Casting Seeds — Ideas to Draw Your Students’ Parents Toward Deeper Faith
By Daria Sockey
It’s the great joy of being a catechist, the thing that makes you want to come back each week: proclaiming the Good...
Seven Ways to Create Presentations That Stick
Engage minds, refresh souls, make it a win for your audience
LISA MLADINICH
It’s five minutes to start time, as they file into the church hall...
Heart of Christ, Heart of the Catechist
KEVIN M. DOWD, PH.D.
One of the final gifts that Pope Francis left the Church was a beautiful encyclical letter of October 2024 called Dilexit...
First Penance Prep Tips: Adaptations for Children with Special Needs
By David and Mercedes Rizzo
The sacrament of Penance can be difficult for some people with special needs. This sacrament may pose a challenge for...
Leo XIV, a missionary pope for a global Church
A former missionary and global Church leader, Pope Leo XIV brings pastoral wisdom, cross-cultural experience and a unifying vision to a polarized world as...
“Prayer” – a 5-minute video from Catholic Central
An entertaining introductory to prayer. Fine for middle-school age students and up.
How to Pick a Pope
A secret meeting called a conclave elects the Catholic leader.
The Catholic religion has more than 1 billion followers around the world, and the pope...
A Pope Francis Remembrance: Prayer Cards Sold in Sets of 50
Keep Pope Francis and his legacy of merciful, gentle love both close to heart and in hand with these memorial prayer cards. Perfect to...
Looking for a Pope Francis Keepsake Book?
Here are just a few resources (there are many more!) from Twenty-third Publications that offer inspiration and guidance from Pope Francis.
Discover more here.
World Leaders Remember Pope Francis
Presidents and prime ministers honor the leader of the Catholic Church.
There are more than 1 billion Catholics in countries across the world. The pope...












