Scripture Clipart

A selection of Scripture Clipart Posters has been available on the Resources for Catholic Educators Web site for some time now. Recently, large versions of all of these beautiful posters have been made available for download in both black and white and color.

Eastern Catholic Churches

As part of a course on Church history with senior high students, I used to have a unit on Eastern Catholic Churches. There are a number of resources available online on this topic. I have gathered some of these on my Web site under the following headings:

General - Papal & Episcopal Documents - History - Liturgy, Prayer & Spirituality - Architecture - Traditions and Beliefs - Various Eastern Catholic Churches

Magnatune.com has a number of CDs from different choirs that are from the Russian Orthodox and Ukrainian Orthodox traditions, but that could be used as part of such a unit. See, for example, the beautiful recording by the Kyiv Chamber Choir - Liturgy of Peace.

The photo on the left is byRapaz and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0

Coloring pages

I did a little digging on Spanish Web sites for coloring pages that could be useful for catechists and found a few useful resources:

Dibujos Cristianismo para colorear e imprimir - This small collection of drawings (some in color and others in black and white) contains drawings of Pope Benedict XVI, of priests, of churches, of the host and ciborium...

Imagenes de Dibujos religiosos - This page offers nice drawings to print and color of David and Goliath, the Nativity Scene, Mary holding baby Jesus, the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist, John at the foot of the cross, the good shepherd, Pentecost...

Dibujos religiosos - Coloring pages of Noah and the Ark, Jonah and the whale, baby Moses in a basket on the Nile, David playing the harp...

The Art of Graham Kennedy

Sermons4kids.com has a page on the art of Graham Kennedy. It offers a selection of excellent drawings from this artist. The latter are based on Bible stories: Water into Wine; Woman at the Well; The Crucificion; Feeding 5000; The Pearl of Great Price; Jesus Calms the Storm; and several others - there are 22 drawings in all. Some of them are in color. The black and white drawings can be used as coloring pages. Restriction on use: "Images are provided for use in your church or church-related ministry only".

Bible Study Tools

Biblos.com provides an extensive array of tools to study the Bible: several Bible translations (in many languages), a Bible Atlas, a concordance, a Bible dictionary, a Bible encyclopedia, Bible commentaries (non-Catholic), tools to read the New Testament in Greek, a glossary of terms relating to weights and measures in the Bible, an large biblical images library (free to download and use for non-profit use). This is quite an impressive resource.

Related link: Bible - Resources for Catholic Educators

Catholic Crafts Corner

Catholic Crafts Corner is a section on the EWTN Global Catholic Network Web site. It offers a instructions and illustrations to make a number of fun craft projects throughout the liturgical year from Catholic Valentine and stained glass windows, to Flowers for Mary and a Palm crown of thorns.

Monastery of St. Therese

This Web site of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns in the Archdiocese of Detroit offers information on the spirituality, the community, the daily life, the required formation, the discernment of vocation of a Carmelite nun.

Bible Story Crafts and Printable Activities

The Bible Story Crafts and Printable Activities Website offers a number of well made and fun printable resources for young children:

Bible story coloring pages
Bible storyboard sets
Bible timeline printables
Bible story minibooks

This material focuses mainly on Easter and the creation story, but there are also some some printables on angels and on Christmas.

Catholic Search Engine

Cathoogle is yet another specialised search engine, but this time solely for Catholic Web sites and resources.