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I had a friend ask me what reliable resources I knew of for early church history; most especially Christians and the catacombs. Her son had read a book on St. Philomena and wanted to follow that specific rabbit trail. I'm coming up blank. Any suggestions? Oh, he's 10 1/2 years old and a fairly advanced reader. Thanks for any help....
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Is your friend after living books or texts? When you say early what time period does she want recommendations to stop at 
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She probably would like both!  As for time period, I'm assuming through the Roman persecutions. Thanks!
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I'm very interested in any responses to this thread. My oldest is 11 and I wish that there were good resources to teach Church history (especially early Church history). The only resource for younger kids I've come across was written by an Anglican priest years ago named John Mason Neale. I haven't used it becuase I want to hold out for something written from a Catholic perspective. Wouldn't it be great if there was a complete Church history series (like Wise-Bauer and Hillyer)...A Story of the Church or A Child's History of the Church? Hopefully there is and I just don't know about it. Somebody needs to write those...anybody? 
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We have been doing some Church History this year. We started with Marigold Hunt book First Christians and then follow with Fabiola Fabiola This is a long book. I am not sure the ages of your dc. i read it aloud to my 9 yo and my 13 yo. The book is wordy and have long descriptions. It tells the story of Fabiola a Roman girl with an inclination to philosophy and study. She has a slave that is a Christian and that by her example witness the Faith to her. She is also is St Agnes cousin. Her story puts her in contact with several of the early martyrs:Sebastian, Pancratius and others. it is a great story!
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I will be checking on this discussion thread often, because I am really disappointed with the history program we're using so far... The SOTW is good, as far as it goes, but I desperately want to have a Catholic program that will incorporate the stories of the saints during the time periods we are studying as well. I want to use living books, but at the same time I have to be realistic and realize that I just don't have the time to take 6 kids down various rabbit trails. I've checked out RC History, but other than that I haven't really found much of anything...
As Katherine noted, a Catholic version of SOTW would be EXACTLY what I was looking for!!!
My dear friend Margaret and I keep looking, but so far nothing seems to "fit" with our families' needs, so we keep joking, "maybe someday we'll write it ourselves..."
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We haven't used it yet, but I ordered this book for this year. It's recommended for middle school, I believe.
It's written in a question/answer style, and I think that even if not used directly for the kids, it could be a very helpful resource for moms ....
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As far as Early Church History - we are in that mode and planning to combine all the children studying the same time period. We began with RC History and my 15 yo dd really likes the OT/Bible History. We've been a bit looser with the younger ones and added in a textbook for the youngers from Land of Our Lady. I know they do something on early Rome and you might want to check it out. They have book recommmendations at different levels.
Fabiola is an interesting and worthy read, but I'm not sure I'd give it to a 10 yo. Also if you want something historically accurate, you should be aware that martyrs that lived at different times were thrown together as if they knew each other so the historical context is a bit muddled.
I think you could build from RC History and add in lives of the saints. We do have 2 books - one called St. Philomena The Wonder Worker by Fr. Paul O'Sullivan (c. 1925 and republished by TAN) and The Martyrs of the Coliseum by Father A J O'Reilly (c 1874 and republished by TAN). St. Philomena is sometimes downplayed (and some will inaccurately tell you that we are unsure of her existence). St. Philomena is one of the many early martyrs for which there are only a few details - perhaps an inscription in the catacombs with little detail of her earlier life. If you read the life of St. John Vianney (a wonderful and detailed biography republished by TAN)you will discover that he was quite devoted to this martyr.
There is a center somewhere promoting devotion to St. Philomena. We have her picture and all. If I can find my information on the center, I'll post later but I know I won't be on here for a while to try and do better arranging my priorities.
We do have a Catechism of Church History referenced above. It is a nice resource to have but does not spend much time in the earliest centuries. It is written in a question and answer format very much in the style of the Catechisms.
There are some good resources on the Early church Fathers and I'd get some of these for sure. Not all are readable by a 10 yo but it does at least help the teacher. Fr. Hardon put together a Lifetime Catholic Reading Plan and that is a good start.
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