What is the Trinity? (for younger kids)

What is the Trinity? (for older kids)

Kids Explain Pentecost to Kids



In this entertaining video, kids explain the story of Pentecost to your kids.

Pentecost in 2 Minutes



For older kids and their parents, a quick explanation of Pentecost.

St. Faustina: Prophet of Mercy

In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized Sister Faustina Kowalska. This humble and simple Polish nun became the first Saint of the New Millennium. Her life and witness have led millions to discover the power of God’s merciful love. (Parents, this video has some subtitles, so be prepared to read to younger children.)

Time-Lapse: Watch Flowers Bloom Before Your Eyes









This video is just for fun. It's the Easter season. It's springtime. Enjoy watching some flowers bloom!

Many of us teach our children to pray by helping them to memorize traditional prayers. That's certainly one important part of our faith tradition. Another avenue to explore is imaginative prayer, also called Ignatian contemplation, which is a Jesuit practice.

In many ways, imaginative prayer is particularly suited to children, for whom the line between reality and fantasy is often blurred. Kids might naturally be inclined to catch on to imaginative prayer. Learn the basics and get some tips for kids of all ages in this article from Teaching Catholic Kids: Teach your kids imaginative prayer.

Parents, how much do you know about the history of African-American Catholics? You can read an interesting article by clicking on the picture.

As the article states, traditionally, most African Americans have been members of Protestant denominations, yet African-American Catholics have been a presence in this country since the earliest days of settlement by non-natives, and they have played a fascinating part in the story of America and of the Church in the United States.

In this short video, Fr. Brice Higginbotham explains what the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is all about. He doesn’t give a history lesson; he describes what the Sacred Heart means for us today. In having devotion to the Sacred Heart, we’re doing at least two things: we’re reverencing Jesus’ humanity, and we’re asking for our hearts to be like Jesus’ in compassion.

History

Have you ever wondered why there’s a specific celebration for Corpus Christi (Latin for “Body of Christ”)? Don’t we celebrate the Body and Blood of Christ at every Mass? The web site Busted Halo has an explanation. Click on the picture to find out the history of this feast.
 

Coloring Page
Here’s a coloring page for this feast day.

If you want to try your hand at drawing your own picture, with some help, check out the video called How to Draw: The Eucharist.
 

Learn about the Trinity by watching one or both of the Family Videos posted on the left. Then, try out an online jigsaw puzzle by clicking on the stained glass image of the Trinity. You can do the puzzle as many times as you want. Who in your family will do it the fastest?

What’s the domestic church, you ask? It’s your family! It’s the place where you first learn about God, discipleship, holiness, and love. You’ve been spending a lot of time with the domestic church lately. Think about how your family lives out your faith in the day-to-day, ordinary world.

Here’s a coloring sheet of a family as domestic church. You can click on it to print it and color it. Then draw a picture of your own family.

Have you ever seen a family shield? It’s supposed to reflect the qualities of the family it represents. You can print a shield template like the one pictured here or draw your own. What symbols will you add to represent how your family is the domestic church?

Does this sound like you:

"A lot of Catholic parents would love to say the rosary with their kids . . . if the experience wasn’t quite so, erm . . . fraught. At our house, we barely make it out of the preliminaries before the littles are swinging their beads around like lassos . . . which inevitably become airborne missiles . . . and if you have ever been whacked in the face by a rosary mid-Hail Mary, you know it kind of ruins the mood.

"Our older kids are better, but I personally remember doing some groaning and eye-rolling as a teen when it came time for the rosary."

Well then, you might want to read 13 tips for praying the Rosary with kids, which offers a number of different approaches for praying the Rosary with the children in your life.