Seasonal Videos
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Musical reflection for autumn on the changes in life.
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Learn how the Day of the Dead (All Souls Day) is celebrated in Mexico!
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October is Rosary Month
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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Halloween and All Saints Videos
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"Person on the street" interviews from Busted Halo can help start a discussion. |
Fr. James Martin explains the connection between Halloween and All Saints Day. |
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Fr. Mike Schmitz tries to explain ghosts using Scripture and Catholic Tradition. CLICK HERE
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Music video by Casting Crowns explores the lives of the Saints. Young boy gives a touching description of the qualities of a saint! |
How does a person get named a saint?
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HERE IS a brief and direct answer to the question from Franciscan Fr. Jack Wentz.
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A 5-minute video from Busted Halo on how the Church decides to canonize:
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Personal testimony (3.5 minutes) from Fr. Jim Martin, SJ, on how the saints came to have great meaning for him:
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Halloween & All Saints Ideas
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Happy Saints Cake Toppers (free to print from Catholic Icing!) Click here for instructions
The Saint Templates from Victor's Happy Saints are here. (Purchase the eBook with the whole printable set!) 
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Saint Puppets!
Get templates and Instructions from the Catholic Icing website. Click here! 
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Saint words!
What does it mean to call someone a "Servant of God?" Who gets to be a "Doctor of the Church?" CLICK HERE for a vocabulary resource from RCL. 
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Other online resources on the saints
For Adults:CLICK HERE for a list by Fr. Jim Martin, SJ, of "Top Ten Movies about the Saints." CLICK HERE
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For Teens:ST. MARY'S PRESS on YouTube has a 2 minute video of Bishop Caggiano engaging us with the saints:
CLICK HERE for the Saint of the Day page on Franciscan Media.
CLICK HERE for the Saint of the Day page on Vatican News.
CLICK HERE to Pray with Today's Saint on FaithND from the University of Notre Dame.
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For Children:LOYOLA PRESS has a series of "Little Lessons from the Saints" videos on YouTube:
CLICK HERE for the Saints Resource site from RCL Benziger.
CLICK HERE for good activities on saints from Loyola Press.
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Feast of St. Francis of Assisi - October 4
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Pope Francis' Prayer for Small Farmers - Short with beautiful images! |
Celebrate the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi on October 4 with this PET BLESSING and small-group discussion on Climate Change from Catholic Climate Covenant. Find it here: catholicclimatecovenant.org/program/feast-st-francis |
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Find PET BLESSING SERVICES here: http://www.letallcreationpraise.org/worship-services/blessing-of-the-animals
Why Bless Animals? Read it here: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/blessing-of-animals/
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Saint Oscar Romero
Archbishop Oscar Romero (1917-1980) was canonized as a saint on October 14, 2018, along with Pope Paul VI.
"An outspoken critic of the violence and injustices being committed at the time, Romero was declared a martyr who was killed in hatred of the faith for his vocal defense of human rights." - from the Catholic News Agency article on the announcement of his canonization. For the whole article, CLICK HERE. |
The Diocesan Library has the movie Romero, a powerful look at the transformation of the Archbishop from a middle-of-the-road priest to a committed leader for the gospel in El Salvador.
CLICK HERE to borrow the DVD. 
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Monseñor: The Last Journey of Oscar Romero
a film by Ana Carrigan & Juliet Weber This compilation of footage from the last three years of Romero's life is a balanced portrait of a man of great courage. There's a Study Guide with background, glossary, session designs, and reflection questions. Appropriate for teens and adults. CLICK HERE to borrow the DVD. 
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The Diocesan Library has these books and more on Archbishop Romero.
CLICK HERE to reserve materials.
CLICK HERE to reserve materials.
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Romero : A Life
by James R. Brockman. A biography drawing from the archbishop's own writings, sermons, and diaries to discuss his life and struggle to win justice for the poor and to end the oppression in his country. 
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Archbishop Romero : memories and reflections
by Jon Sobrino Written by a Jesuit theologian from San Salvador who worked closely with Archbishop Romero and has spent much of the past thirty-five years since his assassination reflecting on the meaning of his extraordinary life and witness. 
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Revolutionary Saint : The Theological Legacy of Oscar Romero
by Michael E. Lee. This 2017 work offers a profound reflection on the implications of the archbishop's recognition as a martyr and on the model of holiness he offers for the wider church today. 
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Saint Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978) will be canonized as a saint on October 14, 2018, along with Archbishop Oscar Romero.
Paul VI was born Giovanni Battista Montini in 1897. He died at the papal residence of Castelgandolfo on August 6th 1978, after being pope for 15 years. At a General Audience on March 16th 1966, he explained that “holiness is within everyone’s reach” and that we only need two elements in order to become saints: "the grace of God and good will". -from the Vatican News article on the announcement of his canonization. For the whole article, CLICK HERE. |
The Diocesan Library has the movie Paul VI: The Misunderstood Pope, a documentary on the pope who closed the Second Vatican Council, steered the Church in the midst of the European turmoil of 1968, and was the first pope to speak to the United Nation.
CLICK HERE to borrow the DVD. 
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Borrow this book from the Diocesan Library: Paul VI: The First Modern Pope by Peter Hebblethwaite "He managed to complete the Council without dividing the Church. He reformed the Roman Curia without alienating it. He practiced ecumenism without impairing Catholic identity." |