How Habits Help Teach Morality
Five Strategies for Thinking and Acting Morally
JARED DEES
With the limited time we have in religious education to teach our students morality, our focus tends...
Teaching the Lord’s Prayer: “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive…”
JAMES BLANKENSHIP
“As the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do.” – Colossians 3:13
In this petition we ask God to forgive us our...
Living the Liturgical Year — Good Friday (free downloadable activity)
What’s So Good About Good Friday?
CONNIE CLARK
When you think of Jesus on the cross, you might feel sad. You might even feel a little...
The Value of Lectio Divina in Class
Taking Time to Take your Students Deeper
MARLON DE LA TORRE
St. John Damascene once commented that “prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart...
Music and Eucharistic Adoration
Four Areas of Preparation
KATE DANELUK
Years ago, I sat on a vacation Bible school curriculum development team. How could we convict our students in their...
Teaching the Lord’s Prayer: “Give us this day, our daily bread.”
“Give us this day our daily bread.”
JAMES BLANKENSHIP
“I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” – John 10:10
In the fourth...
Rich Soil: Teaching the parable of the sower
BY LYNN WEHNER
Gardens and growth. Seeds and soil. Spring approaches! We all know that water, sunlight, and the right kind of soil will help...
Teaching the Lord’s Prayer: “Thy Will be done…”
"Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
JAMES BLANKENSHIP
“For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, plans...
The Joy of a Clean Heart : A craft about Penance and Reconciliation
SARA JONCKHEERE
Sin has a way of weighing us down and hardening our hearts. Children feel this too and need to be taught that the...
God’s Famous “Top Ten” List
Here's a 20-Question Quiz on the Ten Commandments. It contains Sample Questions such as:
The Ten Commandments are found in which two books of...
