Catholic Faith Education News

January, 2011 - Volume 4, Number 1 - Subscribe to this newsletter. Resources Featured on the Catholic Faith Education Blog Technology and Religious Education Resources for Advent, Feast Days, and Special Days Resources on the Sunday and Daily Readings Blog World Resources Wisdom Posters Articles Online Previous issues Resources Featured on the Catholic Faith Education Blog

For resources, lesson plans, coloring pages, worksheets, puzzles, quizzes, posters on Martin Luther King Jr.: http://www.silk.net/RelEd/martin.htm Faith Formation Scrutinies - articles for catechists under the heading "Catechists Chat". These articles provide advice, lesson plans, and stories for the classroom. FashioningFaith.org - programs and activities focus on these topics: Divine Word Spirituality; The Pentateuch; Our Call to Worship and the New Revised Roman Missal. Catholic Catechist (owned and moderated by Doreen Gerczak) is a "Web site dedicated to providing Catholic resources, lesson plans and classroom ideas to catechists world wide. St.Pauls Tube Faith and Family Friendly Video Sharing. This site is a ministry of the Society of St. Paul offers video channels organized by themes, audio channels, and images. Bible Studies The Gospel of Matthew - a13 episodes series on the Gospel of Matthew focusing on the infancy narrative, the Sermon on the Mount, miracles of Jesus and parables. BesT is the new project of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem, the creators of the Jerusalem Bible. "This project presents significant differences between different versions of the text of the Bible in the text itself, rather than in footnotes. In addition, the text is accompanied by extensive notes divided into different topics, such as vocabulary, social and cultural milieu, and Jewish and Christian tradition, among others." Liturgical Year Catholic Cuisine - Recipes for Celebrating the Feasts and Seasons of the Liturgical Year. Music Matt Maher – The Journey of Alive Again - a series of 6 short YouTube videos in which songwriter, singer Matt Maher and Fr. Barron explain the genesis and the spirituality underpinning his music album Alive Again . [Access the videos] Martin Doman - Catholic Artist   Prayer 30 Rituals and Prayer Services for Catechist and Teacher Meetings by Alison J Berger. You can preview some of the content of this resource on the Google Book Web site.

Technology and Religious Education

 

• CatholicTechTalk.com is an online community  "for all Catholics interested in technology and using it to further the mission of Jesus Christ and His Church. Members can meet and share insights with other Catholics who have similar interests."
• Using SKYPE in Catechesis by Joe Paprocki, Catechist's Journey
• Ten Web 2.0 Applications for Creative Educators by Susan Brooks-Young, Catechist Online Magazine
  Learn about some of the best-kept secrets in the world of Web 2.0 applications for the classroom.
  

 

Resources for Advent, Feast Days, and Special Days

Calendars - Click on the images

Resources for feast days in December: 1 January: Octave of Christmas, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God – Solemnity 2 January: Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors – Memorial 3 January: The Most Holy Name of Jesus – Optional Memorial 6 January: Epiphany (celebrated on the first Sunday after 1 January in countries where this feast is not a Holy Day of Obligation) 7 January: Saint Raymond of Peñafort, priest – Optional Memorial 13 January: Saint Hilary of Poitiers, bishop and doctor – Optional Memorial 17 January: Saint Anthony of Egypt, abbot – Memorial 20 January: Saint Fabian, pope and martyr; or Saint Sebastian, martyr – Optional Memorial 21 January: Saint Agnes, virgin and martyr – Memorial 22 January: Saint Vincent, deacon and martyr – Optional Memorial 24 January: Saint Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor – Memorial 25 January: The Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle – Feast 26 January: Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops – Memorial 27 January: Saint Angela Merici, virgin – Optional Memorial 28 January: Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor – Memorial 31 January: Saint John Bosco, priest – Memorial

 

Resources on the Sunday and Daily Readings Articles, Commentaries, Homilies, Clipart, Coloring pages, Puzzles, Children's Stories for the upcoming Sunday Gospel readings: January 9, 2011: Baptism of the Lord - Matthew 3.13-17 January 16, 2010: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - John 1.29-34 January 23, 2011: Baptism of the Lord - Matthew 4.12-23 January 30, 2011: Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Matthew 5.1-12a February 6, 2011: Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Matthew 5.13-16 (coming soon) For more articles, commentaries, homilies, clipart, coloring pages, puzzles, children's stories for Sunday Gospel readings consult the following pages: Sunday Readings: Matthew - Sunday Readings Mark - Sunday Readings Luke - Sunday Readings: John Prepare for Mass Blog The Catholic Toolbox: Special Events for January Mass Readings

 

Wisdom Posters

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Also see Bible Verses Cards, Scripture Clipart Cards. Bible Posters, and Wisdom of Saints Posters

Blog World Resources

 

Resources For Creative Faith Formation's Blog

• RCIA with Children Webinar: RCIA with Children & Implications for All Sacramental Initiation with Children - Sponsored by the North American Forum on the Catechumenate
  Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 2pm ET, 1pm CT, 12 noon MT, 11am PT (1hour) [More details]
• New Resource for RCIA Catechumens & Candidates - The Heart of Faith: A Field Guide for Catechumens & Candidates [Read the review ]

Catholic Icing

• Catholic Icing: J E S U S Craft - Make an Optical Illusion
  

Engaging Faith

• 3 New Classroom Icebreakers: Icebreaker for Lesson on Discipleship - Icebreaker for Lesson on the Trinity - Icebreaker for Lesson on Communion of Saints
• St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Prayers for Teachers and Students
• Comparing Accounts of Jesus' Baptism
  

Catechist's Journey

• FREE Webinar: Roman Missal Changes: What you Need to Know about the Roman Missal Changes - A Webinar for Those in Parish Ministry. Facilitator: Joe Paprocki, DMin - Brought to you by Loyola Press, A Jesuit Ministry. Wednesday, February 9, 20117:00 – 8:00 p.m. (CDT) [More information]
• New Roman Missal Translation – What You Need to Know #3 and 4
  

The Catholic Toolbox

• Lesson plan on the story of Samsom with supporting printouts
  
• Lessons plans: the story of how Moses parted the Red Sea and the story of the 10 Plagues of Egypt with songs, finger play, crafts, folder game, coloring pages, and puzzles.

Articles Online

 

Articles from various sources

• The Liturgical Year: Simple Facts, Deep Truths by Fr. Thomas Richstatter, O.F.M., Catholic Update
  "To understand the liturgical year it is helpful to know a few simple facts: What is the liturgical year? How is it organized? But to really appreciate the meaning and purpose of the liturgical year requires an ongoing meditation on several “deep truths.”
• Making Disciples: Matthew's Gospel and the Christian Community by John R. Barker, O.F.M., Catholic Update
  "In this Catholic Update we will explore a few of the ways that the Gospel of Matthew addresses the topics of Christian discipleship and how the Church should exist in the world. These issues are just as important today as they were when the Gospel was originally written."
• Rising From a Spiritual Rut by Kathy Coffey, Everyday Catholic
  
• It’s about time to make time for God by Susan K. Rowland, Everyday Catholic
• The Liturgy: How God Reaches Us by William E. Lori Bishop of Bridgeport, Spirituality for Today January 2011
• Religion and Spirituality by Delbert Teachout, Spirituality for Today January 2011
• Does God have favorites? - Ron Rolheiser
• Longing, Desire and the Face of God - Ron Rolheiser

Articles for CATECHIST Magazine, January / February 2011:

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• The Spiritual 'Tween by Dr. Patricia M. McCormack, IHM
  Stage profile (Fowler) of teenagers
• All Saints Catholic School, Manassas, Virginia by Ruth A. Matheny
  For Judith Fisher, former teacher and assistant principal at All Saints Catholic School in Manassas, VA, the challenge was
  clear: How can middle-school students learn to work effectively for peace and justice?
• Parables Prayer Service: Lessons of Love from Jesus, The Master Teacher by Jean Grant
  Help your students understand Jesus' use of parables with this prayer service.
• Complete-A-Project Bible Search: Jesus Teaches about Love by Sister Alice Ann Pfeifer, CSA
  This Complete-A-Project Bible Search Activity is for teacher and students (grades 4-6) working together.
• For Your Vocation by Sr. Mary Joanna Ruhland, RSM
  Remember when you first felt the call to become a catechist?
  
• The Ladder of the Beatitudes II: Embracing the Challenge by Norm Rich
  Gregory of Nyssa imagined the Beatitudes as a staircase ascending toward God—each one needing to be fulfilled in order to
  take the next step.
• Advice from Master Catechists—January 2011 by Kate Ristow, Dan Thomas, Chris Weber, and Sister Janet Schaeffler
  What are the pros and cons of students meeting in catechists' homes? Should I make a change near the end of the year?
• Celebrating Saint Brigid of Kildare: Person of Compassion by Patricia Mathson
  Feast Day: February 1
• Craft Clip: Paper Bags by Jeanne Heiberg
  When the supermarket checkout person says "Paper or plastic?" say "Paper" for these craft uses.

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