Publications by Jim Merhaut

Your Catholic Family:

2007 Catholic Press Association Award in the Family Life Category

Catholic Press Association Review of Your Catholic Family: "Imagine, for a moment, a family-faith night. A what?! Families struggle enough to join each other at meal time! Well, if any book can do it, this one can help you create such a night! Your Catholic Family turns faith-learning into family fun. The author developed the book for a parish setting and now invites all families to take the challenge of experiencing the richness of the Catholic tradition. Just as in the Gospels, a "Do not be afraid" central theme pervades. The book provides all that is needed with a confidence-support-building format, appropriate background information, strong content and engaging activities."

Order Your Catholic Family: Simple Ways to Share the Faith at Home!  The website price is $19.95 plus $3.50 for shipping and handling.  To order, send an email requesting a copy to jamesmerhaut@jimmerhaut.com or call 330-261-1630.  Click here to preview a sample.  List price is $24.95.

A Family Way of the Cross
Coming in Lent, 2009. This resource will be published by Liguori Publications. It can be used both in the home and at church.

Web Publishing:
Jim has published eight intergenerational lesson plans for a parish setting and over forty faith formation lessons for the home at www.generationsoffaith.org.  This is a subscription website published by the Center for Minsitry Development.

Click here to read his reflection on ecology and justice at Sadlier's website.


Other Publishing:
Jim contributed the lead chapter to Leif Kehrwald's Families and Faith: A Vision and Practice for Parish Ministry published by Twenty-Third Publications. Click on the title to learn more about that book, a very helpful resource for parish leaders.

He contributed to the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry's publication, Protecting God's Creation.

"Transforming Faith Formation One Family at a Time" Lifelong Faith: The Theory and Practice of Lifelong Faith Formation, Volume 1.2, Summer 2007, pp. 41-49.

"Best Practices in Parent Faith Formation" Lifelong Faith: The Theory and Practice of Lifelong Faith Formation, Volume 1.3, Fall/Winter 2007, pp. 103-115.

 Email: jamesmerhaut@jimmerhaut.com

 Blog: http://apps.jimmerhaut.com/Blog/