First Communion Resources

Highway to Heaven Series

The Life of the Soul

      Produced by the Marquette University Institute of Catechetical Research under the editorship of Edward A. Fitzpatrick in the 1930’s, the Highway to Heaven series of Religion textbooks is a breath of fresh air.  Unashamed...

Highway to Heaven Series

The Life of My Savior

      Produced by the Marquette University Institute of Catechetical Research under the editorship of Edward A. Fitzpatrick in the 1930’s, the Highway to Heaven series of Religion textbooks is a breath of fresh air.  Unashamed...

Our Holy Faith Series

Jesus Comes: Teacher's Manual

  Jesus Comes is the 2nd grade textbook in the Our Holy Faith series.  It is based on the First Communion Catechism Confraternity Edition. This is the Teacher's Manual and Course of Study for the Second Grade.  Complete daily lesson...

Highway to Heaven Series

The Book of the Holy Child

      The Book of the Holy Child is the First Grade text in the Highway to Heaven Catechism Series.  It introduces young children to Our Lord and the Holy Family as well as Jesus's Eucharistic Presence in the Tabernacle.  Full...

Mother Mary Loyola

The King of the Golden City

      The book that began it all... Mother Mary Loyola had used the simple allegory of a little maid and the gracious King who deigned to visit her as a catechetical tool for many years...a brief sketch of this story appears in The...

Mother Mary Loyola

The Mother Loyola Sacrament Prep Collection

      Prepare your child to receive the sacraments the Mother Mary Loyola way! With this package, you will receive the books First Communion, Questions on First Communion, First Confession and The Children's Charter, at a savings of 25%...

Mother Mary Loyola

Questions on First Communion

      By itself, Mother Mary Loyola's first book, First Communion, stands as a monumental achievement in catechesis, in that it teaches children the crucial truths of our faith in a way that is equally understandable and appealing, despite...

Mother Mary Loyola

First Confession

      The greatest challenge in preparing young children for the Sacrament of Penance is in making confession a habit to which they will be voluntarily attracted. We can require their presence at catechism class, and compel them to go to...

Mother Mary Loyola

First Communion

      Around the year 1890, a rather extraordinary nun began writing a very extraordinary book: one that would help children prepare for the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist. It would revolutionize children's catechesis by making the teachings...

Mother Mary Loyola

The Children's Charter

      The Children's Charter was Mother Mary Loyola's response to Pope Pius X's 1910 decree Quam Singulari, which lowered the age for reception of First Communion to seven. Addressed directly to the parents and teachers of children, this...