Called to Pray

Catholic school teachers often ask for prayer resources they can use in the classroom. Award-winning theology teacher Justin McClain offers more than two hundred original prayers to meet those requests. This collection of short prayers is arranged by school-year-related themes and can be read by a teacher or student. It is filled with fresh, timely, and meaningful prayers that fit well into any classroom schedule. Called to Pray: Daily Prayers for Catholic Schools is perfect for use with Catholic school students in grades five through twelve. The prayers are organized into six different themes:
• special school occasions such as the first day of school
• prayers for the school community, including administrators, teachers, coaches, support staff, and students
• prayers for friends and family
• holidays and observances such as Earth Day
• liturgical seasons and holy days
• general prayers for the school year

Four types of prayer are included throughout the book— adoration, contrition, petition, and thanksgiving. Some include class responses. Twenty-one of the prayers were written by McClain’s students at Bishop McNamara High School in Bowie, Maryland. Traditional Catholic prayers also are included.