Thank you so much for sharing your time and talents to be a catechist! Our curriculum offers wonderful material and lessons. This resource page is designed to offer some supplemental materials that may be helpful in adding to your lessons or in teaching a special topic. The resources are separated into general and specific categories. This page will be updated as new resources become available.

• Textbooks: links to the curriculum websites
• General: a collection of websites that offer a large variety of materials
• Specific: a collection of websites that focus on specific topics, such as Liturgical seasons and feast days

Textbooks

• ​Finding God (Loyola Press): http://www.loyolapress.com/faith-formation/finding-god/finding-god-2013
• Visions: What the Church Believes and Teaches (Pflaum) http://www.pflaumweeklies.com/​

General Resources

• Amazing Catechists: http://amazingcatechists.com/
• Catholic Toolbox: http://catholicblogger1.blogspot.com/p/free-printables.html​
• Catholic Mom: http://catholicmom.com/
• http://www.godtube.com/
• The Catechist: http://www.catechist.com/blog/
• The Religion Teacher: http://www.thereligionteacher.com/videos/
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/how-we-teach/

Specific Resources

Year of Mercy

• Student Articles and Information:
  • http://rclbenziger.com/jubilee-year-of-mercy/
• General Information from the Vatican:
  • http://www.im.va/content/gdm/en.html
• General Classroom Resources:
  • http://looktohimandberadiant.blogspot.com/2015/08/year-of-mercy-resources-all-ideas.html

Celebrating the Mass

• Fun crafts to help explain the Mass:
  • http://www.massexplained.com/kids-mass-crafts-3/
• Several links to Mass activities, crafts, and videos:
  • http://www.thereligionteacher.com/catholic-mass-activities/

Advent

• Some crafty lesson plans:
  • http://www.loyolapress.com/liturgical-year-advent-activities.htm
• Printable activities and worksheets:
  • http://catholicmom.com/faith/advent/
  • http://www.catholicmom.com/advent_kids.htm

Christmas

Combination of Advent and Christmas activities and crafts:

• http://www.catholicicing.com/advent-and-christmas-with-kid/

Lent

• Lenten activities and printables:
  • http://catholicmom.com/kids/lenten-activities-for-children/
• Grade specific activities:
  • http://www.loyolapress.com/lenten-activities-for-children.htm
• Stations of the Cross Coloring:
  • http://www.fcpeace.com/friends/Lent/14-Walk%20with%20Jesus%20on%20the%20Way%20of%20the%20Cross.pdf

Easter

Many direct links to prayers, crafts and printables:

• http://www.thereligionteacher.com/easter-activities/

Pentecost

Lesson plans and activities:

• http://catholicblogger1.blogspot.com/2009/04/lesson-plan-pentecost.html