Resources for Children's Liturgy - Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King

Resources for Children's Liturgy - The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe - Stories, activities, images, coloring pages, puzzles and other tools for catechists on the Sunday Gospel reading John 18:33b-37.

See also Bible Study Resources for the same Gospel reading: commentaries, exegesis, homilies, reflections, lectio divina.

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Stories, activities, images, coloring pages, puzzles and other tools for catechists on the Sunday Gospel reading Mark 13:24-32.

See also Bible Study Resources for the same Gospel reading: commentaries, exegesis, homilies, reflections, lectio divina.

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Stories, activities, images, coloring pages, puzzles and other tools for catechists on the Sunday Gospel reading Mark 12.38-44.

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time - Stories, activities, images, coloring pages, puzzles and other tools for catechists on the Sunday Gospel reading Mark 12:28b-34.

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Stories, activities, images, coloring pages, puzzles and other tools for catechists on the Sunday Gospel reading Mark 10.46-52.

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Stories, activities, images, coloring pages, puzzles and other tools for catechists on the Sunday Gospel reading Mark 10.35-45.

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Stories, activities, images, coloring pages, puzzles and other tools for catechists on the Sunday Gospel reading Mark 10.17-31

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Stories, activities, images, coloring pages, puzzles and other tools for catechists on the Sunday Gospel reading Mark 10.2-16

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Resources for Children's Liturgy - 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Stories, activities, images, coloring pages, puzzles and other tools for catechists on the Sunday Gospel reading Mark  Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48.

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Stories, activities, images, coloring pages, puzzles and other tools for catechists on the Sunday Gospel reading Mark 9:30-37.

A Saint a Day for Children

The Holy Spirit Interactive Web site features a section of stories on saints, one for each day of the year. These stories are short, simply told and should be easily understood by children.

Here are the links to the stories of saints until the end of August:

August 24: St. Bartholomew

August 25: St. Louis of France

August 26: St. Elizabeth Bichier

August 27: St. Monica

August 28: St. Augustine

August 29: Beheading of St. John the Baptist

August 30: St. Pammachius

August 31: St. Aidan

Another Web site that also offers stories of saints every day is the JC Club Web site Saint a Day section.

Children's Liturgy and Bible Study Resources for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time

The 4catholiceducators.com Web site listing of Resources for Children's Liturgy and Bible Study for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time are now available online. These resources include stories, activities, puzzles, coloring pages, handouts on this week's Gospel reading (John 6:60-69) as well as Bible study tools for the same scripture passage.

Resources for Children's Liturgy - 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Resources for Children's Liturgy for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time are now available on the 4catholiceducators.com Web site. These include stories, activities, puzzles, coloring pages, clip art images, craft ideas, lesson plans that can be useful at home, in schools or in parishes. The focus is on the Gospel reading: John 6:51-58.

Resources for Children's liturgy - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

For links to various resources (activities, coloring pages, puzzles, lesson plans, clip art, stories...) for parents and catechists on the Gospel reading (John 6: 41-51) for this coming Sunday's Mass:

http://4catholiceducators.com/gospel-john-6_41.htm

Resources for the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time A

Gospel of John 1: 29-42 - Articles, Commentaries, Homilies, Clipart, Coloring pages, Puzzles, Children's Stories

Catechists Chat

Dorian Speed, a Southern Catholic teachermom, now homeschooling in Texas, maintains a blog called Scrutinies on which she regularly posts articles for catechists under the heading "Catechists Chat". These articles provide advice, lesson plans, and stories for the classroom. See also the resources section on her blog on which she offers "a running list of downloadable goodies for catechists and classroom teachers."

People for Others Blog

"People for Others – working together to find God in all things is a blog about how, when we strive together to live for Christ, we become men and women for others. Because God’s love and grace can be discerned in all places and situations, People for Others wants to help Christians to discover just how active God has been, and is, in their lives."

This is the blog of Fr. Paul Brian Campbell, SJ and is sponsored by Loyola Press. 

Posting on his blog include include short thought provoking and inspiring stories - catechists who use stories as part of their teaching tools will appreciate the collection of close to 30 archived stories. I also appreciate the occasional dash of humor in his postings - see for example his recent article on Jesus' retirement.

JClub - A Catholic Place for Kids

JClub - A Catholic Place for Kids - This Web site published by Pauline Books and Media is rich in resources for children, parents and teachers. It offers coloring pages, activity sheets, audio prayers, jokes, games, stories of saints, teaching resources for each month of the year, crafts ideas and much more.

For additional Bible coloring pages: http://4catholiceducators.com/lessonplans4.htm

Story of Creation Resources

A Twinkle in the Dark by Barbara Wilmerton Haas - A retelling of the the story of creation. There are also several links to other online resources on the same theme at the bottom of the page:  coloring pages; crafts, games, puzzles; and a song on creation.

Advent Resources at MyCatholicVoice

The MyCatholicVoice Web site offers selection of stories, prayers and homilies in preparation for Advent and Christmas. You can also listen to Advent and Christmas music in their Media section.