Celebrating the Church Year with Children Book

This book includes religious customs for the home, activities, suggestions for prayer & scripture reading, songs, recipes, & reflections on parish liturgy, along with theological & liturgical background on the fests & seasons of the church year. Contents: Introduction *Reflections on faith formation of the young child *Family: Locus of ritual & celebration *Parish: The wider church at worship *Notes on resources This is the day the Lord has made! Celebrating the weekly Pasch *Chapter 1: Sunday The Good Shepherd gives his life for his sheep - celebrating the annual Paschal cycle *Chapter 2: The Paschal three days *Chapter 3: Easter's fifty days *Chapter 4: Lent A light shines in the darkness - Keeping the Christmas cycle *Chapter 5: Christmas Epiphany season *Chapter 6: Advent Appendix A: A postscript: Lifestyles & Gospel values Appendix B: Scriptural readings for Sundays & feasts Appendix C: Music Footnotes Bibliography