This list of nearly 200 eminent Catholic scientists since the tenth century. Jane Meyerhofer has used the Catholic Encyclopedia together with her personal background in science and a network of other resources to compile this volume. Find scientists in every century and in every field of endeavor. 60 pages
Saint Augustine said that Christians should not expose the gospel to ridicule by claiming that it teaches things about the physical world which unbelievers know to be false. It does not take a PhD in geology to recognize the problems with a young-earth view of geology, A Doorway of Amethyst will help you to understand some of them. This book is a Catholic Christian introduction to geology, designed to be used for one semester to learn the basics of geology, that is: the common rock types and land forms, their formation and weathering, and their changes during mountain-building and plate tectonic movements. 200 full color pages with exercises, crosswords, (answers included), and suggested research topics.
This verse lists all the books of the Bible in the traditional order with a single line to encapsulate a principal topic from each book. The verse as a whole is in the public domain, and may be found elsewhere on this site; if you want to make copies of your own, you are free to do so. This item is only available with other ordered goods.
The Catechism in Lent is for the person who wants to read the Catechism itself, rather than a commentary, starting this Lent. It is simply a collection of questions, paragraph by paragraph, on sections of the Catechism devoted to the Paschal mystery, and to sin and repentance, Lenten themes. The questions are labeled for the relevant paragraph in the Catechism. Many of the questions have their answers directly in the paragraph itself; others are more reflective or point to other paragraphs. A few are intended to spark long thoughts or a discussion. 25 pages Spiral bound 8.5 x 8.5
Chemistry 101 is a young person's introduction to the Periodic Table, element by element. Ana Henebry has provided striking and attractive images for each of these building blocks of the physical world. The text is accompanied by a colorful, laminated, oversize chart, 19" x 25", laid out like the standard Periodic Table, but with images from the text, -- no names abbreviations, or numbers. Write-on/wipe off -- and practice the names as you learn them. 66 colorful pages, printed on one side only.
This resource addresses the creationist cosmology from a unified doctrinal, scriptural, scientific and philosophical perspective. It is designed to invite Catholics to be the good scientists that they have been throughout history, with no fear for the honest conclusions of secular science. It has received a Nihil Obstat from the Diocesan Censor of the Sioux Falls Diocese of South Dakota. 117 pages
The essay lays out the relationships between the major disciplines and discusses the cultural and the anti-cultural approach to each discipline. Substantial margins are devoted to listing a few of the best resources, but the emphasis is on principles, not on specifics. The text is accompanied by a laminated chart laying out the relationships in a visual summary. 26 pages plus chart
This license fee allows copying of either The First Whole Book of Diagramming or its companion, The Elementary Diagramming Work Text for classroom or group study use. This must of course accompany the purchase of one or both books listed below.
For the student (or teacher) who is completely unfamiliar with diagramming, this text explains elementary diagrams and offers practice pages with answers. A first grader who can read may begin to use it with an English program that teaches sentence structure; any student above fourth grade may use it with minimal help from his teacher. 111 pages -- 68 pages plus 30 page answer key
This is a text of diagrams arranged by chapter in order of increasing difficulty. The first chapter consists entirely of two-word sentences: subject and verb. The next chapter adds articles, the next adjectives, and so on. Chapter seven introduces prepositional phrases. The last chapters (15 and 16) discuss the importance of syntax in understanding poetry and philosophy. The intent is that by reading many diagrams, a student will acquire a feel for this way of analyzing syntax. 196 pages
Combination offer of both the First Whole Book of Diagrams and its primer companion The Elementary Diagramming Work Text. While each book can stand alone, the combination adds practice to the elementary work text, and a simpler presentation to the First Whole Book of Diagrams. For middle and later grades, working independently.
First Timeline is designed to introduce your first grader -- and anyone else -- to the history and geography of the world in terms of 36 biographies (or so). It consists of a mural 4.5" by 81" to be colored and either fan folded as a booklet or displayed as a mural. The accompanying booklet describes the lives of the chosen characters within a single narrative of human history. Large-format cards of the mural images are also available.
Supplemental accompaniment to Timeline consists of individual large-format cards printed on heavy stock. They are the same as the mural pictures and can be used for coloring or as flash cards with your children. 40 cards 5" x 8"
An 82" x 4.5" mural by itself, can be colored and stored as a fan fold or stretched to its full length.
Time Line booklet without the mural
What happened to Galileo -- and what did not -- and why? Learn whose dastardly fictions and frauds lie behind this confused story, one of history's murkiest mysteries; you can get the straight story from Jane Meyerhofer and Mary Daly together. Includes the unedited version of GAlileo's letter to Duchess Christina. 60 pages
Galileo's Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany is included as an appendix in the Copernicus & Galileo, but his long sentences may discourage some readers. This simplified his letter is intended to make his wit more accessible to young readers. He is really a wonderful writer -- none of his academic enemies had anything like his flair for words. Furthermore, Pope John Paul II recommended this particular letter as a model in hermeneutics (Biblical interpretation). 36 pages -- 5" x 8"
Both a teaching text and a coloring book, Genesis 1: House of the Covenant is a new resource prepared to help you introduce middle school and younger children to Genesis 1 with faith -- and with a clear eye on the findings of the natural sciences. A middle school child can read it alone; for younger ones, the mother can read and talk her children through this opening to the Bible, while they color the pages. The pictures, by Catherine Billion and her family, are very attractive and inviting to color. Some examples of Ana Braga-Henebry's coloring will be posted, for your inspiration, and adults too will enjoy this simple and beautiful book. The thought is based on the writings of Father Stanley Jaki as well as extensive reading in about the natural sciences in relation to the theological concept of creation. 30 Pages B&W colored example shown
An introduction to Emily Dickinson is an introduction to poetry, certainly a great need in the world today. Poetry is not just verbal slush with a lot of feeling. A great poet is a great thinker, and a careful user of precise words. The first part of this book was written by my mother for a niece named Emily, just as she turned thirteen. Here, my mother paraphrases each of sixteen poems, so that meaning is clear. The second part of this book was originally written independently for the elder generation, explaining some things about Emily's life and friendships, and about her love for God. My mother's understanding of Emily Dickinson (any of whose 1600 poems she could recite from memory) was that she was a mystic like St. John of the Cross, and that her love for God was the true key to her love life. 65 pages 8.5 x 9.5 acid free paper, illustrations
A great companion to Universe in My Hands and A Doorway of Amethyst - Beginning Geology. This CD is a St. Joseph Radio recording of two talks, one on the concept of magnitudes laid out in The Universe in My Hands, and the second on basic geology as outlined in Doorway of Amethyst. Some of our children have vocations in the natural sciences; these resources will help you to support them.
Much as history is ordered by a time line, the physical sciences are ordered by a sequence of size: physics concerns itself with elementary quanta and particles; chemistry with atoms and molecules; biology with aggregates large enough to form a body and contain its processes; geology and meteorology with the planetary environment, and astronomy with stars and galaxies, completing the cosmos. This text walks the student through the universe according to the powers of ten. It will transform your understanding of the realm of the natural sciences. It is intended to be used with the UMH dividers where you can file images and reports as you progress through the universe. Includes comprehension questions, a little math, crosswords (all with answers) and suggested research topics. 260 pages
These die cut notebook dividers are numbered and color-coded to provide a logical filing system for science reports. Indicator images and other features make them very useful for the year of studying the Universe in My Hands, and preferably for a few years afterwards. Because several students may use the book but want their own files, the tabs are sold separately, but you will want the book as well. 49 colored dividers
Finally, a science program that allows students to approach all the physical sciences from a unified and logical perspective. When viewed through such a simple perspective as the size of their principal topics, several remarkable insights about the sciences emerge and the universe snaps into focus. Written with 10 to 14 year olds in mind, but younger children may keep their own files of images while older students who have never achieved a sense of the universe may find this program enlightening. 160 page text with 49 dividers 260 pages + 49 die cut tab dividers. 260 Pages Universe in My Hands + 49 Die cut tabs
