EDUCATION, INSPIRATION, AND MORE . . .
AFIRE is committed to bring you materials and resources for individuals, parishes, and communities. If you are ordering for a parish, we encourage you to display prayer cards, rosary brochures, bookmarks and other affordable handouts in the narthex or other public area in your church. This simple act will let your parishioners know that you understand this affliction and they need not be ashamed to reach out for support. It’s even better if you periodically set up a table after Mass in the narthex to distribute these in person. Many parishes have been surprised by the number of people who stop to talk and express their gratitude for these offerings.
AFIRE’s Rosary for Protection and Healing from Addictions in Society is a simple, full-color, trifold brochure that will guide parishioners to pray the Sorrowful Mysteries for everyone who is impacted by substance abuse and addictions (the afflicted, loved ones, the grieving, and more).
Place them in the narthex for those who are too ashamed to ask, and/or host a special rosary evening with this brochure as your guide.
Rosary for Healing from Addictions
When loved ones are facing addiction in a friend or family, it can be hard to find the words to pray. This prayer card will help guide them to ask for and remember the powerful gifts of the Holy Spirit, gifts that will help them to endure the trials set before them.
Place them in the narthex or other public area in your church for those who are too ashamed to ask.
Prayer for Loved Ones
These prayer cards for those suffering from addictions will provide the afflicted with powerful yet simple words to pray to the Holy Spirit. The prayer will remind them of the awesome power of the Spirit, power that can surely conquer any addictions!
Place them in the narthex or other public area in your church for those who are too ashamed to ask.
Prayer for Healing from Addictions
We Thirst: Christian Reflections on Addiction is a popular educational and inspirational 5-part video course that educates about addiction from a Christian perspective. Created and facilitated by AFIRE founder, Dr. Nina Marie Corona, this video series is now circulating in university and seminary libraries around the world. The We Thirst video series includes 5 videos with lectures that include prayer, music for reflection, and beautiful imagery to enlighten and inspire both hearts and minds.
Click below to purchase the DVDs for yourself, your ministry leaders, your church library, or to provide as gifts to those in your community.
We Thirst Series DVDs
A great addition to the We Thirst: Christian Reflections on Addiction video series, this group discussion guide will provide you with everything you need to facilitate small group discussion, either before or after you’ve shown the video series.
We Thirst Group Discussion Guide
AFIRE Leader’s Manual
Once you’ve hosted the We Thirst: Christian Reflections on Addiction video series, your attendees will be ready to take action in your community! The Leader’s Manual will provide your parish leader with goals, guidelines, and a structure to help lead a group to use their gifts to bring healing and hope to your parish and surrounding community.
AFIRE Member’s Manual
Purchase with the leader’s manual to provide your group members with inspiration and a workbook to discern gifts and enact spiritual and corporal works of mercy.
AFIRE Bookmark
A great way to bring attention to the topic of substance abuse and addiction in a discreet way. Place these prayer cards in the narthex, provide them to members of your AFIRE group along with the members’ manuals, and/or to anyone who would like to prayer for the gifts of the Holy Spirit!
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When On Earth - Reflection Book
Sometimes we tend to separate our spiritual lives from our ordinary, day-to-day lives, and it can be difficult for us to integrate the two. This book of the author’s reflections and illustrations will help readers discover that spirituality happens in all of the daily experiences of life, including the mundane, stressful, and painful. We can find contentment and God’s presence and will for us in our relationships, our work, our travels, and our pets! God’s voice is calling in our desires, dreams, frustrations, and anxieties. When on Earth will help readers recognize that each ordinary day provides countless opportunities to grow in faith, hope, and love.
Including themes such as: Living a Virtuous Life, Gratitude, Holy Longing, Contemplation, Faith, Hope, Love, Conversion, Humility, Discipleship, and more!
CLEAR BEAR is a story about a bear with clear skin, which allows his heart to shine brightly and warm the others around him. The message is a timeless one: Deep inside, beneath our thick skin, fur of many different colors, and sometimes scary sharp teeth -- we are all the same! And if we allow our hearts to shine forth, we can warm the hearts of others and help them to "shed their fur" too. This hardcover children's picture book includes vibrant, colorful illustrations. Its themes of inclusion, equality, authenticity, friendship, community, and love are appropriate for children of all ages. After all, deep inside, we're all children too!
