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Find tools to equip and support your call to live as a misisonary disciple in your home, workplace, and community. We have combed through the thousands upon thousands of available books, videos, CDs, websites, podcasts, DVDs, and more to help you grow in your relationship with Jesus and share faith more effectively with others.  

This key will help you identify the type of resource:

  Website   •   Book   •   Audio/CD   •   Downloadable PDF   •   Video/DVD

As you continue on your discipleship journey, know that we are praying for you.  If you have questions, concerns, or find that the resources here aren’t exactly what you need, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

 

By: Loyola Press

Themes: Forming Missionary Disciples • Kerygma Resources for Families & Youth

This chart pairs the five core movements of the kerygma with Scripture passages, traditional prayers, and children’s literature. Titles include classics like You Are Special by Max Lucado, Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss, and The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, as well as Catholic resources like Dear Pope Francis and the Loyola Kids Book of Saints. Each selection offers a creative way to proclaim the Gospel story to children through images, narrative, and age-appropriate language.

 

By: CRU

Themes: Kerygma Resources for Families & Youth

A short, visually striking video that creatively tells the Gospel story using images of creation, brokenness, sacrifice, and redemption. Its purpose is simple: to start the conversation. Paired with thoughtful follow-up questions, it opens the door for youth to reflect on their own spiritual journey and consider where they stand with Jesus. Also appropriate for middle and high school students.

 

By: Alpha USA

Themes: Forming Missionary Disciples • Kerygma Resources for Families & Youth

A high-quality, interactive video series designed to help teens discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus. Across 13 episodes (about 23 minutes each), filmed in global cities from London to Jerusalem, the series explores the basics of the Christian faith in a way that speaks to middle and high school youth. Each session includes engaging stories, dynamic teaching, built-in discussion starters, and downloadable leader guides to foster honest conversations about life, faith, and God.

 

By: Anita Houghton

Themes: Forming Missionary Disciples • Kerygma Resources for Families & Youth

A series of evangelization lesson plans designed to integrate the proclamation of the Gospel into existing faith formation programs. Each grade level (K–8) has one 60-minute lesson built around a unique theme. Lessons include age-appropriate proclamations of the kerygma, guided meditations on Scripture, animated videos, engaging activities, and opportunities for children to open their hearts to a personal friendship with Jesus. Each session also provides kids with language and confidence to share the Good News with others

 

By: Joyce Denham

Themes: Forming Missionary Disciples • Kerygma Resources for Families & Youth

Written under the playful pen name Sir Wyvern Pugilist, this imaginative handbook invites kids to see sin as dragons and faithful Christians as dragon slayers—equipped and led by the Chief Dragon Slayer, Jesus Christ. With humor, adventure, and engaging storytelling, the book presents the core truths of the Gospel in a way that resonates with children who love knights, weapons, and quests. A companion Study Guide is available to support leaders, teachers, or parents in using the book with individuals or groups. Especially suited for elementary and middle school students, it also makes a creative resource for First Reconciliation prep.

 

By: Tales that Tell the Truth

Themes: Forming Missionary Disciples • Kerygma Resources for Families & Youth

This beautifully illustrated picture book takes children on a journey from Eden to God’s perfect new creation. With simple storytelling and vivid artwork, it explains that “because of our sin, we can’t go in”—but because of Jesus’ victory on the Cross, an even better garden awaits. It is a simple yet profound proclamation of God's Love and Jesus' redemption appropriate for children. Perfect as a bedtime read-aloud or a Baptism gift.

 

By: Blessed Is She

Themes: Encounter the Kerygma • Kerygma Resources for Adults • What is the Kerygma? The Gopsel Proclaimed Simply

A video built around the logic of the Gospel as gift and the call to respond—receiving, not striving. Best used as a bridge into a concrete invitation (prayer, confession, conversation, next step)...

 

By: Ascension Presents

Themes: Encounter the Kerygma • Kerygma Resources for Adults • What is the Kerygma? The Gopsel Proclaimed Simply

A short video resource emphasizing the Father’s love and the personal address of the Gospel. Use it when the blockage is distrust, shame, or the sense that Christianity is mainly demand...

 

By: Kristin Bird

Themes: Encounter the Kerygma • Kerygma Resources for Leaders & Preachers • What is the Kerygma? The Gopsel Proclaimed Simply

An audio resource oriented toward receiving the Gospel personally, not just learning concepts about it. Best for leaders who need to start with encounter and reception before “methods” and “strategy.” ...

 

By: Kristin Bird

Themes: Encounter the Kerygma • Kerygma Resources for Adults • What is the Kerygma? The Gopsel Proclaimed Simply

A guided listening/reflection resource focused on identity, reception, and the personal address of the Gospel. Use it to help someone hear the proclamation as meant for them—not as general Christian messaging...

 

By: Alpha USA

Themes: Kerygma Resources for Adults

Alpha is an 11-week small-group experience that creates a welcoming space—online or in person—for people to explore life’s biggest questions and the basics of the Christian faith. Each session includes a talk (video) on a central faith question followed by open conversation. Alpha in a Catholic Context adapts the internationally recognized Alpha format for Catholic audiences, with particular attention to session eleven, which focuses on the Church.

 

By: Bobby Garabedian

Themes: Kerygma Resources for Adults • Kerygma Resources for Families & Youth • Share Your Faith: The Power of Story • What is the Kerygma? The Gopsel Proclaimed Simply

The powerful story in this short film, when paired with the discussion guide, is built to help groups move from conversation into spiritual openness and Gospel readiness. Designed to create the relational and interior conditions where proclamation can actually land...

 

By: Fr. John Ricardo

Themes: Encounter the Kerygma • Kerygma Resources for Adults • What is the Kerygma? The Gopsel Proclaimed Simply

A podcast designed to reinforce kerygma themes and keep the Gospel proclamation in front of real life. Best as a companion resource for leaders or groups already engaging a kerygma-focused series. ...

 

By: Catholic Christian Outreach

Themes: Encounter the Kerygma • Kerygma Resources for Adults • Kerygma Resources for Leaders & Preachers

A simple, portable explanation tool for helping someone understand what it means to make Jesus the center of life. Works best when paired with brief leader context so it doesn’t become “a diagram without an invitation.”...

 

By: Barbara Mason Reed

Themes: Encounter the Kerygma • Kerygma Resources for Adults • Kerygma Resources for Leaders & Preachers • What is the Kerygma? The Gopsel Proclaimed Simply

A retreat-format resource explicitly organized around proclaiming the Gospel as good news that calls for response.  Use it when you need a complete, leader-friendly structure for delivering kerygma in an event context. ...

 

By: Joe Paprocki

Themes: Encounter the Kerygma • What is the Kerygma? The Gopsel Proclaimed Simply

A resource for Catholics who “know about” Jesus but haven’t been evangelized into personal relationship and mission. Helpful for bridging head-knowledge to lived discipleship with concrete, accessible language...

 

By: Catholic Christian Outreach

Themes: Kerygma Resources for Adults • Kerygma Resources for Leaders & Preachers • What is the Kerygma? The Gopsel Proclaimed Simply

A kerygmatic small-group study designed to lead participants through the Gospel proclamation and response.  Use it when you need a reproducible, discussion-based structure for evangelization in groups. ...

 

By: Acts XXIX

Themes: Encounter the Kerygma • Kerygma Resources for Adults • Kerygma Resources for Leaders & Preachers • What is the Kerygma? The Gopsel Proclaimed Simply

A kerygma-first series built to proclaim the Gospel in a simple, direct sequence meant to trigger response.  Use it when you need a full pathway that leads a group from proclamation to decision to renewal. ...

 

By: Burning Hearts Disciples

Themes: Kerygma Resources for Adults • Kerygma Resources for Leaders & Preachers

A one-page definition/summary designed to make the proclamation clear, repeatable, and shareable.  Use it as the “hand this to your team” baseline so everyone is naming the same core Gospel message...

 

By: The Diocese of Green Bay

Themes: Kerygma Resources for Adults • Kerygma Resources for Leaders & Preachers

A participant-facing guide meant to accompany a kerygma-centered experience (talk/series/retreat), not replace it.  Use it when you want people to process, respond, and remember what was proclaimed. ...

 

By: Catholic Christian Outreach

Themes: Forming Missionary Disciples • Share Your Faith: The Power of Story

This video is a clip from a parish mission where Kristin Bird explores why storytelling is essential for evangelization. Drawing on Scripture, developmental psychology, and real-life examples, she shows how story bypasses debate, captures attention, and opens hearts to the Gospel. From Jesus’ parables to modern movies and family life, the talk illustrates how stories communicate truth in ways argument alone cannot.

 

By: Catholic Christian Outreach

Themes: How to Evangelize • Share Your Faith: The Power of Story

This episode of the Missionary Disciple Podcast (S2 E24) unpacks what CCO means by a “personal testimony” and how to share it clearly. The team walks through a simple structure (before → encounter/decision → after), emphasizes naming the concrete moment of decision to follow Jesus, and shows how to keep the kerygma at the center. They model right-sized versions (three sentences, three minutes, thirty minutes), offer do’s and don’ts (be vulnerable but concise, avoid unnecessary detail, end with an invitation), and explain why authentic witness breaks through debate and builds trust in accompaniment.

 

By: University of Mary Press

Themes: Share Your Faith: The Power of Story

From Christendom to Apostolic Mission offers a clear diagnosis of the cultural moment we live in and why the Church can no longer rely on the assumptions of a Christendom culture. Instead, it calls us to embrace the mindset and strategies of an apostolic age — one in which faith must be shared person-to-person, heart-to-heart, through authentic witness and intentional evangelization.

 

By: Michael Gormley & Dave VanVickle

Themes: How to Evangelize • Share Your Faith: The Power of Story

Every Knee Shall Bow is a podcast hosted by lay Catholic evangelists Michael Gormley and Dave VanVickle, equipping Catholics to confidently share their faith at home, at work, and beyond. In the episode The Power of Storytelling, they explore why narrative is essential in evangelization. From contextualizing doctrine with stories to inviting others to share their own experiences, they highlight how stories make the Gospel come alive. The Gospel itself is an adventure story meant not only to be lived, but also to be passed on from generation to generation.

 

By: Chris Kostelc and Kory LaCroix

Themes: Share Your Faith: The Power of Story

The Storydram Podcast is all about the power of small stories with big impact. Hosts Chris Kostelc and Kory LaCroix share short, real-life stories as a way of practicing evangelization and encouraging others to do the same. Instead of quick soundbites or arguments, they model how a simple story can open hearts and make conversations more authentic.

 

By: William A. Barry, SJ

Themes: Share Your Faith: The Power of Story

In God’s Great Story and You, Jesuit spiritual director William Barry invites readers to see their lives as part of God’s larger story of love and salvation. Drawing on Scripture, Ignatian spirituality, and everyday experience, he shows how God’s story is not abstract history but an ongoing relationship that includes each one of us. Barry helps readers reflect on their personal experiences of grace and connect them to the broader narrative of God’s work in the world.

 

By: Bishop Robert Barron

Themes: Share Your Faith: The Power of Story

In Seeds of the Word, Bishop Robert Barron explores how God’s truth, goodness, and beauty are reflected in the culture around us — in films, books, music, and everyday life. Drawing on the early Church Fathers’ idea of “seeds of the Word” scattered throughout creation, Barron demonstrates how popular stories can serve as entry points to deeper conversations about the Gospel.

 

By: Bishop Louis Kihneman

Themes: Equipping Leadership • Forming Missionary Disciples • Mission

Bishop Kihneman wrote Missio Nostra to serve as a guide to help all the parishes, schools, families and minsitries in the Diocese of Biloxi make  the "shift from maintenance to answering the Great Commission of Jesus."  It is a practical guide that takes the time to explain and define foundational concepts, provides practical suggestions and recommendations for implementation, and encourages all Catholics to reflect on how they can better live out the Great Commission in their personal lives & families as well as in their schools, parishes, and ministries.  It is available in English, Spanish, French and Vietnamese.  

 

By: Gary Chapman

Themes: 5 Love Languages

Learn your love language. Take the profile that suits you & discover your primary love language, what it means, and how you can use it to connect with your loved one with intimacy and fulfillment.  ...

 

By: Gary Chapman

Themes: 5 Love Languages

In the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages, you’ll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner—starting today...

 

By: Kristin Bird

Themes: 5 Love Languages • What is the Kerygma? The Gopsel Proclaimed Simply

The truth is that we are loved by a God who delights in us - simply because we are His. In this powerful talk, noted Catholic evangelist Kristin Bird breaks open the message of God's unconditional love and mercy for us. Using practical examples and humor, mixed with Kristin's honest and direct approach, this moving presentation will reveal the obstacles that get in the way of our saying "yes" to the Father's love and present us a new way of approaching our relationship with God...

 

By: Burning Hearts Disciples

Themes: 5 Love Languages

If you were certain that the God of the universe delighted in you, would it change your life in any way? We hear others say that God loves us, yet sometimes we may feel unloved. We all have a deep longing, a desire to know that we are loved deeply. With an awareness of unchanging love, we find a settled security for our lives.  This download offers prayer suggestions and reflections for each of the different love languages...

 

By: Mark Hart

Themes: How Do You Pray?

Many would say the most important prayer we can say is the "Our Father" Why? Because Jesus himself taught us this prayer!  And yet, it is so easy to fall into the rote repetition of the words of this classic prayer without really engaging our hearts with it. More than a series of petitions, the Lord's Prayer is a way for us to connect deeply with the heart of our heavenly Father.  In The "R" Father, popular Catholic author Mark Hart reflects on each of the words and phrases of the Our Father, he emphasizes the intimate relationship that God desires to have with us...

 

By: Katie Warner)

Themes: Discipleship at Home

Husbands and wives. Fathers and Mothers. Breadwinners and Homemakers. As men and women, we have many ways of approaching our roles in family life. But what if we could find even deeper meaning in our God-given vocations by viewing ourselves as the spiritual head or the spiritual heart of our family?  In Head & Heart: Becoming Spiritual Leaders for Your Family, author Katie Warner unveils seven characteristics of strong spiritual leaders and provides practical tools for leading and loving our families toward heaven.

 

By: Joe Paprocki

Themes: Forming Missionary Disciples

A Church on the Move offers 52 practical strategies for moving parishes forward, principally by focusing on the one thing the Church can offer that the world-at-large cannot: Jesus Christ.  Joe Paprocki believes that with the right plans in place, the Catholic Church—and the local parish specifically—will not only survive, but thrive.  Each chapter begins with a quote from Pope Francis, and each helpful strategy falls within one of five key categories: how a Church on the move thinks, functions, worships, forms disciples, and engages the world. Every chapter takes an honest look at a particular problem in the Church before moving to a creative, redemptive, and achievable solution...

 

By: Fr. John Ricardo

Themes: Kerygma Resources for Adults • Kerygma Resources for Leaders & Preachers

A video resource aimed at helping leaders understand and communicate the kerygma clearly, not vaguely. Best as a “watch first” primer before handing someone a tool, talk, or study.