- Archdiocese
of Toronto – Guidelines For Parish Eucharists Celebrated In
A School
- This
is a great page from the archdiocese that makes recommendations for
successful school Eucharistic celebrations. This page has recommendations
for: planning, setup, decoration, choice of celebration, choice of
readings, and choice of music. The page also emphasizes the involvement
of the student population as well as the importance of silence in
the mass. The page seems to be applicable for all school levels.--Alfred
Cadawas
- CAFOD
– Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
- This
website offers a great selection of children’s liturgies that
can be performed in the classroom and school community. These liturgies
are rooted in the theme of social justice and help make students more
aware of many of the injustices that occur throughout the world. This
site offers prayers, quotes, songs, poems, parish liturgies, in addition
to a number of classroom activities. -- Fabio Nardo
- Catholic
Liturgical Library
- This
website has great information about the history of the church and
the liturgy. There are many useful articles about liturgy: what it
is, how to make it meaningful for us, how to pray, etc. A great section
of this website goes over ways we, as Catholics, can make liturgy
real and meaningful for ourselves, how to get the most out of mass
and how to put the most into mass. Also great about this website is
a section about what is correct and incorrect about liturgy. This
is great for teachers who are new to the faith themselves, and also
teachers who would like the mass simplified in order to teach it to
their students.--Josie Vidiri
- Catholic
Liturgical Resources
- This
website provides extensive and detailed information on all aspects
of the Catholic liturgy. Some of the topics include art and architecture
of the Church, architecture listings, articles, official liturgical
documents, official texts (including the Mass), ways to more fully
participate, and answers to questions about what is (and is not) allowed
during liturgical celebrations. The website is particularly useful
to teachers for planning, preparing, celebrating, teaching and understanding
the Catholic liturgy. – Tina Ali
- Catholic
Liturgies Throughout the School Year
- This
website is a resource for teachers looking for classroom and school
wide liturgy ideas. It includes nine liturgies for Kindergarten to
Grade 8. Each liturgy has 4 sections: i) an introduction; ii) tips
for preparation; iii) how to set up; and iv) celebration – the
actual script for the liturgy. Each liturgy has a link on the
introduction page that allows the viewer to open the entire liturgy
into one document. From this point just click on the print button
and you have a hard copy of the liturgy.-- Amy Clemente
- Christian
Legends & Symbols
- This
is a wonderfully attractive site which provides information on Christian
Legends and Symbols, Easter links, an Advent Calendar, a Bestiary
(list of biblical animals with explanation of importance or meaning
of animal, with scripture references provided), a Saints Index, etc.
Primary children would be able to use this site, with some guidance
from a teacher or adult helper. Teachers will find this useful for
gathering information for various themes in our Religion programs.
--Anne D'Andrea
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- This
site has a host of information about many Christian legends and symbols,
such as symbols pertaining to Easter, Christmas, The Rosary and the
Stations of the Cross. If you go to Easter, you will find many Easter
symbols such as the lamb and the butterfly, and the origin and symbolism
of these can be found. This site is very useful for teachers who may
be doing a unit where this information is useful, such a an Easter
unit where the children are learning about the Easter symbols. The
site is user friendly. -- T.Ramcharan
- CyberFaith:
TheLiturgical Year
- This
web site take a close look at Liturgial Seasons and provides background
information about Easter, the Trduum, Ordinary Time, Lent, Christmas
and Advent and the colours associated with the liturgical seasons.
When preparing for one of the Liturgical seasons, this online resource
supplies both teacher and students with useful information that may
be used during religion time. For instance, when you click on Advent
it will give you an overview of what it is about. It lists themes
in prayer and scripture and explains the liturgical colours and advent
symbols. It presents the stepping stones to launch a theme/unit and
offers material that is very child friendly. Rather than always referring
to a text book or hand-outs, this web site is a good way to incorporate
technology into your planning; like researching a topic or having
the students organize a prayer service for the class on one of the
topics.
- Directory
for Masses With Children (Adoremus - Society for the Renewal of the
Sacred Liturgy)
- Planning
a liturgy for children? Then this website is for you! This electronic
version of the Directory for Masses With Children is an online source
to the Church's guide on how to plan a children's liturgy. It includes
information on the "rules" about changes to the mass when
trying to address children's spiritual needs, and gives suggestions
on how to engage children in the mass.--Bernadette Stamegna
- Easter
for Kids and Teachers
- The
site identifies facts, history, lesson plans, worksheets, easter games
and more.--Michael Calabrese
- Easter
Fun for Preschool Teachers
- This
site lists songs, snacks, art and games for educators and parents
to use with young children. --Michael Calabrese
- Emmanuel
Magazine
- God's
Children: Teaching Liturgy to Children
- created
by Debbie Lou Ludolph touches on teaching the liturgy of Holy Communion
to children. Grade 2 teachers will benefil from this site.- Vilma
Noronha
- This
site includes a list of resources for teachers and parents who are
preparing students for and teaching students about the sacraments.
Additional information can be accessed through various links. From
the Evangelical Lutheran Church --Melissa Doucette
- Teaching
Liturgy to children is designed to stir your imagination according
to the website. It is full of ideas about how to provide children
with opportunities to fully participate and worship life of a congregation.
This is useful for elementary teachers because it is a great resource
to help children engage in liturgies and full of great ideas. -- Frances
Longo
- Lectionary
Resources - The Text This Week - Scripture Study, Liturgy and Worship
Links
- Liturgical
Calendar
- This
website provides a liturgical calendar for each year to 2087. For
each year it lists the days for: Ash Wednesday, Easter Ascension,
Pentacost, Corpus Christi, Ordinary Weeks of the year before and after
Pentacost, and the first Sunday of Advent. This calendar is very helpful
for teachers who are planning liturgical events for the school year.
--V.Zucchi
- Liturgical
Press: Essential Resources for a Worshipping World
- This
website is connected with the Benedictine Abbey of St. John's in Collegeville,
Minnesota. This website specializes in providing products to facilitate
Catholic worship. The site also features areas of Liturgy such as
loose-leaf lectionary, Catholic rites/rituals, Mass guides, bulletins,
and journals. The site also features such resources that may be helpful
to educators such as Benedictine daily prayer. - A. Mendicino
- The
Liturgical Season of Advent
- This
web site has an abundance of information specifically geared towards
the season of advent. It provides a clear and simple explanation of
advent which can be understood by all students. Also, it contains
prayers and bible reading for each day of advent. This can be incorporated
into your prayer time during religion when focusing on advent. The
making of crafts is also incorporated into this web site, for instance,
it tells you how to make an advent wreath and a Jesse tree. These
are great craft/art ideas that can be implemented into your art program
during Christmas time. This is a great resource because it will assist
you when planning your advent unit and it offers opportunities for
crossover lesson plans.
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- Liturgies
with Children -Parish and School
- This
website outlines the considerations and preparations that any faith
community must consider in order to plan and celebrate a Liturgy in
the Catholic Church. A description of the various elements of the
Liturgy is given, along with ideas for how its aspects can be adapted
for the case of a school Liturgy. In a school Liturgy the aim is to
have the students participate actively and appropriately, and special
emphasis should be given to such aspects as the music, the physical
environment, and the homily and readings.--Christianne Wilcox
- Liturgy
- Online
Breviary
- Saints
and Angels
- "Largest
index of Saints and Angels on the Internet" - It is a wonderful source
of information on too many saints to mention, ( This Month's Saint,
Feast Day lists, Patron Saints, Ethnic Saints - an exhaustive listing).
-- Anne D'Andrea
- This
site has a wealth of information about saints, the saints for the
month, patron Saints and Feastdays. The Angels section tells what
are angels, it gives information about guardian angels and other angels
in the Bible. Students are fascinated with angels, they also love
to know which saint they were named after and this site gives all
that information to teachers and students alike. Teachers and students
will find this site a great resource. -- T.Ramcharan
- Saints
Index
- The
Saints Index is an exhaustive list of Saints that contains all known
information pertaining to each Saint. There is also information about
this months Saints, Patron Saints and a Feastday List. This site also
provides a Saints search feature that will help you locate a specific
Saint quickly and effectively by name or other search criteria. -
Vilma Noronha
- The
Stations Of The Cross-Especially for Children
- - online
Stations with prayer and meditation
- The
Stations of the Cross
- Students
can view the stations on line and there is a brief description of
each station and it’s importance. The web site also provides
a four-page handout on the Stations of the Cross. This site is useful
because students can explore and study each station independently.
They will be able to understand Jesus’ suffrage and the importance
of his struggles and pain while he was being condemned to death. --
Peter Paris
- The
Twelve Voices of Easter
- This
site provides a real audio experience of the Easter story as told
through the voices of the many people associated with Jesus i.e. Judas,
Peter, Mary Magdalene, Pilate, to name a few.
The authors have created personal thoughts and dialogue that these
acquaintances may have had during the time of Jesus? death and resurrection
and brought these thoughts to life for all to hear. Personal feelings
of affirmation, courage, doubt, adoration, and assurance are revealed
from each individual character to help further enrich a student's
(particularly secondary school students) understanding of the Easter
story. A French audio version is also available. -- L. Butrico
- Universalis:
Liturgy Of The Hours
- complete
information and instruction on praying the Liturgy of the Hours
- Web
of Creation
- This website
offers a selection of prayers, litanies, blessings and hymns that
can be used to create a classroom liturgy. Students and teachers can
work together to piece together their own unique liturgies. The theme
of this site is environmental and thus can make for a great Earth
Day Liturgy. In addition, this site offers samples of liturgies that
are ready to be used. -- Fabio Nardo
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