Three Different Feasts
Halloween, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day are often linked together as would make sense since they fall on consecutive days.
10 Challenges for the Church of the Twenty-First Century
How can you help teens have handle on some of the large issues facing the Church today while also considering ways to participate in some solutions for change? Share with them these 10 Challenges for the Church of the Twenty-First Century.
Teaching with the Early Church Fathers
Many teachers like to use Patristic “sound bytes” in lectures and lessons. Try using these websites as resources.
Catholic Saints Research Projects
One of the most popular projects assigned in religious education programs is a research project on the saints. Consider the following resources to provide students with their research.
Feast of St. Catherine of Siena Prayers and Activity
April 29th is the feast of St. Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church.
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes Lesson Plan Ideas
February 11 is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes who appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous in on February 11, 1858 in Lourdes, France.
Lesson Plan: Development of the New Testament Canon
This lesson plan is useful for anyone teaching a course on the Introduction to the New Testament.
Remembering the Church from Before Vatican II
Invite a person who was an adult at the time of Vatican II and who remains active in the same parish to speak to your class about his or her remembrances of the Council and the changes it brought to parish life.
Feast Day of St. Thomas Aquinas
January 28 is the Feast Day of St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the Church's great theologians and history's true geniuses.
American Saints and Blesseds
In honor of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, the first American born saint whose feast day was Sunday, January 4, share with your students the complete list of American saints and blesseds.