• Home
    • Contact Us
  • Evangelization
    • Vocations
    • Lay Ecclesial Ministry
    • Missionary Discipleship
    • Small Groups
    • World Childrens Day
  • For Catechists
    • Catechist Courses
    • Diocesan Certification
    • For New Catechists
    • Start Your Faith Formation Year!
    • Lessons and Ideas for all ages & abilities >
      • How to create an online lesson
    • For & With Disabilities
    • Safe Environment/ Protecting Children and Vulnerable Adults
    • Curriculum for Catechesis
    • Feed YOUR Spirit!
  • Topics in Faith
    • Seasons >
      • Summer Ideas
      • Lent
      • Mother's Day & Father's Day
    • Sacraments
    • Scripture
    • Saints >
      • Saints at Home
      • Mary
      • Saints for All
    • Morality
    • Creed
    • Church
    • Papal Documents of Note
    • Faithful Citizenship
  • Praying & Serving
    • Against Racism
    • Justice & Peace
    • Prayer
    • Crisis Response
    • Shrines & Pilgrimage Sites
    • Serving & Reaching Out
    • Works of Mercy Videos
  • For Parish Ministers
    • Employment Page
  • Lay Ecclesial Ministry
  • "Practicing Faith, ​Hope and Love"
  • Jubilee 2025
  • 2025 Advent Retreat with Steve Angrisano
  • In-Service Day on Mental Health (February 10, 2026)
  • Empowering God's Children
CATECHIST CAFE
  • Home
    • Contact Us
  • Evangelization
    • Vocations
    • Lay Ecclesial Ministry
    • Missionary Discipleship
    • Small Groups
    • World Childrens Day
  • For Catechists
    • Catechist Courses
    • Diocesan Certification
    • For New Catechists
    • Start Your Faith Formation Year!
    • Lessons and Ideas for all ages & abilities >
      • How to create an online lesson
    • For & With Disabilities
    • Safe Environment/ Protecting Children and Vulnerable Adults
    • Curriculum for Catechesis
    • Feed YOUR Spirit!
  • Topics in Faith
    • Seasons >
      • Summer Ideas
      • Lent
      • Mother's Day & Father's Day
    • Sacraments
    • Scripture
    • Saints >
      • Saints at Home
      • Mary
      • Saints for All
    • Morality
    • Creed
    • Church
    • Papal Documents of Note
    • Faithful Citizenship
  • Praying & Serving
    • Against Racism
    • Justice & Peace
    • Prayer
    • Crisis Response
    • Shrines & Pilgrimage Sites
    • Serving & Reaching Out
    • Works of Mercy Videos
  • For Parish Ministers
    • Employment Page
  • Lay Ecclesial Ministry
  • "Practicing Faith, ​Hope and Love"
  • Jubilee 2025
  • 2025 Advent Retreat with Steve Angrisano
  • In-Service Day on Mental Health (February 10, 2026)
  • Empowering God's Children

CHURCH
​Community, Unity, History

Children's Videos about Church

Church as Community

WeAreSaltandLight.org includes resources intended as a catalyst for both the New Evangelization and the continuing development of vibrant communities living the Gospel in the United States.
Call to family community and participation from USCCB
Call to family community and participation discussion guide
Call to family community and participation discussion guide spanish

Easy Church Craft
​for Young Children

Picture
Find instructions for this simple craft from PreKinders here

Signs and Symbols in Church Search

Picture
Get the Find the Signs and Symbols in a Church activity from Catechist's Journey here 
Picture
Catholic Basics: Articles with information of catholic teachings and catholic beliefs
Picture
The Witness of Early Christian Women: Mothers of the Church.  Mike Aquilina.  Our Sunday Visitor, 2014.  The Witness of Early Christian Women: Mothers of the Church demonstrates the radical nature of Christianity's understanding of women and their roles, especially in a pagan society that viewed them as little more than property. The variety of women here is striking: poor widows, consecrated virgins, heroic martyrs, but also businesswomen, the wealthy, and an indomitable traveler on a world tour. Each chapter features a concise biography accompanied by writings from the early Church about the woman in question.

Picture
Dear Young People...Inspiration from Pope Francis for Everyone.  McGrath, Michael O'Neill. World Library Publications, 2015.
Brother Mickey McGrath presents a new book for young people (of all ages!) containing inspiration from Pope Francis in the form of quotations and tweets. Colorful and sometimes whimsical art helps illustrate Francis' vision for making the kingdom of God real in our world. Brother Mickey adds his own writings to include his encounters in daily life where he meets the marginalized, the sick, the poor, and those in desperate need of a better life.  This book will bring joy and inspiration to all ages!

Picture
An Unfinished Council: Vatican II, Pope Francis, and the Renewal of Catholicism.  Gaillardetz, Richard R.  Liturgical Press, 2015. 
The Second Vatican Council has become an indispensable reference point for understanding Roman Catholicism today. Yet in spite of its impact, Vatican II was in many ways an unfinished council. The council bishops were able to establish key pillars in the construction of a new vision for the church of our time, but, for various reasons, they were not able to draw those pillars together into a coherent unified structure. This volume describes both the council's building project itself and the challenges facing the church today if we are to complete the project begun fifty years ago.

The Conclave




​WHAT IS THE CONCLAVE? 

Basically, the meeting of Cardinals to elect a Pope.   
Conclave means "the room" (sometimes as "locked room"
or "with a key") in Latin ​as the meeting is done in secret, 
​ locked in the Sistene Chapel of the Vatican
Picture
from Catholic TV
Picture
Do you know the pope’s
full title?

The pope’s full title is “His Holiness Pope [NAME],
Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor to the
Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church,
​Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province,
Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City,
​Servant of the Servants of God.”
Just for fun - who do you think will be the next Pope? (OSV)
How Is a New Pope Chosen? (USCCB)
May 7 set for start of the Conclave (CNS)
Electing a New Pope
How do Catholics Elect the Pope? (BustedHalo 4 min video)
Selecting a Pontiff, graphic (LA Times)
Talking to kids about the Conclave
6 Cool Tools to Teach Your Children about the Conclave
Papal Conclave Lesson Plan (The Religion Teacher)
What Is a Papal Conclave? and FAQs About the Pope (Loyola Press)
The modern popes: Get to know the 11 popes before Francis
Picture
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
    • Contact Us
  • Evangelization
    • Vocations
    • Lay Ecclesial Ministry
    • Missionary Discipleship
    • Small Groups
    • World Childrens Day
  • For Catechists
    • Catechist Courses
    • Diocesan Certification
    • For New Catechists
    • Start Your Faith Formation Year!
    • Lessons and Ideas for all ages & abilities >
      • How to create an online lesson
    • For & With Disabilities
    • Safe Environment/ Protecting Children and Vulnerable Adults
    • Curriculum for Catechesis
    • Feed YOUR Spirit!
  • Topics in Faith
    • Seasons >
      • Summer Ideas
      • Lent
      • Mother's Day & Father's Day
    • Sacraments
    • Scripture
    • Saints >
      • Saints at Home
      • Mary
      • Saints for All
    • Morality
    • Creed
    • Church
    • Papal Documents of Note
    • Faithful Citizenship
  • Praying & Serving
    • Against Racism
    • Justice & Peace
    • Prayer
    • Crisis Response
    • Shrines & Pilgrimage Sites
    • Serving & Reaching Out
    • Works of Mercy Videos
  • For Parish Ministers
    • Employment Page
  • Lay Ecclesial Ministry
  • "Practicing Faith, ​Hope and Love"
  • Jubilee 2025
  • 2025 Advent Retreat with Steve Angrisano
  • In-Service Day on Mental Health (February 10, 2026)
  • Empowering God's Children