Blest Are We
Blest Are We



Unit Resources by Grade Level
Grade Level 7 Grade Level 7

Below are suggested resources that may be helpful to you as a parent or religious educator. Please note that many items listed here are available through RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

Also visit our Links page for a list of helpful sites related to religious education.

THE STORY OF OUR CHURCH, UNIT 5

Links

Catholic Relief Services, "CRS Kids"

www.catholicrelief.org/kids/

Catholic Social Teaching Principles

www.coc.org/rsv/catholic.html

Bread for the World – ending hunger

www.bread.org

Free the Children USA, sweatshop concerns

www.freethechildren.org

National Interfaith Committee on Worker Justice

www.nicwj.org/

Roots & Shoots Clubs

www.rootsandshoots.org/

Interfaith Climate Change Network

www.protectingcreation.org

Salt of the Earth, resources social justice

salt.claretianpubs.org

The Child Labor Coalition

www.stopchildlabor.org

Sweatshop Watch

www.sweatshopwatch.org


Books

Quick Takes for Teens – Easy, On-the-Spot Resources
for Youth Ministry World Problems

Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

ORDER NUMBER: 1-889-108-07-3

Attitude Series—
Volume III: Changing the World

Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

ORDER NUMBER: 1-889108-44-8

What Do You Stand For?
A Kid’s Guide To Building Character

Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

ORDER NUMBER: 1-57542-029-5

The New Concise Catholic Dictionary

Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725). .

ORDER NUMBER: 0-89622-622-0

Catholic family, Catholic Home—
Prayers & Blessings, Rituals & Celebrations, Projects & Activities


Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

ORDER NUMBER: 1-58595-108-0

Blessings for God’s People:
A Book of Blessings for All Occasions

Ave Maria Press, 1995

Pope John XXIII: A Penguin Life Book

Viking Press, 2002

What It Means to Be Catholic

St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1999

To Construct Peace: 30 More Justice Seekers, Peace Makers

Twenty-Third Publications, 1992

Renewing Christianity: A History of Church
Reform from Day One to Vatican II

Paulist Press, 2001

The Eucharist: A View from the Pew

St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2001

Catholic Social Teaching and Movements

Twenty-Third Publications, 1998

Life Can Be a Wild Ride: More Prayers by Young Teens

Saint Mary’s Press, 2001


Videos

Growing in Faith Series (18 min. each)
Three-video sacrament series by Gaynell Cronin and Jack Rathschmidt, O.F.M. Cap., challenges viewers to take a new look at sacramental life.

Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

ORDER NUMBER: 0-382-36217-9

Romero (105 min.)
The true story of the courageous Archbishop Oscar Romero, who took a stand against social injustice in El Salvador.

Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

ORDER NUMBER: 0-382-36025-7

Lifeworks (45 min.)
Inspiring commentary of people who have found true joy in living out their vocation and mission, includes experiences of workers who wear blue collars, white collars, and Roman collars.

Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

ORDER NUMBER: 0-382-30970-7

Grandma’s Bread (17 min.)
A family continues the tradition of baking bread after the death of the grandmother who had always prepared bread for the family.

Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

ORDER NUMBER: 0-382-30944-8 English

ORDER NUMBER: 0-382-30945-6 Spanish

Will You Carry the Light? (20 min.)
Teens share how the light of Christ and of the Holy spirit is present in them and how they carry the light to others.

Oblate Media & Communications, 314-621-1509

Living Eucharist (10 min.)
Video follows the structure of the Sunday liturgy in a small parish. It tells the sotries of three parishioners and their "living moments" in the Eucharist.

Telekinetics

Teen Discipleship (20 min.)
Video follows a group of Ohio teens on a mission trip to Chicago as they respond to the call to serve.

St. Anthony Messenger Press, 800-488-0488

Living Justice (42 min.)
Focus is on perennial Gospel questions and attitudes toward social justice.

St. Anthony Messenger Press, 800-488-0488


Music

"We Are the Hope," "I Have Been Anointed," "Come to the Table," " With Hope and Healing," (Meditation Track)

Blest Are We Music CD, Level 7-8

Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

ORDER NUMBER: 0-382-36394-9

Blest Are We Music Cassette, Level 7-8

Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

ORDER NUMBER: 0-382-36454-6

Blest Are We Song Book for Grades 1-8, School Edition
Words and melody for students; contains music for grades 1-6 (school) and 7-8 (parish and school)

Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

ORDER NUMBER: 0-382-36617-4

Blest Are We Accompaniment Book for Grades 1-8, School Edition
Contains accompaniment music for grades 1-6 (school)
and 7-8 (parish and school)

Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

ORDER NUMBER: 0-382-36618-2

"Hail Mary: Gentle Woman"

Carey Landry

OCP Publications

Fresh as the Morning CD

GIA Publications

"If God Is For Us"

Grayson Warren Brown

OCP Publications

"Jesus Christ, Yesterday, Today, and Forever"

Suzanne Toolan, S.M.

GIA Publications

"Hands"

Jewel

Wea/Atlantic

"Honduras Alleluia"

Rob Glover

GIA Publications

"Anthem"

Tom Conry

OCP Publications

"Litany of Saints"

Roman Missal

"Open My Eyes"

Jesse Manibusan

OCP Publications

"Psalm 67: Let the People Sing Your Praise"

B. Boland, K. Boland, R. Dalby, K. Lewis

OCP Publications