SaintCast

SaintCast is a podcast that has been broadcast periodically since December 2005.

"Here you’ll hear all kinds of information about Saints honored by the Catholic Church. . . Interviews, sound-seeing tours, news, and information that help bring the Saints alive into your daily life... A podcast devoted to all things Saint-like. . . . Their lives, their devotions, their holiness. We’ll talk about Saints’ lives, histories, art, Patron Saints, Saints of the Day, current saint news, upcoming feast days, and much more!The podcast is lively and lighthearted, interspersed with music and animated by a professional broadcaster. Quite interesting!"

Christian Coloring and Crafts

This morning I received an email from Jan Brokelman, the owner of a Dutch (if I am not mistaken!) Web site. He wrote:

"On my website are a large number of Christian coloring and crafts.

The start page is: http://www.gkvapeldoornzuid.nl/index.php/speciaal/kleurplaten

I have made 4 categories:

the old testament: http://www.gkvapeldoornzuid.nl/index.php/oude-testament

the new testament: http://www.gkvapeldoornzuid.nl/index.php/nieuwe-testament

Christmas: http://www.gkvapeldoornzuid.nl/index.php/kerst

Easter and Pentecost: http://www.gkvapeldoornzuid.nl/index.php/pasen-en-pinksteren"

The Web site is in Dutch, but there is an option available on the site to see an English translation of the site (this is an automated translation and therefore rough at times, but good enough to make out the meaning). The drawings of the coloring pages are of exceptionally high quality and the crafts quite good.

The video below on the making of communion wafers is quite interesting. It was recently posted on a number of blogs (I got it from The Deacons' Bench) but it is worth repeating here!

Saint Patrick Prayer

Click on the image for a poster size version. Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Catholic Faith Education Newsletter - March 16, 2009

The latest edition of the Catholic Faith Education Newsletter is now available online at http://www.silk.net/RelEd/ezine1.htm

Sheila Hamil's Music

http://www.sheilahamil.co.uk/

Sheila Hamil is also a Christian singer/songwriter from Wallsend, Tyne and Wear , England. Since the early seventies she has written over 100 songs and has made a number of solo appearances. She also sang with a group called United Folk. On this website you can find her assemblies, dramas, music and paintings which she offers to you free of charge to use in whatever way you can to glorify God in your small corner of the world. Some of United Folk's songs appear here too.

The painting on the left is one of the artwork of Sheila Hamil called Behold I stand at the door and knock - Revelation 3.20

Art & Bible

This Web site offers two sections with images of art on biblical themes, one for the The First or Old Testament and one on Jesus-Christ and the New Testament. Both of these provide access to art work that you can locate by book and verses or by themes. This is an incredibly large and useful collection of art images on the bible.

The Giving Tree - A Parable

This video is a "Live-action update of Shel Silverstein's classic story":

Kingdom Creations

Kingdom Creations is the Web site of teacher, artist and writer Colleen A. Nagle.

If you click on Fundraising (http://www.kingdomcreations.ca/m/content/article.php?content_id=52), you will see her calligraphy print, Apostles' Creed (see graphic on the left) designed for Confirmation and RCIA presentations plus her illuminated manuscripts, The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and The Resurrection of Jesus Christ as well as a Pro Life image of the Incarnation of Jesus called: In the Beginning.

Part of the revenues from sales of these art works go to missionary work and to support the work of Pro-life.

Confession Explained

http://adventus.org/en/confession-explained/
This page contains links to a talk given by Father Thomas Dowd on the sacrament of Reconciliation, otherwise known as “confession”. The purpose of this talk was to help parents answer questions their kids might have about the sacrament. The talk was recorded and broken down into separate audio files, creating “tracks” that are ready to be burned to a CD.

Other resources on the sacrament of confession: http://www.silk.net/RelEd/reconciliation.htm

Stations Of The Cross

Images of the Stations of the Cross at Prince of Peace Church in Olathe, KS set to the music of "Were You There" recorded by John Angotti - World Library Publications.

Religious Products Review - March 2009

The latest edition of The Latest Scoop is now available at http://www.silk.net/RelEd/scoop.htm.

Irena Sendler: a Catholic Hero

Irena Sendler was a Polish Catholic social worker. During World War II, she saved 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, providing false documents and sheltering them in individual or group children's homes outside the ghetto.

For more resources (biographical articles, photos, videos, quotations...) on Irena Sendler you can consult the following Web page on Resources for Catholic Educators: Famous Catholics - Irena Sendler.

Catholic Faith Education Newsletter - The March 02, 2009

The March 02, 2009 edition of The Catholic Faith Education Newsletter is now available online at http://www.silk.net/RelEd/newsletters02_03_2009.htm.