Beatitudes - Posters

The Resources for Educators Web site now has three small posters with the beatitudes for you to download and print.

Nature Wallpapers & Nature Pictures

Edenpics is a Web resources that offers 144 nature wallpapers / pictures. These are available in various sizes to fit your screen resolution. They are free to download and print under certain conditions. Many of them include a scripture verse. They therefore make very nice scripture verses posters.

The image on the left is the one I have chosen to place as a wallpaper on my computer screen. Click on it to see a larger version. It contains a verse from the second reading for Mass tomorrow.

Other scripture verse posters are also available on the 4CatholicEducator.com Web site at http://www.4catholiceducators.com/bible_posters_archive.htm

Coloring Pages - Saints

Waltzing Matilda is the blog of a Roman Catholic homeschooling mom. One of the features on her blog are coloring pages (mostly) of Saints. She has drawn these herself and they are well done indeed! Note that to download the over 50 drawings she has created thus far you will have to register on a site called Scribd, but registration is free and quickly and painlessly done and worth the effort to access these coloring pages.

Lalemant Polyphonic

Lalemant Polyphonic could be called a mini-portal since it features several Web sites in additions to other resources on polyphonic chant:

Rare Books: Saint Jean de Lalande Library of Rare Liturgical Books (PDF)
Tribute: A Tribute to the eight holy Jesusit Martyrs of North America
Quis Non Amantem: A new CD & DVD with Sacred Polyphony & Gregorian chant
Gregorian Chant: Saint Isaac Jogues free Gregorian chant Resources (Mp3 & PDF)
Mass Parts: Saint Antoine Daniel Mass Parts (Mp3 & PDF) Kyrie, Gloria, Alleluis, ect.
Miscellaneous: 1962 Missel Requiem Mass Practice mp3,s & much more

Christian Community Bible

Christian Community Bible, Catholic Pastoral Edition, is available for download on this Web site of the Claretian Missionaries in Macau, China. The text of all the Books of the Bible as well as a substantial commentary for each of them are available for download in .doc format.

BBC - Religion & Ethics - C.S. Lewis

The BBC published an extensive dossier on C.C. Lewis on its Web site. This dossier provides a good introduction to Lewis' life and work.

For other resources on C.S. Lewis consult C.S. Lewis Online Resources.

Catholic Faith Education Newsletter - August 2009

The newest edition of the Catholic Faith Education Newsletter - the August 24th edition - is now available online at http://www.silk.net/RelEd/ezine1.htm .

I have expanded the Resources on the Sunday Readings section, giving you access to an extensive array of background articles and commentaries, homilies, children's stories, art, clipart, videos and other resources on the Mass readings for upcoming Sundays in September. As usual, you will find new calendar pages (for September and October), Word of Wisdom posters, printable scripture cards, and a extensive listing of religious education related articles available online.

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B

Resources on the Mass readings for the twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 20, 2009:

Mass Readings

Fr. Lonsdale's Commentaries and Clip Art

Lectionary Resource for Catholics: word-sunday.com

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Bible Study

Reflexions on This Week's Liturgy - Sadlier

Crossword Puzzle (PDF document)

Gospel of Mark 9:30-37: Articles, Commentaries, Homilies, Clipart, Coloring pages, Puzzles, Children's Stories

Lector Works: Ordinary Time 25 (B)

Lector's Notes: Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B

Resources on the Mass readings for the twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 27, 2009:

Mass Readings

Fr. Lonsdale's Commentaries and Clip Art

Lectionary Resource for Catholics: word-sunday.com

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Bible Study

Reflexions on This Week's Liturgy - Sadlier

Gospel of Mark 9:38-48: Articles, Commentaries, Homilies, Clipart, Coloring pages, Puzzles, Children's Stories

Lector Works: Ordinary Time 26 (B)

Lector's Notes: Twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B

Back to School Prayer Service

Pflaum Publishing has made available, on it's Website, a Back to School Prayer Service for students, teachers, and catechists - including leader's guide and student handouts.

Clipart ETC: Architecture

The Architecture section on the Clipart ETC Web site offers over 1200 illustrations of architecture of various locations and time periods, including Byzantine, Egyptian, Greek, Renaissance, and Roman. Also available is a miscellaneous architecture gallery, and a visual dictionary, which shows the name and definition of various structural and artistic parts of architecture. Many of the line drawings in this collection can be useful when talking about church architecture and a maximum of fifty (50) clipart items may be used in any non-commercial, educational project (report, presentation, display, website, etc.) without special permission.

For additional resources on church architecture: Christianity and Architecture - Resources for Catholic Educators

Colorear dibujos de Religión - coloring pages

Colorear dibujos de Religión offers coloring pages on themes related to various religions including a handful of coloring pages for christianity under the following headings:

Biblia - Antiguo Testamento - Tanaj
Biblia - Nuevo Testamento
Cristianismo

Other sources of Christian coloring pages: Resources for Catholic Educators - Bible Coloring Pages

4marks Catholic Videos

The 4marks is a Catholic Web site that offers videos, podcasts, forums, articles, etc. One of its features is a video section with hundreds of videos that have been uploaded by registered members. These are organised under the following headings: Animals & Nature - Churches & Shrines - Comedy & Skits - Education - Entertainment - Families & Kids - Homilies & Masses - Movies & Trailers - Music - News & Politics - Outreach & Evangelization - People & Blogs - Sports.

HLI Research

HLI Research is an extensive online resource center for life issues. This easy-to-use online version of HLI’s own library is made available to you so that you can tap into our vast collection of pro-life data, analyses, and tools, which are now specially formatted for online use.

Designed to present readers with a full range of pro-life research, this online resource features articles from premier titles like Dr. Brian Clowes's The Facts of Life, The Pontifical Council for the Family's The Lexicon of Ambiguous and Debatable Terms Regarding Family Life and Ethical Questions, and HLI’s Pro-life Research Series.

Bible and Religious Songs for Children

The Web site Kids' Music Town™ has Bible Children's song lyrics and sound clips. Most of the sound clips are instrumental, but, for some of the songs, you can hear a sample and purchase the song if you wish.

24th Sunday of Ordinary Time B

Resources on the Mass readings for the twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 13, 2009:

Mass Readings

Fr. Lonsdale's Commentaries and Clip Art

Lectionary Resource for Catholics: word-sunday.com

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Bible Study

Crossword Puzzle (PDF document)

Reflexions for this Week's Liturgy - Sadlier

Gospel of Mark 8.27-35: Articles, Commentaries, Homilies, Clipart, Coloring pages, Puzzles, Children's Stories

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - B

Resources on the Mass readings for the twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 6, 2009:

Mass Readings

Fr. Lonsdale's Commentaries and Clip Art

Lectionary Resource for Catholics: word-sunday.com

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Bible Study

Reflexions on This Week's Liturgy - Sadlier

Crossword Puzzle (PDF document)

Gospel of Mark 7.24-37: Articles, Commentaries, Homilies, Clipart, Coloring pages, Puzzles, Children's Stories

Journey - Catholic Bible Study Program

JOURNEY is a Catholic Bible Study Program, written by Archbishop Marcel Gervais and other Biblical scholars and used by parishes and individuals throughout the world for over twenty-five years now. Journey is a Bible study program that takes you through all the books of the Bible step by step.

Lessons 1-20 take you through the Old Testament, starting with Genesis and moving through the historical books, the prophets and finally, the wisdom literature.

Lessons 21-40 take you through the New Testament and discuss the Gospel of Mark, Luke, Matthew and John. These lessons are followed by four lessons on the writings of Paul, the later letters and conclude with the Book of Revelation. These lessons have been translated into many languages and have been distributed to almost every country of the world.

You need to register to access the courses, but registration is free.

Biblical Words - Pronunciation Guide

It is not always easy to know the correct pronunciation of biblical words. Biblical Words, part of the Bible Basics Web site, is a pronunciation guide for such words. It provides both a sound file so that you can hear the correct pronunciation and a phonetic representation for each of the hundreds of words listed.