Presents a revised New American Bible containing over seven hundred articles and five special indexes.

As the title suggests, Breakthrough! The Bible for Young Catholics highlights what happens throughout salvation history between God and humanity. God breaks through and connects with human history, thereby establishing a relationship with humanity. Using the Good News translation, Breakthrough! The Bible for Young Catholics was created for young people leaving childhood and entering adolescence. Its ten special features were created to help make the Bible easier for young people to read and understand. They will learn about the great people of the Bible, and will see how God has been breaking through in human history and connecting with humanity for thousands of years. Most important, they will discover, in the Bible, how God's messages to key people of faith have meaning for life today.

Paraphrases the Old and New Testaments and provides introductions to each book of the Bible along with illustrations, maps, and information about the history, geography, and theological teachings.

Get students to read the Bible, not just read about the Bible. This manual serves the teacher who wants to use The Catholic Youth Bible(R) as the primary text for a scripture course. It contains over 300 learning activities, many incorporating and extending the articles in the CYB; 18 student handouts; lists of resources; a list of recommended audiovisuals; 10 prayer services; 2 retreat outlines; indexes of activities listed by biblical book and by topic; and reading plans.

Sometimes the Bible can be overwhelming for teens. Here, nine biblical experts and veteran ministers help ministers and teachers bring Catholic youth and The Catholic Youth Bible(R) together. They provide background on how Catholics approach the Scriptures, practical ideas for developing biblical literacy and biblical spirituality, directions for using the ancient Catholic practice of lectio divina with today's teens, and activities for using the Bible with junior high and senior high youth.

A semester-long, eight-unit high school course designed be used with The Catholic youth Bible.

This Bible was written for Catholic Teens to enable them to grow emotionally and spiritually in their Catholic faith and become effective Disciples of Christ. . 21 critical topics are addressed through seven comprehensive sections: Your Decision/Your Reward; What Does the Bible Say About?; Roots of Our Faith; Saints Relate; and 1 on 1 with Christ. What Jesus Did; What Jesus Said; and Putting My Faith Into Action. Topics are: Acceptance; Anger; Choices; Courage; Culture; Discouragement; Faith; Guilt; Intolerance; Love; Money; Peer Pressure; Prayer; Relationships; Respect; Responsibility; Service; Sex; Temptation; Winning and Losing; Worship; Terms of the Mass; Basic Prayers and Practices of our Catholic faith. New American Bible Version Revised Edition Page-edge indexing Laminated hardcover