For Parishes: The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth Catechist Guide

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    • The I Am Sayings of Jesus
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    • The Names of Jesus
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    • The Message of Jesus
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    • For Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
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    • A Week That Shook the World
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    • Yeshua, Our Passover Lamb
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    • The Resurrection of Jesus in the New Testament
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    • Images of the Holy Spirit in Scripture
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    • Handout: Images of the Holy Spirit in Scripture
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    • The Pentecost
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    • I Have a Mission
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    • We'd Like to Know: Possible Questions While Visiting Other Churches
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    • Handout: Church Structure and Leadership
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    • Blessed Virgin Is Mother of the Church
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    • The Wheel of Life
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    • Fourteen Effects of Baptism
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    • Sacraments 101: Baptism
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    • I Believe
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    • Handout: The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
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    • Building the Table of the Lord
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    • World Youth Day 2000 Closing Mass
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    • Jesus and Forgiveness
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    • God Wants You! Discovering Your Vocation
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    • Morally Good or Morally Suspect
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    • Adult Catechism: Morality
    • Don’t Impose Your Morality on Me!
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    • Salt of the Earth
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    • The Precepts of the Church
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    • Holy Choices: Good Decision Making
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    • The Precepts of the Church
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    • Lord, This Is for You
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    • Why Do I Have to Go to Mass?
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    • Prayer for My Family
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    • Promoting a Culture of Life
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    • The Sixth Commandment
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    • Living in a Material World
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    • Blessed Are You
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    • Virtue al Reality
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    • Adult Catechism: Prayer
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    • Sent Forth by Gods Blessing
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    • Prayer from Morning to Night
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    • Loving God and One Another
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    • Let God’s Word Open the Door to Your Heart
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    • Saying Yes to God
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    • Handout: A Morning Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours
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    • Ordination
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    • The Catechism and the Our Father
    • Explaining the Seven Petitions
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    • How Can I Say
    • Called to Pray Together
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