Handbook for Today's Catholic Teen

by Jim Auer

Overview

This invaluable resource for Catholic teenagers covers traditional topics like Catholic doctrine, practices, and prayers, then tackles serious contemporary issues like violence, media, sex, substance abuse, and matters of conscience. Teens will appreciate the Handbook's honest, friendly tone; their parents and teachers will appreciate the conversations it starts. Used alone or with the Handbook for Today's Catholic Teen Activity Notebook, it's the perfect guide on the journey to Catholic Christian adulthood.

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The material in this book is compliant with The Roman Missal, third edition, with the exception of pages 46, 47, and 82. To bring this book into compliance, we have revised, updated, and reprinted these pages. Click here for the revised pages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764861840
Publisher:	Liguori Publications
Publication date:	09/08/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Jim Auer taught religion and English to Catholic teens for thirty years. He is currently a full-time writer, speaker, and presenter of workshops and retreats. Most of his sixteen books and approximately four hundred articles and stories have been written for Catholic teens and young adults.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	7
Section 1	Doctrine: What do we Believe?
1	If God Exists, Then What?	11
2	What Can We Know About God On Our Own?	13
3	What Is Doctrine?	15
4	Where Do We Get Doctrine? Revelation	15
5	The Bible	16
6	Tradition	20
7	Faith (and Questions and Doubt)	20
8	God: A Trinity	22
9	The Father	23
10	The Son: Jesus Christ	24
11	The Holy Spirit	25
12	Salvation and Redemption	27
13	Grace	28
14	Worship	30
15	Sacraments	31
16	Baptism	34
17	Confirmation	36
18	Reconciliation	38
19	Anointing of the Sick	40
20	Matrimony	41
21	Holy Orders	43
22	Eucharist	44
23	The Mass	46
24	The Catholic Church	48
25	The Afterlife: Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory	51
26	The Body of Christ/The Communion of Saints	54
27	Mary	55
Section 2	Practices
28	Sacramentals: Statues, Pictures	57
29	Seasons of the Liturgical Year	58
30	Penance	61
31	Receiving Reconciliation	62
32	Receiving Communion	64
33	Holy Days of Obligation	66
34	The Corporal (Material or Physical) Works of Mercy	67
35	Spiritual Works of Mercy	69
Section 3	Prayer and Some Traditional Prayers
36	What Prayer Is	71
37	Why Pray?	73
38	Types of Prayer	74
39	Prayer to Mary and the Saints	76
40	Traditional Prayers	78
41	The Sign of the Cross	78
42	Our Father (The Lord's Prayer)	79
43	Hail Mary	79
44	The Glory Be or Prayer of Praise to the Trinity	80
45	Mary's Rosary	80
46	The Apostles' Creed	82
47	Act of Contrition	83
48	Stations of the Cross	84
49	Morning Offering	86
50	Prayer for the Faithful Departed (Those Who Have Died)	86
51	Prayer to the Holy Spirit	87
52	Litanies	87
Section 4	Catholic Moral Issues (Life in the Real World)
53	Moral Behavior and the Life of Faith	89
54	Temptation	90
55	Sin	91
56	Conscience	93
57	The Ten Commandments	95
58	The Law of Love	97
59	The Problem of Evil	99
60	The World: Run Away or Blend In?	100
61	The Media	102
62	Violence	103
63	Honesty	104
64	Sexuality	105
65	Alcohol and Drugs	106
	P.S.	109