Religious Education - Resources
Believers are increasingly aware that, unless the Good News is made known also in the digital world, it may be absent in the experience of many people for whom this existential space is important. - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
GodTube
GodTube is a Christian video sharing website that exploded onto the scene in 2007 where it was the fastest growing US website by later that same year. Take a look at some of their videos for some inspiration, comedy or curiosity. Click on the link to the left to access their website.
Catholic Youth Work
The Salesians of Don Bosco are a religious congregation of Brothers and Priests, founded in 1859 by Saint John Bosco. Don Bosco’s mission was clear and simple: to be a friend to young people who were poor, abandoned or at risk, and in so doing to be a friend to Christ. Wherever the Salesians work, our mission is the same, but its expression changes to suit the particular context. So you will find Salesians in schools of all kinds, youth clubs, in homes for homeless or abandoned children; working with street children; missionaries; chaplains in schools, colleges and universities and in parish work. In recent years the Salesians have started to identify the new areas of mission that exist with the development of new technologies and communications methods that can provide a place to engage with young people, and those who work with young people to better support the Church’s work with the young. This site is an example of one of these new areas of mission for the Great British Province. Click on the link to the right to access their website.
Prayer Spaces in School
Prayer Spaces in Schools enable children and young people, of all faiths and none, to explore these life questions, spirituality and faith in a safe, creative and interactive way. Taking a broadly Christian perspective as a starting point, prayer spaces give children and young people an opportunity to develop skills of personal reflection and to explore prayer in an open, inclusive and safe environment. The approach is not designed to convert and purposely allows pupils to make their own meaning and to draw their own conclusions. Click the link to the left to access their website.
Kenelm Youth Trust
The Kenelm Youth Trust is committed to providing life changing opportunities for young people, helping each person to reflect upon their life of faith and how theyrespond to the call of Jesus Christ in their lives.
The Trust has been established by the Archdiocese of Birmingham to oversee and bring together the wide variety of youth work that is undertaken in various settings throughout the Archdiocese.
These include two residential retreat centres; youth ministry development workers supporting parish youth work; support for those working within school chaplaincy; the organisation of school missions, parish outreach, events and pilgrimages.
Click on the link to the right to access their website.
Bible for Children
Lots of bible stories for Primary School aged children with links to a range of scripture readings. Click the link to the left to access their website.