Ideas for teaching your students about this Sunday’s Gospel, including reflections, sharing ideas, activities and prayer.Dec. 13: Third Sunday of Advent
Luke 3:10-18
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Dec 07
Lessons for the Sunday Gospel: Dec. 13
Ideas for teaching your students about this Sunday’s Gospel, including reflections, sharing ideas, activities and prayer.Dec. 13: Third Sunday of Advent
Luke 3:10-18
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Dec 02
Gifts from the Hearts and Hands of Your Students
Those Who Are Wise Still Seek Him Wooden Star Ornamentby Shelia Kearney
Help your students make wooden star ornaments that bear the inscription "Those Who are Wise Still Seek Him" to give as gifts. This is the third activity in the Gifts from the Hearts of Your Students series. Look for more activities in the coming days. Continue reading "Gifts from the Hearts and Hands of Your Students" »
Dec 01
Cover Story: Planning a Children's Christmas Mass
A Liturgically Sound Celebration
by Mary McEntee McGill
Your parish children’s Christmas Mass
can be meaningful and memorable, but
it takes careful planning. The following
will help you create a liturgically sound
children’s Christmas liturgy to celebrate
the Nativity of the Lord.
We all have beautiful and treasured
memories of Christmas children’s Masses.
In our preparations for these special liturgies,
however, we sometimes face a strong pull to
emphasize the pageant.
Selecting Music for Your Children's Christmas Mass
by Mary McEntee McGill
In selecting music for your children’s
Christmas Mass, give careful attention to
liturgical, pastoral, and musical considerations.
The United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops offers clear guidelines for the
selection of music for divine worship. In
their directive titled “Sing to the Lord:
Music in Divine Worship” (November 14, 2007),
they outline three judgments to be applied
to the selection of music.
