Canterbury School Viewbook (PDF)

New marketing goals called for fresh, warm language in this private school viewbook that anchors the admissions materials.

What kind of person writes encyclopedias and almanacs?
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Someone piercingly intelligent. Someone patient and thorough. Someone who tirelessly tracks down minute detail and boils down big topics. Someone like author Matthew Bunson.

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Paul and Joan Plum are veterans of the classroom.

Meet the Holy Souls’ “campaign manager.”
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Susan Tassone’s determination is unmatched. She prays and writes tirelessly on behalf of those gone to purgatory, but not forgotten. Susan has taken her efforts all the way to Rome – and to the gates of heaven.

A clever cardboard church – a solid concrete lesson!
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Here is the church, here is the steeple … here is an entire house of worship, an engaging hands-on activity that builds your child’s knowledge of sacred Catholic objects and spaces.

His light will never be extinguished (PDF)
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A warm story, a clear message on how -- and when -- life begins

Introduce your child to the miracle of life through a loving lesson with God as its foundation. Poetic phrases teach the stages of development in the womb with age-appropriate accuracy. Children will delight in learning what their heartbeat sounded like, when their eyelashes formed, and how their hiccups felt to Mom.

A compelling crash course on the collision of culture and Christianity

“We pick up the story of the Church during the Roman Empire; specifically, during the reign of the unbalanced Emperor Nero …” What follows is a vivid trip through history unlike any you’ve taken, populated by intriguing figures and incredible events. In her conversational yet brisk style, Dr. Diane Moczar paints a poignant and fascinating picture of the key periods in the Church’s development.

God lives in huts and gutters.

We hear the challenge in dusty fields and crowded cities, amid suffering and squalor, during tragedy and terror: “Where is your God now?”

And maybe we wonder that ourselves.

The plan is revealed

It was there all along … the story of the New Testament, hidden within the Old.

A child peeks into the manger …and glimpses the glory of Jesus’ life.

How can you help a little one wrap his arms around the magnificent story of Christ? By introducing Jesus as a little one himself, a tiny king in a humble bed.

This is the answer …
… to the questions that catechumens and cradle Catholics alike ask about the Church.

Faith’s role in salvation. Morality and sin. Mary. The Real Presence. What does it all mean? What do Catholics believe?

A crucial message in a bright Christmas package
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The true meaning of Christmas: Parents, grandparents and religious educators must compete each year with the lure of electronics, clothes and toys to deliver this lesson. But rarely is it delivered in a package this festive and bright.

How to Celebrate Christmas as a Catholic
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How many shopping days left until Christmas? Chances are, your parishioners have made their gift lists and checked them twice. But what about their spiritual lists? How many Catholics know what to do to make this Christmas mean more than the hottest toy or the latest gadget?

Catholic Etiquette: Mass, Catholic Etiquette: Weddings, and Catholic Etiquette: Funerals
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You very likely find yourself explaining some elements of Church tradition over and over. And it’s likely that some of those Church traditions spark emotional reactions as parishioners plan high-tension events such as weddings and funerals.

That’s where Our Sunday Visitor’s newest pamphlets come in. Catholic Etiquette: Mass, Catholic Etiquette: Weddings, and Catholic Etiquette: Funerals provide clear, concise explanations of the Church’s guidelines and practices, their spiritual origins, and why we adhere to them.

What the Church Teaches: Just War
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It’s a subject that likely has touched many families in your parish in recent months. War – its possibilities, implications, and growing reality – has been at the forefront of the nation’s consciousness as politicians debate and loved ones say goodbye.