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Employer: The John Henry Newman Catholic School
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Two free Christmas games
ChurchLeaders.com has two Christmas games for you to use: Fruitcake Mayhem and Living Christmas Tree.
Bread Reflection
This is a lovely Eucharistic reflection on bread from Fr David O’Malley SDB
Reflections on Dietrich Bonhoeffer (from Busted Halo)
Years ago, I was asked a rather odd question – if the Catholic Church started canonising non-Catholics, which of them would you like to see made saints? Read more
Cardinal Schönborn at the HTB Leadership Conference
The HTB leadership Conference is a huge event each year Read more
Laudato Si Summary
A lovely video summary of Laudato Si from James Martin, great for use with young people!
Prayer #6 – Letter to God
One simple idea which can really help young people to pray is to invite them to write a letter to God… Read more
Advent and Christmas Swatch
Really handy prayers that young people can lead themselves! £10.50 including UK p&p from Don Bosco Publications, the Salesian publishers, click here to order
Cyber Bullying Virus
Fan the Flame #1 – YouCat
In the days, weeks and months ahead, we’re going to post a load of stuff to Read more
Migrant Debate Resource from the Columbans
Migrant Crisis?: The Big Debate
A PowerPoint from Columban Justice and Peace Education. For use with young people to explore refugees and faith responses.
The Columbans Justice and Peace Education team have created this resource to for their work, but wanted to share it with a wider audience.
You can download it here!
Liturgy Office of England and Wales
Not sure if it’s a memorial, or want to plan your calendar in advance? This is your authoritative source! The site can be accessed here.
Matt Redman: Heart of Worship
Latest Resources
Explore world changing principles with Million Minutes
Million Minutes develops new and innovative projects that help empower young people, inspired by the principles of Catholic social teaching, to reach out to those in need. Pictured above is Amy (from For Jimmy) a recipient of siLENT.
They’re offering assemblies and workshops to Catholic schools in England and Wales over the coming year to encourage young people to take an active role in social action and inspire them to change their world – arrange yours now!
Catechetical lessons for WYD prep & other uses
Panama2019 has produced a set of catechetical lessons to help prepare young people spiritually for January’s World Youth Day. The lessons can be downloaded as pdfs, and cover a range of topics and a variety of activities, following the ‘see, judge. act’ model.
Mission Together Advent 2018 resources
Mission Together has created new liturgies, assemblies and craft activities for 2018 to help primary age groups journey through Advent.
Refugee resources for young people
CAFOD has a range of resources for helping young people (secondary age) to engage with the issues around the global refugee crisis, including the short animation above.
It’s the CAFOD Advent Calendar 2018!
This year’s Advent calendar for secondary schools from CAFOD has a focus on refugees and includes daily class prayers.
National Youth Sunday 2018 Resources
Sunday 25th November, the feast of Christ the King, is National Youth Sunday. Resources for use in parish and school settings have been posted out, and can also be accessed through the Home Mission website (see below). Read more
Videos offer food for thought during #Synod2018
As the Synod unfolds, a series of videos featuring young people responding to the questions the Bishops are considering can provide useful talking points for schools, youth and chaplaincy groups,
The series is sponsored by the Synod of Bishops and produced by Catholic network Aleteia, in collaboration Catholic web TV TeleMATER. Videos in the series ask questions such as “What does family mean to you?” and “How can young people improve society?”
CAFOD Masterclasses for young adults
CAFOD is offering a series of free Masterclasses to young adults 18-30 who would like to develop their potential and skills in fundraising, communications or campaigning. The three short courses run alongside each other, so you can only do one at a time. Read more
Bible Society’s Resources – centenary of the end of WW1
This November marks the centenary of the Armistice that ended the First World War, and the Bible Society has a range of resources for primary and secondary ages groups to explore the issues around the ‘war to end all wars’. Read more
News & Blog
Pope’s WYD 2019 message: “a revolution of service”
Vatican News published a video this week with an energising message from Pope Francis for January’s World Youth Day in Panama.
In the video, he talks about the WYD2019 theme – Mary’s response to God’s call, and encourages young people ‘to discover what God wants from us and to be brave enough to say “yes”’.
Flame 2019: Call for 60 second videos
The CYMFed Flame 2019 team will have more exciting news about the line-up of speakers very soon, but right now, they’re offering young people the opportunity to talk about the theme for 2019 – SIGNIFICANCE – in short videos. A selection will be shown in the arena during Flame, and all videos submitted will be posted on the CYMFed website after the event. Read more
Can’t get to Panama? Do WYD@Home!
Excitement is building for WYD2019 – but Panama just isn’t do-able for many of us. But if you want the WYD vibe without the big journey and the cost, what about World Youth Day @ Home?
The Youth Services of the Dioceses of Leeds, Salford, Shrewsbury and the Archdiocese of Birmingham have come together to create a weekend festival from 7-9 June 2019, hosted at Alton Castle. It will be celebrating all things WYD, but much closer to home.
Prepare the Way Advent Concerts
Jo Boyce and the CJM Music Collective are taking their Prepare the Way Advent and Christmas concerts to 3 venues in Birmingham, Salford and Stevenage from 7-9 December 2018. The concerts are a beautiful way for people of all ages to come together and enter into the spirit of the Advent season. Read more
Interactive Youth Music Weekend 17-18 November 2018
Gen Verde, one of the international performing arts group of the Focolare movement, will be back in the UK in November. They have been invited by the dioceses of Plymouth and Birmingham to work in some of their schools, however they will also do a music weekend for young people in Welwyn Garden City on 17th-18th Nov, which is open to whoever would like to be there (as long at they are between 15-23 years of age).
News from the CYMFED Synod Gathering: Rome
PHOTO: CYMFed
Forty Catholic Youth Ministry Federation members and colleagues from England & Wales have gathered at the Casa Bonus Pastor in Rome for a conference and retreat coinciding with Synod 2018. CYMFed members fill us in on what’s happening:
On 16th October, Fr Dominic Howarth opened proceedings by celebrating Mass at the Casa Bonus Pastor with the whole group.
The first speaker was Mr Paul Jarzembowski, an assistant to the US Bishops at the Synod. Paul spoke about the experience so far at the Synod, and how among other things, the ‘sacred middle space’, ie, the ‘wise and generous guides’ are hugely important to young people today. He noted four key trends experienced in the US today; Read more
