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Miscellaneous

This site is a collection of links to useful internet resources for Catechists. Please email me to add your favourite links to the list.

Workbooks

'Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Faith Workbook':
Lovely workbook with colour-in pages for children 8+ years. A 52 page A4 booklet, including front and back cover in colour, available as PDFs for you to download. If more copies are required, contact the author, Ivan Laszlo Zaar. Free download for non-commercial use.

Colouring In

'Catholic Educators - Coloring Pages':
links to some wonderful colouring pages. (See the link under Inspiration for lesson plans and worksheet ideas.)
Copyright Requirements: Check individual colouring pages.


'Christian Answers - Kid Explorers': impressive range of Bible-based colouring in pages.
Copyright Requirements: Retain copyright information on printed pages.

'ColoringBookFun.com':
lots of pictures and activities including a Religious section and a Holidays section.
Copyright Requirements: Free for personal and educational use.

'Coloring Page Links':
links to lots and lots of 'print and color' pictures.
Copyright Requirements: Different sites have different requirements.
When you find a picture you want to use, check the copyright requirements for that site.

'Free Coloring':
Some lovely angels, and plenty of illustrations for Bible stories, with and without Bible quotes.
Copyright Requirements: Free for personal and educational use.

Other

'Mary Immaculate':
links to Marian Art on the Web.

'Catholic News':
an Australian daily news site, claiming to be the most visited Catholic website in Australia;
it has a discussion board, and provides a lovely section on prayer in the classroom.

'Catholic Pages Directory':
articles on every aspect of the Catholic faith, the Catholic Church and being a faithful Catholic.

'To Know, Worship and Love':
religious education texts introduced in 2001 to the Archdiocese of Melbourne. It has a searchable database, with many useful pages - including answers to some difficult questions! Click the tiny button that says 'Go', next to the 'search' box.

'Sacred Space':
prayer site run by Irish Jesuits.

'CatholicMom.com':
a huge site, with lots of ideas and activities; includes colouring pages, daily prayers and reflections, crafts and more.

'Catholic Educators':
really great ideas for different lesson plans, worksheets, activities, crosswords, and puzzles.

'Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Outreach and Catechist':
Site of a Darwin-based catechist; under construction at the moment, but worth keeping an eye on for some interesting reading!

'Bookmark Certificates':
A selection of bookmark certificates for "good work in Scripture, 2005".
Print them on fancy A4 paper, cut them into strips and present them to your students as a prize for effort!
This is a ".doc" file. Right click on the heading above and choose "Save Target as" to download the file to your computer.
If that doesn't work, contact me and I will email the document to you.

'Patron Saints':
a comprehensive alphabetical index of saints' names and histories.

'Our Lady of Guadalupe':
Patroness of the Americas.