Resources

A range of resources for Advent in primary and secondary schools is now available from the CAFOD website.

The resources include an Advent liturgy with accompanying notes, a reconciliation service, and an Advent calendar in PowerPoint format, which is ideal for daily class prayers.

Download from CAFOD:...

The theme for this year's National Youth Sunday is 'Together', because that's what we all long to be right now. In addition to loads of new resources, in the spirit of coming together, the youth ministry workers on CYMFed's National Youth Sunday team have created a series of live streams in the lead...

The Catholic Youth Ministry Federation of England and Wales (CYMFed) has produced video resources to tell young people about the life of Carlo Acutis, the fifteen-year-old Italian, born in London in 1991, who will be beatified at Assisi this weekend.

You can view or download two video resources; an animation...

Resources for National Youth Sunday (NYS) are now available,focused on this year's theme, Together.

COVID-19 pandemic has affected every part of life. The way we live, work, study, play and pray has all changed. The most significant change has been that we have not been able to do many of those things...

Million Minutes has worked with youth ministers and youth leaders across the country to produce an important set of resources to help young people reflect on the global turmoil of recent months, and answer Pope Francis' call to be actively involved in building a better future.

'Young people are prophets...

Join CAFOD online on Thursday 10 September 2020, at 9.30am (primary) and 10am (secondary), to take part with schools nationwide in an assembly to explore the impact of COVID-19 across the world and how we can transform our world together.

An advanced viewing for teachers will be available 24 hours before...

Salesian Youth Ministry is inviting everyone who works with young people in schools or similar settings to an online event on Wednesday 20 May, at 11:00 am (UK time!), via Zoom. The session will be led by Alison Burrowes, who is the Catholic Education Service's North West Hub Development Officer for...

If you haven't come across it before, the Kids' Bulletin is a blog created by a Catholic mum in Canada with weekly and seasonal downloadable resources to help children have some fun while getting more out of the readings at Sunday Mass. Now that families are following the Mass at home on Sundays, they...

The Bible Society's range of Easter resources for children will be extra-valuable this year for parents to use at home.

For each animation, there is a set of additional resources including quizzes, colouring sheets and adventure trails. There are also booklets to order for around £2 each. Access...

As the coronavirus causes schools to close, Missio has produced free, downloadable resources to use with younger children in homeschooling, or for staff caring for younger children in school, and they plan to add to the range in the near future.

Download colour-in pages, word tasks, prayers and adapted...

Salesian educator, Fr David O'Malley SDB, has produced a resource for use at home in the coming weeks.

This short prayer pattern follows the shape of the mass and allows you to participate in a homely prayer. It invites Jesus into your home and into your lives for the coming week. It is designed for families...

This Lent, Mission Together and Missio have two ranges of resources and activities for primary and for secondary age groups, geared to The Year of the Word, The God Who Speaks

For primary age children, the liturgies, activities, and the ever-popular popular classroom calendar place greater emphasis this...

The new National Youth Sunday website is up and running with a range of resources for use in parishes, schools and families, and by individuals. The CYMFed team preparing the event has chosen the theme "Significance", following on from this year's Flame event, and inspired by Christus Vivit.

In addition...

I'm guessing you know that Pope Francis has declared October 2019 an Extraordinary Month of Mission (EMM). It's a special month of prayer and action, calling all members of our Catholic community to renew their missionary commitment to share God's love with everyone, everywhere.

To help all members of...

To support the mission of Catholic primary schools, Mission Together have created lots of new resources for 2019-20 to help pupils engage with the Extraordinary Month of Mission, Little Way Week, and a new assembly to mark the canonisation of Blessed John Henry Newman – the first new English saint...

New resources created by young adults unpackage the Synod Final Document and Pope Francis's exhortation, and offer reflections for youth workers.

Just a week after the Pope released Christus Vivit, his exhortation putting the young at the heart of his vision for the renewal of the Church, a group of young...

The Bible Society's new animated video takes Jairus's daughter and the boy with the five loaves and two fishes on a journey where they discover who Jesus really is.

The video is on YouTube, and you can download it free from the Bible Society website, in English or Welsh. There is also a script and all-age...

CAFOD has released a range of resources and guides for the 'Give it up' Lent campaign, including video, assemblies, prayer and liturgy, fundraising ideas; an 'action a day' calendar, and templates for publicising school events and fundraising.in newsletters and to local media.

Download them all from the...

This year's Lent resources from Mission Together include a Stations of the Cross liturgical resource for the first time.

The collection includes assemblies and a calendar to encourage children to journey meaningfully towards Easter with a daily prayer, reflection or action.

Download the materials from...

Million Minutes develops new and innovative projects that help empower young people, inspired by the principles of Catholic social teaching, to reach out to those in need. Pictured above is Amy (from For Jimmy) a recipient of siLENT.

They're offering assemblies and workshops to Catholic schools in England...

Panama2019 has produced a set of catechetical lessons to help prepare young people spiritually for January's World Youth Day. The lessons can be downloaded as pdfs, and cover a range of topics and a variety of activities, following the 'see, judge. act' model.

They're a useful set of resources on faith...

Mission Together has created new liturgies, assemblies and craft activities for 2018 to help primary age groups journey through Advent.

Some of the new resources reference Biblical locations featured in their 2018-19 'Together in Jordan' campaign poster. This enables children to follow the journey made...

Sunday 25th November, the feast of Christ the King, is National Youth Sunday. Resources for use in parish and school settings have been posted out, and can also be accessed through the Home Mission website (see below).

The theme is #JustOneFilter: No one thinks twice about altering an image before posing...

This year's Advent calendar for secondary schools from CAFOD has a focus on refugees and includes daily class prayers.

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CAFOD has a range of resources for helping young people (secondary age) to engage with the issues around the global refugee crisis, including the short animation above.

There is also an activity to help young people to follow a refugee family on their journey to safety, an 'icebreaker' exploring facts...

As the Synod unfolds, a series of videos featuring young people responding to the questions the Bishops are considering can provide useful talking points for schools, youth and chaplaincy groups,

The series is sponsored by the Synod of Bishops and produced by Catholic network Aleteia, in collaboration...

The latest research into the lives and faith of young Catholic adults is essential reading for youth workers, and the report is accompanied by a valuable tool for applying the findings to your work with those you already reach, and in giving insights to reaching beyond this group.

The documents can be...

Looking for the right volunteer opportunities (for yourself or for the young people you work with), or finding suitable volunteers for your project, can be a time-consuming process. If you're in London or Hertfordshire, Caritas Westminster's Volunteer Service can match volunteers to projects, with a...

The end of the summer term is on the horizon, bringing a time of change for many young people face as they leave or move school. 'Trust the Road', by Fr David O'Malley SDB, is a compact and highly useful book from Don Bosco Publications, that aims to guide them through the changes and choices they face,...

Have you seen the God Calls app from the National Office for Vocations? The app, aimed at 16-29 year olds, brings together daily scripture readings with reflection points, prayers, inspiring biographies of the saints and news and events from the Catholic world.

You can add your own events, and there's...