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The Chrism Mass
The Chrism Mass has a three-fold purpose. First, the three oils used in sacramental celebrations are blessed and distributed: chrism, used to anoint those who receive the Sacraments of Baptism,...
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Teaching about Holy Thursday
Service, Nourishment, Commitmentby Kate RistowGrandma Gallagher called Holy Thursday “Maundy Thursday.” Because Grandma emigrated from Ireland, I assumed that Maundy was the Gaelic word for “holy.”...
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Teaching about The Triduum
Light a Fireby Kate RistowOur students can experience so much of the richness and meaning of Christ’s passion, death, and Resurrection when we teach them about the celebrations of the Triduum. Here...
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Spring Crafts Using Egg Cartons
by Jeanne HeibergWho would have thought you could use simple egg cartons to make so many crafts with your students! Ask your families to save egg cartons—plastic, pasteboard, or foam—for these fun...
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Why the Egg is a Symbol of Easter
The egg is like Jesus’ tomb. It is enclosed, it is quiet, and it seems lifeless. Yet within an egg, the promise of new life is waiting to burst forth. Jesus’ tomb was like an egg until early on Easter...
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Sharing the Good News!
B. D. from Chandler, AZ shares this lesson for the first class after Easter:I learned in my first year as a catechist (nine years ago) that my fifth-grade students didn’t seem to come into the room...
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A Salt Craft and Prayer Activity for Lent
Your Faith as Salt of the Earthby Jeanne HeibergWe are called to be salt of the earth. We are sent to be Christ’s light in the world. This salt craft activity and Salt and Light Prayer helps students...
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Names Written in Heaven
by Sandi BellequeHere's a group reflection and prayer activity that DRE Sandi Belleque uses with her catechists that can be especially powerful during Lent. Continue reading "Names Written in Heaven"
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A Lent-Easter Wreath
by Veronica GlennA Lent-Easter wreath can help students pray through Lent—the same way an Advent wreath helps students pray through Advent—and celebrate Easter.The wreath has violet, rose, and red...
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The Way of the Cross: A Digital Presentation
by Anthony MampillyIn today’s high-tech world, our students stay connected with their classmates and peers using umpteen gizmos and gadgets: cell phones, smart phones, social networking options, and...
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The Lord's Prayer during Lent
A Collage Activity and Blessingby Jeanne HeibergThis Lent, let the Lord’s Prayer guide you and your students into a deeper relationship with the Source of All Life as you invite God’s Kingdom of Heaven...
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A Lenten Cross for Your Classroom
Use two bare branches, one longer than the other, to make a cross. Attach a shorter beam across the longer one with a piece of violet yarn and display the cross in your learning space.Each class period...
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Honoring Holy Week
Sunday, March 24 is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. Throughout the week, including Mass on Holy Thursday and at the service on Good Friday, we hear Scripture readings that tell us about the...
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Create a Children’s Journey to the Cross
by Tena AllainA meaningful way to involve children and their families in a special Good Friday tradition is to host a Children’s Journey to the Cross. This is a specially adapted Stations of the Cross...
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Easter Tree
Fourth grade catechist, Dorothy. D., puts Easter tree in her learning space the week after Easter to help her students celebrate the Easter season. "During a fall sale at a craft store several years...
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