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The Catholic Parents' Survival Guide: Straight Answers to Your Kids' Toughest Questions
A USER-FRIENDLY GUIDE TO SHARING THE FAITH WITH CHILDREN
Raising a Catholic family is never easy, especially when it comes to discussing our faith with our children. Despite trying our best, sometimes we all need help addressing issues of faith respectfully, honestly, and accurately.
Written by Julianne Stanz, bestselling author, catechist, lay church leader, and mother of three, The Catholic Parents’ Survival Guide is a practical manual for talking with children about how to navigate life through the lens of the Catholic faith.
Featuring an accessible question-and-answer format, Julianne not only equips readers with tools to help explain Catholic beliefs, ethics, morality, and faith practices, but she also prepares us for how to deliver this information in a manner that will resonate with children. She addresses such questions
Who is God?
What is the Holy Spirit?
What happens if you miss Mass?
What happens after we die?
Does God answer prayers?
What will we do in heaven?
Why do Catholics pray to Mary?
Why can’t women become priests?
In addition, each chapter includes key takeaways, notes for reflection, recommended resources, and tips for putting these insights into practice. The Catholic Parents’ Survival Guide provides reliable information about the Catholic faith and parent-tested methods for sharing it with children.
Raising a Catholic family is never easy, especially when it comes to discussing our faith with our children. Despite trying our best, sometimes we all need help addressing issues of faith respectfully, honestly, and accurately.
Written by Julianne Stanz, bestselling author, catechist, lay church leader, and mother of three, The Catholic Parents’ Survival Guide is a practical manual for talking with children about how to navigate life through the lens of the Catholic faith.
Featuring an accessible question-and-answer format, Julianne not only equips readers with tools to help explain Catholic beliefs, ethics, morality, and faith practices, but she also prepares us for how to deliver this information in a manner that will resonate with children. She addresses such questions
Who is God?
What is the Holy Spirit?
What happens if you miss Mass?
What happens after we die?
Does God answer prayers?
What will we do in heaven?
Why do Catholics pray to Mary?
Why can’t women become priests?
In addition, each chapter includes key takeaways, notes for reflection, recommended resources, and tips for putting these insights into practice. The Catholic Parents’ Survival Guide provides reliable information about the Catholic faith and parent-tested methods for sharing it with children.
208 pages, Paperback
Published June 6, 2023
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June 25, 2023
This is a book that fulfills a need for Catholic parents at this time. It uses solid examples of some of the hardest questions to answer our youth in this confusing period. Whether it's sexual morality, questions about death, or whether animals are in heaven, this book provides suggestions on how to answer some of these questions. While it provides a framework, it is not a recipe, but more a "do it yourself" book for parents and grandparents trying to navigate our confusing culture.
With helpful tips such as- if you haven't been praying out loud as a family, try to structure it around, "Whoops, Wow, Please, Thank you.
Each chapter is organized with questions and answers and then ends with Key takeaways, reflect and journal and suggestions of how to practice."
With helpful tips such as- if you haven't been praying out loud as a family, try to structure it around, "Whoops, Wow, Please, Thank you.
Each chapter is organized with questions and answers and then ends with Key takeaways, reflect and journal and suggestions of how to practice."
October 14, 2023
I received a complimentary copy of this book via Netgalley. Opinions expressed in this review are my own.
I actually found this book to help answer my Evangilocal friend's questions about my religion because I swear they ask more questions than children's at times. It is also a good book for Catholics like myself who were raised in the church but haven't been since their conformation.
Overall, I really enjoyed reading and learning.
I actually found this book to help answer my Evangilocal friend's questions about my religion because I swear they ask more questions than children's at times. It is also a good book for Catholics like myself who were raised in the church but haven't been since their conformation.
Overall, I really enjoyed reading and learning.
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