Resources for Mass Readings - 5th Sunday of Lent - C

Resources on the Mass readings - Fifth Sunday of Lent - March 21, 2010

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 John 8.1-11 - Articles, Commentaries, Homilies, Clipart, Coloring pages, Puzzles, Children's Stories
Lector Works: Fourth Sunday of Lent - C
Lector's Notes: Fourth Sunday of Lent - C
CNP Liturgical Planning - Fourth Sunday of Lent - Music Suggestions

Daily Bible Poster - 1 Corinthians 12.3

...no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit. --1 Corinthians 12.3

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Ignatian Examen of Conscience

On the Web site of the Jesuits in English Canada examen of conscience is an article that presents a "method" of "growing in a sense of self and the source of self"  so that "you can grow more sensitive to your own spirit -- its longings, its powers, its Source; and you will develop an openness to receive the supports God offers."

Sonitus Sanctus Blog

Sonitus Sanctus is a blog in which are collected and cataloged Catholic audio files available on various other Web sites and blogs. This blog has been online since 2007 and thousands of audio files have thus far been referenced.

St. John Lateran - VR Tours

Virtual Reality Tour of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran - This is a visually stunning virtual tour!

All for Jesus WebCast - Playlist for Feb.12-28

All for Jesus WebCast  - Playlist for Feb.12-28
1. Somewhere on a Cross - Apostolica
2. For Me - Karl Kohlhase
3. Calvary - Sean Clive
4. Spending Time Adoring You - Margo B. Smith
5. Come to the Cross - Dan Duet
6. Carry On - Bernie Antkowiak
7. Jesus Bread of Life - David Patrick Bryan
8. Child of My God - Rise
9. Stand up and Be Joyful - Susan Bailey
10.When He Calls - Gerard Faucheux
11. Ave Maria - Apostolica
12. Believe in Me - Deacon Jim Panchaud
13. Hiding Place - Karl Kohlhase
14. Beyond Me - Sean Clive
15. Transform Us - Dan Duet
16. Simon, Son of John - Susan Bailey
17. Exhortation - Deacon Chuck Stevens
18. If We Choose to Love - Margo B. Smith
19. The Old Lighthouse -David Patrick Bryan
20. Renew Your Love of the Lord - Apostolica

The 2010 edition of the American Catholic Lent Feature: A Catholic Lent feature with a 2010 Lenten calendar updated daily from Ash Wednesday through Holy Week and Easter."

Catholic Faith Education Newsletter - February 22, 2010

The February 22, 2010 edition of the Catholic Faith Education Newsletter is now available online at http://4catholiceducators.com/ezine1.htm.

Lent: 40 Ideas for 40 Days!

This post on Joe Paprocki's blog Catechist's Journey offers 40 ideas for the 40 days of Lent.

Mr. Paproski aslo conducted a Lenten Webina. A recording of this webinar is also availalble on his blog.

See aslo: Creative Lenten Ideas Shared by Webinar participants

Resources Mass Readings - 4th Sunday of Lent - C

Resources on the Mass readings - Fourth Sunday of Lent - March 14, 2010

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 Lk 15: 1-3, 11-32 - Articles, Commentaries, Homilies, Clipart, Coloring pages, Puzzles, Children's Stories
Lector Works: Fourth Sunday of Lent - C
Lector's Notes: Fourth Sunday of Lent - C
CNP Liturgical Planning - Fourth Sunday of Lent - Music Suggestions

Catholic Digest Lenten Meditations

Catholic Digest has put together nine meditative videos beginning with Ash Wednesday and culminating with Easter Sunday. Each video is short enough to fit in any day—your lunch break, prayer time or any opportunity you have for personal reflection. These brief videos serve to provide you with thoughts, observations, and meditations to help you understand how Christ suffered for us and the redemption we ultimately attain through his resurrection.

Saint Paul Ministries

The Saint Paul Ministries Web site offers a large number of resources, many of them in the form of PowerPoint presentations. The introduction to the Web site reads as follows:

"As Saint Jerome said, “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ,” our goal is to spread the Word of God as far and wide as we can.
 We explain the cultural, historical and religious thought of the time. Included in each presentation is an illustration (story) that explains how the Biblical readings being studied relate to the present day. The Bible is not a book of the past; its messages are as meaningful today as they were over 2000 years ago.
This site also has presentations that cover Defending the Faith topics, topics that explain and defend the Catholic faith."

WingClips - Movie Clips for Teaching

WingClips gives you access to clips from various current movies. Each of these clips can be used to explore themes relevant to faith education. You can register for a free account which allows you unlimited downloads of medium resolution (320x240) clips (Paying subscribers can download high resolution (640x480) movie clips as well).

Videos on the Meaning of Lent

Fr. Thomas Richstatter, O.F.M., on Lent

Father Greg Friedman - Lent Is a Catholic Thing

Christian Clipart

oChristian Clipart offers a collection of images organised under the following headings:

• Bible Characters Clipart 
• Bible Verse Illustrations Clipart 
• Old Testament Clipart 
• Pictures of Jesus Clipart 
• The Early Church Clipart

The images below are a few of the hundreds of graphics available in this collection (click on them to see a full size version).

Breaking the Bread of the Word

Breaking the Bread of the Word is a Lectio Divina approach to the Sunday Liturgy. This Web site was created and is maintained by the sister disciples of the Divine Master, a branch of the Pauline Family.

For other resources on Lectio Divina: Lectio Divina - Resources for Catholic Educators

ChristLife

ChristLife is a lay Catholic ministry established in response to the Church's call to a new evangelization. Their vision is to equip Catholics for the essential work of evangelization so that others might come to know personally the love of God through Jesus Christ, in the Holy Spirit, becoming his followers and members of the Church. One of the activities of ChristLife is providing online articles, Church documents, links, and media to educate Christians on evangelization. These are found on the Resources page of their Web site.

Resources Mass Readings - 3rd Sunday of Lent - C

Resources on the Mass readings - Third Sunday of Lent - March 7, 2010

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 Lk 13.1-9 - Articles, Commentaries, Homilies, Clipart, Coloring pages, Puzzles, Children's Stories
Lector Works: Third Sunday of Lent - C
Lector's Notes: Third Sunday of Lent - C
CNP Liturgical Planning - Third Sunday of Lent - Music Suggestions

The Bible and Its Story - Scanned Images

The Bible and Its Story was edited by Charles F. Horne and Julius A. Bewer, Francis R. Niglutsch, New York, copyright 1908, 1909 and 1910. It contains the entire King James Bible text from Genesis to Revelation with over 1000 illustrations of the most celebrated christian paintings. The images from all 10 volumes have been scanned and are available on this site. Since the copyright on this work has now expired, all of the images are in the public domain. The images below are from this collection. Click on them to see larger versions.

Noah's Ark in Images

The Story of Noahs Ark by E-Boyd-Smith was published in 1905. The copyrignt on this book has now expired and the scanned Scanned images from the book available here are free to use in whatever capacity you wish. See above and on the left  for a sampling of some of the 32 images from the book - click on the images to see a larger version. Notice the glasses on Noah - what a delightful anachronism!

Bible Picture Puzzles

Picture Puzzles or How to Read the Bible by Symbols was published in 1903 and the copyright has expired. It is therefore in the public domain and can be used as you please. The images are sometimes a bit outdated, but the concept is still interesting and I am certain your students would get a kick out of guessing some of the over 150 Bible verses illustrated in the puzzles. Click on the images  to see the full size versions of two of the puzzles.

All for Jesus 'Webcast'

All for Jesus 'Webcast' offers songs and inspirational features.

Playlist for Feb.8-14:

1. Spending Time Adoring You - Margo B. Smith
2. Transform Us - Dan Duet
3. The Call of the Lord - Apostolica
4. Bread of Life - Karl Kohlhase
5. I Will Carry You - Sean Clive
6. Baby Jesus - Susan Bailey
7. Rise Up - Gerard Faucheux
8. Child of my God - Rise
9. We Come to Return - Deacon Chuck Stevens
10. Come Holy Spirit - Margo B. Smith
11. Don't Worry - Bernie Antkowiak
12.The Old Lighthouse - David Patrick Bryan
13. Into Your Arms - Sean Clive
14. I've Got an Angel - Rise
15. Ave Maria - Apostolica
16. Sacrament (Even More) - Deacon Jim Panchaud
17. Room in our Hearts - Susan Bailey
18. The Anvil - Karl Kohlhase
19. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring-Mark Van Nostrand
20. If we choose to Love - Margo B. Smith

Catholic Faith Education Newsletter - February 8, 2010

The February 8, 2010 issue of the Catholic Faith Education Newsletter  is now online at http://4catholiceducators.com/ezine1.htm .

Picture Bible for Children - Public Domain

The Coloured Picture Bible for Children - Published about 1900 by the Society for Promoting Christianity. These are scanned images from the book whose copyright has expired. The photos are therefore in the public domain and may be used freely. There are 71 images of biblical scenes for the Old Testament and from the Gospels. Below are a few of these. Click on them to see a larger version.

Resources Mass readings - 2nd Sunday of Lent - C

Resources on the Mass readings - Second Sunday of Lent - February 28, 2010

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 Lk 9: 28-43 - Articles, Commentaries, Homilies, Clipart, Coloring pages, Puzzles, Children's Stories
Lector Works: Second Sunday of Lent - C
Lector's Notes: Second Sunday of Lent - C
CNP Liturgical Planning - Second Sunday of Lent - Music Suggestions

Resources on the Mass readings - First Sunday of Lent - February 21, 2010

Resources on the Mass readings - First Sunday of Lent - February 21, 2010

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 Lk 4:1-13 - Articles, Commentaries, Homilies, Clipart, Coloring pages, Puzzles, Children's Stories
Lector Works: First Sunday of Lent - C
Lector's Notes: First Sunday of Lent - C
CNP Liturgical Planning - First Sunday of Lent - Music Suggestions

St. Valentine’s Day Feature

Americancatholic.org has a number of articles on its Saint Valentine's day page:

• The Origins of St. Valentine’s Day  
• Who Was St. Valentine?  
• God Is Love: Pope Benedict’s First Encyclical: A condensed version of Pope Benedict XVI's first encyclical, God Is Love.
• Making Marriages Stronger: Marriage Enrichment Weekend Program has been helping couples strengthen their marriages. A similar program for engaged couples starts them off right.  
• Sacrament of Marriage

Four lesson plans on the Resources for Catholic Educators Web site could also be useful for St. Valentine's Day:

• Love Mirror : Students will be invited to reflect on 1 Corinthian 13; 3-7 and to use this text as a "mirror" to examine the quality of their love for others. 
• Love Letters: Experience the love of God in the love of one's parents and through scriptures.
• Counterfeit love: The students will reflect on the difference between love and infatuation.
• Let me Count the Ways: The student will make a list of possible loving actions and implement a few of them.

A poster version of the image on the right above is also availalble on the Resources for Catholic Educators Web site: Scripture Poster

Daily Bible Poster - Matthew 9.27

‘Have mercy on us, Son of David!’ -- Matthew 9.27

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Kids and Saints

Kids and Saints is a Web site on patron saints for children with short biographies and holy images of each saint. These are listed alphabetically.

Come Home - Song by Annie Karto

A video based on Jesus' parable, the prodigal son. The song, 'Come Home', is written and sung by Annie Karto, Catholic Singer/songwriter and Inspirational Speaker, from Treasure Island, FL www.anniekarto.com

The Church's 2000 Year History

The Web site of the Catholic Enquiry Centre, the national faith promotion outreach of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference, provides a concise history of the Catholic Church. See also our previous post on the introduction to Catholicism course offered by the Catholic Enquiry Center.




      

Benedict Everyday.com and Word of God Everyday

Benedict Everyday.com and Word of God Everyday are sister sites.

Benedict Everyday.com offers daily selected quotes of Pope Benedict XVI for prayer and reflection. Browse through the archives to see previous quotes and the range ad nature of past topics. You can also subscribe to their newsletter to receive quotes daily or weekly.

Word of God Everyday provides a daily scriptrue verse and a quote from a saintly figure in the Church. This site also contains archives of previous daily offerings and the possibility of subscribing to a newsletter.

Daily Bible Poster - Matthew 9.36

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. --Matthew 9.36

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Foundation for Sacred Arts

The Foundation for Sacred Arts is a Catholic nonprofit organization founded to stimulate a vibrant renewal in the patronage and production of Christian sacred arts (art, architecture, and music); and to advance the pursuit of excellence in conformity with truth, goodness, and beauty in these arts; for the glory of God, the life of His Church, and the transformation of culture.