I found this Vatican Timeline at VaticanTimeline.com. I thought it looked like a great Easter present for the family. At $25.00 it isn't inexpensive but looks to be of high quality.
Has anyone any experience with this company?
They also offer a Vatican Board Game. The author is Stephen Haliczer is a Distinguished Research Professor at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. Dr. Haliczer received his B.A. from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, and his Ph.D. from St. Andrew's University in Fifeshire, Scotland.
Here is an interesting quote of Haliczer's:
"The Vatican board game really is an effort to dispel some of the mythology surrounding the Catholic Church. In popular culture there’s not only a great deal of curiosity about the inner workings of the Catholic Church, there’s also a great deal of confusion because of the secretive nature of some of its deliberations and processes. . . . I think (playing this game will help people) understand a great deal more about it, and they’ll see that the process involves a careful nurturing of talent over a long period of time. In other words the cardinals that do emerge as possible papal material are cardinals that are seasoned. They have a distinguished record in a pastoral sense as archbishops. For example Pope Benedict XVI, as Archbishop of Munich, was very widely respected in his role as pastoral leader. And then they have experience in two very important areas, serving in episcopal organizations like bishops conferences and synods on the one hand, and serving the central administration of the church, the curia. My game reflects that."
H/T to VoxNova's contributor Blackladder for this find. Original VoxNova post here.
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One of the problems with a chart like this is that it equates the Vatican with "Church history."
I see what you mean, Michael. But it also is a starting place for students. So, hopefullly, if I use it as one of many references and resources it will prove helpful. I am a timeline kind of learner and I know many of my students are, too.
This, along with studying our saints and trying to help kids understand the Mass and the sacraments is a pretty solid start. I would greatly value any resources you could suggest (especially for the grade school through high school understanding level)
I enjoy reading your posts very much over at VoxNova!
That's true!
Catholic Peace Fellowship has some good new resources on their site for high school students.
www.catholicpeacefellowship.org
Thanks for the kind words.
The company is a unit of the College of DuPage. A community college located in the western suburbs of Chicago.
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