Encourage Catholic Children to Learn that the Church Helps Us to Follow Jesus. Help young children to remember that the job of the pastor is to lead and guide his parish in following Jesus Christ. It is inspired by Christ’s teaching that He is the door to...
Help Young Catholics Understand the Difference Between a Shepherd and a Priest. Use this simple Venn Diagram to help children draw similarities between a traditional shepherd and a priest – a spiritual shepherd of a different kind of flock. Spaces are provided...
Help Young Catholics Understand the Difference Between a Bishop and a Pope. Use this simple Venn Diagram to help children compare a Bishop and a Pope. Spaces are provided for what makes each unique and how they are both similar to each other. This open-ended...
Help Young Catholics Understand the Difference Between the Duties of a Priest and a Bishop. Use this simple Venn Diagram to help children compare a Priest and a Bishop. Spaces are provided for what makes each unique and how they are both similar to each other. This...
Help Young Catholics Understand the Difference Between a Brother and a Priest. Use this simple Venn Diagram to help children compare a Brother and a Priest. Spaces are provided for what makes each unique and how they are both similar to each other. This open-ended...
Help Young Catholics Understand the Difference Between a Deacon and a Priest. Use this simple Venn Diagram to help children compare a Deacon and a Priest. Spaces are provided for what makes each unique and how they are both similar to each other. This open-ended...
Help Young Catholics Understand the Difference Between a Nun and a Sister. Use this simple Venn Diagram to help children compare a Nun and a Sister. Spaces are provided for what makes each unique and how they are both similar to each other. This open-ended worksheet...
Focus on What It Means to Be a Priest. Ask children to share four cool facts about what they think it means to be a priest in the Catholic Church. This worksheet features ample lined writing spaces and a corresponding image of a priest celebrating Mass. This...
Focus on Religious Life as a Priest. Ask children to share four cool facts about the priesthood. This worksheet features ample lined writing spaces and a corresponding image of a chasuble. This exercise encourages discussion about Holy Orders, discipleship, or a...
Focus on the Job and Role of the Pope. Ask children to share four cool facts about what it means to be the pope, the vicar and leader of the Catholic Church. This worksheet features ample lined writing spaces and a corresponding image of a papal cross. This exercise...
Focus on the Job of a Deacon. Ask children to share four cool facts about what it means to be a deacon in the Catholic Church. This worksheet features ample lined writing spaces and a corresponding image of a deacon’s dalmatic. This exercise encourages...
Explore the Leaders of the Catholic Church. Use this cut-n-paste F3 KWL to help children learn about six different levels of leadership within the Catholic church. Groups featured in this resource include the following. Laity Religious Deacons Priests Bishops The...
Learn About the Papal Leaders Use this cut-and-paste F3 KWL printable to help children learn about the popes of the 20th and 21st centuries. Learners will be asked to note what they already know about each papal leader, what they want to know about him, and, after a...
Introduce Young Catholics to the Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church This worksheet introduces the common ordained leaders of the Catholic Church – the pope, bishops, priests, and deacons. It also provides a very general introduction to the early leadership of...
Help Young Catholics Answer the Question, Who Leads the Church? This standard quarter-sheet mini-book provides eight pages to help children learn about the global and local leaders of the Catholic Church. Learners are provided some general information about the roles...
Teach About the Priesthood with the Sacrament of Holy Orders Word Search. Our Sacrament of Holy Orders Word Search can help Catholics of any age can enjoy learning about this vocational sacrament by using keywords that help distinguish its uniqueness. To complete...
Let’s Focus on the Pope, the Vicar in Rome Invite children to think about the Pope and the qualities it takes to shepherd over one billion Catholics worldwide. To complete this activity have learners write the name of a Pope or words to describe his holiness on...
Teach About the Role of the Bishop Use this worksheet to help children think of the bishop as a servant of God. With a color graphic as the main emphasis (noun) in the oval, learners need only to think of eight different words to describe these shepherds of the Faith....
