Bible study & Sunday School for Catholics?

[Ann M]

Okay guys, I need your help please.

As some of you know I've never personally encountered Sunday School classes in a Catholic Church in the last 32 years! Some of you assue me there is such a thing, so i am begging you to send me some information about the resources that these classes use. Armed with this information i may be able to achieve some success in this area.

My second hiccup comes in the area of bible Study for Catholics. I can access heaps of non-denominational bible studies through Koorong and Word, however when i rang our "local" bookshop (We have 1 Catholic bookshop in Brisbane!) I was told that no such things exist for us.
I had a look at a Knights of Columbus website in the US and they offer free studies, but when I asked a friend who is very involved in the church he just gave me a blank look and said he'd never heard of this being offered over here?

Am I looking in the wrong places our asking the wrong questions?

 

[geocajun]

I use the following material when I teach my PSR class: http://www.catecheticalresources.com/Faith_and_Life.htm

 

[KC Catholic]

Here is a great online Catholic Scripture Study: http://css.catholicexchange.com/

Also....
http://www.catholicexchange.com/index.asp

Catholic Exchange is a great starting point for gather information for putting together a stduy group or Sunday School.

Hope this helps!

 

[LongingForLight]

At least two of the churches that I have been to didn't have 'Sunday school', but instead had classes for young Catholics - the CCD classes - that met outside of the Mass. These seemed to usually be Wednesday evenings for young children, but switched to Sundays for older kids (probably because older kids are too likely to want to do other stuff on weekdays, and Sundays get higher turnouts). One of these parishes had the children leave during the readings and come back right before the Apostle's Creed. But I think it really depends on the parish. My current parish caters to college students, and there are probably less than 10 people under the age of 12 in the whole parish.

 

[Veritas]

Ann, Greetings and Welcome


Here are some links to material you might be interested in.
I personally have the entire Ignatius Catholic Study bible series and really like them....very informative.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/103-0436118-3659816 (hope you can get Amazon stuff down under)

Here are several pages of bible studie at Get Fed. I'm personally familiar with Stacy Mitch and the Navarre series.

http://www.getfed.com/cgi-bin/ph/ph.cgi?page=1&group=bstudy

Nowadays, there are so many. Ten years ago, you couldn't say the same. Happy hunting!