Catechist Website Toolbox

Scripture

Every catechist needs a Bible for EVERY lesson or catechetical endeavour.

WHY? Because Scripture is the Word of God and it has the power to change hearts.

The New American Bible is the translation used at Mass and for other liturgies. Other very good versions are the Revised Standard Version, Catholic edition and the New Jerusalem. Whatever Bible is chosen, be sure that it includes 73 books.

Bible Search Engines

The Bible is online too – in many locations. Here are two sites: http://bible.crosswalk.com/ and http://bible.gospelcom.net/

Concordance

A concordance is a very useful tool for studying the scriptures. It takes every single word of Bible and lists where each word can be found in the scriptures. It is useful for locating scripture verses that you know the words to, but don't know the book, chapter and verse. There are concordances for most versions of the Bible.

Here is how it works. Let's say that you know of a verse that says our hairs are numbered. You could look up the word "numbered" in a concordance and it would give you a listing of all the verses that contain the word "numbered". You would then find Matthew 10:30, where Jesus says that "the very hairs of your head are all numbered".

 

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Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) is a wonderful gift to the mission of evangelization and catechesis. Pope John Paul II calls it the “sure norm” and encourages its use by all the faithful. The CCC is especially useful to catechists. Like Scripture, it should be consulted for EVERY lesson or catechetical endeavour. Instructions on how to use the CCC are provided in the opening 22 paragraphs.

Index of Catechism of the Catholic Church

The CCC has an extensive index that is useful for locating particular doctrines.

Search Engine - Catechism of the Catholic Church

The internet also has the CCC online at http://www.christusrex.org/www2/kerygma/ccc/searchcat.html.

Type in any verse, word or Scripture reference and shortly after, the engine will return a list of references.

Another site to assist a catechist in tying the lesson to the liturgical year. This site allows searches by topic, name and date. url: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/indexsnt.htm

PATRON SAINTS INDEX

1316 topics / 2927 saints

Today on the Calendar of Saints

Who's the patron of your state (political or spiritual)? Condition (physical or spiritual)?

Vocation (monetary or spiritual)? Hobby? Maybe you can find out here.

This site has information on topics with patron saints, and profiles of those saints.

Profiles have portraits, biographical information, areas of patronage, prayers, links to related sites, readings, etc. It's heavily cross-indexed, and there are several ways to access the information, none of which require frames, image maps, applets, or scripts.

It's not complete - I keep finding new topics, and there's lots of information to add to the profiles, so the site will continue to grow and change. Thanks for stopping by.

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Catholic Calendar Page

http://www.easterbrooks.com/personal/calendar/index.html

This is a copy of the homepage from this site. As you can see – much can be gained from this page.

Year | Month | Week | Day | Day | Week | Month | Year

Wednesday, October 24, 2001

Liturgical Year C, Cycle I

Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time

Readings for Mass

First Reading: Romans 6:12-18

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 124:1-3, 4-6, 7-8

Gospel: Luke 12:39-48

Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop - Optional Memorial