Lent: One Day at a Time for Catholic Teens - Softcover

McGrady, Katie Prejean; McGrady, Tommy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159471908X ISBN 13: 9781594719080

Publisher: Ave Maria Press, 2019

Synopsis

Are you looking for a daily Lenten resource for teens that meets them right where they are in life?

Husband-and-wife youth ministry experts Katie Prejean McGrady and Tommy McGrady offer realistic and engaging spiritual guidance for Lent that includes timely topics for teens such as relationships, being your best, competition, control, fear, and forgiveness.

The simple format of Lent: One Day at a Time for Catholic Teens offers depth without complexity and direction without pressure. Each daily devotion is based on a Bible passage that connects with a topic important to teens. A brief reflection helps readers consider the day’s topic through the lens of faith.

Unlike many other Lenten prayer books, each day offers exercises and activities to help teens grow closer to Christ. Optional activities in “Feel Ambitious?” invite teens to read, reflect, and respond to a longer scripture passage that connects to the day’s theme.

Another unique feature is that on Sundays, the McGradys ask teens to choose one spiritual challenge from a short list to focus on throughout the week. Saturdays provide a simple method to reflect and examine how well they did with their Lenten prayer and practices during the previous week.

About this title

From the Author:

Katie Prejean McGrady is a Catholic speaker and the author of Follow and Room 24. She served as one of three delegates for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to the Pre-Synod Meeting on Young People, Faith, and Vocational Discernment in Rome in 2018.

Tommy McGrady is an environmental science teacher at Lake Charles College Prep in Louisiana and a youth minister at Immaculate Conception Church.  He is the author of Life Teen’s Unleashed: Men of Scripture. He has spoken at a number of youth rallies and diocesan events throughout the country.
 
Together they cohost The Electric Waffle, a podcast about culture and Catholicism. Most evenings, they can be found sitting on their back porch reading, writing, laughing with friends, experimenting with new drink recipes, or watching the dog chase mosquitoes. The couple lives in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with their daughter, Rose.

About the Author:

Katie Prejean McGrady is a Catholic speaker and the author of Follow and Room 24. She served as one of three delegates for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to the Pre-Synod Meeting on Young People, Faith, and Vocational Discernment in Rome in 2018.

Prejean McGrady shares the gospel with a unique blend of humor and storytelling that weaves in theological truths to engage audiences of all ages and sizes. She has spoken at the National Catholic Youth Conference, Steubenville Youth Conferences, National Conference for Catholic Youth Ministry, National Catholic Educational Conference, Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, and in dioceses and parishes across North America. Prejean McGrady has appeared on EWTN, CatholicTV, Relevant Radio, Radio Maria, and on SiriusXM’s The Catholic Channel.

She loves to read, dances terribly, frequently laughs at the numerous awkward situations she encounters, and watches NBA and college basketball obsessively. Prejean McGrady has her bachelor’s degree in theology from the University of Dallas and is working on her master’s degree from the Augustine Institute. She lives with her husband, Tommy, daughter, Rosie, and dog, Barney, in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Tommy McGrady is an environmental science teacher at Lake Charles College Prep in Louisiana and a youth minister at Immaculate Conception Church.

He is the author of Life Teen’s Unleashed: Men of Scripture. McGrady has spoken at a number of youth rallies and diocesan events throughout the country.

In 2016, McGrady earned a distinguished young alumni award from Eastern University, where he earned his bachelor of science degree in biology in 2010. He is pursuing his master’s degree in pastoral studies from Loyola University of New Orleans. McGrady previously served as the coordinator of youth and young adult ministry in the Diocese of Scranton and as a campus minister and theology teacher at St. Louis Catholic High School in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

He lives in Lake Charles with his wife, Katie Prejean McGrady, and their daughter, Rose.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ave Maria Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 159471908X
• ISBN 13: 9781594719080
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64