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Prepare The Future

Thu, 10 Sep 2020

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...

Preparing for Marriage with Pope Francis by Arturo Cattaneo (JPEG, 27 Kb, 341x480)

A book that, following Pope Francis, offers inspiration and examples for couples with the goal of touching "the hearts of young people, appealing to their capacity for generosity, commitment, love and even heroism, and in this way inviting them to take up the challenge of marriage with enthusiasm and...

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To help primary schools journey towards Christmas, Mission Together has lots of attractive Advent resources to offer a joyful and thoughtful approach to this wonderful season.

There are assemblies, craft activities, a faithful Christmas quiz and their much loved Advent calendar, and a new St Nicholas...

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Recommended Podcasts?

Thu, 21 May 2015

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...

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Years ago, I was asked a rather odd question – if the Catholic Church started canonising non-Catholics, which of them would you like to see made saints? It"s almost certainly never going to happen, but it"s still an interesting question. These days, I guess the prime candidate would be Brother...

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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...

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Mission Together has a new set of resources for Lent for Primary age children, along with materials specifically aimed at supporting remote learning.

In addition to their ever-popular Lenten calendar, there are pupil liturgies for each week of lent, along with assemblies and accompanying notes, Sunday...

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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...

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Resources are now available for this year's National Youth Sunday, on 26th November, the feast of Christ the King. This year, the theme is 'Something to say', and parish priests and chaplains in schools and universities are being encouraged to put young people at the heart of the celebration, by inviting...

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In this current climate and time of crisis, there is an urgent need to empower children with confidence and hope for their futures. Lockdown has left many with questions about their faith and anxiety about the future. In response to this, the Kenelm Youth Trust is offering 'Primary Quo Vadis', a Catholic...

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Women's World Day of Prayer 2017 is on Friday 3rd March. It's one of the biggest ecumenical prayer events worldwide, and each year, Christian women from a different country write a prayer service for a new theme. This year's theme , 'Am I being unfair to you' is about justice, and was inspired by the...

World Day Of The Poor Card 2017 TW500 (JPEG, 24 Kb, 500x190)

The very first World Day of the Poor, called for by Pope Francis, is on 33rd Sunday of the year, 19th November. Caritas Social Action Network has a range of resources available to help schools and parishes get involved.

The materials include downloadable prayer cards, films and testimonies of those living...

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Now in its second year, Red Wednesday is the centre of a week of activities to show solidarity with persecuted Christians, organised by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). This year, it falls on 22nd November. Resources for 2017 are no longer available.

Red Wednesday shines a light on Christian persecution...

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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...

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Resurrection: Rob Bell

Sun, 28 Dec 2014

Rob Bell is a very gifted speaker who makes a lot of engaging videos. Here, he talks about what Jesus' resurrection means for us. It's a very powerful video, well worth watching and using.

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Retooning The Nativity

Sat, 20 Dec 2014

Revision, That Time Of Year Again… (PNG, 148 Kb, 1585x764)

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...

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Robert Barron On The Bible

Tue, 30 Dec 2014

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Rowan Williams On Advent

Sat, 20 Dec 2014

Sacraments 101: Busted Halo Playlist (PNG, 589 Kb, 1791x932)

This is a playlist of 7 videos, one for each Sacrament!

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Saints

Tue, 30 Dec 2014

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Salesian Vocations

Tue, 30 Dec 2014

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Press Release: 25 September 2021

Columbans launch Schools Competition

'21st Century Changemakers'

'Anyone can make a difference: 21st Century Changemakers' is the theme for the 2022 schools' competition launched by the Columban Missionary Society this week.

Young people 13-18 years are asked to consider:...

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Scott Hahn On Pentecost

Fri, 19 Dec 2014

Taken from Scott Hahn"s blog.

The giving of the Spirit to the new people of God crowns the mighty acts of the Father in salvation history.

The Jewish feast of Pentecost called all devout Jews to Jerusalem to celebrate their birth as God"s chosen people, in the covenant Law given to Moses at Sinai (see...

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Season of Creation

Wed, 31 Aug 2022

The Season of Creation is between the 1st September to 4th October.

This guide looks at the services and prayers that can be used for Church, and gives ideas for activities or things that can be made during the season of creation.

Pope Francis writes:

Dear brothers and sisters!

"Listen to the voice of creation"...

Some Books To Help You (And Young People) Understand The Bible (PNG, 19 Kb, 277x153)

Recently Busted Halo (great site, as we keep saying!) had a question about which books are good to read for introducing people to scripture. Here"s what they answered:

Before even buying a book about the Bible, the first step is to buy a well-reputed study Bible. The Catholic Study Bible, the New Oxford...

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Stella Maris (formerly The Apostleship of the Sea) has some great assembly and lesson plans based on the 'Apostle of the Slaves' on its website.

The resources are for Stage 2 and 3/4, and provide interesting material on his life and work, and on how the Apostleship of the Sea follows in his footsteps...