The Four Gospels For Young Catholics

Provides children with important information and explanations of the events in the gospels about Jesus

The perfect companion to the Pflaum Gospel Weeklies, The Gospels for Young Catholics provides the complete text of all four Gospels in an easy-to-use, instructional format that will accompany children in their faith journey and strengthen their knowledge of the Gospels. Features include: - Includes 52 "featured story" pages. - Resource pages include background for each Gospel, a reading plan, and more. - Four pages of pull-out bookmarks help readers to locate favorite parables, family and friends of Jesus, the women of the Gospels, and more. - Good News translation in accessible language for young readers ages 7-13. - Sturdy flex cover will last for many years.

Paraphrases the Old and New Testaments and provides introductions to each book of the Bible along with illustrations, maps, and information about the history, geography, and theological teachings.

Getting to Know Jesus student activity workbook contains fourteen worksheets that explore the life of Jesus and his teachings. Each worksheet contains a creative learning activity on one side that requires reading from the Gospels to complete. The worksheet's other side contains additional background information, reading suggestions, and refl ection questions.

"Each chapter includes these features: an overview of the character, scripture passages related to the character, Breakthrough! articles that pertain to the character, a list of similarities between young adolescents and the biblical figure, biblical quotes that point to God's presence n the character's story, [and] a 'Getting to know the biblical character' activity (or activities) that explores who the biblical character is and makes connections between his or her relationship with God and the young people's own life experience"--Back cover.

Indispensable for all who long to know Jesus better, The Four Gospels provides a complete reference to the gospels; features an engaging layout, providing information where you need it; includes charts, maps, and photographs; is a source for personal meditation; is great for group Bible study too; is solidly Catholic in approach; comes from the producers of the long-standing Little Rock Scripture Study program.

The student workbook covers the same people as the teaching activities manual. Each biblical figure has a puzzle for the young person to work with that guarantees that they have the basics of the story down, encouraging them to read about each person. A second page has a short introduction to the character that explains their place in salvation history. This page also contains reflection questions for the young people to consider as they make connections between this biblical figure and their own lives.