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Catechetical Resources Focused on Marriage and Family

• Ascension Press – YOU: Life, Love & Theology of the Body (High School, 10 session video course on TOB)
• Ascension Press – Theology of the Body for Teens: Middle School Edition (8 session video course on TOB)
• RCL Benziger – Family Life (K-8 parish/school, 10 lessons per year, w/ Parent Connections)
• St. Benedict Press – LoveEd (bilingual, parish-based, parent-focused, two levels addressing boys and girls separately: 4th/5th and 7th/8th)

Parish Catechetical Resources

Comprehensive Catholic faith programs with family/Theology of the Body connections:

• Sadlier Religion – We Believe/Creemos* (K-6 bilingual parish comprehensive catechetical program with age-appropriate ToB connections in each lesson)
• RCL Benziger – Be My Disciples* and Blest Are We* (1-8 parish programs with content from Family Life integrated into each lesson; 1-8 school editions and Spanish versions have not yet been updated with the Family Life content)
• OSV – Alive in Christ/Vivos en Cristo* (K-8 bilingual parish program with age-appropriate Christian anthropology content integrated into each lesson)
• Bayard/Pflaum – Gospel Weeklies* (K-Adult family-based catechesis tied to the Sunday readings, also in Spanish; limited “remote preparation for marriage” themes, but it brings the family together, which gives its own witness to marriage)

* Asterisk indicates materials on the USCCB Conformity Listing as of January 16, 2024.

School Resources

Elementary and middle school curricula:

• Sadlier Religion – We Believe* (K-6 comprehensive catechetical program with age-appropriate ToB connections in each lesson)
• Ruah Woods Institute – Revealed, Rooted, (K-8 curriculum: between 8 and 10 lessons per year K-5; 6 units [4 classes each] per year for grades 6 to 8)
• OSV – Alive in Christ* (K-8 comprehensive curriculum with age-appropriate Christian anthropology content integrated into each lesson)
• RCL Benziger – Family Life (K-8 parish/school, 10 lessons per year, w/ Parent Connections)

High school curricula and elective courses on vocations:

• Ruah Woods Institute – Called to Be More (9-12 curriculum: 8 courses containing 7 to 10 lessons each for high school)
• Ave Maria Press – Your Christian Vocation* and Marriage and Holy Orders*
• Saint Mary’s Press – Creating a Christian Lifestyle and Vocations*
• Sophia Institute Press – Your Vocation in Christ*
• Midwest Theological Forum – Vocations and the Universal Call to Holiness*
• RCL Benziger – Responding to the Call of Jesus Christ*

* Asterisk indicates materials on the USCCB Conformity Listing as of January 16, 2024.

Sample Curricular Guides (for reference)

• Archdiocese of Milwaukee
• Dioceses of Ontario (Canada)

Youth Ministry

• Ascension Press – YOU: Life, Love & Theology of the Body (10 video/online sessions)
• Ascension Presents – YouTube videos on marriage themes
• Real+True – YouTube catechesis on marriage (Spanish)
• Corazón Puro (bilingual) – ministry promoting human dignity and authentic love
• Ruah Woods Institute – Called to Be More (Grades 9-12 ToB curriculum in 8 courses)