This is No Flash-in-the Pan Card Game..
"If you want well-versed adult Catholics, start with young Catholics. Friendly Defenders Catholic Flash Cards show your kids that explaining the faith can be fun and easy. These flash cards help kids build confidence as they learn the faith. In no time at all your son or daughter can be a "Confident Carlos" or a "Solid Sally."
Karl Keating, Founder and President,
Catholic Answers
"Once again Matt Pinto has produced a tool that will be used over and over in families, homeschools and parishes. His new Friendly Defenders Flash Cards combine sound Church doctrine with a cleverly devised way to communicate the key tenets of the Catholic faith. Combining word and picture has proven to be an effective way to communicate and retain the faith. Our family enthusiastically uses them. I highly recommend them."
Jeff Cavins,Televsion Host
Life on the Rock
"Friendly Defenders are a great help in the formation of our children. They are easy to use, speak to the point, teach the doctrine of the faith, and move the heart. These cards will help our children know the questions that need to be answered, provide the answers themselves, and the Scriptural basis for those answers. What a great service to the Church and to the souls of our children.
Laura Berquist,Founder
Mother of Divine Grace School
Author, Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum
"Kids can make the best evangelists -- they are genuine, honest, and they know how to keep it simple. All they need are tools and a little help.These cards are absolutely perfect, simple enough for anyone to use -- even adults -- and providing the appropriate response right from the Bible. My two daughters will simply love your new "Friendly Defender" cards. Every parent and religious educator should have a set of "Friendly Defenders" use with there children and students. It's about time!"
Steve Ray, Author
Crossing the Tiber
"Here's a handy little way to help your kids learn the Faith when they just thought they were having fun!
Mark Shea, Author
Making Sense(s) Out of Scripture
"Matthew Pinto knows how to reach young people with a strong message of faith. He did it with his first book, and he's following up with a blockbuster product in the new Friendly Defenders Catholic Flash Cards. Matt knows the spiritual needs of Catholic youth, and he fills that need. I think Friendly Defenders cards are going to become a classic a tool used in Catholic youth education for many years to come. I will be purchasing them for my six-year-old son."
Alan Napleton ,Founder
Catholic Marketing Network
"With "Friendly Defenders Catholic Flash Cards," Matthew Pinto has created another hit with youth, parents and educators alike. As with his best-selling book, Did Adam & Eve Have Belly Buttons?, these flash cards play a helpful role in educating young people in the faith, while stimulating dialogue with friends, teachers and family members. As a teacher myself, I recommend Matt's "Friendly Defenders Catholic Flash Cards" for use in parishes, Catholic schools and family settings. If you are searching for a gift for Holy Communion, Confirmation, birthday or Christmas, this is it. "
Chris Mattson, MTS
Coordinator, Office for Marriage and Family Life, Diocese of San
Diego
Teacher, San Diego Diocesan Institute
"Young people are looking for truth, and Matthew Pinto has a real flair for reaching them in a way that few can today. The new Friendly Defenders cards are definitely going to play a role in the re-evangelization of our Catholic youth. In a fun and friendly way, the cards offer a clear and concise presentation of the profound truths of our faith. I strongly recommend these cards to youth, teachers, and parents. '
Jason Evert , Apologist
Catholic Answers
"Having spent most of my life in Catholic schools and in apologetics, I am delighted to see Friendly Defenders Catholic Flash Cards make their debut. Far more than flash cards, really an interactive learning system is what we have here, presenting Catholic theology accurately and in a manner which places the latest technology at the service of the Gospel. This program is ideal for use in Catholic high schools, RCIA classes, and even for evening entertainment at home."
Rev. Peter Stravinskas, Editor
The Catholic Answer
"The Friendly Defenders Cards are excellent. Ages 8 to 108 is absolutely correct. These attractive cards are a great way for Catholics of all ages to learn the Catholic Faith and explain it with clarity, common sense, and with Scriptural support. I look forward to using these in my own catechetical and apologetics work.
Carl Olson
Director of Catechesis and Evangelization
Nativity of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church
Springfield, OR
"Move over grammar flash cards, there's a new card in town. The Friendly Defenders Catholic Flash Cards will be a welcome addition to any Catholic parent or educator's bookshelf. A great tool in the New Evangelization, these cards will equip the youthful evangelizer to actively defend their faith against the most common arguments and questions.
Tim Drake
Catholic Writer and Parent
"I just received your Friendly Defender Cards and they are terrific! I just took over our church library and plan to hold weekly contests using your cards. I will ask each child who checks out a book one of the questions and he would have to answer with what is on back of the card. He would get points for answering correctly. I would pass the questions out to the children the week before. I'm going to memorize these along with the kids. They really help quite a bit. My husband is getting his Masters in Theology, he reads a lot of religious books and he goes on and on about these cards. He's memorizing them himself. Blessings!!! Thanks for a great product. "
Tracy Arbanas
Owner, Faith Matters Catholic Bookstore
Homeschool Mom of Six
Matthew Pinto is a co-founder for CatholicExchange.com, a leading Internet portal for Catholics. He is also a co-founder and former president of Envoy Magazine, which received the 1st Place award for General Interest Catholic magazines in 1998 and 1999 from the Catholic Press Association. The author of Did Adam and Eve have Belly Buttons? and 199 other questions from Catholic Teenagers (Ascension Press, 1998), Matt is a well-known speaker whose work has focused primarily on youth and young adults. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, including Life on the Rock, Mother Angelica Live!, and Living His Life Abundantly explaining and defending the Catholic Faith, and has conducted seminars on a variety of Catholic issues throughout the country. A native of Philadelphia, Matt and his wife Maryanne reside in West Chester, PA, are the parents of two boys, Michael (3) and Andrew (1), and are joyfully awaiting the arrival of their third child in October, 2001.
Katherine Andes is an award-winning free-lance
writer, her work has appeared in Envoy, This Rock, Immaculata,
Catholic Parent, Twin Circle, The Family Magazine, Human Life
Review and many secular publications. She also served as Managing
Editor for Merciful Love magazine. She has also worked
in the entertainment industry in script development and written
industrial films. She also occasionally works as an announcer
for radio and television. Currently, she is a catechist in the
Diocese of Fresno and home schools her "two great kids,"
Lauren and Bill.
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