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Organized into age-level kits, this fun-filled preschool program by Julie Brunet and Renée McAlister helps young children explore God's creation (age 4). You’ll find:

  • Faith-focused activity pages with language and listening skills practice, simple games, and more
  • Read-to-Me pages with age-appropriate Scripture-based and theme-related stories, poems, chants, finger plays, and movement activities
  • Prayer experiences to foster and nurture children’s prayer life
  • Special celebrations to engage children in prayer and rituals for holy days and holidays
 
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Christ Our Life: God Loves Us provides children with a thorough presentation of the authentic teachings of the Catholic Church and matches it with their ability to learn complex concepts when presented in ways that are friendly and proven to work with four-to-six-year-olds. With active-learning opportunities on every page of the program, kindergarteners are always engaged and fully immersed in the rich content of their Catholic faith.
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The first-grade program of the Christ Our Life series, God Is Good, is designed to provide a simple overview of the mysteries of our faith. Through learning of the goodness of God, and the love of Jesus, the children respond to God in friendship and prayer.
 
The children should
  • become aware of God’s presence and goodness in their lives, in others, in the world, and in his Church.
  • respond to God’s goodness by loving him and others.
 
Prayer in this grade
  • Sign of the Cross
  • Glory Be to the Father
  • Lord’s Prayer (Our Father)
  • Stations of the Cross
  • Hail Mary
  • To the Guardian Angel
  • Morning Prayer (adapted)
 
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The second-grade program of the Christ Our Life series, God Cares for Us, is designed to prepare the children for their first celebration of the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist.
 
The children should:
  • come to realize God’s loving care for them, especially through the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist.
  • respond to God’s call to give themselves in loving service to him and to others.
 
Prayer in this grade:
  • Act of Faith, Hope, Love (adapted)
  • Morning Prayer
  • Act of Contrition
  • Meal Prayers
  • Prayer to the Holy Spirit (adapted)
  • Act of Consecration to Mary
 
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The third-grade program of the Christ Our Life series, We Believe, presents the main truths Catholics believe and express in the Apostles’ Creed.
 
The children should
  • grow in the power to make decisions in the light of God’s Revelation and the redemptive acts of Jesus.
  • come to a knowledge and an appreciation of the mysteries of their faith expressed in the Apostles’ Creed.
 
Prayer in this grade
  • Act of Faith, Hope, Love (adapted)
  • Morning Offering
  • Come, Holy Spirit (adapted)
  • Prayer to Saint
  • The Apostles’ Creed Michael the Archangel
  • Rosary
  • Act of Contrition
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The fourth-grade program of the Christ Our Life series, God Guides Us, focuses on the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes as guides for living.
 
The children should
  • grow in understanding and appreciation of God’s call to eternal life and his ever-present and loving guidance.
  • choose to live the Commandments in the spirit of the Beatitudes.
 
Prayer in this grade
  • Acts of Faith, Hope, Love, and Contrition
  • Angelus
  • Come, Holy Spirit (adapted)
  • Queen of Heaven
  • Way of the Cross
  • Morning Offering
 
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The fifth-grade program of the Christ Our Life series, We Worship, focuses on the sacraments, especially the Eucharist, the center of Christian life.
 
The children should
  • grow in their appreciation of the Church as a worshiping community, and of Christ’s action among us in the eucharistic liturgy and in the sacraments.
  • give worship to God by prayer, loving service, and celebrating the liturgical seasons.
 
Prayer in this grade
  • Come, Holy Spirit
  • Prayers of the Mass
  • Psalms
 
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The sixth-grade program of the Christ Our Life series is devoted to the study of God’s saving love as it is revealed in Sacred Scripture, particularly the Old Testament. God Calls a People is designed to help the students increase their knowledge of salvation history so that they may respond to God with ever-deepening love and gratitude.
 
The students should
  • come to a deeper appreciation of the person of Christ and of his presence in his Church through the study of salvation history.
  • grow in their relationship with God and in giving witness of their faith.
 
Prayer in this grade
  • Psalms
  • Memorare to the Blessed Virgin
 
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The seventh-grade program of the Christ Our Life series is devoted to the study of God’s saving love as it is revealed through his Son, Jesus. Jesus the Way, the Truth, and the Life is designed to help young adolescents grow in their knowledge of Jesus, that they may love him more ardently and serve him more generously.
 
The students should
  • grow in knowledge and love of Jesus through prayer and studying the Gospels.
  • appreciate that the sacraments enable them to respond to the call to follow Jesus, live by his teachings, and proclaim God’s kingdom in word, worship, witness, and service.
 
Prayer in this grade
  • Prayer to Saint Michael
  • Morning Offering
  • Prayer of the Penitent
  • Act of Faith
  • Prayer for Christlikeness (John Henry Newman)
  • Nicene Creed
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The eighth-grade program of the Christ Our Life series is devoted to the study of God’s faithful love as it is revealed in the Church founded by Jesus Christ. The Church Then and Now is designed to help young teens grow in their knowledge and love of the Church.
 
The students should
  • come to a deeper understanding of the Church by studying its images, history, and members.
  • grow in love for Catholic beliefs and ritual and strive to respond to God’s love through Christian morality, service, prayer, and witness.
 
Prayer in this grade
  • Reflective prayer
  • The Liturgy of the Hours
 
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