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December 5, 2010 – Second Sunday of Advent

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• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Advent Calendar 2010
• Lesson Plan
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
• Solution –  Across:  2.  Prepare;  3.  locusts;  4.  Judea;  Down:  1.  baptized

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• To Teach – Great Resources from USCCB

December 12, 2010 – Third Sunday of Advent

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• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Advent Calendar 2010
• Lesson Plan
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
• Solution – Across: 4.  messenger;  Down:  1. disciples;  2.  Baptist;  3.  sight

December 19, 2010 – Fourth Sunday of Advent

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• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Advent Calendar 2010
• Lesson Plan
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14 Corrected
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
• Solution – Across:  3.  God;  4.  Emmanuel;  Down:  1.  Joseph;  2.  Dream

December 26, 2010 – The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

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• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Advent Calendar 2010
• Lesson Plan
• Mass Worksheets – There won’t be any Mass Worksheets for this week.  Merry Christmas!
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution (Please note that the title on the answer key is incorrect, but this is the correct solution for this week’s puzzle.)
• Crossword – There won’t be a crossword puzzle this week.  See you in 2011!

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First Sunday of Advent

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• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Advent Calendar 2010
• Lesson Plan
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
• Solution – Across: 3.  Advent;  4.  Awake;  Down:  1.  Man;  2.  Matthew
• Catholic Quiz of the Week Questions and Solutions

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Joy to the World: Advent Activities for Your Family - Here’s a treasure trove of exciting ideas that will enable your family to focus anew on preparing for the holy time of Advent and Christmas! With a fresh, lively set of suggestions that will attract young and old alike, Joy to the World will help lay the foundation for long-lasting family memories. View sample pages. Joy to the World takes a three-pronged approach to the season:

The Advent calendar, where daily activities are organized into four categories of Service, Spiritual Growth, “Homebody,” and Pure Fun

The Evening Ritual, incorporating the Advent wreath and the Jesse tree, and featuring simplified Scriptures that young children can readily understand

The “Good Deeds Manger,” which puts the family’s focus on preparing their hearts for the coming of Christ

The Solemnity of Christ the King

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• Crossword – Puzzle
• Solution – Across: 2.  jeered;  3.  king;  4.  Jews;  Down:  1.  Paradise
• Catholic Quiz of the Week Questions and Solutions

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Celebrate the Season! Twelve Short Stories for Advent & Christmas – Catholic Quick Reads—short stories that bring faith to life for readers ages 8–12.  Especially appropriate for Advent and Christmas, these short stories remind children that Jesus “comes” to us every day—and in many ways—when we open our hearts to him. Ideal for middle-grade readers, ages 8–11. Celebrate the Season! includes discussion questions after each story, making it perfect for classroom and homeschool use.

Story titles and authors for this collection:

• Katie’s Advent Countdown—By Teresa Levandoski
• Christmas All Year Round—By Natacha Sanz-Caballero
• Love Forever—By Diana R. Jenkins
• Christmas Baby—By Diana R. Jenkins
• Happy Wigilia!—By Barbara Kent Belroy
• A Giving Heart—By Diana R. Jenkins
• An Unexpected Gift—By Clare Mishica
• O Holy Night—By Carol A. Grund
• Secret Friends—By Diana R. Jenkins
• Lighting Up the Darkness—By Eugene M. Gagliano
• Thanks a Million!—By Diana R. Jenkins
• The Day of the Three Kings—By Kathleen M. Muldoon

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Lesson Plan
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
• Solution – Across:  2.  Earthquakes;  3.  lives;  Down:  1.  deceived;  4.  sky
• Catholic Quiz of the Week Questions and Solutions

CatholicQuiz.com launches CatholicQuiz of the Week at CatholicMom. This brand new FREE resource will help parents, catechists and teachers prepare families and students for the Sunday liturgy and reflect on the Mass readings for the week. CatholicQuiz of the Week is a 7-question quiz and a reflection on a theme drawn from the readings and includes great discussion questions, an answer key and reference information.  Check out  CatholicQuiz.com, a great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 100 countries around the world!

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My Catholic Advent And Christmas Book – Jennifer Galvin’s activity books for children have been enormously popular because, unlike other activity books, these are designed specifically to teach children about their Catholic faith. And her latest one does just that. She has put together entertaining word finds, crossword puzzles, color-by-number puzzles, and crack-the-code puzzles that will teach children about Advent and Christmas, all the while emphasizing the real meaning of the holiday. An added advantage is that the activities are tied to the lectionary for all three cycles. The activities are clever and challenging and are illustrated with charming, inviting art work. The sheets themselves are reproducible and are aimed at children from kindergarten through third grade.

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Lesson Plan
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
• Solution – Across:  3.  Sadducees;  4.  Rise;  Down:  1.  angels;  2.  Luke
• Catholic Quiz of the Week Questions and Solutions

CatholicQuiz.com launches CatholicQuiz of the Week at CatholicMom. This brand new FREE resource will help parents, catechists and teachers prepare families and students for the Sunday liturgy and reflect on the Mass readings for the week. CatholicQuiz of the Week is a 7-question quiz and a reflection on a theme drawn from the readings and includes great discussion questions, an answer key and reference information.  Check out  CatholicQuiz.com, a great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 100 countries around the world!

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Jotham’s Journey: A Storybook for Advent – In this widely popular, exciting story for the advent season, readers follow ten-year-old Jotham across Israel as he searches for his family. Though he faces thieves, robbers, and kidnappers, Jotham also encounters the wise men, shepherds, and innkeepers until at last he finds his way to the Savior born in Bethlehem.

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

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• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Lesson Plan
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
• Solution –  Across:   4. sycamore;  Down:  1. Zacchaeus; 2. Possessions;  3. Salvation
• Catholic Quiz of the Week Questions and Solutions

CatholicQuiz.com launches CatholicQuiz of the Week at CatholicMom. This brand new FREE resource will help parents, catechists and teachers prepare families and students for the Sunday liturgy and reflect on the Mass readings for the week. CatholicQuiz of the Week is a 7-question quiz and a reflection on a theme drawn from the readings and includes great discussion questions, an answer key and reference information.  Check out  CatholicQuiz.com, a great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 100 countries around the world!

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• To Teach – Great Resources from USCCB

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Loyola Kids Book of Saints by Amy Welborn - Who are the saints, why are they important, and what can today’s children learn from them? In Loyola Kids Book of Saints, the first book in the Loyola Kids series, author Amy Welborn answers these questions with exciting and inspiring stories, real-life applications, and important information about these heroes of the church. This delightful collection of saints’ lives, written in a storybook style for children eight to twelve, explains how saints becomes saints, why we honor them, and how they help us even today.  Divided thematically, the book features more than sixty saints from all over the world and from all across time, including our newest saints, such as St. Katharine Drexel; popular saints, such as St. Anthony of Padua; and Blesseds, such as Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. Each story tells about a saint and encourages readers to consider how they might apply what they learn from the story to their everyday lives.

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Lesson Plan
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
• Solution – Across:  3.Necessity;  Down:  1. Bothering;  2. Adversary;  4.Chosen
• Catholic Quiz of the Week Questions and Solutions

CatholicQuiz.com launches CatholicQuiz of the Week at CatholicMom. This brand new FREE resource will help parents, catechists and teachers prepare families and students for the Sunday liturgy and reflect on the Mass readings for the week. CatholicQuiz of the Week is a 7-question quiz and a reflection on a theme drawn from the readings and includes great discussion questions, an answer key and reference information.  Check out  CatholicQuiz.com, a great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 100 countries around the world!

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• To Teach – Great Resources from USCCB

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The Handbook for Catholic Moms: Nurturing Your Heart, Mind, Body, and Soul – uthor Lisa Hendey is the creator of CatholicMom.com–an online community that welcomed over 400,000 unique visitors in the past year and reaches women in over one hundred countries.  Drawing from the deep tradition of the Catholic faith, Lisa Hendey coaches Catholic moms how to care for themselves–heart, mind, body, and soul–so that they can better love and care for their families, their neighbors, and their Church.  With warmth and wisdom, Hendey creates an environment where Catholic moms can reflect peacefully upon often-competitive topics like parenting style, types of schooling, and working outside the home. By sharing her own story, Hendey inspires readers to better balance their own needs with the demands of family life and faith commitment.

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Lesson Plan
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
• Solution – Across:  4.Glorifying;  Down:  1.Village;  2.Cleansed;  3.Foreigner
• Catholic Quiz of the Week Questions and Solutions

CatholicQuiz.com launches CatholicQuiz of the Week at CatholicMom. This brand new FREE resource will help parents, catechists and teachers prepare families and students for the Sunday liturgy and reflect on the Mass readings for the week. CatholicQuiz of the Week is a 7-question quiz and a reflection on a theme drawn from the readings and includes great discussion questions, an answer key and reference information.  Check out  CatholicQuiz.com, a great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 100 countries around the world!

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• Teaching Catholic Kids - Great Resources from Our Sunday Visitor
• To Teach – Great Resources from USCCB

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Olivia and the Little Way – Fifth grader Olivia Thomas has moved to a new school in a new state, and is eager to make friends! Her best friend quickly becomes someone she has never seen: St. Therese of Lisieux. Follow Olivia’s trials as she tries to fit in at St. Michael’s School. With the help of her grandmother, she learns about the Little Way of serving God and how it can change everything!

Editor’s Note: Olivia and the Little Way by Nancy Carabio Belanger is one of my favorite new books for a few reasons. First off, it is a wonderful, engaging story! Secondly, without being dogmatic the author is able to lovingly teach the reader about many of the important precepts of St Therese of Lisieux, one of the most important saints and a Doctor of the Catholic Church. The life lessons shared in this book are wonderful for a middle school aged audience, but the story will capture the hearts of a much more broad audience (including the moms of the those middle schoolers!)

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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This week, Dione Grillo has another great giveaway.  Check her latest column and leave a comment to enter to win!

• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Lesson Plan and Related Activities
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
  Solution – Across: 4.  garments;  Down:  1.  Lazarus;  2.  Comforted;  3.  persuaded
• Catholic Quiz of the Week Questions and Solutions

CatholicQuiz.com launches CatholicQuiz of the Week at CatholicMom. This brand new FREE resource will help parents, catechists and teachers prepare families and students for the Sunday liturgy and reflect on the Mass readings for the week. CatholicQuiz of the Week is a 7-question quiz and a reflection on a theme drawn from the readings and includes great discussion questions, an answer key and reference information.  Check out  CatholicQuiz.com, a great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 100 countries around the world!

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• Teaching Catholic Kids - Great Resources from Our Sunday Visitor
• To Teach – Great Resources from USCCB

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The Catechist’s Toolbox: How to Thrive As a Religion Education Teacher – Each year, roughly one-third of the more than five hundred thousand volunteer catechists in Catholic parishes are new to the job; they come with little formal training for their work and are essentially students themselves, quickly needing to learn how to prepare a lesson, lead a discussion, supervise children, apply discipline, and help kids grow in their faith. The Catechist’s Toolbox by Joe Paprocki is an invaluable collection of techniques, tips, methodologies, and advice for all catechists who must learn on the job. Paprocki shares the wisdom he has gleaned in two decades as a catechist, high school teacher, and religious educator. Employing the metaphor of a homeowner’s toolbox, Paprocki explains how a catechist is like a do-it-yourself builder who needs the right collection of tools to do the job; throughout the book, Paprocki explains what the tools are, what they can do, and how to use them skillfully and effectively. The Catechist’s Toolbox will help first-time catechists feel at home in their new role and will empower catechists at all levels of experience to thrive as educators of the faith.

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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This week, Dione Grillo has another great giveaway.  Check her latest column and leave a comment to enter to win!

• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Lesson Plan and Related Activities
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
  Solution – Across:  3.  ashamed;  4.  Prudently;  Down:  1.  Masters;  2.  Squandering
• Catholic Quiz of the Week Questions and Solutions

CatholicQuiz.com launches CatholicQuiz of the Week at CatholicMom. This brand new FREE resource will help parents, catechists and teachers prepare families and students for the Sunday liturgy and reflect on the Mass readings for the week. CatholicQuiz of the Week is a 7-question quiz and a reflection on a theme drawn from the readings and includes great discussion questions, an answer key and reference information.  Check out  CatholicQuiz.com, a great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 100 countries around the world!

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• Pre K Lesson Plans – Updated Regularly
• Religious Education Articles by Laura Grace
• Homeschooling Resources
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• Teaching Catholic Kids - Great Resources from Our Sunday Visitor
• To Teach – Great Resources from USCCB

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Handbook for Catholic Moms: Nurturing Your Heart, Mind, Body and Soul – Drawing from the deep tradition of the Catholic faith, Lisa Hendey coaches Catholic moms how to care for themselves―heart, mind, body, and soul―so that they can better love and care for their families, their neighbors, and their Church.  With warmth and wisdom, Hendey creates an environment where Catholic moms can reflect peacefully upon often-competitive topics like parenting style, types of schooling, and working outside the home. By sharing her own story, Hendey inspires readers to better balance their own needs with the demands of family life and faith commitment.

You can obtain information on the book and order a copy for yourself or a friend through The Catholic Company, Amazon, Aquinas and More, or Barnes & Noble.

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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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This week, we are giving away several copies of a great Catechist planning guide.  Click here and leave a comment for your chance to win!

• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Lesson Plan and Related Activities
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
  Solution – Across:  4.  Belongings; Down:  1.  Celebrate;  2.  Rejoice;  3.  Righteous
• Catholic Quiz of the Week Questions and Solutions

CatholicQuiz.com launches CatholicQuiz of the Week at CatholicMom. This brand new FREE resource will help parents, catechists and teachers prepare families and students for the Sunday liturgy and reflect on the Mass readings for the week. CatholicQuiz of the Week is a 7-question quiz and a reflection on a theme drawn from the readings and includes great discussion questions, an answer key and reference information.  Check out  CatholicQuiz.com, a great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 100 countries around the world!

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• Current CatholicMom.com Contests
• Pre K Lesson Plans – Updated Regularly
• Religious Education Articles by Laura Grace
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• Teaching Catholic Kids - Great Resources from Our Sunday Visitor
• To Teach – Great Resources from USCCB

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Be An Amazing Catechist – Only $2.95! A highly effective training program for the Catholic catechist. It is simple, engaging, and useful to catechists at every level of experience using any curriculum. You might not need every idea in this book, but you will find within it valuable tools for making your catechetical ministry more vibrant, more exciting, and more effective. Read a complete review of this book.

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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This week, we are giving away several copies of a great Catechist planning guide.  Click here and leave a comment for your chance to win!

• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Lesson Plan and Related Activities
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
  Solution – Across:   2. construct;  Down: 1.  Possessions;   2. Cross;  3.  Resources
• Catholic Quiz of the Week Questions and Solutions

CatholicQuiz.com launches CatholicQuiz of the Week at CatholicMom. This brand new FREE resource will help parents, catechists and teachers prepare families and students for the Sunday liturgy and reflect on the Mass readings for the week. CatholicQuiz of the Week is a 7-question quiz and a reflection on a theme drawn from the readings and includes great discussion questions, an answer key and reference information.  Check out  CatholicQuiz.com, a great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 100 countries around the world!

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• Current CatholicMom.com Contests
• Pre K Lesson Plans – Updated Regularly
• Religious Education Articles by Laura Grace
• Homeschooling Resources
• Puppet/skit scripts at CatholicMom.com
• Teaching Catholic Kids - Great Resources from Our Sunday Visitor
• To Teach – Great Resources from USCCB

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Catholic Book of Bible Stories – This beautifully illustrated Bible storybook retells fifty well-known Bible stories just for children ages four to eight. Each story ends with a ‘God’s Blessing,’ ‘Faith to Grow,’ and a prayer. And for extra fun and hands-on learning, you and your child can enjoy the activities section included at the end of the storybook. Features include: * 50 stories retold from Scripture * ‘God’s Blessing’: helps emphasize the key message from each Bible story * ‘Faith to Grow’: personalizes the story and ties it to the Catholic faith and traditions, and ends with a prayer * Four-color artwork throughout by Doris Ettlinger, artist of the Little House on the Prairie books * Fun crafts and activities

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
  Solution – Across:  4. Exalted;  Down:  1.Banquet;  2.Pharisees;  3.Resurrection
• Catholic Quiz of the Week Questions and Solutions

CatholicQuiz.com launches CatholicQuiz of the Week at CatholicMom. This brand new FREE resource will help parents, catechists and teachers prepare families and students for the Sunday liturgy and reflect on the Mass readings for the week. Each week, CatholicMom will post two downloadable and printable PDFs. CatholicQuiz of the Week Part A is a 7-question quiz. Part B is a reflection on a theme drawn from the readings and includes great discussion questions, an answer key and reference information. CatholicQuiz.com invites questions and comments about this wonderful new resource at info@catholicquiz.com.

CatholicQuiz.com – Check out this great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 109 countries around the world!

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• Current CatholicMom.com Contests
• Pre K Lesson Plans – Updated Regularly
• Religious Education Articles by Laura Grace
• Homeschooling Resources
• Puppet/skit scripts at CatholicMom.com
• Teaching Catholic Kids - Great Resources from Our Sunday Visitor
• To Teach – Great Resources from USCCB

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Where Do Priests Come From? – “Where Do Priests Come From?” is a great book! It’s a beautiful and inspiring story for today’s Catholic children. The illustrations express the faith, which the book shares and highlights. I would strongly recommend this book to Catholic families, schools, and formation programs. Fr Jeffrey Kirby, STL, Vicar for Vocations, Diocese of Charleston, SC, author of “Becoming Father Bob”; A book I can give to my own nieces and nephews on the priesthood. I plan to read it to them myself. Rev. W. Shawn McKnight, S.T.D., Executive Director of the Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; A lovely little book explaining a most profound mystery: the priesthood. I pray this book finds its way into the hands of many young boys so that they can be inspired to ponder the question: Is God calling me to be a priest?” Father Donald Calloway, MIC, author of “No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy”

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword –  Puzzle
  Solution – Across:  3.  property;  Down:  1.  Servants;  2.  Treasure;  4.  Prepared

CatholicQuiz.com launches CatholicQuiz of the Week at CatholicMom. This brand new FREE resource will help parents, catechists and teachers prepare families and students for the Sunday liturgy and reflect on the Mass readings for the week. Each week, CatholicMom will post two downloadable and printable PDFs. CatholicQuiz of the Week Part A is a 7-question quiz. Part B is a reflection on a theme drawn from the readings and includes great discussion questions, an answer key and reference information. CatholicQuiz.com invites questions and comments about this wonderful new resource at info@catholicquiz.com.

• Catholic Quiz of the Week Part A – Coming Soon
• Catholic Quiz of the Week Part B – Coming Soon

CatholicQuiz.com – Check out this great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 109 countries around the world!

Extra Activities:

• Current CatholicMom.com Contests
• Pre K Lesson Plans – Updated Regularly
• Religious Education Articles by Laura Grace
• Homeschooling Resources
• Puppet/skit scripts at CatholicMom.com
• Teaching Catholic Kids - Great Resources from Our Sunday Visitor
• To Teach – Great Resources from USCCB

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Enter this week’s contest to win a copy of this book!

Grace Before Meals: Recipes and Inspiration for Family Meals and Family Life -  Father Leo Patalinghug (yes, the same Father Leo who defeated Bobby Flay on Throwdown!) helps you make family meals a way of life. Combining more than 30 simple but delicious recipes related to personal milestones, family holidays, and faith observances, along with scriptural references and short essays offering wisdom on faith, values, and family togetherness, Father Leo shows that mealtime is the perfect setting for discussing the major issues all families face. In fact, research shows that frequent family dinners can reduce many risks facing children, including drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, depression, eating disorders, and poor academic performance. These are meals that nourish body and spirit.

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page
• Mass Worksheets – Elyse is on break until 8/8 and Mass worksheets will return then
• Word Search – Puzzle, Solution
• Crossword – Puzzle
  Solution – Across -  2. Harvest;  4. Barns;  Down – 1. Possessions;  3. Treasure

CatholicQuiz.com launches CatholicQuiz of the Week at CatholicMom. This brand new FREE resource will help parents, catechists and teachers prepare families and students for the Sunday liturgy and reflect on the Mass readings for the week. Each week, CatholicMom will post two downloadable and printable PDFs. CatholicQuiz of the Week Part A is a 7-question quiz. Part B is a reflection on a theme drawn from the readings and includes great discussion questions, an answer key and reference information. CatholicQuiz.com invites questions and comments about this wonderful new resource at info@catholicquiz.com.

• Catholic Quiz of the Week Part A – Quiz
• Catholic Quiz of the Week Part B – Solution

CatholicQuiz.com – Check out this great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 109 countries around the world!

Extra Activities:

• Current CatholicMom.com Contests
• Pre K Lesson Plans – Updated Regularly
• Religious Education Articles by Laura Grace
• Homeschooling Resources
• Puppet/skit scripts at CatholicMom.com
• Teaching Catholic Kids - Great Resources from Our Sunday Visitor
• To Teach – Great Resources from USCCB

Featured Product:
Thank you for your support of CatholicMom.com!  A small portion of your purchase price goes to CatholicMom.com and enables us to continue providing these resources free of charge for families and parishes around the world.

The Godless Delusion: A Catholic Challenge to Modern Atheism – In this hard-hitting book, apologetics experts Patrick Madrid and Kenneth Hensley help Christians wake up to the crisis of godlessness, alerting them to the imperative need for taking seriously atheism’s challenge, while learning how to effectively engage in today’s atheistic debate. With a systematic and comprehensive approach, Madrid and Hensley make plain the truth of God’s existence and the foolishness of the atheist-naturalist worldview.

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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CatholicQuiz.com – Check out this great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 109 countries around the world!

Extra activities:

• Current CatholicMom.com Contests
• Pre K Lesson Plans – Updated Regularly
• Religious Education Articles by Laura Grace
• Homeschooling Resources
• Puppet/skit scripts at CatholicMom.com
• Teaching Catholic Kids - Great Resources from Our Sunday Visitor
• To Teach – Great Resources from USCCB

Featured Product:
Thank you for your support of CatholicMom.com!  A small portion of your purchase price goes to CatholicMom.com and enables us to continue providing these resources free of charge for families and parishes around the world.

Teach Me About the Life of Jesus: Discussions and Activities for Young Children (I Am Special : Teach Me About Series) – Part of a new series designed to help children explore their world and their relationship with God in a story format, this colorful, fun book will provide parents with a resource for introducing young children to the life of Jesus from the pages of Scripture. Teach Me About the Life of Jesus is adapted for a young child s level of understanding and experience.  It’s packed with activities and discussion ideas for children ages 3 to 7.

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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CatholicQuiz.com – Check out this great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 109 countries around the world!

Extra activities:

• Current CatholicMom.com Contests
• Pre K Lesson Plans – Updated Regularly
• Religious Education Articles by Laura Grace
• Homeschooling Resources
• Puppet/skit scripts at CatholicMom.com
• Teaching Catholic Kids - Great Resources from Our Sunday Visitor
• To Teach – Great Resources from USCCB

Featured Product:
Thank you for your support of CatholicMom.com!  A small portion of your purchase price goes to CatholicMom.com and enables us to continue providing these resources free of charge for families and parishes around the world.

The Handbook for Catholic Moms: Nurturing Your Heart, Mind, Body, and Soul – Help support CatholicMom.com this week by purchasing a copy of this book by Lisa Hendey.  If you already own your own copy, please consider purchasing the book as a gift for a friend, teacher, godmother, or family member, or purchase a copy for your parish or local library.  Thank you for your continued support!

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

I am traveling with family this week and will not be posting all of our regular Gospel activities for this Sunday.  We wish you and yours a wonderful week and will resume our normal activity schedule soon. Thanks for your continual support!  Lisa

Click on the links below to download each item

• Sunday’s Gospel
• Coloring Page – not available this week – will return soon!
• Mass Worksheets – 7-10, 11-14
• Word Search – not available this week – will return soon!
• Crossword – not available this week – will return soon!
  
• CatholicQuiz.com launches CatholicQuiz of the Week at CatholicMom. This brand new FREE resource will help parents, catechists and teachers prepare families and students for the Sunday liturgy and reflect on the Mass readings for the week. Each week, CatholicMom will post two downloadable and printable PDFs. CatholicQuiz of the Week Part A is a 7-question quiz. Part B is a reflection on a theme drawn from the readings and includes great discussion questions, an answer key and reference information. CatholicQuiz.com invites questions and comments about this wonderful new resource at info@catholicquiz.com.
  • CatholicQuiz of the Week Part A – Quiz
  • CatholicQuiz of the Week Part B – Solution

CatholicQuiz.com – Check out this great new resource for families, parishes and classrooms!  Help your children, students and parishioners learn more about our faith with a trusted, enjoyable resource!  Your subscription rate also includes a small donation to CatholicMom.com, which enables us to continue to provide our resources free of charge to parishes in over 109 countries around the world!

Extra activities:

• Current CatholicMom.com Contests
• Pre K Lesson Plans – Updated Regularly
• Religious Education Articles by Laura Grace
• Homeschooling Resources
• Puppet/skit scripts at CatholicMom.com
• Teaching Catholic Kids - Great Resources from Our Sunday Visitor
• To Teach – Great Resources from USCCB

Featured Product:
Thank you for your support of CatholicMom.com!  A small portion of your purchase price goes to CatholicMom.com and enables us to continue providing these resources free of charge for families and parishes around the world.

Catholic Prayer Book for Children – Prayers, lessons, and truths for young hearts, minds, and souls.  With colorful, captivating illustrations, the Catholic Prayer Book for Children helps boys and girls ages 6 to 10 discover the beauty of prayer as it encourages them to form the lifelong habit of praying.  But more than a prayer book, Catholic Prayer Book for Children also puts in your child’s hands the basics of the Catholic Faith: the Ten Commandments, Beatitudes, sacraments, corporal and spiritual works of mercy, gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit, lives of the saints, and more.  With an age-appropriate “examination of conscience,” and an introduction to the Mass and its major prayers, the Catholic Prayer Book for Children makes the perfect First Reconciliation or First Communion gift.