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Books (First Chapters)
Religious education
Here you can see some texts for Religious Education teachers; books on faith development, new directions in religious education and catechesis; books on counselling, chaplaincy, and pastoral care in schools, etc.
Sections
Articles
Faith languages: thoughts for each day
Using "The Catechism of the Catholic Church" as his starting point and structure, Patrick M. Devitt provides a range of images, personalities, cameos ....
Begin with the heart: recovering a sacramental vision
In this book, Daniel O'Leary develops two themes that are central to the Catholic Education Service(CES) of the religious education programme ....
Promises to keep; parents and confirmation
This book aims to get both the parents at home and the parish community involved with the candidates for confirmation as they prepare for the day ....
Nurturing children's religious imagination: the challenge of primary religious education today
Nurturing Children’s Religious Imagination is aimed at primary school teachers, parents and others as they set about responding to the challenges of ....
Leading life to the full: scriptural reflections on leadership in catholic schools
David Tuohy SJ provides guidance for lay principals and teachers who as part of their own commitment to God and ministry in the church wish to ....
Children, Catholicism and Religious Education
This book by Anne Hession and Patricia Kieran brings a welcome clarity to the language and thought about the major issues in the debate about ....
New directions in religious education
Finola Cunnane seeks in this book to clarify the meaning and purpose of education and of teaching, in order to arrive at a deeper understanding of ....
At the heart of education: school chaplaincy & pastoral care
This series of essays, edited by James Norman, addresses issues relating to pastoral care which affect schools in present-day Ireland. ....
The search for meaning and values
From the Veritas 'Into the Classroom' series: Eoin G. Cassidy looks at how we derive and process the great questions concerning the meaning of life ....
Christianity: origins & contemporary expressions
From the Veritas 'Into the Classroom' series: Thomas Norris and Brendan Leahy examine Christ's vision for the world and how this vision has been ....
Critical issues in religious education
A wider view of religious education shows it can make a major contribution to establishing right relations among peoples within nations and between ....
Worship, prayer and ritual
From the Veritas 'Into the Classroom' series: Christopher O'Donnell OCarm examines the role of ritual, prayer and contemplation in different faith ....
An illustrated catechism
With a text by Inos Biffi based on "The Catechism of the Catholic Church", this teaching resource presents the basic elements of the Catholic faith ....
The Bible: literature & sacred text
From the Veritas 'Into the Classroom' series: Benedict Hegarty OP introduces the bible as a classic - and still living - literary text and as a ....
The bread of life: preparing for first confession and first communion
This well-illustrated book is a course of fifteen lessons for children preparing for First Confession and First Holy Communion. It will be an ....
World Religions
From the Veritas 'Into the Classroom' series: Philip Barnes provides a thorough introduction to the tenets and beliefs of all the major world ....
Religion and science
From the Veritas 'Into the Classroom' series: Fachtna McCarthy and Joseph McCann introduce the subject of the relationship between religious and ....
Religion: the Irish experience
From the Veritas 'Into the Classroom' series: J.R. Walsh surveys the country’s religious experience down the ages and in recent times. This series, ....
Do this in memory
This is a parish-based preparation programme for First Eucharist, the culmination of many years' work in the dioceses of Kildare & Leighlin and ....
Whole parish catechesis: Advent and Lent: faith development for the faint-hearted
Breige O'Hare describes how a small scale, sharply focused pilot project in Belfast involved the whole parish in sharing and living the Sunday gospel ....
Religion and gender
From the Veritas 'Into the Classroom' series: Sandra Cullen explores the role of gender in religious experience in general and in Christianity in ....
Moral decision making
In this book, (one of ‘Into the Classroom series') designed for second level teachers, Patrick Hannon examines some understandings of morality and ....
The light of his face: spirituality for Catholic teachers
Fr John Bollan is Director of Spiritual and Pastoral Formation in the Religious Education Department at the University of Glasgow. He shows how ....
 
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