The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition (Paperback)

By Brian Singer-Towns

Book Overview

The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition is the same understandable and down-to-earth guide to all things Catholic. This book is an eye-opener and a page-turner, whether you are brushing up on specific Catholic terms and concepts or learning them for the first time.

The third edition contains everything that people loved about the second, plus, new content and additional updates to make it even more useful to teachers and catechists. The enhancements include a greater emphasis on Scripture and review questions at the end of every chapter, and:

Special features

Six distinct sidebars (Did You Know?, Live It , Pray It , Catholic Wisdom, Saintly Profiles, and Scripture Connection) in every chapter that provide additional information that deepens and applies the primary chapter content.

Seven to ten content review questions at the end of every chapter.

Appendix summarizing Catholic beliefs and practices
Appendix with popular Catholic prayers and devotions
Appendix that shows and explains Catholic signs and symbols
Appendix listing patron saints and their causes
A comprehensive glossary of Catholic terms and short definitions
A six-page church history timeline
An exhaustive index to the contents of the entire Handbook
Now Available Correlation to the U.S. Bishops' High School curriculum framework Click here to download

The Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the Catechism, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has found this catechetical text, copyright 2008, to be in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599821605
• ISBN13: 9781599821603
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Saint Mary's Press of Minnesota
• Length: 574 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Great

Really nice refresher on a lot of things. This is definitely more for catechumens, those new to the faith, and i’d say many cradles who don’t know much about the faith but still great and easy to read.

Great Review Book

If you are teaching the subject, it's terrific. If you just want a better way to describe and explain the Faith to young folks, you cannot beat this.

Quickly has become a standard text

Most parish youth ministries and catholic high schools in my diocese seem to have adopted this book as either a resource or text book. It is clear, concise, faithful to the catechism, and able to articulate the faith at an age-appealing level. This book and the Catholic Youth Bible should go hand in hand as the two essentials that every teen should have.

Wealth of information

I am a CCD teacher and retreat facilitator and I feel that the Catholic Faith Handbook offers so much information that both youth and adults are unaware of. I've learned a lot myself.

Excellent overview of the Catholic Faith

I use this text as the confirmation text for Confirmation Candidates I sponsor in the Episcopal Church. The text succinctly presents the Catholic tradition of Christianity and provides ample material for discussion, thought and contemplation. It is not written for academics, yet it isn't banal or overly simplistic in its explanation of core dogma and doctrine. Very good for students from all traditions of Catholicism be they Anglican or Roman.

A basic guidebook concerning all things Catholic

The Catholic Faith Handbook For Youth is a basic guidebook concerning all things Catholic. Intended for young adults, yet accessible to anyone who may be fuzzy on the details of Catholicism, The Catholic Faith Handbook For Youth covers creed, sacraments, morality, and prayer, along with articles concerning information on current events from a Catholic point of view, advice for prayer, profiles of thirty-seven Catholic saints, notes on the history of the Catholic Church, and more. Full-color illustrations pepper this highly readible introduction to a spiritual way of life. Especially recommended reading to share with one's preteen and teenage children in order to teach them more about Catholicism and what it means to live one's life by Catholic religious principles.