Catholic Faith Education Newsletter

May 3, 2010 - Volume 3, Number 8

Resources Featured on the Catholic Faith Education Blog

Resources on Confirmation, Confession and Prayer - Read more...

Other 6 - Loyola Press has created a Twitter-like site that encourages people to share where they have found God in their lives today or where they need to find him. - Read more...

Bible Tutor offers an overview the Old and New Testament, with a brief introduction to each book in the Bible... Read more...

Prepared Catholic: Catholic youth minister resources. Read more...

The Religious Education section of the The Diocese of Scranton website contains a useful document called Appendix of Catholic Beliefs and Practices. Read more...

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Bible related minibooks can be found on several Websites. Read more...

Resources on Vocation - The Web site of the Diocese of Manchester (UK) has a series of resources on vocation. Read more...

Ave Maria Press has a blog called Engaging Faith with "practical lessons ideas and activities for Catholic educators.

Technology and Religious Education

Teacher’s tweets have her class all atwitter, Peter Vogel, The B.C. Catholic, Archdiocese of Vancouver: Diocesan Offices Overview

Peter Vogel (article above) is a Catholic school teacher who also maintains a Wiki called ICT11-12 @NDRS Vancouver BC. This Wiki contains pointers to and information about various Web 2.0 tools and PC applications, many of which have been tested in his ICT classes.

The Digital Technology Divide: What Does it Mean for Catechists? — Blog posting by Joe Paprocki, Catechist's Journey

Vidinotes allows you to capture images from YouTube videos and add captions and notes to these and print a worksheet on the video.

Vocation Music Video - Seminarians interpreting the song "The Way" from the Website whynotpriest.org.Other vocation related videos are also available on this site.

Useful Resources on Saints and Feast Days

Resources for feast days in May-August:

May

1 May: Saint Joseph the Worker - Optional Memorial
2 May: Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor - Memorial
3 May: Saints Philip and James, Apostles - Feast
12 May: Saints Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs or Saint Pancras, martyr - Optional Memorial
13 May: Our Lady of Fatima - Optional Memorial
14 May: Saint Matthias the Apostle - Feast
18 May: Saint John I, pope and martyr - Optional Memorial
20 May: Saint Bernardine of Siena, priest - Optional Memorial
21 May: Saint Christopher Magallanes and companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial
22 May: Saint Rita of Cascia - Optional Memorial
25 May: Saint Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor; or Saint Gregory VII, pope or Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin - Optional Memorial
26 May: Saint Philip Neri, priest - Memorial
27 May: Saint Augustine (Austin) of Canterbury, bishop - Optional Memorial
31 May: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast

June

1 June: Saint Justin Martyr - Memorial
2 June: Saints Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs - Optional Memorial
3 June: Saints Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs - Memorial
5 June: Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr - Memorial
6 June: Saint Norbert, bishop - Optional Memorial
9 June: Saint Ephrem, deacon and doctor - Optional Memorial
11 June: Saint Barnabas the Apostle - Memorial
13 June: Saint Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor - Memorial
19 June: Saint Romuald, abbot - Optional Memorial
21 June: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, religious - Memorial
22 June: Saint Paulinus of Nola, bishop or Saints John Fisher and Thomas More, martyrs - Optional Memorial
24 June: Birth of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity
27 June: Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial
28 June: Saint Irenaeus, bishop and martyr - Memorial
29 June: Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - Solemnity
30 June: First Martyrs of the Church of Rome - Optional Memorial

July - August

Resources on the Sunday Readings

Background articles and commentaries, homilies, children's stories, art, clipart, videos and other resources on the Mass readings for upcoming Sundays: April 18 - April 25 - May 2
Prepare for Mass Blog

Words of Wisdom Posters

Click on the images for a full-size version.

Nothing seems tiresome or painful when you are working for a Master who pays well; who rewards even a cup of cold water given for love of Him. - Saint Dominic Savio

I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God. - Saint Dominic Savio

Monthly Scripture Calendars

June 2010

July 2010

August 2010

September 2010

Also see Bible Verses Cards, Scripture Clipart Cards. Bible Posters, and Wisdom of Saints Posters (New posters added)

Articles Online

The Religion Teacher: End of the School Year Ideas and Activities, Jared Dees

Growing as a Catechist Self Evaluation, document posted on Joe Paprocki's blog Catechist's Journey

‘Not to have charity is not to know your Catholic religion’, by John Norton, Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly May 9, 2010

The Land is God's Gift by Sr. Joan Brown, OSF, Catholic Rural Life - Fall 2009

“The land is God’s gift entrusted to people from the very beginning. It is God’s gift, given by a loving Creator as a means of sustaining the life which he had created. But the land is not only God’s gift; it is also (our) responsibility.” Pope John Paul II in Iowa

Pontifical Call to Ecological Conversion, Catholic Rural Life - Spring 2009

Our Call to Care for Creation, by Bernard Evans, Catholic Rural Life - Spring 2009

Creation is not all about humans. And the rest of creation is not here solely to serve our needs. As Psalm 24:1 reminds us, "The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it."

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