FLM has a variety of books and publications available for purchase. To download our complete in-stock catalog of titles, please click here.  Information on how to purchase is included in the catalog.

Marriage Publications

Foundations

A bimonthly newsletter published in conjunction with the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers for newly married couples. Teaches skills and provides support throughout the first three years of marriage.  Parishes may consider offering a subscription as part of their overall marriage preparation program.

For more information, contact S & K Publishers, 1 (800) 775-4757; skpubs@aol.com . See www.foundationsnewsletter.com .

101 Tips for a Happier Marriage

This booklet brings some 101 different ways you may able to improve your marriage even if your spouse doesn’t change a bit. It is not recommended for couples with violence or substance abuse issues. It is a great incentive for struggling couples or also to happy couples who want more. Great for wedding or shower gift, for young adult children and pastors, priests.

For more information and other sources you can visit www.jennifer-roback-morse.com

Together For Life

Ave Maria Press is happy to offer a FREE quarterly e-newsletter offering encouragement and support for you and your spouse.
Each e-newsletter issue contains:
•  Practical insight and wisdom from well-known Catholic marriage professionals
•  Real-life stories from newly married couples
•  Advice on enriching the spiritual dimension of your life together
•  Special reflections by Father Joseph Champlin

To sign up visit http://www.avemariapress.com/viewTopic.cfm?Topic_ID=309

Suggested Print Resources for NFP

•  The Art of Natural Family Planning, John & Sheila Kippley

•  The Bible and Birth Control, Charles D. Provan

•  Breast Feeding & Natural Child Spacing, Sheila Kippley

•  Catechism of the Catholic Church Contraception; Why Not?, Janet E. Smith

•  Fertility Cycles & Nutrition, Marilyn M. Shannon

•  How the Pill and Other Contraceptives Work, Chris Kalenborn, MD

•  Intimate Bedfellows: Love: Sex & the Catholic Church, Thomas & Donna Finn

•  Love and Family, Mercedes Wilson

•  Love & Responsibility, Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II)

•  Naked Without Shame, Christopher West

•  Of Human Life (Humanae Vitae), Pope Pius VI

•  Open Embrace: A Protestant Couple Rethinks Contraception, Sam and Bethany Torode

•  Theology of the Body, Pope John Paul II

•  Theology of the Body Explained, Christopher West

•  Theology of the Body for Beginners, Christopher West

•   The Good News About Sex & Marriage, Christopher West 

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Marriage Resources

Marriage Preparation

•  FOCCUS (Facilitating Open Couple Communication, Understanding & Study) for engaged couples

•  REFOCCUS (Relationship Enrichment Facilitating Open Couple Communication, Understanding & Study) for convalidations, marriage enrichment and counseling situations.

Available in Spanish and English with a number of options for scoring (by hand, computer service or computer diskette).

To order, write or call: Family Life Office, 3214 N. 60th St., Omaha, NE 68104. Tel. (402) 551-9003. E-mail: focus@foccusinc.com .  Ask for the diocesan discount.  If you need more information please visit www.foccusinc.com .

Download brochure

A video training series for facilitators of the FOCCUS Inventory is available from the diocesan Resource Center. Call (713) 741-8781 or e-mail: doconnor@archgh.org.

Marriage Preparation Continued

•  PMI (Premarital Inventory) for engaged couples

•  RMI (Remarital Inventory) for couples seeking to marry again

•  VMI (Validating Marriage Inventory) for couples who seek to have their Civil weddings validated or for use with cohabitating couples.

To order, contact Intercommunications Publishing, Inc., via web site at www.ipimn.com or call (800) 999-0680. PMI/RMI/VMI Online also is available.  All Programs in either English or Spanish.

The Marriage Connection: Wedding the Spiritual and the Practical, a Facilitator’s Guide for Young Married Retreats

Covers marriage as a sacrament and a journey. Includes a vision statement, values, relationship needs and wants, growing in love and intimacy, marital stages, conflict resolution and lovemaking. Material can be used for small group sessions, a weekend retreat or a parish gathering of newly married couples.

For more information about the facilitator guide and/or national presenters, contact The Cana Institute at (314) 832-0512 or www.canainstitute.org.

Other Marriage Resources

Other books, videos, and program and retreat materials are available for use in parishes. For more information, call FLM at (713) 741-8708. Two noteworthy web sites with significant information on marriage are www.smartmarriages.com  and www.marriagemovement.org .

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Parenting Publications

There are many parenting-related books, videos and other materials available. For recommendations call FLM at (713) 741-8711 or e-mail mroman@archgh.org .

Communicating with Children About Sexuality and Chastity

There are many publications or publications providers from which parents may obtain helpful materials for communicating with children about sexuality and chastity. Parents should review printed or A/V materials first, then use them according to the age, maturity, and educational needs of their children.

To view our list of publications/publications providers and video resources on this topic, please click here.

Active Parenting Publishers

A good source of great books and publications in English and Spanish, visit www.activeparenting.com

The Daily Parent Newsletter

The latest issue of The Daily Parent is now available for download and distribution: to download and for more information visit www.collabforchildren.org/families/newsletter.html

Common Sense Parenting

An interactive workshop for parents. Offers an approach to parenting children from ages 3 to 16 which includes skills development combined with unconditional love.

Couple to Couple League, “New Corinthians”

(K-8 parent/child education program); numerous pamphlets and books.

www.ccli.org

Life Cycle Books, 2001 Catalog

Teen-oriented abstinence materials.

www.lifecyclebooks.com

Medical Institute for Sexual Health

Variety of materials on the many risks of sex outside marriage.

www.medinstitute.org

Northwest Family Services

Numerous books, pamphlets and educational activities, primarily ages 12-20.

www.nwfs.org

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Parenting Resources

Additional Parenting Videos

Parenting videos are available from the Archdiocesan Resource Center at the Chancery at St. Dominic Center. Call (713) 741-8781 or visit www.diogh.org/education_resourcectr.htm

To view the list of parenting videos available, please click here.

Diocesan Development Office for Natural Family Planning

USCCB Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities

www.usccb.org/prolife .

National Abstinence Clearing House, 2001 Directory of Abstinence Resources

www.abstinence.net .

Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower International

Is a non-profit organization founded in California in 1989. Our vision is to work together to create cultures of caring, respect, and safety for all. KIDPOWER™ helps people of different ages and abilities to be successful in learning and practicing personal safety, self-protection, confidence, and advocacy skills. KIDPOWER prepares individuals from all walks of life to prevent and stop most bullying, molestation, assault, and abduction. KIDPOWER has brought training and education to over a million children, teenagers, and adults from many different cultures around the world.

Parenting Partnerships, Inc.

This new organization provides parenting education using a research-based curriculum that focuses on the needs of the parents as well as the needs of children. They work with Family Law Services in both Harris and Montgomery Counties to provide workshops for divorcing parents and parents with custody issues. Parenting Partnerships, Inc. offers workshops, seminars and one-on-one consultations. They also provide consultation services for family-school partnerships and offer parent education in the workplace through Employee Assistance Programming.

For more information, contact Deborah Cashen or Nina Ornholt at (281) 257-2442.

Also visit www.parentingpartnerships.com

Child Builders Organization

Child Builders is a non-profit organization that has brought education and assistance to Houston families since 1974. Their programs teach parents and children important skills to help them lead healthier lives. Parents learn how to raise emotionally healthy children, and children learn skills they will need to be good parents. Child Builders believes that every child deserves an emotionally healthy life. They are a non-profit organization dedicated to making a positive impact on the community. Their primary focus is to improve the quality of family life by providing children and their families with valuable resources and information.

Collaborative for Children

Collaborative for Children is a non-profit organization that works to improve the quality of early care and education in the Houston area. Partnering with families and community-based organizations, they focus on young children, from birth to age six, and offer programs and services that:

•  Increase public awareness about the importance of the early years to a child's later development,

•  Provide parents with materials and resources on how young children learn and develop

•  Support and develop child care and early education professionals

•  Strengthen the early care and education systems through policy development & systems change

We are dedicated to identifying the early care and education needs of young children and developing programs and services that can help bring joy and fulfillment to all young children.

For more information visit www.collabforchildren.org

Families that Care

Three research-based programs that help strengthen families and promote healthy behavior. The Supporting School Success Program, for parents of children ages 5-9; The Guiding Good Choices Program, for parents of children ages 9-14; The Staying Connected with Your Teen Program for parents of children ages 12-17. These programs are available exclusively through Channing Bete Company, for more information, please visit www.channing-bete.com.

Dougy Center

Offers programs that serve grieving children, teens, and their families worldwide.

www.dougy.org

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Persons Separated, Divorced, or Widowed Publications

Forgiving the People You Love to Hate by Jude Logue. Liguori Publications, 1997.

“Annulment: The Process and its Meaning” a pamphlet by Rev. Patrick Lagges, JCD.  See the Office of the Tribunal section of the Archdiocesan web site: www.archgh.org/Tribunal/annulment_info.htm . Also available in print from the Archdiocesan Office of Family Life Ministry.

“Frequently Asked Questions about ‘Annulments’” a 12-page handout developed by the Office of the Tribunal. Go to the Tribunal section of the Archdiocesan web site: www.archgh.org/Tribunal/annulment_info.htm .  Also available in print from the Archdiocesan Office of Family Life Ministry.

“The Best of New Perspectives” a 23-page document developed by the Office of Family Life for persons separated, divorce and widowed.

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Persons Separated, Divorced, or Widowed Resources

Hospice Foundation of America

Offers different publications that help people cope with grief and loss.

www.hospicefoundation.org

Bereavement

Videotapes of the Patrick Del Zoppo workshops and other bereavement-related programs available from the Archdiocesan Resource Center at (713) 741-8781 or doconnor@archgh.org

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