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Feast of the Ascension Activities

Forty days after Easter Sunday is the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord celebrating Christ's ascension into heaven recounted in Mark 16:19-20, Luke 24:50-53, John Acts 1:6-12. There are a number of Ascension activities that you can do in your classrooms or at home with your children from various websites below. Get ready because Ascension Thursday will be here before you know it! Ascension Thursday Crafts (Ten Kids and a … [Continue Reading]

The 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit Lesson Plan

If you sat down to think about it, you could probably come up with a long list of things that God gives us to make us better people. There are a whole host of gifts that allow us to reach our dreams and conquer our greatest challenges, but based on the Scriptures (Isaiah 11:2-3) and the Church's teaching we know that there are seven gifts of the Holy Spirit: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel (right judgment), fortitude (courage) , piety … [Continue Reading]

NCEA 2012 Presentation: 12 Edtech Tools Any Religion Teacher Can Use Effectively

I was so pleased to be speaking at the annual NCEA convention in Boston, MA this year. Thank you to all of you who came to the presentation, listened to some of my tips and shared your own experiences with integrating technology into the religion classroom. As promised, here is the presentation titled, "12 Edtech Tools Any Religion Teacher Can Use Effectively," sponsored by Ave Maria Press. You can view the presentation below or download the … [Continue Reading]

Prayer Table Ideas for Religious Educators

Somewhere inside almost every religious education room or religion teacher's room is a prayer table. Teachers and catechists use these prayer tables at various times and at various levels in throughout the year. Some pray with it daily; some let them collect dust in the back of the room. The following prayer table ideas are taken from various experiences of religious educators. A Collection of Prayer Table Ideas You can read … [Continue Reading]