Resources

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...

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!

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...

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

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

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...

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

CAFOD have put together a really great confirmation resource called 'Be Revolutionary'!

You can find everything you need to know about it, and the resources themselves on CAFOD's site here

"In this Confirmation resource we hope to provide an adaptable set of activities that you can integrate into your...

The Salesian Media Office shares a reflection, video and prayer each week to help young people reflect on the Gospel reading for the coming Sunday. It's updated each week and is a great resource for young people themselves and form time prayers!

You can find the site here: http://www.the-etestament.co.uk...

Taken from Fr David O'Malley's Blog

This is the time of year when many chaplains are commissioned or re-commissioned for service in school communities. Commissioning can be a very helpful experience for both the chaplain and for the school community because:

• It highlights the spiritual dimension of the...

Remember trading trainers? Then the trade game? There's a new climate based simulation game for groups! Check it out and find all the resources you need on the CAFOD site here