Resources

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

CAFOD have some really great resources, some that focus on Lent, and others on their One Climate, One World campaign that focuses on climate change and how it has the biggest impact on poorest people in our world.

Primary schools:

One Climate, One World campaign

Climate change is the biggest threat to reducing...

Dear Young Friends,

When I speak spontaneously I do it in Spanish, because I don't know the English language. May I do it? Thank you very much. This Fr Mark, a good translator.

First of all, a sad piece of news. Yesterday, as Mass was about to start, a piece of scaffolding fell and, upon falling, hit a...

Nick Vujicic is a speaker who was born without limbs. He uses his disability as an opportunity to spread the message about the Gospel!

This site has some great resources on for looking at how some of the people who make our clothes are very unfairly treated.

You can find the resources section here.

Word On Fire has loads of videos, blogs and other resources. It's an American non-profit organisation that works very closely with Bishop Robert Barron, and produced his Catholicism Series. You can find the site here.