Resources

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...

Missio has created Advent assemblies to help schools, colleges and youth groups journey towards Christmas. The assemblies focus on Missio's international projects, enabling pupils to discover how the Universal Church is bringing the Hope, Peace, Joy and Love of Christ to those living in poverty, regardless...

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...

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...

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...

It's that time of year already! CAFOD's refugee-themed Advent Calendar is available to download now, and it's great for KS3/KS4 and post-16 prayers.

There's a PowerPoint version where you can click on the bauble for the date and go to the slide for that day, or a pdf that allows young people to create...

The second in Pax Christi's series of lesson plans and materials for A-level Religious Studies explores various forms of pacifism by looking at the lives of Christian men and women who have resisted war and violence.

By examining the lives of Christian men and women who have resisted war and violence...

It's almost October – how's your Nativity planning going?

The Bible Society's Pop-Up Nativity for 2017 offers a script, video, PowerPoint visuals and colouring sheets telling the story of The Greatest Journey – following Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem.

The no-rehearsal script includes suggestions...

Further resources for Education Sunday 2017 are available to download from the Churches Together England website.

They include this cool KS 1 & 2 resource that's based on Lego!

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Visit the Churches Together website to access the whole range of resources...

The theme for this year's Education Sunday , 10th September 2017. is 'Gathered in my name', and a range of resources for schools and parishes is available on the Catholic Education Service website.

The downloadable resources include a Mass booklet, social media guide, and A Wednesday Word resource for...

CAFOD has two new films available to use with young people when they have experienced a faith-filled 'mountain top moment', typically after a retreat, a pilgrimage or an event like Flame, World Youth Day or Brightlights. The downloadable videos are supported by a pdf resource with activities to help...

Brentwood Diocese has put together a range of links to Lent activities, from crafty projects like making a crown of thorns or stained glass window to freeze-frame Stations of the Cross.

They also have some great ideas for ideas for school-wide campaigns during Lent, such as supporting Aid to the Church...

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...

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...