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 CATHOLIC INFORMATION SERVICE - Knights of Columbus

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Since its inception in 1948, CIS has been
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Church by giving away Catholic information
to anyone interested. Back then, the main goal
was to dispel the ignorance that frequently
fuelled anti-Catholic sentiment. Today, CIS
continues to pursue its mission of
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trustworthy Catholic information.

What's the catch?

There is no catch. We will not use your name
or information for any other purpose than to
send you free booklets, and we will send you
only the booklets you request, and an order
form listing all of our booklets (there are more
than 60!). For those who wish to order larger
quantities of booklets to stock literature racks
or to use in discussion groups and classes, we
ask for help in defraying shipping costs.

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CATHOLIC INFORMATION SERVICE Knights of Columbus

Free Online Catholic Courses

http://www.kofc.org/un/eb/en/publications/cis/courses/index.html

Two instructional courses about the Catholic faith are

available. Each uses text from printed booklets in the Hart
and Veritas series. A required login aids in tracking test
results and keeps a user's place in the course upon return
visits. The same login can be used for both courses. The Hart
and Veritas programs give basic, reasonable and verifiable
information by which we ought to live our lives according to
God’s plan

The Luke E. Hart Series Online Course

This series is based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It answers the
questions: What does a Catholic believe? How does a Catholic worship?
How does a Catholic live?

If you are searching for God and the meaning of life, or

would like to strengthen your faith; the Knights of
Columbus offers for home study a series of 30 booklets
called the Luke E. Hart Series, providing a comprehensive
and basic overview of Catholic
belief and practice.

Each of the 30 booklets offers a

colloquial and contemporary
expression of the content of the Catechism of the
Catholic Church. The series follows the basic
teaching of the Catechism, and seeks to make its
contents more accessible, not to substitute for it.

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 The booklets are at times poetic, colloquial, playful, and imaginative; at all
times, they are faithful to the Faith. This series is based on the Catechism of
the Catholic Church covering a wide variety of topics ranging from belief
and worship to virtue and vice. This series is written by Boston College
philosophy professor Peter Kreeft, Ph.D. who provides
an insightful look into the Catholic faith. He proposes
practical strategies to understand what and how Catholics
believe, worship and live.

CIS Faith Formation Online Course

(Based on the Veritas Series)
This course offers accurate information about the
Church's faith, practices and devotions. We are
searching for truth (Veritas), the truth of our faith handed
down through the centuries from the Lord to the apostles
and to succeeding generations of Christians.

Like the booklet series on the Catechism, this series is

neither the first nor the last word on these matters of
faith. The point is to give basic, reasonable and
verifiable information by which we live our lives
according to God's plan for us.

This series is written by a variety authors who

demonstrate a commitment to the great task of
integrating faith and reason with wisdom and holiness.
The purpose of this series is to explore the truths of the
Catholic faith that have been passed do wn through out
time from the Lord to the Apostles and to following
generations of Christians.

Purchase Quantity of Booklets

The Luke E. Hart Series - http://alphadata.ws/cis_hart

The Veritas Series - http://alphadata.ws/cis_veritas

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Read or Listen Online To Many Catholic Booklets

The Veritas Series

The Veritas Series of Podcasting the Kingdom is an

audio program covering a wide variety of topics on
matters pertaining to Catholic faith and life. This series
is written by a variety authors who demonstrate a
commitment to the great task of integrating faith and
reason with wisdom and holiness.

We are pleased to offer you the opportunity to listen to

some of the Veritas booklets in MP3 format so that you
can learn the faith while
exercising, riding the train or
working at your computer. This
series explains various subject of the Catholic faith.
You will be able to listen to various subjects such as
prayer, Christian formation of men, dating, Saint
Thérése' Little Way, Our Lady of Fatima and more.

We are searching for truth (Veritas), the truth of our

faith handed down through the centuries from the
Lord to the apostles and to succeeding generations of
Christians. Like the booklet series on the Catechism,
this series is neither the first nor the last word on these
matters of faith. The point is to give basic, reasonable
and verifiable information by which we live our lives
according to God's plan for us.

http://www.kofc.org/un/eb/en/publications/cis/podcasts/veritas/index.html

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The Luke E. Hart Series - What Catholics Believe

This series is based on the Catechism of the

Catholic Church. It answers the questions: What
does a Catholic believe?, How does a Catholic
worship? and How does a Catholic live?

The first 10 lessons in the Luke E. Hart Series.

Topics in lessons 1-10 deal with matters like
faith, God, Jesus Christ and the Resurrection of
the body.

Lessons 11-20 reflect upon matters like liturgy, sacraments,

The Lord’s Prayer and Mary.

Lessons 21-30 explore topics like Catholic morality, human

nature, virtue and vice, and the 10 Commandments.

A total of 30 lessons, which run in the 30-40 minute range, will be offered.
You can listen to them online or download them to your home computer.
Burned onto a CD, they make great listening for quiet times at home or
during a commute.

http://www.kofc.org/un/eb/en/publications/cis/podcasts/hart/index.html

Catholic Prayers and Devotions

The human heart is drawn to the divine. Many people

have a sincere longing for holiness and that is why they
spend time in contemplation. We are encouraged to
cultivate a profound inner life, contact with Jesus Christ
that is both personal and constant. The Fathers of the
Church have consistently said that without true
friendship with Jesus, it is impossible for a Christian, to
fulfill the mission of the Lord.

http://www.kofc.org/un/eb/en/publications/cis/devotional/index.html

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Free Correspondence Course

FREE CATHOLIC US MAIL CORRESPONDENCE COURSE

The course is informal in the sense that it is built around ten booklets which
were written precisely as booklets rather than as course lessons. These
booklets are arranged in logical sequence so that they provide a series of
readings in the basic beliefs of Catholics. Numbered from One to Ten, the
lessons are sent out in sets of two. Each lesson comes accompanied by a
Lesson Summary and Questionnaire booklet and a test sheet, which is based
on the material in the corresponding lesson.

All questionnaires are presented in the form of multiple choice questions so

that the reader picks the answer (a, b, c, etc.) which he/she thinks best
reflects what he/she has read in the lessons. Your answers will be put on a
single sided answer sheet. The top half of the answer sheet will be for the
odd numbered lesson and the lower half of the answer sheet will be for the
even numbered lesson.

Each set of two lessons comes in a plain white envelope whose mailing label
carries only our Post Office Box number. In this way, no one's desire for
privacy is disappointed. With the Lessons and Questionnaires, there is
included a large white envelope with our return address printed on it. This is
for the convenience of the student in returning the completed test sheet.

To get the student on his/her way, the first two lessons are sent out as soon
as the student is enrolled. When the completed test sheet to Lessons One and
Two is returned to us, it will be corrected and sent back to the student. In the
same envelope will be included all the materials needed for the next two
lessons. And so on, until the course is completed. The next set of lessons
will not be mailed out until the previous lessons test sheet has been returned.
There is no set time limit to complete the lessons, however, if after twelve
months there is no activity the student record will be deleted from our
computer system.

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 As enrollments are received each student is given a student number. This
number will be found on the lower left side of the test sheet. Please use this
number whenever you write about the course - whether it is to ask about
lessons delayed in the mail, inquiries about some point of doctrine, an
address change or whatever the reason. To avoid misunderstandings, it may
be well to emphasize the following points:

1. The purpose of the course is to provide some basic information about the
Catholic faith. The course explains, it does not argue. It confines itself to the
more important matters and does not pretend to be an advanced or complete
course in Catholic theology. It provides a start for Catholics who wish to
review Church teaching, and for non-Catholics who wish to learn something
about the Catholic Church.

2. The purpose of the questionnaires sent with each lesson is to aid the
reader to absorb what the lesson contains. Correct answers to the
questionnaire, therefore, signify only that the reader has understood what the
text says. In requiring one answer rather than another, we wish only to
satisfy ourselves that the reader understands what is said in the lesson. We
have no intention of forcing one to say what he does not believe. One's faith
is something quite apart from the questionnaire, and we in no way intend to
interfere with the reader's conscience. (We will have occasion to repeat this
as the course progresses.)

3. We consider the answering of the questionnaires and the resultant

interchange between the student and ourselves to be essential to the course.

4. There is no charge for the course. All correspondence is confidential.

Lessons are mailed in a plain envelope which only carries our PO Box
number. No one will call. Thank you for your interest.

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