Feb 25

The Lord's Prayer during Lent

A Collage Activity and Blessing
by Jeanne Heiberg

This Lent, let the Lord’s Prayer guide you and your students into a deeper relationship with the Source of All Life as you invite God’s Kingdom of Heaven into your minds and hearts and the whole world.

Use the following outline with your students to make the Lord’s Prayer your Lenten guide. Discuss and pray each line. Then make collages that express each line, working with one line each week. Or, toward the end of Lent, take one class period to make the collages, letting each child visually express a different line to form the prayer together as a class.
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Feb 23

A Lent-Easter Wreath

by Veronica Glenn

A Lent-Easter wreath can help students
pray through Lent—the same way an Advent
wreath helps students pray through Advent—
and celebrate Easter.

The wreath has violet, rose, and red triangles,
and tree twigs on one side for Lent and bright
spring-colored blooms on the reverse side
for Easter.

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May 12

Lessons for the Gospel: Ascension of The Lord

Reflecting, Sharing, Acting
and Praying Ideas

Ideas for teaching your students about the Ascension Gospel, including reflections, sharing ideas, activities and prayer.

May 16: Ascension of the Lord
Luke 24:46-53
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May 11

At Home with the Easter Season: Week Seven


We Pray and Celebrate with Wheat
by Maryann Ziemer

From the time of the Jewish Passover meal that
became Christ’s Last Supper, our rituals and
prayers have been rich in references to the grain
of wheat, to harvests, to bread. We express it in
our communal meals, in our mission to feed the
hungry, in thanksgiving for abundant crops, and
in the ultimate bread of life that we share in
the Eucharist.


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May 04

At Home with the Easter Season: Week Six

We Produce Much Fruit
by Maryann Ziemer

To the listening crowd of people, Jesus describes
the fate of a grain of wheat: “Unless a grain of
wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains
just a grain of wheat, but if it dies, it produces
much fruit” (John 12:24). From a single grain will
come many.

Jesus’listeners know what he is talking about.
They understand wheat. It’s fundamental to their
well-being. From it is made bread, the staff of
their life.
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Apr 26

At Home with the Easter Season: Week Five

We Pray and Celebrate with Light
by Maryann Ziemer

The Easter Vigil brings the blessing of fire
that symbolizes the dispelling of the darkness
of sin and death. The light of the paschal
candle, touching its flame to the wicks of
many smaller candles, symbolizes Christ
spreading his light to all. Easter is the
feast of light overcoming darkness.

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Apr 20

At Home with the Easter Season: Week Four

We Reflect the Light of Jesus
by Maryann Ziemer

Our Catholic faith tradition and Judaic heritage are rich in the imagery of light. God provided a column of fire to give the Israelites light through the night in their journey out of Egypt (Exodus 13:21). Isaiah calls the house of Jacob to walk in the light of the Lord (Isaiah 2:5). The psalmist praises God as light and salvation, and so knows no fear (Psalm 27:1).
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Apr 15

Sharing the Good News!

April's tip comes from B. D., Chandler, AZ
I learned in my first year as a catechist (nine
years ago) that my fifth-grade students didn’t
seem to come into the room that first class
after Easter with much joy. So I devised a
lesson that I now present during that class that helps them be joyful and
share the Good News!
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Apr 13

At Home with the Easter Season: Week Three

We Stand in the Light of Jesus
by Maryann Ziemer

Jesus says to the people, “I am the light.” Now the people of the time knew the importance of light. It was during the hours of daylight that they could tend their fields and vineyards, herd their sheep, and manage their daily chores. Their light sources—lamps and burning oils—were valued possessions, tended to carefully. In fact, the lighting of lamps each evening was a blessing ritual. In declaring himself “the light,” Jesus places himself within the people’s everyday experience—familiar and essential to life itself.


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Apr 06

At Home with the Easter Season: Week Two

We Understand the Importance of Light
by Maryann Ziemer

We absolutely need light. We cannot function completely in the dark. We cannot live nor thrive without light.

Light is a form of energy, originating in the seething activity of the sun. The light of the sun travels through cold, dark space, reaching the earth in various energy levels, from gamma rays to visible light rays to infrared.
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