Advent/Christmas 2008

Christ Our Hope

Shopping Lists

For Your Friends

• Bring inspiration and guidance to your friends in books from the Spiritual Thoughts Series, including St. Paul, Mary, and The Saints.
• Include a copy of the Prayer for Peace to Mary, Queen of Peace, or the Prayer for Families in your Christmas cards this year.
• Give the new paperback edition of Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers to newlyweds, families with young children, and college students home for Christmas break.
• Support married friends with the Prayer for Married Couples, in English and Spanish.

For Your Family

• Invite different family members to lead prayer before and after meals using the blessings for Advent and Christmas in Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers.
• Give A Rosary for Peace or Rosary for the Church in Need as a stocking stuffer.

For Your Children or Grandchildren

• Master Catholic basics together with Essentials for Christian Living.
• Learn about holy people together with The Saints from the Spiritual Thoughts Series.
• Watch The First Christmas and Martin the Cobbler as an Advent family-night activity.
• Begin Advent with the Blessing of an Advent Wreath in Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers.
• Teach your children one prayer to Mary each week during Advent with the Book of Mary.

For Your Parish

• Enrich your music ministry by giving copies of Sing to the Lord to clergy, musicians, and singers.
• Donate a case (12 per carton) of Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers to the marriage preparation program.
• Give ten copies of A Rosary for Peace or Rosary for the Church in Need to be prayed on January 1 and throughout the year.
• Help your parish save by donating a subscription to the Resource Service, USCCB Publishing's automatic mailing of its new English-language publications.
• Present the parish with a carton of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (12 per carton) or the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (44 per carton) for the religious education program.
• Buy packages of A Prayer for Peace (packages of 100) to be distributed on January 1.

For Yourself

• Grow in biblical literacy by reading the Pope's thoughts on St. Paul, and record your own thoughts in the space provided.
• Support your prayer life with a copy of the Manual of Indulgences which is one of the most inclusive books of traditional Catholic prayers.
• Start a new year of personal growth and reflection with the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults and its companion piece Reader's Journal.
• Buy a copy of the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and put it where you can easily reach it to answer your, your childrens', or your students' questions about the Catholic faith.
• Purchase a copy of A Rosary for Peace or Rosary for the Church in Need to put in your purse or coat pocket to pray on January 1.
• Give yourself a 30% discount every time you order online with USCCB Preferred.