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"So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!"
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"So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!"
The CCO Faith Study Series has been designed in order to proclaim the Gospel, equip the faithful and commission them to become missionary disciples. These materials are used in a small group setting and allow for a relatable and dynamic proclamation of the Catholic Faith. The series has five levels:
The ChristLife series is a three-step evangelisation process: Discovering Christ, Following Christ and Sharing Christ.
Formed is a digital platform that provides Catholic content from more than 60 organisations to help parishes, families and individuals explore their faith anywhere. Supporting thousands of movies, children’s programmes, ebooks, audio, parish programmes and studies direct to your browser, mobile of connected device.
Symbolon is a video series produced by Augustine Institute that systematically presents the BIG picture of the Catholic Faith. This series contains two parts including ten episodes each. In Part 1, we journey through the core teachings of the Catholic Church traced out in the Creed and Catechism with the goal of knowing the Faith. In Part 2, we focus on our encounter with God in the sacraments and the moral life so that we can be fully living the Faith. Both parts are available at formed.org.
House on Rock is a small, family-run company producing Christian resources in the Catholic tradition. They have produced a series of faith sharing booklets. Each series contains six group sessions for faith sharing and a scheme of daily prayer based on the Divine Office.
Living Jesus and Lift up your hearts include pages dedicated to helping parents and grandparents share the particular theme with the children in their family.
This is a Catholic Faith Exploration (CaFE) resource. It is an inspiring practical series aimed at helping people of all ages to encounter the Holy Spirit and empowering them to share their faith.
The Great Adventure Series is about learning to read the Bible. Start with Unlocking the Mystery of the Bible for “the big picture” of the Bible. Then, immerse yourself in Scripture with The Great Adventure Foundational Series: The Bible Timeline: The Story of Salvation, Matthew, and Acts. Dive even deeper into Scripture with individual books or themes of the Bible. Purchase one of the great adventure series from ParousiaMedia.
Catholic Faith Exploration (CaFE) offers a range of resources, organised under the categories of faith formation, sacraments, youth, general resources, other.
Founded by Bishop Robert Barron. Word on Fire offers a range of programmes, which are divided into core programmes and topical programmes.
Core Programmes:
Topical Programmes:
This programme walks you through this transformation every step of the way with daily lectio divina, situational awareness in being observant for opportunities to evangelize, check-ins in prayer with the spiritual help of the saints and with an accountability partner, and time set aside to reflect on “the shape of your day” with a daily examen, as you cultivate the eight characteristics that mark the life of a disciple: Love, Forgiveness, Humility, Patience, Selflessness, Kindness, Attentiveness and Contrition.
This 10-part series featuring Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR, President of Franciscan University and founder of The Ministry of the Wild Goose, leads us on a journey with Christ into conversion. Each of the episodes explores areas of our life where conversion is so often necessary. Metanoia will examine topics such as who is Jesus, what must we do to inherit eternal life, and many other significant matters of faith. With preaching from Fr. Dave as well as personal testimonies from men and women, young and old, religious and lay, their stories will inspire you to seek to encounter Jesus and the new life he is constantly inviting us to.
The Wild Goose Series is fourteen independent segments dealing with different experiences of the Holy Spirit.
A short video on how to read the Bible
A video on going to Mass
The Liturgical Institute has produced a series of short videos on elements of the Catholic Mass. This will be helpful to understand the words and gestures of the Mass.
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