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The US Bishops have curated a list of online resources provided by partners and Catholic organizations that are meant to assist pastoral ministers, parents, and Catholics. Included are resources, prayers, webinars, lists of online masses and live streams. Topics include Family Guide for Celebrating Palm Sunday through Easter, Having Difficult Conversations with Children, and Lent Recipes, to name a few. They continuously add content as they receive it.

Children learn their faith each week from the Sunday Gospels. This is a great resource for parents to have faith conversations with their children, from preschool through ninth grade. After Sunday Mass and during the week, discuss the readings and the homily using these resources. During the current health crisis, Pflaum is providing digital versions of the Unit 4 student lessons (English and Spanish) to our parishioners. To access the Pflaum Gospel Weeklies simply click on the image above for instructions!

Due to the pandemic crisis, our parish has a free 40-day subscription to Formed. Diving into the beauty of the Faith has never been easier: at home, on the go, or from any internet connected device. Discover thousands of books, audio talks, movies, documentaries, and studies... there is something for every member of the family to help them grow closer to Christ and His Church. To access Formed simply click on the title above for instructions!

"The fathers of the Second Vatican Council call all of us to be full, active participants in the Mass. We were never meant to be mere observers, and the same is true for the live-streamed Mass,” so says Denise Barnes, Communications Specialist for the Diocese of Jefferson City, Mo. Denise proposes five ways to better participate in a live-stream Mass: Prepare a space, Prepare yourself, Participate, Find the Blessings and Share. To learn more about how to better participate in a live-Stream Mass visit Denise's blog.

Click on the title above to learn more about access to the daily scriptures and how to obtain free online prayer books based on the daily readings

Loyola Press's Sunday Connection provides useful background to better understand the upcoming Sunday's Scripture readings, helping you to connect the Scripture to daily life in a meaningful way. Activities are included for Grades 1-3, Grades 4-6, Grades 7-8 and for the whole family.

For our Children's Liturgy of the Word (CLOW) community, parents can download a digital file for children's leaflets for this Sunday from Pflaum's website! You can print out the pages for this Sunday and make your child fell right at home and at church!

Ascension Presents offers articles, podcasts and videos to help you live and pass on the faith while at home. READ how to Pray the Stations of the Cross at Home, LISTEN to Fr. Mike Schmitz during this pandemic crisis on how God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways. For this Fifth Week of Lent, WATCH Fr. Mark Toups video titled "This Is the Way Back to God" as he discusses Lazarus, who could not be unbound and reborn until Jesus did it for him.