Resources:
Lent and Easter and colouring pages
Lent
2018:
- Pope Francis Lenten Message 2018
- Pearson Publishing Curricula Lenten links
- This website from the University of Creighton has wonderful prayers for each day of Lent including a section called when time permits only one, brief prayer a day.
- The Lenten website of the United States Bishops has text and audio of the readings for each day as well as a video reflection on the readings. The website also includes Lenten videos, Stations of the Cross, and a Lenten calendar that gives reflections, actions and prayers for each day of Lent.
- Busted Halo is a great Catholic website for young (and not so young-adults) and has great ideas on how to make Lent a more spiritual time.
- Loyola Press’ website allows you to sign up for a daily Living Lent daily reflection.
- You can sign up for this website, “Picturing God”, which will deliver a picture and a short meditation into your inbox each day.
- Sacred Space is an excellent site which is run by the Irish Jesuits. Contains prayer for each day of the year. You can also download their app.
- The University of Notre Dame’s prayer website. Sign up to receive the daily gospel reading, reflection, prayer and information on the saint of the day.
- Catholic Digest has nine short Lenten videos (2 minutes or less) for Ash Wednesday, the 6 Sundays of Lent, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. The site also has some nice videos for the Sundays of Advent.
- Pray as You Go, by the British Jesuits, this site has daily audio prayer reflections. You can also download their app.
- A daily Lenten calendar from Australia. Also downloadable as an app.
- Great daily Lenten reflections for children from the Holy Childhood Association-the only Pontifical Charity for children.
- Catholic Online Lent
- Family Way of the Cross – by the Commissariat of the Holy Land in Canada, in collaboration with the Franciscan Family Center in Bethlehem.
- French prayers for Lent
- Development and Peace: Solidarity way of the Cross
- Ash Wednesday @ Loyola Press (SJ)
- Lectio Divina for Lent
- Lectio Divina is a form of meditation rooted in liturgical celebration that dates back to early monastic communities. It involves focused reading of Scripture (lectio), meditation on the Word of God (meditatio), contemplation of the Word and its meaning in one’s life (contemplatio) and ends with prayer (oratio). For this Lent, we will have a Lectio Divina resource for the readings for Ash Wednesday and the Sundays of Lent that can be used by individuals or in group settings.
- Ash Wednesday (March 1)
- First Sunday of Lent (March 5)
- Second Sunday of Lent (March 12)
- Third Sunday of Lent (March 19)
- Fourth Sunday of Lent (March 26)
- Fifth Sunday of Lent (April 2)
- Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion (April 9)
- Lectio Divina is a form of meditation rooted in liturgical celebration that dates back to early monastic communities. It involves focused reading of Scripture (lectio), meditation on the Word of God (meditatio), contemplation of the Word and its meaning in one’s life (contemplatio) and ends with prayer (oratio). For this Lent, we will have a Lectio Divina resource for the readings for Ash Wednesday and the Sundays of Lent that can be used by individuals or in group settings.
- Ash Wednesday Collection liturgies/prayers
- Ash Wednesday liturgy of the Word
- Archdiocese of Toronto
- Brisbane Catholic Resources
- CARFLEO Lenten Resources – good stuff
- Catholic Principal’s Council of Ontario prayer collection
- Creighton University – Praying Lent 2016
- Catholic Mom – Lenten materials
- Holy Heroes Lenten activities for Kids
- Irish Catholic Schools Lenten resources + Western Irish resources: Archdiocese of Taum
- The Catholic ToolBox – Lent 2016
- Examination of Conscience: younger children, young adults, a simple one and one from TCDSB another one + a collection from the USCCB
- Reconciliation resources from Resources for Catholic Educators
- Making Choices in faith
- Lenten Cross/wreath
- First Nations Symbols and Lent
- NCEA Lenten Resources
- Music Suggests for Lent – Archdiocese of Regina
- Pinterest Search Lent and Easter resources
- Renfrew County Catholic School Board Ontario CAN
- Scotland Catholic Schools – Lent and Easter Resources
- Stations of the Cross for Young People PowerPoint
- Stations of the Cross for our Times
- Stations of the Cross – colouring pages
- The Religion Teacher Lenten resource page – many good Lenten resource links
- USCCB Lenten resources
2017:A digital Fast? Week 1 bundle Week 2 bundle: Part 1 and Part 2 Week 3 bundle Week 4 Prayer (video links in document)
Colouring pages
- Key moments – key moments in Jesus’ Life
- squidoo.com- Old Testament coloring pages
- squidoo.com- New Testament coloring pages
- saintanneshelper.com – Free Coloring Pages To Print
- biblekids.eu- Old & New Testament coloring pages and also Church coloring pages
- calvarycurriculum.com- In each lesson there are coloring pages to print out
- bible-printables.com- Old & New Testament coloring pages
- christiananswers.net- Coloring Through the Bible (Old & New Testament coloring pages)
- free-coloring-pages.com- Bible Coloring Pages, Sheets & Pictures Old & New Testament coloring pages)
- gardenofpraise.com- Bible Coloring Book
- coloringbookfun.com- Click on Christian Coloring Pages
Holy Week and Easter
- MAX7 a Christian site – check it out (you may need a free registration but it seems like a good clean site 🙂 ) :
Easter: 7 Ways BibleMax – 5 lessons, family supplement, varied activities, easy to follow plans
The Easter Story – 4 animations, 3 lesson plans, worksheets for multiple age groups
Easter News – 8 videos and scripts, style of modern journalism
Easter Story in photos – real photos taken in Israel in 2011
Catholic Tool Box – Holy Week and Easter ideas
- Holy Week/Easter Coloring pages
- Holy Week powerpoint
- Holy Thursday liturgy
- Triduum powerpoint
- Easter Story powerpoint
- Butteryfly powerpoint
- Easter Vigil outline from Pflaum
- Kindergarden weeks of Easter prayers
- Simple Easter Story powerpoint
- Easter News Stories
- Jesus’ Life through the Resurrection as told by the Flies
- Jesus’ story – MAX7
- Loyola Press Intergeneragtion Event: Holy Week activitities and ideas
- Easter Resources for Children’s Ministry (Classroom-ready crafts, colouring pages, activities downloadable from ministry-to-children.com)
- Easter Colouring Pages (From Clipartwizard.com)
- Easter to Pentecost (Seasonal feature from St. Anthony Messenger Press with articles, sound bites and video)
- Paper Plate Easter Basket (Classroom art activity by Colleen and Darcy Hammond, Domestic Church.com)
- Holy Week & Easter Clipart (from Hermanoleon.org)
- Images of Shroud of Turin
- We Believe – Sadlier Religion resources prayers and activities
And then there is the pile of Pintrest – be careful 🙂