Resources

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...

Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) and CAFOD have come together to produce a resource to enable the Catholic Community to reflect on the European refugee crisis, drawing inspiration from the famous Lampedusa crosses.

The Lampedusa crosses, hewn by an Italian carpenter from...

Inspired by Pope Francis' Apostolic Letter Misericordiae Vultus, CJM Music has produced a song available for free download.

Through its three verses, Face of Your Mercy, keeps the focus on the person of God the Father, whose mercy we see revealed in Christ, who calls us to be the face of God's mercy as...

Catholic Social Teaching in 3 minutes is a fast-paced animation from CAFOD introducing CST for young people. It can be used in classrooms, RE lessons, with youth groups, and particularly fits with Year 8 Unit 6 People of God: Called to Serve RE framework for 11-14s.

Stations of the Cross in the Year of Mercy, with Fr Nick King SJ, produced by Southwark Catholic Youth Service.

These can be used for individual prayer and reflection via the podcast, or in larger groups using the videos.

Podcasts and videos are here

CJM Music has settings for each of the five Sundays of lent – and they are free to download.

On Ash Wednesday and the first Sunday of Lent, the psalm texts seem to speak more of our need for God's mercy. The remaining Sunday's of Year C, as we hear Luke's account of the Transfiguration and other...

The Triduum (TRIH-du-um) is the time of the Church year when we celebrate the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This three-day celebration begins with the Holy Thursday Mass and continues on Good Friday with the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion. At the end of this liturgy, we leave the church...

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This can be a really helpful site for pulling together inspirations clips to fit a theme! The site is here.

There are some really good things on here, but unlike CAFOD's resources it's tailored to the States, and focuses almost entirely on things best suited to lessons. It's here.

There's a whole series of resource on this site about teaching peace including prayers, activities and themes for sessions/lessons. You can download the whole things as one, or look at the individual elements. Take a look at them here!

Not sure if it's a memorial, or want to plan your calendar in advance? This is your authoritative source! The site can be accessed here.

There are a ridiculous amount of games and ice-breakers on this site! Access it here!

Cracking resource from CAFOD, a sheet full of great icebreakers! Download it here!

This is all the fruit of a project headed up by Adrian Porter SJ who was head of Wimbledon College and St Aloysius College, Glasgow.

Their site (here) gives a load of interesting things that they're rolling out across Jesuit schools, and can help non Ignition schools think about how they educate as a...

An intriguing representation of Jesus's ministry, the passion & resurrection as a social media stream, from Igniter Media.

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

Some scenes from The Passion of the Christ cut together with contemporary images/clips.