Preparing for Holy Week and the Easter Season
Greetings!
As a we near Holy Week, we have listed opportunities below for you to share with your faith formation students and families, along with resources for Adult Faith Formation and those in the RCIA. Please feel free to share and distribute.
FAMILY RESOURCES:
Holy Week Services– Holy Thursday Mass (Servicios de Semana Santa)
EASTER SUNDAY MASS-Mass at 9 a.m. with Bishop Robert W. McElroy on NBC7 San Diego
Online Daily and Sunday Masses (Misa Diaria y Dominical)
Celebrar la Semana Santa en Familia-Domingo de Ramos –Viernes Santo–Sábado de Gloria–Domingo de Resurrección
Sophia Institute: Holy Week at Home
Virtual Retreats for Holy Week
USCCB: Tools for Building a Domestic Church (Disponible en Español)
Helping Parents Be the First Catechists
The Family Fully Alive: Building the Domestic Church
Praying the Rosary as a Family (<-Disponible en Español)
Stations of the Cross for Families
Stations of the Cross by Catholic Relief Services (Viacrucis por Catholic Relief Services)
Strong Catholic Family Resources (<-Disponible en Español)
Sadlier Holy Week Resources for Parents (Disponible en Español)
Formed: Watch a Family Movie Together (<-Disponible en Español)
Our Sunday Visitor: How to Make the Most of Holy Week at Home
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd at Home (<-Disponible en Español)
ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN:
Last Supper Meal and Table Prayer
Sophia Institute: Holy Week at Home
Stations of the Cross for Kids (Viacrucis para Niños)
Pflaum: Holy Week Activities (Disponible en Español)
Loyola Press Holy Week Activities
NEW! Brother Francis Videos and Activities
ADULT FAITH FORMATION:
Online Daily and Sunday Masses (Misa Diaria y Dominical)
Virtual Retreats for Holy Week
Formed: Catholic on-demand movies, programs, audio, and books
Our Story: A Bible Refresher for Catholics (video) from American Bible Society-Worksheet
Nuestra Historia: Un Repaso Bíblico para Católicos (video) del American Bible Society-Hoja de Trabajo
Ascension Press YouTube Channel
St. Paul Center: The Eucharist in Scripture
My Catholic Faith Delivered: Online Formation
Stations of the Cross by Catholic Relief Services (Viacrucis por Catholic Relief Services)
NEW! Liturgical Press Resources
Liturgical Training Publications (LTP) Virtual Retreat for Holy Week (various presenters offer catechetical and mystagogical reflections on the texts, songs, and rituals of Holy Week):
– 4 PM Eastern Time on Palm Sunday
– 4 PM Holy Thursday
– 4 PM Good Friday
– 4 PM Holy Saturday — Part One of the Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday;
– 8:30 PM Easter Vigil — Part Two of the Easter Vigil
– 4 PM Sunday — Easter Sunday
RCIA:
Online Daily and Sunday Masses (Misa Diaria y Dominical)
Virtual Retreats for Holy Week
Busted Halo: Lectio Divina for Beginners
Team RCIA:Mystagogy when…no Baptisms
Formed: Catholic on-demand movies, programs, audio, and books (<-Disponible en Español)
My Catholic Faith Delivered: Online Formation (Free membership thru June 20th)
Stations of the Cross by Catholic Relief Services (Viacrucis por Catholic Relief Services)
RCIA: Catholic Digital Resources
NEW! Liturgical Press Resources
NEW! TEAM RCIA: Resources during COVID-19
Liturgical Training Publications (LTP) Virtual Retreat for Holy Week (various presenters offer catechetical and mystagogical reflections on the texts, songs, and rituals of Holy Week):
– 4 PM Eastern Time on Palm Sunday
– 4 PM Holy Thursday
– 4 PM Good Friday
– 4 PM Holy Saturday — Part One of the Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday;
– 8:30 PM Easter Vigil — Part Two of the Easter Vigil
– 4 PM Sunday — Easter Sunday