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At Home Prayer and Activity Ideas for
Children and Families

Faith-Based Activities:

• Scripture Activities for children at thereligionteacher.
• Pop Up Catechesis:  Short Videos and resources from Joe Paprocki on topics such as Stories of the Saints & May Crowning at Home
• Catholic Toolbox website ​Full of activities for children of all ages, including teens. 
• Thereligionteacher.com has resources for creating lesson plans and activities that can be adapted for at home use.
• Find creative craft projects at Catholic Icing.
• Tiny Saints - enjoy free downloads of activities.
• ​​Find lesson plans and ideas at  Catholicmom.com.
• Find ideas for family, faith, and fun at Loyola Press.
• Check out this Pinterest Catholic kids & crafts page.

Free Virtual Family Workshops from Trinity House Cafe

• trinityhousecommunity.org/workshops/

  Daily and Sunday Mass Readings:

• Download free access to the text of the Sunday liturgies from Living with Christ.us.
• Download free Sunday Gospel weeklies in English or Spanish from Pflaum Gospel Weeklies.
• Download activities on the Sunday readings for children and teens.  Sunday Gospel Resources for Children
• Daily readings on United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 

​Saints:

• Look up the Saint of the Day​
• Print out free Saint coloring pages: Saints

​​ Prayer:

• Pray the Rosary as a family. Check out various options at ewtn.com and youtube.com.
• ​Learn to pray the rosary. How to pray the rosary online.
• Construct a family sacred space in your home and compose a family prayer. How to’s
• Create a list of family prayer intentions. Prayer Intentions
• Download At-Home Catholic Mass resources and crafts from Catholicicing.com​

All Saints Church Youtube Channel

Growing in Faith Together

Parents are the primary educators of their children. "Education in the faith by the parents should begin in the child's earliest years.  Family catechesis precedes, accompanies, and enriches other forms of instruction in the faith. Parents have the mission of teaching their children to pray and to discover their vocation as children of God. The parish is the Eucharistic community and the heart of the liturgical life of Christian families; it is a privileged place for the catechesis of children and parents." Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2226

To view catechetical resources from the Diocese of Arlington, please visit the Diocese of Arlington’s website.

Family Faith Resource:  At Formed.org you’ll find video programs that explain the Catholic faith, Catholic movies for children and families, resources in Spanish, Bible studies on a variety of topics and includes inspiring audio talks. 
Here’s how easy it is to get FORMED:

1. Go to www.FORMED.org. 
2. Type in the parish code:16e125.
3. Set up a username and a password. Now you are all set up!