The Catholic Faith Handbook
Fourth Edition
Overview
Open The Catholic Faith Handbook, Fourth Edition to confidently explore the Catholic faith in engaging language that speaks directly to readers. Ideal for teens and adults at any stage of their spiritual journey, this newly revised edition is perfect for parishes, schools, Confirmation prep, and OCIA. Full of relatable scenarios and clear expressions of Catholic thought, it’s an invaluable resource readers will carry with them as they live out their faith.
- Ideal for brushing up on specific Catholic concepts or learning them for the first time.
- One introductory unit and six units covering the essentials of Creed, Sacraments, Morality, and Prayer.
- The revamped Catechist and Teacher guides provide a wider variety of activities to engage diverse groups of learners.
- Each chapter features additional content on how to pray, tips to live faith, Catholic history and in-depth exploration of Saints.
- Rich content throughout the entire book to dive deeper into a lived faith
Product Details
Publisher: Saint Mary's Press
Edition: Fourth Edition
Copyright: Jan. 12, 2026
Format: Paperback
Length: 500 pages
Weight: 1.600lbs
Item number: 2831
ISBN: 978-1-64121-259-5
ISBN-10: 1-64121-259-4
Customer Reviews
I received the new edition of The Catholic Faith Handbook, and I am blown away!
4/9/2026
By Diane Chase, Sterling Heights, MI
It has always been one of my favorite books, and I’ve long wanted to use it for adult OCIA. However, the previous editions had “Youth” on the cover, which, for whatever reason, discouraged some adults. This new edition is beautiful, and I’m praying we have more people entering the faith next year so we can put it to good use.
It is perfect for teens everyday life.
3/1/2026
By Ann Higginbotham, Denison, TX
It also would be beneficial for OCIA as many of those are still learning and hungry for life application even if they are older. I love the lesson layout. So many of our catechists are volunteers. They need to have the lesson laid out easily for them. If they want they can add or change things but if they need the lesson structure you have it for them.
The reading level is spot-on for late middle school through early high school.
3/2/2026
By Lindsay Dierkes, Baltimore, MD
The main points are made succinctly and structured in a way that would be easy to break up and discuss as a group.
I like that, even at the very beginning when you're focusing on basic creedal statements, there's still an effort to show that our Church hosts a great diversity of ways to pray and live the faith out in the world. I have found that sometimes material for teens seems to be focused on a narrow set of lifestyles and, and it is all too easy for teens who do not see themselves in those molds to think that this Church is not for them.
It lays the Catholic Faith out in a simple and easy to understand format.
3/2/2026
By Dawn Miller, New Bethlehem, PA
Doesn't bog down with some of the language like the Catechism of the Catholic Church does. I loved that the activities made them think about their faith and are not just to get them out of their seat to do a mindless game.
