Resources

Friday 7th October will be the Harvest Fast Day for 2022. CAFOD have published their resources ahead of the event.

Here is a booklet, produced by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales on the occasion of the Death of Queen Elizabeth II

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"...

In April, it was announced, that Blessed Artemides Zatti, was to be canonised as a saint. On 9th October, he will become Saint Artemides Zatti.

Brother Zatti was a Salesian Brother who worked in a hospital and pharmacy for the poor and sick in Viedma, Argentina.

Don Bosco Publications have a pocketbook...

We have been sent this resource to lead Rosary prayer for children and young people with a focus on the Ukraine - Russia conflict.

Carlo Acutis, a Catholic Italian teenager who died in 2006, was a gamer and computer programmer who loved sport and the Eucharist. Pope Francis referred to Carlo as a model of holiness in a digital age. Carlo's life should teach today's young people how to properly use and enjoy technology, including...

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...

I'm guessing you know that Pope Francis has declared October 2019 an Extraordinary Month of Mission (EMM). It's a special month of prayer and action, calling all members of our Catholic community to renew their missionary commitment to share God's love with everyone, everywhere.

To help all members of...

To support the mission of Catholic primary schools, Mission Together have created lots of new resources for 2019-20 to help pupils engage with the Extraordinary Month of Mission, Little Way Week, and a new assembly to mark the canonisation of Blessed John Henry Newman – the first new English saint...

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...

The Bible Society's new animated video takes Jairus's daughter and the boy with the five loaves and two fishes on a journey where they discover who Jesus really is.

The video is on YouTube, and you can download it free from the Bible Society website, in English or Welsh. There is also a script and all-age...

CAFOD has released a range of resources and guides for the 'Give it up' Lent campaign, including video, assemblies, prayer and liturgy, fundraising ideas; an 'action a day' calendar, and templates for publicising school events and fundraising.in newsletters and to local media.

Download them all from the...

This year's Lent resources from Mission Together include a Stations of the Cross liturgical resource for the first time.

The collection includes assemblies and a calendar to encourage children to journey meaningfully towards Easter with a daily prayer, reflection or action.

Download the materials from...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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 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...

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

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