Adolescent Faith Formation

Catholic Sacraments Resources

Children

​Sacraments 
SacramentsThe Diocese of Honolulu YouTube page offers a great video series on sacraments. The One 'Ohana Series filmed in Hawaii presents a beautiful sense of Catholic family.'  "Part of Hawaiian culture, Ohana, means family (in an extended sense of the term, including blood-related, adoptive or intentional). The concept emphasizes that families are bound together and members must cooperate and remember one another.” (Wikipedia)

Crafts for Catholic Kids (Catholic Icing)
Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with Persons with Disabilities (USCCB)

Seven Sacraments Coloring Pages for Kids (Personal Creations)
On Sacraments Video: Faith Formation (USCCB)
Videos and other resources on sacraments from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Click on the Faith Formation tab in the index at this link to see videos like The Creed, The Sacraments, Morality and Prayer in both English and Spanish. Each of the videos introduces the basic themes of each section of the Catechism. 
The Seven Sacraments (Outside da Box)
Sacraments (Sketchy Catholicism

 
 
Baptism 
 
EucharistEucharist (Loyola Press)

First Communion Kit (Sadlier Religion)
Help families to commemorate and prepare for their child’s First Eucharist with a kit filled with special resources, including:
  • Support article about the Eucharist written for directors, catechists, and families
  • Simple invitations
  • Prayer for parents
  • Spiritual practices for the home to be shared with families
  • First Communion printable stickers for decorating scrapbooks, invitations, or thank you notes

Games for Learning about the Eucharist and the Mass (Loyola Press)

Five Ways for Parents to Prepare Children for First Holy Communion (Our Sunday Visitor-Teaching Catholic Kids)

Eucharist Crafts for Kids (Catholic Icing)

Four Ways Parents Can Help Prepare Their Children for First Eucharist (Beliefnet)
Not everything on the Beliefnet Website is Catholic, but this feature truly is.   The author describes how parents can help introduce their children to Eucharist as spiritual food, real presence and sacrifice.   The article provides some excellent catechesis for parents as well.

First Communion Activities (The Religion Teacher)
Crafts, Activities, Worksheets and Banner Ideas all curated here by Jared Dees.
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Sacraments 101 Eucharist - How we receive (video) (Busted Halo)

For Adults
ConfirmationDecision Point (Dynamic Catholic)
Decision Point is a video based Confirmation preparation program for teens.  Dynamic Catholic founder Matthew Kelly has made this program available to parishes for free.   Parents can access the program online through the Dynamic Catholic website.   If your parish is using this program it might be quite helpful to view the videos and follow along with your child as they progress through the preparation.

Confirmation Crafts for Kids (Catholic Icing)

Catholic Saints Research Projects (Ave Maria Press)
One of the most popular projects assigned in religious education programs is a research project on the saints. Confirmation candidates almost always have to do some research on their Confirmation saint and many Catholic school teachers find such research to be very valuable in supplementing the lessons of the year.  This site is a great place to start researching.  

How to Spiritually Prepare Your Teen for Confirmation (CatholicMom.com)

Sacraments 101 Confirmation Why we're confirmed (Busted Halo) Video

Confirmation Videos from Bishop Barron

​Confirmation (Loyola Press)
 
 
 
ReconciliationResources

Theses resources will assist parents to help their children celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
 
 
 
 
nointing of the Sick 
 
 
MarriageMatrimony  (Loyola Press)

Celebrate National Marriage Week (USCCB) - Second Week of February  
Bishop Barron on the Sacrament of Marriage
Word on Fire                                                                                                 Sacraments 101: Marriage
Busted Halo
 
 
Holy Orders                                                                                                  Religious VocationsHoly Orders (Loyola Press)
Sacrament of Holy Orders​​      On vocations to the religious life
 

Adolescents

VCAT - Catholic Video Catechism for Teens: Prayer
http://vcat.org
www.youtube.com/c/ODBFilms/playlists
The Video Catechism for Teens includes videos developed around the Creed, sacraments, morality, and prayer. At the heart of each video is a key message from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, presented in stories and language that make it more understandable for young people. ​