es la Palabra de Dios
5 Do You Believe? The Response to Revelation is Faith
¿Cree usted? La fe es la respuesta a la revelación
6 In Whom Do You Believe? The One True God
¿En quién cree usted? El único Dios verdadero
7 What is the Love of the Trinity? God is one in three
¿Qué significa el amor de laTrinidad? Un solo Dios en tres personas
8 How Did God Create the World? God the Creator
¿Cómo creó Dios el mundo? Dios el Creador
9 How Are We in God’s Image? God Creates Everything Seen & Unseen
¿Cómo estamos hechos a imagen de Dios?Dios crea todo lo visible y lo invisible
10 Why Do People Turn Away from God? The reality of sin and grace
¿Por qué las personas rechazan a Dios? La realidad del pecado y la gracia
11 Who Do People Say That I Am? You Are the Messiah!
¿Quién dice la gente que soy yo? ¡Tú eres el Mesías!
12 Why Do We Honor Mary? Mary: Mother of God and Mother of the Church
¿Por qué honramos a María? María: Madre de Dios yMadre de la Iglesia
13 What Did Christ Teach? The Reign of God
¿Qué enseñó Cristo? El Reino de Dios
14 Why Did Jesus Suffer? The Passion of Christ
¿Por qué padeció Jesús? La Pasión de Cristo
15 Don’t Look for the Living Among the Dead? The Resurrection and the Ascension
¿Por qué buscar entre los muertos al que vive? La Resurrección y la Ascensión
16 Who Guides and Inspire You? The Holy Spirit
¿Quién lo guía y lo inspira? El Espíritu Santo
17 With Whom Do You Gather? The mystery of the church
¿Con quién se reúne usted? El misterio de la Iglesia
18How Do You Recognize the Church? One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic
¿Cómo reconoce usted a la Iglesia? Una, santa, católica y apostólica
19 Who is the Church? Christ’s Faithful: the People of the Church
¿Quiénes conforman la Iglesia? Los fieles de Cristo: el pueblo de la Iglesia
20What Happens at the End of Life?Heaven, Purgatory and Hell
¿Qué sucede al final de la vida? El cielo, el purgatorio y el infierno
21 What is the Liturgy?The Liturgy is the Work of the Trinity
¿Qué es la Liturgia? La Liturgia es la obra de la Trinidad
22 How Does the Church Pray?The People, Places and Rites of the Liturgy
¿Cómo ora la Iglesia? Los fieles, lugares y ritos de la Liturgia
23 How Do We Begin Life in the Church?Baptism
¿Cómo comenzamos nuestra vida en la Iglesia?El Bautismo
24 How Does the Holy Spirit Strengthen Us? Confirmation
¿Cómo nos fortalece el Espíritu Santo? La Confirmación
25 How Is Our Christian Initiation Completed? Eucharist
¿Cómo culmina nuestra iniciación cristiana? La Eucaristía
26 How Does God Offer Unending Forgiveness? Penance and Reconciliation
¿Cómo ofrece Dios perdón inagotable?La Penitencia y la Reconciliación
27How Does God Heal Us? Anointing of the Sick
¿Cómo nos cura Dios? La Unción de los enfermos
28How Does God Consecrate for the Service of the Church? Holy Orders
¿Cómo consagra Dios a los elegidos para el servicio a la Iglesia? El Orden
29 How Is Love Blessed and Celebrated? Matrimony
¿Cómo se bendice y celebra el amor?El Matrimonio
30 What Makes Us Free?We are destined for God
¿Qué nos hace libres?Destinados para Dios
31 What is Right Wrong and How Do We Know?Morality and Conscience
¿Qué es correcto, qué es incorrecto y cómo lo sabemos? Moralidad y conciencia
32 How Do We Cultivate Virtues?Faith, Hope, and Love
¿Cómo debemos cultivar las virtudes? La fe, la esperanza y el amor
33 What is Sin? Missing the mark
¿Qué es el pecado? No dar en el blanco
34How Should We Live As a Community? Society and Human Dignity
¿De qué manera debemos vivir como una comunidad? La sociedad y la dignidad humana
35 What Ever Happened to Grace?Grace and Merit
¿Qué recibimos por la gracia? La gracia y el mérito
36What Does God Want? The Magisterium and the Ten Commandments
¿Qué quiere Dios? El magisterio y los Diez Mandamientos
37How Do We Know and Honor God? The 1st & 2nd commandments
¿Cómo podemos conocer y honrar a Dios?El 1º y 2º Mandamientos
38How Do We Keep Holy the Lord’s Day? The 3rd commandment
¿Cómo debemos santificar el día del Señor?El tercer Mandamiento
39 What is a Household of Faith? The 4th commandment
¿Qué es un hogar de fe?El 4º Mandamiento
40 How Do We Protect the Living?The 5th commandment
¿Cómo debemos proteger la vida humana? El 5º Mandamiento
41 How Can We Live in Love?The 6th & 9th commandments
¿Cómo podemos vivir en amor?El 6º y 9º Mandamientos
42 When Do We Have Too Much?The 7th & 10th commandments
¿Cuándo tenemos demasiado? El 7º y 10º Mandamientos
43 How Do We Tell the Truth?The 8th commandment
¿De qué manera decimos la verdad? El 8º Mandamiento
44What is Prayer? Called to an encounter with God
¿Qué es la oración? Llamados a un encuentro con Dios
45 How Do We Pray? Forms of prayer
¿Cómo debemos orar? Formas de oración
46How Does God Speak to Us in Prayer? The wellsprings of prayer
¿Cómo nos habla Dios durante la oración? El manantial de la oración
47How Do We Become Persons of Prayer?Ways to pray & obstacles to prayer
¿Cómo llegamos a ser personas de oración?Las formas de orar y los obstáculos de la oración
48What is the Lord’s Prayer?Praying as Jesus Taught
¿Qué es la Oración del Señor?Orar como Jesús enseñó
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