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Help Yourself
Ann is often working on resources to accompany her books and to help communities gather, pray, and work better together. Below are some of these resources, free for the taking, which we hope help you make the greatest use of Ann's ideas. You can also sign up below to receive an email when Ann posts a newsletter or new material here.
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for those daring to talk about truth
- 10 Lesson Plans on Truth (ten downloadable lesson plans intended for use with high school students, though easily adaptable for either middle or college students + accompanying slide deck )
- Truth & Election 2020 (connects concepts from the book to the 2020 national election to help readers discern well before voting)
- “On Being a Dominican School” Center for Dominican Studies, 2012 (an invitation to Dominican schools to center their educational approach around the core value of truth)
- “Teaching about Truth in a Time of Doubt and Discord” – Catechist Magazine, 2020 (short article for Catholic catechists and school teachers)
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for those managing challenging conversations
- Redeeming Conflict: A Guide for Preachers (a guide for preachers with possibilities for preaching on healthy conflict throughout the liturgical year)
- Redeeming Conflict: A Discussion Guide (for use with small groups trying to develop their capacities to handle tough conversations as Christians)
- “Conversation Peace” with Sheila Heen, America Magazine, January 4, 2010 (tips for parishes trying to handle tough conversations)
- “Team Conflict Management” Catechist Magazine, September 7, 2020 (tips from the saints for catechetical leaders related to handling tough conversations)
- “Five Simple Strategies to Keep Things Cool” Health Progress, 2016 (tips for health care workers on de-escalating conflict in the hospital environment)
- “Embracing Discord: Preparing Ministers for Healthy Conflict” Human Development Magazine, Winter 2012 (Practices for formation personnel)
for educators
- 10 Lesson Plans on Truth (ten downloadable lesson plans intended for use with high school students, though easily adaptable for either middle or college students + accompanying slide deck )
- “Teaching about Truth in a Time of Doubt and Discord” – Catechist Magazine, 2020 (short article for Catholic catechists and school teachers)
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for administrators
- “More than a Desk Job” - America Magazine, July 6, 2009 (short article on the spirituality of administration for administrators of all sorts)
- Redeeming Administration: Praying with the Saints – a set of 12 prayer services to celebrate administrators throughout the year
- Redeeming Administration: A Discussion Guide – for use with groups of administrators to discuss their experience as Christian administrators
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for preachers
- Redeeming Conflict: A Guide for Preachers (a guide for preachers with possibilities for preaching on healthy conflict throughout the liturgical year)
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for fellow catechists of the Good Shepherd
- “The Faith of a Child” – America Magazine, September 15, 2008 (a short, readable introduction to Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for those unfamiliar with the movement)
- “Reading the Resurrection Narratives with Children” – Occasional Papers of the Center for Children and Theology (on reading the resurrection narratives during the Easter season with 6-12 year old children)
- “Children and Eucharist in the Roman Catholic and Anglican Traditions” – Occasional Papers of the Center for Children and Theology (a historical overview of how our churches have thought about children and the reception of the sacraments since the beginning of Christianity)
- “Typology in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd” – Journal of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, 2012 (an introduction to how children explore typological connections between scripture and liturgy, especially in Level 3)