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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 Christian leaders
In writing Redeeming Power, Ann interviewed over 40 ministry leaders to learn about how they have wrestled with questions related to the healthy and holy use of power in their own leadership journeys. She enjoyed talking to bishops and social media influencers, school superintendents and chancellors, pastors and CEOs, program directors, and even a rabbi! Highlights from these interviews are shared in the new podcast series: Waking Up Goliath.
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for Christians on social media
* To view Ann's 60 minute webinar for Christian professionals who manage their ministry's website/social media page
* Want to find out more about the sources that Ann cites in her webinar?
* Check out Ann's interview with Rhonda Miska on Ethical Social Media Engagement, featured in the Collegeville Institute's Online Bearings
* An introduction to the eight "rules" in Showing Up Christian Online, featured in NCR and a follow up article on Aquinas vs. QAnon: What Catholics Can Do about Conspiracy Thinking
* Ann has two free discussion guides available for this book--one for parishes and one for Catholic school parents. Both are available at the bottom of this Ave Maria webpage.
* The Canadian Catholic Bishops have a new 2024 pastoral letter out on social media!
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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; includes accompanying slide deck and handouts.
- “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)
- "Aquinas vs. QAnon: What Catholics Can Do about Conspiracy Thinking" - NCR, 2022 (Essay on conspiracy thinking as a theological issue and tips for what we can do when it enters into conversations with those we love)
- A Resource for the 2024 Election (A guide for preachers and teachers who want to talk about the importance of truth in helping their students / congregants think about the 2024 election season)
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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 religious formation personnel)
- "Tough Covid Conversations in Catholic Schools" Catholic School Matters podcast with Dr. Tim Uhl, January 3, 2022
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
- Catholic School Matters Episode #232 - COVID has been super tough on school administrators. This interview with Dr. Tim Uhl talks about ways of managing through the crisis (can skip ahead the first 10 min to get to the heart of the matter).
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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)
- Follow-up Handout on Talk about Preaching with Children
- Follow-up Handout on Talk about Ignatian Contemplation and Preaching Forms (sample homilies drawing on insights from Ignatian contemplation first shared at the Marten Program on Preaching Conference in 2022 at the University of Notre Dame)
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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 Episcopal 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)