At Home Resources

Through the good leadership of our shepherds, the Church is experiencing the remarkable grace of spiritual closeness from a distance. To the extent you may find it helpful, the Conference has been collecting examples of how our community of faith has sought to remain with one another in prayer: Find these resources here

Our Public Affairs and Episcopal Resources teams are partnering also with the Office of Divine Worship, the Office of Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, and other Conference colleagues to develop new resources to help the faithful in our home prayer. These are being prepared for Catholic Current.
Find these resources here

FORMED: The Augustine Institute is providing parishes complimentary access to FORMED during these challenging times so that growth in your faith can happen from the comfort of your home.  FORMED offers a ton of resources for kids, adults, families, including catechetical programs, TV shows, movies, (and currently love daily Bible studies as well!). To learn more, including how to register for an account, please visit www.formed.org.

Ignatius Press - Faith and Life Series: Catholic Faith Technologies (My Catholic Faith Delievered) and Ignatius Press offer free Online Faith Formation during the COVID-19 Pandemic.  FREE Faith and Life course for those students soon celebrating Confrmation, First Communion, or enrolled in on-site religious education.  Free licensing available through June 2020.  To enroll go to: http://faithformation.zohosites.com Questions: info@catholicfaithtech.com

National Catholic Partnership on Disability: NCPD offers a number of resources during this time, ranging from Mental Health Resources to Online Faith Formation Resources and Activities.  Check them out at: https://ncpd.org/covid-19-resources

Project YM Live: A weekly live boradcast your youth minister can invite teens to participate in.  We're bringing in some of the biggest speakers in the Catholic World and some amazing musicians to make it a high caliber event - plus interactive screen games and live chat.  Our first youth night (March 22nd) will featuer Paul J. Kim and Dave Moore - and we're lining up some more amazing speakers and musicians for each week (including Katie McGrady for week 2)! Check it out here: ProjectYMLive.com 

Ascension Press: Our Mission is to present the truth and beauty of the Catholic Faith as the path to a fulfilled life and authentic happiness. We share valuable resources, create powerful media, and build communities to answer the longings of the human heart with the transformative power of the Gospel. Studies available for Children, Teens, and Adults, please visit: Ascensionpress.com

Our Sunday Visitor: Our Sunday Visitor has an entire site for families to go with their Alive in Christ Curriculuum.  If you are using this curiculuum at your parish you can visit this site for home session plans, adult learning and more.  Visit: https://aliveinchrist.osv.com/family


During this time of social distancing and quarantine, we at EQSaints are developing some Bible studies for our young people. There are teens who are meeting in small discipleship groups via Zoom and they are going through these Bible studies. If it helpful for you, please feel free to use them. http://www.robertfeduccia.com/blog/2020/3/23/teen-bible-study-during-quarantine-philippians-13-10-missing-christian-community

FORMED: The Augustine Institute is providing parishes complimentary access to FORMED during these challenging times so that growth in your faith can happen from the comfort of your home.  FORMED offers a ton of resources for kids, adults, families, including catechetical programs, TV shows, movies, (and currently love daily Bible studies as well!). To learn more, including how to register for an account, please visit www.formed.org.

Link to Liturgy: Link to Liturgy is a free online source for Adult Education and prayer.  Sign up to get lessons and devotions free by email.  For more information and to sign up go to: linktoliturgy.com

Catechism Class: We are proud to offer a wide variety of programs for adults. Whether you are a catechumen, a life-long Catholic who wishes to learn more, or a catechist who wants to master Doctrine in order to teach others, we have the courses for you.  (Offering 10% off during this time.  Please Visit: Catechismclass.com

Ascension Press: Our Mission is to present the truth and beauty of the Catholic Faith as the path to a fulfilled life and authentic happiness. We share valuable resources, create powerful media, and build communities to answer the longings of the human heart with the transformative power of the Gospel. Studies available for Children, Teens, and Adults, please visit: Ascensionpress.com

Magis Center: Magis Center has videos, studies and more that help bridge the gap between faith and science.  Every century has its key questions, the driving themes that define its attitude toward God, faith, suffering, reality, and the person of Jesus Christ. Magis Center answers these questions. Visit at: https://magiscenter.com/

FORMED: The Augustine Institute is providing parishes complimentary access to FORMED during these challenging times so that growth in your faith can happen from the comfort of your home.  FORMED offers a ton of resources for kids, adults, families, including catechetical programs, TV shows, movies, (and currently love daily Bible studies as well!). To learn more, including how to register for an account, please visit www.formed.org.

Dynamic Catholic: Matthew Kelly has prepared an entire site to meet your needs.  With programs from lent devotionals to sacramental preparation you can find something to suit your needs. Visit: Dynamiccatholic.com

 

FORMED: The Augustine Institute is providing parishes complimentary access to FORMED during these challenging times so that growth in your faith can happen from the comfort of your home.  FORMED offers a ton of resources for kids, adults, families, including catechetical programs, TV shows, movies, (and currently love daily Bible studies as well!). To learn more, including how to register for an account, please visit www.formed.org.

EWTN:  EWTN is a Catholic Television and Radio program and has multiple resources for entertainment, news and devotionals, please visit EWTN.com

Sophia Institute Press: Sophia offers board games, coloring books, books for young and older kids.  Please visit: Sophiainstitute.com

Take a Free online tour of the Vatican Here

Christian Cinema: Christian on demand movie site, you can find Catholic movies at their site Here

Night Prayer with Our Sunday Visitor: OSV's Gretchen Crowe and Michael Heinlein are offering Night Prayer and a short daily reflection every evening at 9:30 on Simply Catholic's Facebook page.

Magnificat: During this challenging time, many of the faithful are unable to attend Mass.  Magnificat is honored to provide complimentary access to our online version to help people pray from home.  To register for this free offering, and to see the number of other offerings, please visit us.Magnificat.net/free

A Catholic Primer on Prayer: Find a United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (usccb) primer on prayer Here

iBreviary App: Go to your App store and download Ibreviary. It is free and you can pray the daily Liturgy of the Hours.  It also has a lot of other free prayer resources.

Busted Halo: Busted Halo has a wealth of resources to ppray, live and understand the faith. You can find some of their more devotional resourcese Here

Sung Divine Mercy Chaplet: Click Here for a sung Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Catholic Sprouts: Catholic Sprouts is a thriving community that has access to a library of resources for Catholic families, ranging from adoration materials to daily podcast for kids and many, many things! Please check them out at: Catholicsprouts.com

My Catholic Kids: This free resource offers kids the chance to interact with the Mass through videos and explanations.  Breaking the Mass down in the sections we experience in the liturgy.  This is an easy and accesible way for your kids and your family to come to a greater understanding of the Mass. Please check them out at: Mycatholickids.com 

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