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We want to help you most effectively catechize your children in class or at home. Please use any or all of the resources here.
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Resources by Topic
The topics listed below will take you to pages offering enrichment opportunities for all ages. These opportunities are meant to enhance the lessons taught at home and can be used as desired by families.
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Resources to use with ChildrenUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Here you will find a diversity of resources and ideas that are recommended by our bishops. Most of the resources focus on Catholic social teaching, justice and peace, and human dignity.
St. Mary’s Press Resource Center
St. Mary's Press has thousands of resources available for catechists, aides, parents, and children to help make teaching and learning about our faith more fun. They have activities and assessments, videos and images that cover a variety of Catholic topics, teachings, and events.
Seasons & Feast Days
EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) offers a wonderful collection of videos, live streams from the Vatican, and articles for all ages. This link with take you to their page on Catholic Seasons and Feast Days.
Sunday Connection-Liturgy for Children
Here is a wonderful tool offered by Loyola Press to help talk about Sunday readings with your children.
Pop-Up Catechesis
Here are some short, but inspiring videos for all ages.
The Kids Bulletin
A resource for kids who would like to have some fun while learning about the readings from the Sunday Mass every week.
The Religion Teacher
The Religion Teacher provides several resources for creating lesson plans (that can be adapted to home lessons), resources for the Old and New Testaments, activities for the liturgical year and the rosary, and links to other resources.
Encouragement for Moms
This website isn't just for moms, but anyone who educates children from home.
Pinterest
Pinterest is a virtual corkboard that you can pin ideas to. You can either search by user, "board" or "pins."
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Resources for Your Faith
EWTN Youtube Channel - Offers a multitude of videos to offer insight to the Catholic beliefs and the Word of God. (Versión en español)
USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) Youtube channel - Great videos to inspire and educate.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
This link provides online access to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Catechism is organized by paragraph numbers rather than pages.
Bible Refresher - Online Bible studies that are great for individuals looking for a big-picture understanding of scripture from a Catholic perspective.
Ignatian Spirituality - Learn more about how St. Ignatius prayed and saw the world, how to pray to like St. Ignatius, and find God in all things.
3-Minute Retreats by Loyola Press - These simple 3-minute retreats are offered in both English and Spanish.
EWTN - This part of the Eternal Word Television Network offers teachings of the Catholic Church in a format that allows you to build your understanding.
Catholics Come Home - A website with the sole purpose to welcome home Catholics and answer questions.
Ascension Presents - Videos done by Fr. Mike Schmitz to help us understand our Catholic Faith and God's will.
Catholic Answers - Whether you like to read, watch or listen, this website offers answers to Catholic beliefs and practices.
St. Paul Center - Offering free online Catholic studies for years there is a multitude of areas to read or watch online.
Institute of Catholic Culture - "We believe that genuine transformation and formation in the faith occurs not simply through receiving educational content but through participation." They offer webinars, lecture videos, gospel reflections.
Grotto Network - "Grotto is an anchor, a place of security and peace, from which you can go back to life renewed. We’re at your side on this journey of life. We’re a community, all of whom are figuring out different walks of life together and seeking something more."
Aquinas 101 - "Aquinas 101 is a series of free video courses from the Thomistic Institute that help you to engage life’s most urgent philosophical and theological questions with the wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas."
Aleteia - An online publication distributed in eight languages (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Polish, and Slovenian).
Formed.org - Formed brings beautiful and faithful Catholic content to parishes, families, and individuals. There is something for everyone here: award-winning studies and parish programs, inspiring audio content, movies, e-books, and family-friendly kids' programming.
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