franciscanheart Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Our youth ministry program will soon have a new youth room. I, along with a couple of the youth, are helping our youth minister makeover the new room since when we get it we will be walking on bare floors and have all white walls. Anyway, while chatting just now I realized we should have a small library for the new room. We used to have one in our old youth minister's office but I'm not sure what happened to it. Anyway, I just heard of a book which is a compilation of quotes and letters from JPII to the youth. That would be an awesome book to have. Any other suggestions would be great! Also, we need to name the room. What did your youth group name your room? How did you come up with the name? Any ideas? We all really love John Paul II so I know we are dedicating at least one wall to him that will be covered in pictures of him and his writings. Thanks in advance!!
StColette Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Laura, go to avemarisstella.com and look under the book reviews. I wrote a lot of the reviews and I can recommend all of those books lol
mariology21 Posted August 19, 2005 Posted August 19, 2005 Two suggestions I have are: "We're on a Mission from God" and "Real Love: Answers. Your questions on Dating, Marriage and the Real Meaning of Sex" both by Mary Beth Bonacci. Great books! I'm going to be the youth minister at work starting in September. I love the idea of a library for the youth. I love the idea for a seperate youth room. AND I love the idea for naming the room!!!!! ~Jen
franciscanheart Posted August 19, 2005 Author Posted August 19, 2005 [quote name='StColette' date='Aug 18 2005, 06:58 PM']Laura, go to avemarisstella.com and look under the book reviews. I wrote a lot of the reviews and I can recommend all of those books lol [right][snapback]689574[/snapback][/right] [/quote] okay thanks jennie. [quote name='mariology21' date='Aug 18 2005, 07:39 PM']Two suggestions I have are: "We're on a Mission from God" and "Real Love: Answers. Your questions on Dating, Marriage and the Real Meaning of Sex" both by Mary Beth Bonacci. Great books! I'm going to be the youth minister at work starting in September. I love the idea of a library for the youth. I love the idea for a seperate youth room. AND I love the idea for naming the room!!!!! ~Jen [right][snapback]689624[/snapback][/right] [/quote] thanks! the parish that my old youth minister is at now with her husband got a whole house just recently! it is called the servant of God John Paul II youth house. (i hope i got that right) I want ours to be dedicated to him too but I'm not sure all of our group will agree!
Anastasia13 Posted August 19, 2005 Posted August 19, 2005 We didn't name our room or have a youth library at my old Lutheran church, but our youth group was called Crosswalk and I think the library idea is awesome. I lost my copy of it, so I can't speak for all of it as a suggestion for something Catholic, but what I've read of Lee Strobel's [i]A Case for Christ[/i] was really good and as someone not very familiar with old writings about Jesus, I wish I had read it earlier.
the_rev Posted August 19, 2005 Posted August 19, 2005 Our youth group is called ACACIA As Christ Always Calls I Answer
franciscanheart Posted August 19, 2005 Author Posted August 19, 2005 we arent naming our group - just our room. we did however have a group once for young kids called PBS. it stood for pages of the blessed sacrament. they were cute. [bump for the night]
Birgitta Noel Posted August 19, 2005 Posted August 19, 2005 HFL, Do you want a copy of West's Good News About Sex & Marriage? If so PM me your addy and I'll send one for the library....
ryanmeyersmusic Posted August 19, 2005 Posted August 19, 2005 Ann Ball's "Modern Saints" is always facinating to our young people. The more intellectual types dig everything and anything C.S. Lewis, especially "A Case for Christianity" Mother Teresa "In Her Own Words" is nice to glance at (it's full of great quotes) The Catechism of the Catholic Church, I think should probably be there, along with a few copies of the Catholic Youth Bible. I had a youth minister that monitored the reading lists at the local high schools and always had really cool reading material about spiritual and biblical allusions in the books everyone was reading. Have a copy of the Koran. Everyone's very interested in the Islamic faith right now, and many are being taught to be hostile towards it. Write a note in the cover expressing that the Church doesn't teach that the book is divinely inspired, but that it's a great resource to learn about the Islamic faith tradition. I'm sure there's some valuable books expressing the differences and likenesses to Catholic Christianity as well that would be a nice thing to have alongside it. JP2's "Crossing the Threshold of Hope" is readable. Pretty much anything that has condensed sections that can be read pretty quickly is good for a youth room. It's nice to have something to be able to digest fairly quickly.
franciscanheart Posted August 19, 2005 Author Posted August 19, 2005 Thanks, Ryan. That's very helpful!
franciscanheart Posted August 20, 2005 Author Posted August 20, 2005 Does anyone know about any books involving entrance to high school? Anything that talks about like drugs, alcohol, and other high school (generally) issues? We have a lot of young high school kids and some of them make me nervous! I think it would be helpful to have something around for them to read....
Colleen Posted August 20, 2005 Posted August 20, 2005 I suggest: [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0898708613/qid=1124501159/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-9921536-8051146?v=glance&s=books&n=507846"]A Man of the Beatitudes: Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati[/url] -- He's a Patron of World Youth Day. He died at the age of 24, and his young, short life is very inspirational. [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385132204/qid=1124501290/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-9921536-8051146?v=glance&s=books&n=507846"]Life of Christ by Fulton Sheen[/url] -- this is a beautiful book to have on hand. It's good for meditating on Jesus' life. [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1889334294/qid=1124501818/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9921536-8051146?v=glance&s=books"]The Faith Explained by Fr. Leo Trese[/url] -- this book has excellent, succinct but simple explanations for why we believe what we do. It would be a great reference to have on hand. Also, it might be good to have some encyclicals and apostolic letters, especially ones like Evangelium Vitae, Humanae Vitae, Veritatis Splendor, Fides at Ratio, On the Most Holy Rosary, Familiaris Consortio, Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, to name a few. It would be good to have references like that around. I also recommend the Prove It! books that Era Might suggested. They're good explanations for young people. [quote] Does anyone know about any books involving entrance to high school? Anything that talks about like drugs, alcohol, and other high school (generally) issues? We have a lot of young high school kids and some of them make me nervous! I think it would be helpful to have something around for them to read....[/quote] You might want to check out what [url="http://www.boystownpress.org/Scripts/default.asp"]Boys Town Press[/url] has to offer for those sorts of books. [url="http://www.boystownpress.org/Scripts/prodView.asp?sku=25-502"]This[/url] for example, might be worth looking into. I read the first book in that series before I went to high school, and I thought it was good. Anyways, those are just a few suggestions.
StColette Posted August 20, 2005 Posted August 20, 2005 [quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Aug 19 2005, 08:18 PM']Does anyone know about any books involving entrance to high school? Anything that talks about like drugs, alcohol, and other high school (generally) issues? We have a lot of young high school kids and some of them make me nervous! I think it would be helpful to have something around for them to read.... [right][snapback]691142[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Living the Questions Jesus Ask - A Guide for Teens by John M. Vitek Sex, Love and You - Making the Right Decision Dating, Sex, Me & God by Tom Ehart Sex Has a Price Tag by Pam Stenzel U Got 2 Pray by Father Stan Fortuna, C.F.R What We Really Want To Know - Teen Questions Michael Francis Pennock Did Adam & Eve Have Bellybuttons...And 199 other questions from Catholic Teenagers by Matthew Pinto Teen Apologetics Books by Amy Welborn Prove It! Jesus Prove It! Church Prove It! Prayer Prove it! God Prove It! the Catholic Teen Bible-NAB
franciscanheart Posted August 20, 2005 Author Posted August 20, 2005 Y'all are crazy helpful and I'm so thankful! Thank you!
jmjtina Posted August 20, 2005 Posted August 20, 2005 Stephan Woods the "ABC's of choosing a good husband/wife" are great! Of course "Pure Love" and "If you really loved me" by Jason Evert. all can be found online at Catholic Answers.
LiL Kat Said Posted August 20, 2005 Posted August 20, 2005 U GOT 2 Believe! by Fr. Stan Fortuna, C.F.R.
jgirl Posted August 20, 2005 Posted August 20, 2005 I've never read them but the guy's version is called Wild at Heart and the girl's version is called Captivating. All the youth ministers in S.t Louis love those books. Also Heather Gallagher has a book called, "A Case for Chastity" that's pretty good. Some books like Story of a Soul or books about saints might be good to have, too!
franciscanheart Posted August 20, 2005 Author Posted August 20, 2005 wow! thanks everyone! this is awesome!
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