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APPROVED CATECHETICAL TEXTS
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The Archdiocese of Chicago approves Religious Education texts for use in the Catholic schools and the religious education programs in parishes. The texts that are approved are those found in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church by the Bishops' Committee on the Catechism. The updated list can be found at this link on the USCCB website:
www.usccb.org/about/evangelization-and-catechesis/subcommittee-on-catechism/conformity-review/
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CATHOLIC CHICAGO
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This is the home page for the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. It is full of helpful information.
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This takes you to the Home Page of the site of the Office for Catechesis and Youth Ministry.
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Delve into the Youth Ministry happenings of the Archdiocese here.
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Check out the latest from the Vatican.
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CATHOLIC NEWS
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Check out the latest from the Vatican.
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This comes from the Catholic News Service with timely updates.
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St. Anthony Messenger Press maintains this site with news, movie reviews, information on saints, and a variety of other interesting topics.
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This will take you to the many Catholic newspapers in the United States.
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This international news agency has a mission to provide objective coverage of events, documents and issues emanating from or concerning the Catholic Church.
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CATHOLIC RESEARCH
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These are the catechetical texts found in conformity with the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" by the Bishops' Committee on the Catechism. They are approved for use in the religious education programs of the schools and parishes of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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Search the New American Bible through the USCCB website.
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Find the Lectionary readings for the day at the USCCB website.
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This site shows entire liturgical calendar - including readings, colors, saints, fast days, etc.
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Find the direct quotes from the Catechism online at the USCCB website.
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This link contains alphabetized Church documents up to 1996.
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Search Vatican II documents online here.
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Search Canon Law of the Catholic Church
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Research the early explanations of Catholicism here.
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This link is to Fr. Hardon's Catholic Dictionary.
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National CATHOLIC Organizations
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The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops has a comprehensive site with valuable information.
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This takes you to the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership.
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This takes you to the National Catholic Educators Association.
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This takes you to the National Federation of Catholic Youth Ministry.
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Check here for information from the National Association of Catechetical Media Professionals.
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COPYRIGHTS
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Use this site to obtain permissions to reprint hymns or songs from GIA for your congregation. The details are well explained.
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World Library Publications is the music publishing branch of J.S. Paluch. Their reprint instructions are described here.
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This site is used for obtaining reprint permissions for Oregon Catholic Press' music.
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This site explains Church Video Licensing for showing films from numerous producers.
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This site gives details on what a copyright is and is not, and on how to get a copyright.
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This has a wonderful history of how copyright developed as well as what can be copyrighted and how to do it. It is explained in easy to understand terms.
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OTHER CATHOLIC PUBLISHERS
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ACTA offers multiple titles for adult spirituality.
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Liturgy Training Publications is the publishing arm of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Check out its excellent offerings.
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Pauline Books and Media provide supplemental materials for religious education as well as a variety of religious articles and supplies.
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This link is to games from Pauline Books and Media.
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Freebees
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This is a well known site with many free images for download, as well as images for purchase.
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This site has both royalty-free images available as well as a subscription service for high resolution images.
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This site is an image editor that is ideal for those who want to use more than just the basics but not the complexity of Adobe Photoshop.
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This site has free downloadable PowerPoint backgrounds.
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This site offers free templates and backgrounds that work with PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, Corel Presentations, Pro Presentations, Open Office and Star Office.
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Find free resources here for Catholic Educators such as lesson plans, puzzles, clip art, coloring pages, etc.
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This Christian site has a wealth of ideas for activities, crafts, recipes, etc, as well as numerous links to other sites for educators.
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Find e-cards, tools for creating a parish website, and much more.
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This site offers a free .pdf converter download or it can be used online.
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Download Audio Editing Software for Windows - WavePad - from this site.
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This site has a multiplatform open-source suite that includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, drawing program and database, available in 65 languages.
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Jegen Center PAGES
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PUBLISHER SITE LINKS
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Explore the Apostolate's Family Catechism online.
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Ave Maria publishes high school textbooks as well as numerous spirituality books for personal use.
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Explore this site for "Finding God" and "Christ Our Life" series as well as for spirituality publications, daily online reflections, and numerous articles to explain various aspects of our Catholic faith.
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Explore for "Call to Faith" and "Walking By Faith," as well as sacramental preparation materials, vbs, high school materials, and a variety of A/V resources. This link contains what was formerly know as Harcourt Religion Publishers.
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Mostly recognized for their Gospel Weeklies, Pflaum has now augmented that program to include a comprehensive and systematic component.
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RCL Benziger combines RCL, Benziger, and Silver Burdett religion resources. In this link you will access "FaithFirst," "Christ Jesus, the Way," and "Blest Are We," along with many other valuable resources.
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Here you will find a wealth of information with links to Sadlier's various sites - We Believe, Creemos, Coming to Faith, and Cyberfaith, and many others with helpful resources.
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Known for its youth materials, check out this site for many helpful resources and other youth-oriented links.
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