
Our favourite books on family life
Bossingham, Mike Building Family Friendly Churches
Methodist Publishing House, 2004 |
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| Bourg, Florence Caffrey Where Two or Three Are Gathered: Christian Families as Domestic Churches. University of Notre Dame, 2004 |
Coffey, Kathy.
Experiencing God with Your Children
Crossroad Publishing, 1997. |
Connell-Chesto, Kathleen. Family Prayers for Family Times: traditions, celebrations and rituals Twenty-third Publications, 1995.
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| Connell-Chesto, Kathleen. Why are the Dandelions Weeds? Liguori, 1999. | Dominian, Jack. Let's Make Love
: the meaning of sexual intercourse. Darton, Longman & Todd,
2001. |
Dominian, Jack Living Love Darton, Longman & Todd, 2004 |
| Dowrick, Stephanie. Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love :finding true value in your life. The Women's Press, 1998 | Dowsing, Anita. A Marriage in Our Time: When Believer... meets non-believer. Sheed & Ward, 2000. |
Finley, Mitch &
Kathy. Building Christian Families
Thomas More, 1996. |
Finley, Mitch. Your Family in Focus: Appreciating What...
you have, making it even
better. Ave Maria Press, 1993 |
Foley, Gerald. Family-Centred Church: A New Parish Model. Sheed & Ward, 1995. | Forster, Michael. A Story, a Hug and a Prayer: A Family... bedtime book. Kevin Mayhew, 1994 |
Garland,
Diana Sacred Stories of Ordinary
Families: Living the faith in Everyday Life Jossey
Bass Wiley, 2003
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Garland, Diana. Family Ministry: A Comprehensive Guide
Intervarsity Press, 1999
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Hays, Edward. Prayers for the Domestic Church:
A handbook for worship in the
home. Forest of Peace Publishing, 1979. |
Howard, Karen L. Getting Back to Basics: A Parish
Plan for
family catechesis. Twenty-third Publications, 2001. |
Kehrwald, Leif Caring That Enables: Manual for Developing Parish Family Ministry Paulist Press, 1991 | |
| Knickerbocker, Lynne et al. Parent Child Retreats: spiritual experiences for children ages 7-10 and their parents. Living the Good News, 1998. |
Pike, Maggie et al. Parent Child Retreats: Spiritual experiences for children ages 3-6 and their parents. Living the Good News, 1997. |
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Lawler, Michael G. & Roberts,
William P. (eds) Christian Marriage and
Family: contemporary theological and
pastoral perspectives. Michael Glazier/Liturgical Press, 1996. |
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Pipher, Mary. The Shelter of Each Other:
Rebuilding our Families. Vermillion, 1998 |
Strange, W.A. Children in the Early Church Paternoster Press, 1996 | |
Strommen, Merton P.
& Hardel, Richard A. Passing on the Faith: A Radical
New model for youth and family ministry. St Mary's Press, 2000. |
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| Thomas, David M. & Calnan, Mary Joyce. The Catechism of the Catholic Church - Family style. Tabor Publishing, 1994. 0883472913 |
Thomas, David M. Christian Marriage: A Journey
Together. (Message of the Sacraments)
Michael Glazier, 1994 |
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Thompson, Marjorie
J. Family the Forming Center: A Vision
of the role of family in
spiritual formation. Upper Room Books, 1996. |
Travnikar, Rock. The Blessing Cup: 40 simple rites for family prayer-celebrations. St Anthony Messenger Press, 1994. | |
| Wright, Wendy M. Sacred Dwelling: A Spirituality of family life. Crossroad Publishing, 1989 | ||
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The following are out of print but worth chasing - try http://www.abebooks.com or http://www.bibliofind.com for copies:
Kehrwald, Leif. Family spirituality: the raw ingredients of faith.Don Bosco Multimedia, 1994. 0899443176
Vatican Documents on Family
Familiaris Consortio: The Christian Family in the Modern World. Catholic Truth Society, 1981 0851834698
Family, marriage and 'de facto' unions. Pontifical Council for the Family, 2000. 88 209 7043 0
The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality: Guidelines for Education Within the Family. Pontifical Council for the Family. Family Publications, (1995). 1 871 21717 2
Preparation for the Sacrament of Marriage. Pontifical Council for the Family. Family Publications/Catholic Truth Society (1996) 1871217202
Letter to Families (1994)
Charter of the Rights of the Family, presented by the Holy See, 22 October 1983
1st World Meeting of Families 1994 Address & Homily
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