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/ 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

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