Fifth children

We are delighted to announce that the fifth volume of our catechism for children has been published. It is entitled "Getting to Know the History of Salvation", and it joins the other four volumes already in print: "Getting to Know the Messiah" (2009), "Getting to Know the Church" (2010), "Getting to Know the Feasts" (2011) and “Getting to Know the Mass” (2012).

The book consists of 77 pages and is magnificently illustrated by Gianpaolo Derossi, who also illustrated the volume of the mass.

The book focuses on the wonders that God performs for His children in the history of salvation, stretching from the creation of the world until end of time. Each of the fifty chapters focuses on one verb that describes God’s action. The book is divided into four major parts:

- the history of humanity (Genesis 1 – 11),

- the history of the people of Israel (the rest of the Old Testament),

- the history of Jesus Christ (the Gospels)

- the history of the Holy Spirit acting in the Church.

Special thanks are due to the staff of the Latin Patriarchate Printing Press and especially to its managing director, Mr. Mounir Hodaly, for their tireless and professional work which has produced this beautiful volume. In addition, we wish to heartily thank the Italian organization that works so hard to support the Church in the Holy Land, "Fondazione Giovanni Paolo II", which contributed generously towards the publication of the book allowing us to distribute the book to our children.

We hope to publish a family prayer book next year that can be used by Hebrew speaking Catholic families at home.