Diving Deep: The Legacy Behind Your Parish
BY DANIEL THOMAS
The idea of helping your students learn about their parish is an outstanding one. It involves something that they have...
Saints & Sacraments: Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin, patrons for Matrimony
BARBARA YOFFIE
Louis and Zelie Martin are the first married couple to be canonized together. Their marriage was a true love story. They loved God,...
Nicholas Black Elk, Catechist: cause for canonization opened
At their annual meeting, the USCCB voted to open the cause for canonization for Nicholas Black Elk, a Lakotan medicine-man whose conversion led him...
Saints & Sacraments: John the Baptist, a patron for Baptism
BARBARA YOFFIE
Exemplifying the sacrament of Baptism is the great preacher and prophet John the Baptist, an obvious choice. Through his preaching and teaching,...
Saint Bingo
by Virginia Prisco
for 15 saint biographies you might want to use for Saint Bingo.
Saints are men and women who were remarkable in...
Saint Christopher Seeks Jesus
There are many legends about St. Christopher (c. third century), but there is very little historical evidence of him.
Celebrating Saints–Philip and James–May 3rd
Philip and James
PATRICIA MATHSON
Jesus called Philip and James to be among the twelve apostles who followed him. The apostles were regular people who said...
Living the Liturgical Year: The Conversion of St. Paul, January 25
St. Paul sees the light!
CONNIE CLARK
Wrong, wrong, wrong! Have you ever thought somebody was just plain wrong about something? Saul thought Jesus’ followers...
St. Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe
The objective of this activity is to learn about Our Lady of Guadalupe (whose feast day is December 12) and St. Juan Diego (whose feast day is December 9) and to have students retell the story with wooden-spoon puppets.
Why Saints?
Saints are found in every part of Catholic life. If we lose something we invoke St. Anthony.
