The Catholic Youth Bible

Presents a revised New American Bible containing over seven hundred articles and five special indexes.

A semester-long, eight-unit high school course designed be used with The Catholic youth Bible.

As the title suggests, Breakthrough! The Bible for Young Catholics highlights what happens throughout salvation history between God and humanity. God breaks through and connects with human history, thereby establishing a relationship with humanity. Using the Good News translation, Breakthrough! The Bible for Young Catholics was created for young people leaving childhood and entering adolescence. Its ten special features were created to help make the Bible easier for young people to read and understand. They will learn about the great people of the Bible, and will see how God has been breaking through in human history and connecting with humanity for thousands of years. Most important, they will discover, in the Bible, how God's messages to key people of faith have meaning for life today.

Get students to read the Bible, not just read about the Bible. This manual serves the teacher who wants to use The Catholic Youth Bible(R) as the primary text for a scripture course. It contains over 300 learning activities, many incorporating and extending the articles in the CYB; 18 student handouts; lists of resources; a list of recommended audiovisuals; 10 prayer services; 2 retreat outlines; indexes of activities listed by biblical book and by topic; and reading plans.

The teacher guides for The Catholic Youth Bible® are designed as semester long courses for freshmen or sophomores. The guides utilize the principles of Understanding by Design to lead students to a deep understanding of key concepts. Each unit includes: a unit overview key understandings and questions creative final performance task assessments the suggested path to understanding a list of biblical chapters or verses utilized in the lesson vocabulary learning experiences, handouts, and assessments The Old Testament Teacher Guide features these units: Introduction to the Scripture Genesis Exodus Historical Books (Joshua and Judges) Historical Books (1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings) Prophets Wisdom Literature (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom) Poetry (Psalms and the Song of Songs)

Sometimes the Bible can be overwhelming for teens. Here, nine biblical experts and veteran ministers help ministers and teachers bring Catholic youth and The Catholic Youth Bible(R) together. They provide background on how Catholics approach the Scriptures, practical ideas for developing biblical literacy and biblical spirituality, directions for using the ancient Catholic practice of lectio divina with today's teens, and activities for using the Bible with junior high and senior high youth.

Help youth understand the meaning of Christian prayer. Introduce them to traditional and devotional prayers of the Church, as well as to contemporary styles and methods. Assist youth in developing the habit of daily prayer. This all-in-one resource for prayer forms was specially written for teens, in the PRAY IT! STUDY IT! LIVE IT! model, like The Catholic Youth Bible and The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth. It is the most expansive prayer book for teens. But The Catholic Youth Prayer Book does more than teach about prayer. It helps teens become prayerful people. Now available in a Limited Edition teal/purple leatherette.