"A resource for candidates, sponsors, and parents preparing for Confirmation which fosters a holistic formation of mind, heart, hands, and habits needed for transformation into a source of goodness in the world. Includes direct guidance for creating and facilitating "Catholic Formation Groups""--

"Introduce your kids, your classroom to four of the Sacraments with this lively new video presentation. These segments include explanations from Father Ken, interviews with kids, on-screen storyboard Bible teaching, images from around the world, and "on the road" field trips to explore in depth where certain things come from, like Baptism's water, the altar bread of Communion, and the oil used at Confirmation. Your class will enjoy paying attention...

What are churches doing to form the faith of their young people? Many church denominations that practice infant baptism offer confirmation or an equivalent ministry when children reach adolescence and enter a new phase of spiritual growth -- but all churches, regardless of tradition, wrestle with how to get young adults to join the church. What really works? In this book twelve authors draw on a three-year study of more than 3,000 US congregations...