Resources

This is a lovely Eucharistic reflection on bread from Fr David O'Malley SDB

At the start of this year I was asked to lead a workshop at the volunteers conference for retreat centres and outreach teams. Running this website I thought it'd be an interesting idea to talk a bit about how we can live our faith in the digital world. One of the areas I spoke about that was so interesting...

This is a video produced by the Vatican to go out as they publish the whole forty thousand word document. It is in English, as well as Italian and Spanish. The same text comes up in each language (English second) across beautiful video and music, it's really quite nice. Well done to the Vatican Media...

A lovely video summary of Laudato Si from James Martin, great for use with young people!

This site has loads of game ideas, and is broken down to make it easy to find what you want! http://www.icebreakers.ws

There are loads of great Catholic Podcasts out there, below is a list of some of the best ones we've come across, and those recommended to us by others!

One of our favourites is Pray as you Go, a great way to focus yourself on the way to work, and it's something I've used with staff in schools and know...

Many of us saw Cardinal Tagle on Flame 2, he puts out a Gospel reflection each week called 'The World Exposed'. They tend to be uploaded on the Saturday night and are on the Sunday readings of the following day. You can find the latest ones through this link!

We're heading towards exams, this means many of the young people we work with will be revising, or more likely procrastinating! While it's good for them to get away from these pressures, I always found it was helpful to remind myself of some useful study skills basics so I could be useful if this is...

Lord Jesus Christ,
you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father,
and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him.
Show us your face and we will be saved.
Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money;
the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking happiness only in created...

An interesting little video that gives some of this context and history of Archbishop Romero, due for beatification later this year

This infographic is from FOCUS – The Fellowship of Catholic University Students. Have a look at their blog here: focus.org/blog.

This 60 min+ workshop for young people from CAFOD explores how comics are used for campaigning around the world and gives young people the opportunity to create their own. You can find all the resources here.

The Dominican Students of Great Britain have produced videos for the stations of the Cross for Lent that could be a really great way of doing the stations in a different way, or an engaging resource to help young people put together their own set of stations. They can all be found on their youtube page...

This fantastic video was written by David Wells and Animated by Tree Behrens for CYMFed Flame 2, and is a really powerful way of telling the story.

These videos were made by young people themselves! More about trips to Taize can be found here

Pope Francis joined with young people from all over the world, many with disabilities, to talk about the value they had and the good that comes from them coming together.

This is just the trailer, but you can find the whole thing here, you may just need to turn the subtitles on!

Below is the full text of Pope Francis' World Youth Day Message! While we have National Youth Sunday on the feast of Christ the King, lots of other places in the world have it on Palm Sunday. The themes for last year, this year and next years are based on the beatitudes, have a read through for yourself....

Another great video from Busted Halo!

This is a great video from CRS (US CAFOD) by the Archbishop New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan