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National Catholic Rural Life Conference Resources

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Title
 Price
 Quantity  Total
Agenda for the Small Church: A Handbook for Rural Ministry

A resource from a rural perspective for pastoral ministry training programs

$10.00
   
Advocacy for a Just Farm Policy by Sr. Pegge Boehm, PBVM

Catholic social teaching, Scripture, and NCRLC documents

 $7.50
   
Agriculture With a Human Face by Bishop George H. Speltz

Outlines a value system to sustain an agricultural rural people

 $5.00
   
At Home in the Web of Life

A pastoral message on sustainable communities in Appalachia

 $3.00
   
Calendar of Blessings

Prayers that highlight an aspect of life and lifts up a rural theme

 $ 5.00
   
Caretakers of Creation by Pat Slattery

Farmers reflect on their faith and work

 $ 11.00
   
Cooking for Christ by Florence Berger

Vintage cookbook with stories and recipes that reflect the liturgical year

 $ 13.00
   
Hog Packets

Variety of booklets and articles on confinement hog operations

 $ 14.50
   
Justice in the Global Food System

Five essays regarding a faith perspective on food security

 $ 5.00
   
Manifesto on Rural Life

Written in 1939 this book is as relevant today as it was 60 years ago

 $ 20.00
   
The People I Love

An overview of the life and work of Msgr. L. G . Ligutti

 $ 8.00
   
Pilgrimage Prayer Book

A stimulus for reflection on how we are to be stewards of the gift of land

 $ 5.00
   
Religious Congregations on the Land

How some religious communities link community and sustainable land use

  $ 15.00
   
Renewing the Earth

Study guides based on the environmental statement - Three different levels each

Grades 1-6 + Teacher's Guide; Grades 7-12 + Teacher's Guide; Adult

 $ 2.00 ea
   
Rogation Days

Services for community, feasting, processions, blessings, or family celebrations

 $ 5.00
   
The Rural Catechumenate by The Reverend Michael Clay

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults from a rural perspective

 $ 8.00
   
Rural Life Prayers, Blessings and Liturgies (English and Spanish versions)

Prayers and blessings, Scripture references, music from a rural perspective

 $ 8.00
   
Rural Ministry: The Shape of the Renewal to Come

Offers a vision of renewal in rural America and advocates ecumenical solutions

 $ 17.00
   
St. Isidore Novena

Contains the nine day novena honoring the patron saint of farmers and laborers

 $2.00
   
Strangers and Guests: Toward Community in the Heartland

1980 Bishops' statement on land tenure, ownership and management

 $ 2.00
   
 Suncatchers:

Glass etched 5" diameter suncatcher with the NCRLC logo featured.

 $25.00
   
 Suncatchers:

Acrylic 5" diameter suncatcher with the NCRLC logo featured in green.

 $12.50
   
Thanksgiving Prayer Service

For reflection and prayer for use at home or the parish

 $ 3.00
   
Theology of the Land

Book containing the papers presented at the first conference on the subject

 $ 8.00
   
Vigil Service

Prayers to celebrate the life one lived on the land

 $ 5.00
   
Why Save the Family Farm?

An easy reference for why we continue to work to save the family farm

 $ 7.00
   
 Isidore and Maria Items
     
 Notecards

4-color catalan retablo of the saints, blank on the inside.

$1.00 ea
   
 Large prayer cards

These cards have the story of Isidore and Maria on the back of the card; the front has the 4-color catalan retablo of the saints.

 75¢ ea
   
 Small prayer cards

On the front of the card is the 4-color catalan retablo of the saints; on the back is a prayer to the saints.

 35¢ ea
   
 Prints

These beautiful 5 x 7" prints are the 4-color catalan retablo of the saints and are suitable for framing.

 $4.00 ea
   
 Pamphlets      
The Cultures of Agriculture and the Church's Social and Environmental Teaching
 $ 0.50 ea
   
The Vatican and USDA Call for Agrarian Reform   $ 0.50 ea    
The Catholic Rural Ethic  $ .25 ea    
 The Catholic Rural Ethic: Past and Present  $1.00 ea    
 The Jubilee Faith: A Rural Ethic for the Millennium  $ .50 ea    
 Land Use: Rights and Responsibilities through the Prism of Catholic Social Teaching  $ .50 ea    
 The Rural Parish's Unique Strengths  $ .50 ea    
 Parish Resources      
Advent Period of Prayer - one black and white master for each week

Each week of Advent contains a reflection, a canticle and intercessory prayer

 $ 40.00
   
Christmas Meditations -one black and white master for each day

Meditations focus on six holy days between Christmas Day and Epiphany

 $ 60.00
   
Lenten Period of Prayer - one black and white master for each week

Each week of Lent contains a reflection, a canticle and intercessory prayer

 $ 60.00
   
Easter Meditations - one black and white master for Easter and the following week

Meditations reflect rural life topics

 $ 80.00
   
Prayer Service for the Feast Day of St. Isidore and Maria - Leader's Guide

Prayers, Scripture and readings for the patron saint of farmers and laborers

 $ 7.00
   
Prayer Service for the Feast Day of St. Isidore and Maria - Participant's Guide

Reproducible master to accompany the Leader's Guide noted above

 $ 10.00
   
Prayers for a Good Harvest

Prayers for Lay Leadership

Prayers for Rural Families

Each is a black and white master with prayers, blessings and intercessions written from a rural perspective

 $ 10.00

each

   
Rural Crisis Packet #1

Packet of articles and information to help minister to farmers and ranchers during this trying time 

 $11.00
   
 Audio Tapes      
Rural Ministry - two topics per tape / each tape

A series of 7 tapes (13 topics) tailored especially for a rural audience

Side One / Side Two (topics noted below)

Programs 1 and 2: The Rural Parish / International Catholic Rural Life

Programs 3 and 4: The Cultures of Rural / Demographic Trends for Rural America

Programs 5 and 6: Leaders in US Catholic / Rural Life Migration and Immigration

Programs 7 and 8: The Family Farm / The Environment

Programs 9 and 10: Rural Families / The Land

Programs 11 and 12: Consolidation of the Food Industry / Rural Work as a Vocation

Program 13: Gifts Strengths and an Overview of Rural Committees

$5.00

Per tape for Programs 1 thru 12

 

Program 13

$2.50

   
Theology of Land - from conferences held at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota

Richard C. Austin
Walter Brueggemann
Dom Helder Camera
Sara Ebenreck
Bernard Evans
C. Dean Freudenberger
Charles Geisler
Walter Goldschmidt
John Hart
J. Bryan Hehir
Wes Jackson
Rosemary Radford Ruether
Leonard Weber

 Each tape is $3.00

 

   
 Video Tapes      
Community, Church and Large Scale Hog Production
$ 32.00 
   
Cradled By the Hand of God

Explores a creative new ethic of land ownership and use for the United States

 $ 40.00
   
Dynamic Parish - The Rural Parish: Retrieving Our Future

Examines regional and cultural aspects of rural ministry

 $ 40.00
   
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$21.00 - 40.00 $ 5.00
$41.00 - 75.00 $ 7.50
$76.00 - and above $ 10.00

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National Catholic Rural Life Conference
4625 Beaver Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50310-2199
Phone: 515-270-2634
Fax: 515-270-9447
e-mail: ncrlc@aol.com

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