Prayers

Opening and Closing Prayers

Catechisms

The Catechism of the Council of Trent (Roman Catechism)

We’ll be using the version translated by John A. McHugh, OP and Charles J. Callan, OP.

• Why read the Roman Catechism? (LifeSiteNews.com)
• Here’s an example of how both the new and the old catechisms may be used in a complementary fashion to explicate a Catholic truth: A Victory of Truth
• History of the Roman Catechism (1907 Catholic Encyclopedia)
• free–> Catechism of the Council of Trent (online)
• free–> Catechism of the Council of Trent (Roman Catechism) (PDF. Good, with scriptural references, but no Table of Contents)
• free–> Catechism of the Council of Trent (Roman Catechism) or here (PDF. Includes a Table of Contents, but no references to the Scriptural verses cited)
• Catechism of the Council of Trent (Roman Catechism) (eBook from TAN Books. Can be read with eReader apps like ReadEra)
• Catechism of the Council of Trent (Roman Catechism) (hard copy from TAN Books)
• Catechism of the Council of Trent (Roman Catechism) (hard copy from Baronius Press)
• Catechism of the Council of Trent (Roman Catechism) (Kindle format from Amazon)
• free–> The Catechism of the Council of Trent, Translated Into English, with Notes by Theodore Alois Buckley (Online, with descriptive headers.)
• free–>The Catechism of the Council of Trent, or here, translated by Rev. J. Donovan (PDF, excellent scriptural citations in footnotes)
• Decree of the Council of Trent (PDF)

Catechism of the Catholic Church

• Catechism of the Catholic Church (Holy See online)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church (USCCB online)
• Scriptural Index to the Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Baltimore Catechism

• The Baltimore Catechism of 1891 (PDF)

Sacred Scriptures

• BibleGateway.com (many versions of the Bible)
• New American Bible – Revised Edition (NABRE from USCCB, online)
• Revised Standard Edition (RSV, online)
• The Four Senses of Sacred Scripture – Catechism of the Catholic Church or here to listen to an 8 minute podcast on the same topic.
• Science and the Old Testament – from the Fathers and the Magisterium
• The Bible Alone? Part I and Part 2
• Verbum Catholic Bible Study (Android App) or here (iPhone App)

Saints and Church Fathers

• Summa Theologiae by St. Thomas Aquinas
• The Catechetical Instructions of St. Thomas Aquinas (PDF) or “The Aquinas Catechism” from Amazon.
• Fathers of the Church Online (Christian Classics Ethereal Library)
• Ante-Nicene Fathers
• Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
• Catena Aurea, St. Thomas Aquinas
• Catena app for Android phones
• Catena app for iPhones
• Catholic Church Fathers Android app for audio recordings of many homilies

Liturgy of the Hours

• Websites and Apps
  • Universalis
  • iBreviary
  • Liturgies.net
• Instructions
  • General Instruction on the Liturgy of the Hours (PDF)

Group Discussion Follow-up

• General
  • Grace Lily Productions – YouTube
  • General Instruction on the Roman Missal
• The Apostles’ Creed (Click on one of the article links to see resources for that article)
  • Article I – “I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth”
  • Article II – “And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord”
  • Article III – “Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary“
  • Article IV: “Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was Crucified, Dead and Buried“
  • Article V: “He Descended into Hell, the Third Day He Rose Again from the Dead”
  • Article VI – “He Ascended into Heaven, Sitteth at the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty”
  • Article VII – “From Thence He Shall Come to Judge the Living and the Dead”
  • Article VIII: “I Believe in the Holy Ghost”
  • Article IX: “I Believe in the Holy Catholic Church; the Communion of Saints”
  • Article X: “The Forgiveness of Sins”
  • Article XI: “The Resurrection of the Body”
  • Article XII: “Life Everlasting”
• The Seven Sacraments (Click on one of the sacrament links to see resources for that sacrament)
  • Baptism
  • Confirmation
  • Holy Eucharist
  • Penance
  • Extreme Unction
  • Holy Orders
  • Marriage
• The Ten Commandments
  • 1st Commandment – I am the Lord your God: you shall not have strange Gods before me.
  • 2nd Commandment
  • 3rd Commandment – Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
  • 4th Commandment
  • 5th Commandment – Thou shalt not kill.
  • 6th Commandment – Thou shalt not commit adultery.
  • 7th Commandment
  • 8th Commandment
  • 9th Commandment
• The Lord’s Prayer
  • Prelude: “Our Father”
  • 1st Petition
  • 2nd Petition
  • 3rd Petition
  • 4th Petition
  • 5th Petition
  • 6th Petition
  • 7th Petition – “Deliver us from evil.”
  • The Seal – “Amen”