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A is for Altar, B is for Bible
$10.00
A delightful way to learn the ABC's. Each letter of the alphabet is illuminated by an image and a brief prayer drawn from scripture or the liturgy. Based on the Catechesis of the good Shepherd lessons. Hardcover. Ages 2-6.

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Living Liturgy
$14.00
by Sofia Cavalletti. Inspired by the work of Maria Montessori, "Living Liturgy" is a book to help adults who catechize children understand for themselves the deepest, most essential aspects of the liturgy. Cavalletti presents brief reflections of core themes in the hope that they might increase conscious and active participation in the liturgy and serve as a springboard for further study.

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Baptismal Set
$85.00 $74.00 On Sale!!
Note: Paschal candlestick is out of stock. Price has been adjusted.) All brass pieces have a grape-vine relief design. Three scripted lessons introduce the elements and symbols of Baptism through beautiful hands-on materials.
The Baptismal Set includes:
Lesson Plan Booklet (with reproducible student pages) Rite of Baptism Booklet
Paschal Candle and Brass Stand
Five grains of Incense (for Paschal Candle)
Baptismal Candle and Brass Stand
Brass Baptismal font (bowl)
Doily
Shell
Holy Oil Containers (empty)
Brass Candle Snuffer
Violet/white Stole (for "priest")
Candle-lighting Sticks

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Replacement Baptism booklet & Rite of Baptism
$10.00
These two booklets are included in each Baptism set. Lesson Plans include three lessons plus four reproducible activity sheets. Rite of Baptism includes complete rite for one child or multiple children.

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Miniature Mass Kit--NO incense boat
$110.00
Orders made now will ship in late February. We waiting for chalices and incense stands. A must for every Catholic home and classroom. Use for altar boy training, or First Communion preparation. For children ages 3-12. Kit includes
lesson plan book with activity sheets
brass chalice 4 1/2"
brass paten 3 1/4"
brass crucifix 4"
set of five altar cloths
brass ciborium
brass stand for censer
brass snuffer 10"
brass bell
brass sanctuary light
match tray (ashtray)
brass censer (size & style vary)
glass cruets (pair) 4"
glass finger bowl
glass votive candles (pair)
incense grains and instant lighting charcoal
patterns for making a wooden altar

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Paschal Candle replacement
$10.95
10" 51% beeswax candle with stickers and five incense grains. No candle stick.

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Child-size Brass Monstrance
$39.00
Lovely brass replica of an original, this vessel stands 8 1/2" tall. The back piece is threaded (instead of hinged) making it easy to use and hard to break.

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Childsize Vestments Small Green--out of stock
$0.00
Includes chasuble, stole, alb and cincture. The craftsmanship of these garments is exceptional. All fabrics are washable and color-fast. The alb has velcro closure on a stand-up collar, hidden-button closure, front and back pleats, gold trim on cuffs. The chasuble has gold trim on front and back and a beautifully embroidered vesica with either IHS or XP monogram. Measurement of alb from back of neck to hem is 32 1/2".

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Childsize Vestments Small White--out of stock
$0.00
Includes chasuble, stole, alb and cincture. The craftsmanship of these garments is exceptional. All fabrics are washable and color-fast. The alb has velcro closure on a stand-up collar, hidden button placket, front and back pleats, gold trim on cuffs. The chasuble has gold trim on front and back and a beautifully embroidered vesica with either IHS or XP monogram. Measurement of alb from back of neck to hem is 32 1/2".

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Childsize Vestments Small Red--out of stock
$0.00
Includes chasuble, stole, alb and cincture. The craftsmanship of these garments is exceptional. All fabrics are washable and color-fast. The alb has velcro closure on a stand-up collar, hidden button placket, front and back pleats, gold trim on cuffs. The chasuble has gold trim on front and back and a beautifully embroidered vesica with a Holy Spirit design. Measurement of alb from back of neck to hem is 32 1/2".

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Childsize Vestments Small Violet-Lent
$60.00
For Lent. Includes chasuble, stole, alb and cincture. The craftsmanship of these garments is exceptional. All fabrics are washable and color-fast. The alb has velcro closure on a stand-up collar, hidden button placket, front and back pleats, gold trim on cuffs. The chasuble has gold trim on front and back and a beautifully embroidered vesica with a crown of thorns and three nails. Measurement of alb from back of neck to hem is 32 1/2".

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Childsize Vestments, Small Violet-Advent--out of stock
$0.00
For Advent. Symbol on vesica is either an IHS or a CHI RHO.

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Childsize Vestments Medium White--out of stock
$0.00
Includes chasuble, stole, alb and cincture. The craftsmanship of these garments is exceptional. All fabrics are washable and color-fast. The alb has velcro closure on a stand-up collar, hidden button placket, front and back pleats, gold trim on cuffs. The chasuble has gold trim on front and back and a beautifully embroidered vesica with IHS monogram. Measurement of alb from back of neck to hem is 40 1/2".

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Childsize Vestments Large Green
$78.00
Includes chasuble, stole, alb and cincture. The craftsmanship of these garments is exceptional. All fabrics are washable and color-fast. The alb has velcro closure on a stand-up collar, hidden button placket, front and back pleats, gold trim on cuffs. The chasuble has gold trim on front and back and a beautifully embroidered vesica with either IHS or XP monogram. Measurement of alb from back of neck to hem is 44 1/2".

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Childsize Vestments Large Red
$79.00
Includes chasuble, stole, alb and cincture. The craftsmanship of these garments is exceptional. All fabrics are washable and color-fast. The alb has velcro closure on a stand-up collar, hidden button placket, front and back pleats, gold trim on cuffs. The chasuble has gold trim on front and back and a beautifully embroidered vesica with a Holy Spirit design. Measurement of alb from back of neck to hem is 44 1/2".

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Childsize Vestments Large Violet-Advent
$78.00
For Advent or Lent. Symbol on vesica is either an IHS or a CHI RHO.

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Childsize Vestments Large Violet-Lent
$78.00
For use during Lent. Includes chasuble, stole, alb and cincture. The craftsmanship of these garments is exceptional. All fabrics are washable and color-fast. The alb has velcro closure on a stand-up collar, hidden button placket, front and back pleats, gold trim on cuffs. The chasuble has gold trim on front and back and a beautifully embroidered vesica with a crown of thorns and three nails design. Measurement of alb from back of neck to hem is 44 1/2".

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Pattern for Child-size Vestments
$10.00
Designed for complete beginners. Simple pattern and directions for making a chasuble, alb, stole and cincture. Printed size fits the average four-year-old. Directions included for how to enlarge for older boys. Includes card of Vesting Prayers for the young 'priest' to say as he puts on each piece. My favorite is the prayer as he dons the alb: "Purify me Lord, and cleanse my heart so that, washed in the Blood of the Lamb, I may enjoy eternal bliss."

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The Religious Potential of the Child 3-6
$26.00
by Sofia Cavalletti. Describes a Montessori approach to religious education for children ages 3-6 known as Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. This is not a "how-to" book, but rather a glimpse inside a specially prepared environment that allows children to develop rich spiritual lives. Color illustrations.

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The Religious Potential of the Child 6-12
$22.00
A continuation of Cavelletti's earlier work, this volume focuses on the child from 6-12 and the religious needs most essential to that age group. Building on the experiences of the child from 3-6, the older child is drawn to the theme of covenant between God and mankind, its development throughout salvation history and its final consummation at the end of time.

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Home Catechesis Manual for Ages 3-5
$40.00
by Moira Farrell. Finally, a home-based program of religious education in the Montessori tradition! This spiral-bound manual offers thirty-two scripted presentations for children ages 3 to 5. Also, patterns, ideas and directions for making all the necessary hands-on materials. Topics include: items used at Mass, parts of the Mass, biblical geography, Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Parables of the Kingdom, Baptism, Creation, and others.

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Home Catechesis Manual for Ages 6-9
$40.00
by Moira Farrell. These spiral bound pages offer twenty-seven scripted presentations for chidlren ages 6 to 9. Topics include: Solar Calendar, Liturgical Calendar, Advent Wreath, Jesse Tree, Annunciation, Visitation, Epiphany, Zacchaeus, Bartimaeus, Palm Sunday, Last Supper, Eucharistic Presence of the Good Shepherd, Seder Meal, Parts of the Mass, etc. Includes patterns, ideas and directions to make the hands-on materials to accompany these presentations.

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Home Catechesis Manual for ages 9-12
$50.00
This 200+-page manual provides scripted lessons and material-making patterns for teaching Salvation History. It includes presentations for all the Old Testament covenants (Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David) and their typology. Each covenant is explored through the use of two uniquely creative elements: the Story Box and the Covenant Circle. A Story Box is created for each lesson and includes two and three-dimensional objects that the child and parent use as the story unfolds. The Covenant Circle ia a follow-up work that beautifully synthesizes each story with its meaning and typology, providing a hands-on meditation experience for the child that speaks to him through sign and symbol. These lessons require a considerable amount of preparation but the time spent will greatly enrich both the parent and the child.

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History's Golden Thread
$20.00
by Sofia Cavelletti. Presentation of the story of salvation to upper elementary chidlren using Montessori methods. This is a valuable work with tremendous insights into salvation history, but it is not a how-to manual for Montessori presentations.

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Young Children and Worship 2nd Ed.
$24.95
by Jerome Berryman and Sonya Stewart. Includes complete patterns and lesson plans for forty presentations plus a calendar for their use at the proper times during the liturgical year. Berryman was trained by Cavalletti and is an Episcopal priest who is very gifted in Montessori religious education. From a Catholic point of view, he misses a few doctrinal points, but his work is still very much worth reading.

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Ewe
$3.50
A Safari Farm Replica. 3" long, 2.5" tall. Sheep figurines are an integral part of Montessori religious education materials.

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Lamb
$2.00
A Safari Farm Replica. 2" long, 1.5" tall. These darling lambs make lovely toys. They are also an integral part of Montessori religious education materials.

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Wolf
$3.00
A Wild Safari Replica. 4" long 2" tall. Used in the Good Shepherd papable presentations for Montessori religious education.

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Donkey
$3.50
A Safari Farm Replica. 5" long 3" tall. For Montessori religious educaiton this makes a nice addition to the Christmas story, the Flight into Egypt or a Palm Sunday presentation.

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Miniature Chalice and Paten
$3.99
Doll-size brass vessels. Chalice is 1 1/2" high. Paten is 1 3/4" in diameter.

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The Good Shepherd and the Child
$16.00
by Cavalletti, Gobbi and Coulter. The subtitle of this book is, "A Joyful Journey," and it is indeed that. Here is a good beginning for "how-to" implement the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd with children ages 3-6. includes presentations for the Parables of the Kingdom, the Eucharist, Baptism, Parable of the Good Shepherd and others.

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Good Shepherd Statue 6" plain--out of stock
$0.00
Made from a marble dust compound. Replica of the first-century original that was found in the catacombs. Slightly flesh-toned.

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