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Home-Based Catechetical Resources
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General Catechetical Resources
- The USCCB is posting recommended resources on their web site.
- If your parish has a Formed.org subscription, sign up! Formed has materials for adults, teens, youth preparing for sacraments, and more.
- Bishop Robert Barron’s Word on Fire continues to post great video reflections.
- The McGrath Institute for Church Life has a number of free studies and resources. Of particular interest:
- The Franciscan University of Steubenville has compiled a list of resources. They are also hosting webinars and other online programming.
- The Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions (FDLC) has compiled a number of liturgical and prayer resources on their web site.
Domestic Church
- Liturgy Training Publications has compiled resources to celebrate the Liturgy of the Hours at home.
- The McGrath Institute for Church Life has a Guide to Night Prayer during Lent.
- Joe Paprocki has posted 10 Tips for Teaching Religion Lessons to Your Children at Home.
- The Hymn Society of the Unitied States and Canada has compiled a collection of Hymns in Times of Crisis.
- V Encuentro has posted a list of resources for prayer and worship in the home.
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Middle and High School
- The National Federation of Catholic Youth Ministers (NFCYM) has posted a list of resoruces on their web site.
- McGrath Institute for Church Life has a free spiritual gifts discernment toolkit for teens.
- LifeTeen offers a live-steamed lectio divina for teens every Wednesday night at 6 ET and a new teaching video every Monday.
- NET Ministries is offering free 1-month access to some of their YDisciple materials, including the 4-part video series on discipleship. Use the code MATTHEW912 when you check out.
Recursos en Español
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Publisher Resources
- Ascension Press is offering a free condensed version of their Great Adventure Bible series.
- Faith Catholic has free resources for parishes, including social media posts.
- Ignatius Press is offering the online versions of their Faith and Life and Didache programs for free through June.
- Liturgical Press is offering free subscriptions to Give Us This Day, their daily prayer resource that includes the daily Mass texts. They have also releaseda free book for families entitled Praying Together, Praying Apart: At-Home Prayers for Times of Healing, Illness, and Death.
- Loyola Press has put together a free Coronavirus Response Lesson to help catechists and parents discuss the outbreak with children
- Joe Paprocki of Loyola Press has started a "pop-up catechesis" series of short videos on catechetical topics.
- Magnificat is offering a 6 month online subscription or 3 month print subscption for $5.
- Signing up for a free account at ODB Films lets you watch some of their award-winning Catholic films and catechetical videos.
- Pflaum is offering a free digital version of their Unit 4 student lessons and teacher guides in English and Spanish.
- Sophia Institute is offering it's Teaching the Liturgical Year resource for free.
Resources for Catechetical Leaders
- Catechist Magazine has a helpful list of suggestions for catechetical leaders.
- The Every Knee Shall Bow podcast has released helpful episodes on "Coronavirus, the Domestic Church, and 5 Practical Takeaways" and "Catechesis in Quarantine."
- If you have couples preparing for marriage, the National Association of Family Life Ministers has a list of online options.
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