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Parents and Families at the Center of Faith Formation
The slides from our webinar featuring John Roberto, Executive Director of the National Community of Catechetical Leaders (NCCL), and Steven Ellair, Director of Content at Saint Mary’s Press, as they discuss NCCL’s latest research and show practical ways to apply …
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Discover! Gathered Family Session - Year 1 - April
Now, included with each Discover! Finding Faith in Life K–5 purchase are engaging, family-based experiences that complement existing faith formation and offer parishes options for strengthening faith together. Designed for parishes of all sizes and ages, every session includes interactive …
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5 Steps to an Engaged Theology Classroom
Learn how to create an engaged high school theology classroom for your students! In this short webinar, we'll cover some actionable steps to creating an environment that engages students' minds, hearts, and souls. If you're looking for ways to help …
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Free Lenten Lessons for Your Faith Formation Classroom
https://pages.smp.org/discover-lenten-lesson
Discover! Finding Faith in Life is an all-in-one curriculum that empowers children grades 1-5 to discover the beauty of faith using The Catholic Children’s Bible as the core textbook.
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A Walk Through Salvation History
https://pages.smp.org/post/prayer-and-scripture/a-walk-through-salvation-history
In Genesis 1–11, the Bible begins with imaginative stories about how God created everything. These are sometimes called primeval stories, meaning they involve events that happened before recorded history. The stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the Flood, and the Tower of Babel teach us that God created everything and that human beings have a special place in creation. They teach us that sin destroys our relationships with God and with one another, and they teach us that sin spreads, spreading death and destruction, if we are without God’s help.
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Free Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany Resources
https://pages.smp.org/post/liturgical-calendar/advent-christmas-and-epiphany-resources
In this season of joyful anticipation, we invite you to use and share this interactive Advent calendar of activities to prepare for Jesus’ birth. With prayers, projects, and reflections for every day through Epiphany, these resources can be used in your ministry or shared with families to use at home.
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Advent–Epiphany Calendar 2024
Find resources and activities for every day of Advent–Epiphany on our blog.
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Advent Activity: Christmas Carols and the Infancy Narratives
This activity comes from The Catholic Youth Bible Leader Guide.
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The Rosary (Catholic Children’s Prayer Book)
This resource comes from the NEW Catholic Children’s Prayer Book (Second Edition). This beautifully illustrated prayer book guides children in learning the order and prayers of the Mass, everyday prayers, prayers of the Rosary, prayers for the liturgical seasons, family …
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Advent and Christmas Prayers
This resource comes from the NEW Catholic Children’s Prayer Book (Second Edition). This beautifully illustrated prayer book guides children in learning the order and prayers of the Mass, everyday prayers, prayers of the Rosary, prayers for the liturgical seasons, family …
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Inspire: Epiphany Blessing
This resource, printed in a 2019 issue of Inspire! Magazine, was taken from the Christmas/Epiphany chapter of the Grade 3 Teaching Guide for the Discover! Finding Faith in Life K–5 program. Learn more about Discover! here.
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Discover the Saints: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
This resource comes from Discover the Saints, a collection of 31 beloved saints for children to learn about and pray with. Learn more here.
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Breakthrough Encounter: Mary
This resource comes from Breakthrough! The Bible for Young Catholics (NABRE). Learn more here.
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Inspire: Balloon Thank-Yous
This resource, printed in a 2020 issue of Inspire! Magazine, was taken from chapter 4 of the Eucharist Teaching Guide in the Go Seek Find: Discover God’s Treasures sacrament prep program. Learn more about Go Seek Find here.
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Featured Story: Jesus Obeys His Parents
This resource comes from The Catholic Children's Bible. Learn more here.
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Discover the Saints: Saint John the Apostle
This resource comes from Discover the Saints, a collection of 31 beloved saints for children to learn about and pray with. Learn more here.
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Featured Story: Shepherds Announce the Good News
This resource comes from The Catholic Children’s Bible. Learn more here.
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Coloring Page: Jesus’ Birth
This resource comes from The Catholic Children’s Bible Coloring Book. Learn more here.
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Inspire: “Be a Servant” Stars Craft
This resource, printed in a 2019 issue of Inspire! Magazine, was taken from the Advent chapter of the Grade 4 Teacher Guide for the Discover! Finding Faith in Life K–5 program. Learn more about Discover! here.
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Inspire: The Message of John the Baptist
This resource, printed in a 2021 issue of Inspire! Magazine, was taken from the Advent chapter of the Grade 1 Teacher Guide for the Discover! Finding Faith in Life K–5 program. Learn more about Discover! here.
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Featured Story: Rejoice and Give Thanks
This resource comes from The Catholic Children’s Bible. Learn more here.
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Daily Examen Prayer from The Catholic Youth Prayer Book
This resource comes from the NEW Catholic Youth Prayer Book, Third Edition, coming Spring 2025!
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Discover! Family Page: Saint Lucy
This resource comes from Discover! Finding Faith in Life, our K–5 children’s faith formation program. You can learn more here.
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Discover! Family Page: Our Lady of Guadalupe
This resource comes from Discover! Finding Faith in Life, our K–5 children’s faith formation program. You can learn more here.
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Inspire: Reclaim Reconciliation
This resource, printed in a 2021 issue of Inspire! Magazine, was adapted from the Reconciliation Online Resources in the Go Seek Find: Discover God’s Treasures program. Learn more about Go Seek Find here.
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Featured Story: Mary Trusts God Completely
This resource comes from The Catholic Children’s Bible. Learn more here.
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Breakthrough Encounter: John the Baptist
This resource comes from Breakthrough! The Bible for Young Catholics (NABRE). Learn more here.
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Discover the Saints: Saint Francis Xavier
This resource comes from Discover the Saints, a collection of 31 beloved saints for children to learn about and pray with. Learn more here.
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Preparing for a King: the Relationship between the Old and New Testaments
This resource comes from The Catholic Youth Bible®, 4th Edition. Learn more here.
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The Catholic Children's Prayer Book Sampler
It includes everything you loved about the first edition and more! Inside this sampler, you’ll see the Table of Contents, along with samples of the additional, freshly updated content in our beloved keepsake Catholic Children’s Prayer Book. A favorite for …
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The Catholic Children's Prayer Book Sampler
Everything you love and more! Inside this sampler, you'll see the Table of Contents, along with samples of the additional, freshly updated content in our beloved keepsake Catholic Children's Prayer Book. A favorite for families, parishes and schools, this helps …
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All Saints’ Day Lesson: Discover! Kindergarten School
View the All Saints’ Day Grade 3 lesson for School here.
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All Saints’ Day Lesson: Discover! Grade 3 Parish
View the All Saints’ Day Lesson for Kindergarten Parish here.
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All Saints’ Day Lesson: Discover! Kindergarten Parish
View the All Saints’ Day Grade 3 lesson for Parish here.
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Discover! School Kindergarten Digital Sample
Included in this digital sampler are pages from the Kindergarten Bible Story Booklet, as well as the coordinating Teacher Guide pages, such that you can try a lesson today in class! Find all of our other review resources here.
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How We’re Bringing Faith to Life for Kindergartners with Discover!
Coming Fall 2024: kindergarten faith formation in Discover! Learn more here by visiting https://pages.smp.org/parish/discover. Built to accompany kindergartners in the first steps of their faith formation, our new kindergarten component is designed specifically for the energy and reading levels of …
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Free Advent Lesson from Live Jesus in Our Hearts
Students will discover how the Old Testament prepares us for Jesus by exploring images of Jesus from the Messianic Prophets using learning experience #8: Messiah Job Ad.
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Free Advent Lesson from Connect Parish
For the Lenten Lesson from Connect Parish, click here.
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Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Bible passage
View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Activity Booklet pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Catechist Guide pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Teacher Guide pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson …
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Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Home Guide
View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Activity Booklet pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Catechist Guide pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Teacher Guide pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson …
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Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Spanish Family Page
View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Activity Booklet pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Catechist Guide pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Teacher Guide pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson …
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Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Teacher Guide
View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Activity Booklet pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Home Guide pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Spanish Family Page pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day …
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Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Catechist Guide
View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Activity Booklet pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Home Guide pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Spanish Family Page pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day …
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Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Activity Booklet
View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Catechist Guide pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Teacher Guide pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson Home Guide pdf here. View the Discover! All Saints’ Day Lesson …
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Connect! All Saints’ Day Lesson Teacher Guide
View the Connect! All Saints’ Day Lesson Student Book pdf here.
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Connect! All Saints’ Day Lesson Catechist Guide
View the Connect! All Saints’ Day Lesson Student Book pdf here.
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Connect! All Saints’ Day Lesson Student Book
View the Connect! All Saints’ Day Lesson Catechist Guide pdf here (for parish) View the Connect! All Saints’ Day Lesson Teacher Guide pdf here (for school)
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Día de Todos los Santos
En el Día de Todos los Santos, honramos a los santos de la Iglesia, conocidos y desconocidos. Estas personas de mucha fe vivieron vidas santas y pueden ayudarnos con su ejemplo y a través de sus oraciones por nosotros.
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Psalm 62
Take a moment to pray on these words, given to us by God, and to allow Him to speak to your heart
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How to Build Biblical Literacy and engage in Scriptures with Children
Get the foundations of how to build biblical literacy with your elementary children. In this short webinar, you’ll learn 3 ways to help build this important muscle in the heart of every child you minister to. Let’s engage children in …
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Connect Setup Form
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Connect Parent Letter
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Life Issues Sample Lesson
A sample lesson of the Life Issues from Connect: Bringing Faith to Life parish faith formation program.
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Reviewing Live Jesus in Our Hearts Curriculum ? Start here
Learning Objectives for All Courses Revelation and the Old Testament Jesus Christ and The New Testament The Paschal Mystery and the Gospels The Church Foundations and Mission Sacraments and God's Grace Morality and God's Love Teacher Resources Primary Source Correlations …
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Using Scripture
There was a time when many Catholics felt discouraged from reading Sacred Scripture for fear of misinterpreting it. Today, the Church encourages regular use of the Bible and even serious study of it among all Catholics. Scripture plays a critical …
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Helping Young Adolescents Pay Attention
Catechists working with young adolescents face the challenge of capturing and keeping their students’ attention during sessions. A wandering mind and a short attention span is natural during adolescence. In addition, some students have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention …
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Effective Group Management
Effective group management is grounded in positive relationships of mutual respect between teachers and students and among students. Viewing young people in a positive light requires dispelling stereotypes that portray them as uncontrollable, disrespectful, and rude. When classes for students …
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Effective Storytelling
Stories are often the best way to capture and convey the power of deep truths and significant relationships. Consider how people are enamored when someone tells the story of meeting and falling in love with their spouse or recalls the …
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Active Learning and Faith Formation
Experience is the best teacher. Once you learn to ride a bike, you never forget—not because you read about it, but because you did it. It is difficult to forget something learned through experience. People tend to learn least through …
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Developmental Characteristics of Young Adolescents
Adolescence is a critical time of identity formation. With the onset of puberty comes an explosion of growth of many kinds: physical, intellectual, emotional, social, moral, and spiritual. Understanding the nature and scope of adolescent development and responding appropriately requires …
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Using Scripture
There was a time when many Catholics felt discouraged from reading Sacred Scripture for fear of misinterpreting it. Today, the Church encourages regular use of the Bible and even serious study of it among all Catholics. Scripture plays a critical …
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Helping Young Adolescents Pay Attention
Teachers working with young adolescents face the challenge of capturing and keeping their students’ attention during sessions. A wandering mind and a short attention span is natural during adolescence. In addition, some students have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention …
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Effective Group Management
Effective group management is grounded in positive relationships of mutual respect between teachers and students and among students. Viewing young people in a positive light requires dispelling stereotypes that portray them as uncontrollable, disrespectful, and rude. When classes for students …
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Effective Storytelling
Stories are often the best way to capture and convey the power of deep truths and significant relationships. Consider how people are enamored when someone tells the story of meeting and falling in love with their spouse or recalls the …
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Active Learning and Faith Formation
Experience is the best teacher. Once you learn to ride a bike, you never forget—not because you read about it, but because you did it. It is difficult to forget something learned through experience. People tend to learn least through …
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Developmental Characteristics of Young Adolescents
Adolescence is a critical time of identity formation. With the onset of puberty comes an explosion of growth of many kinds: physical, intellectual, emotional, social, moral, and spiritual. Understanding the nature and scope of adolescent development and responding appropriately requires …
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Active Learning in Religious Education and Faith Formation for Middle School Tweens and Young People
Experience is the best teacher. Once you learn to ride a bike, you never forget—not because you read about it, but because you did it. It is difficult to forget something learned through experience. People tend to learn least through …
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Connect! Bringing Faith to Life School Scope & Sequence
We'll show you how each year looks using Connect. Looking for more resources as you review? View More Resources
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Connect! Bringing Faith to Life Scope & Sequence for Parish
We'll show you how each year looks when you use Connect. Looking for more resources as you review? View More Resources
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Reviewing Connect for your School? Start here!
On this page, we've put everything that you might need as you review Connect! Bringing Faith to Life. Questions? Call us at 1-800-533-8095. Access your sample kit Looking to share the samplers with your staff and co-workers? We've pulled all …
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Reviewing Connect for your parish? Start here!
On this page, we've put everything that you might need as you review Connect! Bringing Faith to Life. Questions? Call us at 1-800-533-8095. Access your sample kit Looking to share the samplers with parents or committees? We've pulled all of …
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Reaching the Hearts of Junior High Youth: Webinar Recording
Watch the full recording of our webinar, Reaching the Hearts of Junior High Youth, and learn more about how Connect! Bringing Faith to Life can make an impact on the young people you serve today!
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The ABCs of Biblical Literacy
How do you build biblical literacy? It's as simple as the ABCs! If you love the idea of getting young people into Scripture, our programs and curricula for Elementary and Middle School are absolutely rooted in Scripture! Look at the …
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Building Biblical Literacy, as a family!
This helpful resource has ideas on how to explore The Catholic Children's Bible and build biblical literacy as a family!
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Discover Parent Letter
This editable letter allows you to quickly let parents know how Discover Digital eLearning lessons work, how to login, and their children's login information.
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How to Upload Students
Use these instructions for students who have never used our Digital eLearning platform before. If you have a combination of new and returning students, follow these instructions for uploading new students, then update/move your returning students following the instructions found …
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How to Move Existing Students to Next Grade Level
Use these instructions if you have students who used our Digital eLearning platform before, and now need to move to a new section, grade, or course. Example situations: - Child previously used Discover! digital eLearning for 3rd grade, and is …
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Discover Parish Digital Lessons Sign-Up Form
Fill this form out and send to mlearn@smp.org to begin the process of getting your parish signed up for Digital Lessons.
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Discover School Digital Lessons Sign-Up Form
Fill this form out and send to mlearn@smp.org to begin the process of getting your parish signed up for Digital Lessons.
