If you can't make the Holy Family Mission online camp or if you want even more fun for your children, An Tobar Nua in Galway are running a faith based online camp on *YouTube* for children from *14-17th July*.
Riaghan O'Callaghan who is involved with Little Way Sunday School is one of the presenters.
It will be full of *fun games and Bible activities*. Click here for more.
The teaching Nashville Dominican order have made available for free their *Virtues in Practice* program which they use to teach the Virtues and Saints in their Catholic primary schools.
The program can be used in schools or by parents at home (they include a parent guide).
The program, divided into 3 levels for different age groups are available as downloadable pdf documents (these include the student workbooks). They have a 3 year cycle covering 27 virtues and 81 Saints who embodied these virtues and lived them out heroically.
The program contains the following: - Virtue of the month
-Saint of the month
- 3 year cycle, spiral curriculum
- classroom role plays and activities - monthly home projects (behaviour goals)
- student workbooks and parent guide
For more click here.
The Steubenville conferences in the US have excellent Catholic content each summer for a variety of ages on different themes.
Due to Covid they are only having ONE conference from 17-18 July. It is ONLINE and aimed primarily at TEENS (but all the family welcome).
It will be interactive and have praise and worship sessions. It may be the only opportunity teens here in Ireland will have to experience their conferences. It costs $40 and is live. We are 5 hours ahead however for those who register, the content will be available afterwards to access any sessions that will be late in the night Irish time. Great speakers like Fr Mike Schmitz are lined up. The theme is 'Hope Alive'.
Click here for more.
Beauty is becoming more and more the way religious and non religious people alike are being drawn to the Church.
This is an article from a secular news outlet about the beauty of our Churches, well worth sharing with our children.
Ever wish you knew how the stories, people and places in the Old Testament knit together to form *one amazing story of salvation*?
Do you want to know who God is, who you are and how to *find your story in His story*?
Now you can!
Ascension Press are having a *special promotion* this month, giving online access to the videos in the Unlocking the Mystery of the Bible series at a *reduced price* of $9.95 (total).
If you want to find out more about the series before purchasing here is *2 minute clip summarising it*.
Here is a *link to the website to purchase* it.