By itself, Mother Mary Loyola's First Communion stands as a monumental achievement in catechesis, teaching children the crucial truths of our Faith in a way that is both understandable and appealing, despite the fact that more than a century has passed since it was written.
Questions on First Communion, written by Mother Loyola as a companion to First Communion, takes this achievement one step further, becoming a practical course of instruction for the classroom or home. Each lesson provides discussion questions tied directly to the relevant pages of First Communion, encouraging children not merely to repeat what they have learned, but to think about it, explain it in their own words, and apply it to their own lives.
Mother Loyola also recommended additional stories to accompany the lessons and reinforce the concepts being taught. Unfortunately, those stories came from another work long since out of print. For this edition, we tracked down the original sources and collected all of her recommended stories in an appendix, putting everything the catechist needs conveniently into one volume.
We have also supplied page references for both the original edition of First Communion and our newly typeset edition, making it easy to locate each answer in its original context, rather than reducing Mother Loyola's teaching to a simple answer key.
Both catechists and parents will find Questions on First Communion an invaluable companion to First Communion, helping them put Mother Loyola's remarkable method into practice as they prepare children not merely to know about the Blessed Sacrament, but to know and love the One they are preparing to receive.
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