Catholic Story Books for Kids
Recently I passed on a book to a friend of mine that was so rich with stories that were Catholic based for children. Not saint stories but solid in Catholic teaching. The book was called Angel Food by Father Gerald Brennan. You may have seen a review I did on this book.
If you’re still not sure if this book is what your looking for I found a website where you can read these stories online. It’s http://www.angelfoodmedia.com/
Catholic Free Video Collection
You may want to check out my free video collection it includes many Catholic subjects and saints. Plus other educational videos all free.
No Time for Fasting
Ok it’s not even near the liturgical time of the year that calls for all good Catholics to fast. However, if I wait until then to submit this information it may get buried in the myriad of other information out there on fasting. I am talking about a must read excerpt from Faith of our Fathers which I found in Ebook form. I believe that every Catholic parent that was raised after 1960 (most of us.) Owes it to themself to read what the Archbishop says about fasting in 1917. Then pass it on to their children. If more Catholics understood why Catholics fast there would be like putting the icing on a cake or chocolate syrup on plain ice cream. Knowledge of why we are Catholic is such a wonderful thing. For the full ebook download click here. This e-book is free.
Excerpt from…
Faith of our Fathers
By James Cardinal Gibbons Archbishop of Baltimore
Published 1917
“…On Good Friday He was crucified on Mount Calvary, and thus purchased for us redemption by His death. Hence Jesus exclusively bears the titles of Savior and Redeemer, because
“there is no other name under heaven given to men whereby we must be saved.”7 ”He was wounded for our iniquities; He was bruised for our sins, … and by His bruises we are healed.”8
We are commanded by Jesus, suffering and dying for us, to imitate Him by the crucifixion of our flesh, and by acts of daily mortification. “If anyone,” He says, “will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.”9
Hence we abstain from the use of flesh meat on Friday—the day consecrated to our Savior’s sufferings—not because the eating of flesh meat is sinful in itself, but as an act of salutary mortification. Loving children would be prompted by filial tenderness to commemorate the anniversary of their father’s
death rather by prayer and fasting than by feasting. Even so we abstain on Fridays from flesh meat that we may in a small measure testify our practical sympathy for our dear Lord by the
mortification of our body, endeavoring, like St. Paul, “to bear about in our body the mortification of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies.”10
The Cross is held in the highest reverence by Catholics because it was the instrument of our Savior’s crucifixion. It surmounts our churches and adorns our sanctuaries. We venerate
it as the emblem of our salvation. “Far be it from me,” says the Apostle, [Paul] “to glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”11 We do not, of course, attach any intrinsic virtue to the Cross; this would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is referred to Him who died upon it.
It is also a very ancient and pious practice for the faithful to make on their person the sign of the Cross, saying at the same time: “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” Tertullian, who lived in the second century of the Christian era, says: “In all our actions, when we come in or go out, when we dress, when we wash, at our meals, before retiring to sleep, … we form on our foreheads the sign of the cross. These practices are not commanded by a formal law of Scripture; but tradition teaches them, custom confirms them, faith observes
them.”12 By the sign of the cross we make a profession of our faith in the Trinity and the Incarnation, and perform a most salutary act of religion…”
Catholic Lesson Planner for homeschooling – Free!
I like the lesson planner that some of the Catholic Homeschools offer for sale. However, I alway forget to purchase my planner with my order. I also run into the problem with erasing a few times before I get my planning right for the year. This year I am trying something new and thought I would pass it along to anyone else with the same lesson plans problems I have. I also wanted my planner to look and feel Catholic. So I made my own “My Catholic Planner” for homeschooling.
Here are the 3 free pdf files. The title cover, which sides in a notebook quite easily. Then pages 1 and two of the actual lesson plan pages can be found either follwing link page 1 or page 2. Feel free to download them for your personal use. (that mean don’t go selling them unless you talk to me.)
My Catholic Homeschool Lesson Plans are set up so you can enter the Week # and the date at the top of each week. Two page spans the course of a week and there is room at the end of the week to enter extra books your child has read or, what key information they learned that week. This will make it easier to reference during assessment time. Download here “My Catholic Lesson Planner”
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Famous Men of Greece
Famous Men of Greece by John H. Haaren and A. B. Poland is the title of current history curriculum with a Charlotte Mason Flare of Mater Ambilis, and RC History. Since there are many living books that are recommend for Ancient History Here is one that you can read and review before buying a copy. Or, you may just want to read the online version. Either way here is the link to the book, so you could actually read the whole book if you choose too. Enter Here
St. Louis IX of France
Powerful story for homeschool mom’s and children. King Louis the IX had a praying mother. He also went on to have 10 children. Read about his life in this ebook. click at the top hand corner on the right of the ebook and the story will go to full view. St. Louis of France was a good Catholic and a fair King.
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You can also read the following books for Free. They are Raggedy Ann read aloud audio and reading book with interactive reading exercises included at the end of the story. All the following books can all be viewed at the bottom section of One Step Higher website with best English stories, all free to read.
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Museums, History, Art, free Days and Homeschool Days
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Go to museums in the USA All types of museums to choose from. Art Museums, Science Museums and many more.
Visiting and Learning about Ancient Egypt, Greece and Italy is no farther than a click away.
Atlanta, Georgia has Michael C. Carlos Museum said to be one of the best Ancient Egypt Museums in the US. Admission is $7 per person. See Mummies Egyptian time periods. Items from Greek, Roman and Ancient American time periods as well.
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Exploring never got better than with the fascinating Michael Carlos online Ancient Greece Museum there is no explaining this one, it a fun way to read and learn all about Ancient times. Enter into a Flash multimedia presentation with lots of features and choices for teaching things such as architecture, living, geography, battles, God’s Goddess’, heroes, names, and Greek Democracy.
Art Institute of Chicago
View an entire multi-media guide to the Ancient World and choose from Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Italy when visiting the the Art Institute of Chicago. Cick the stories button (link) if that option is available that goes along with the images. The story runs a quicktime movie that explains the history surrounding the image. For example, here is a video telling about the Ancient Boats used in the time of Cleopatra in Egypt. Explaining how the boats sailed up and down the Nile River. These would make great history lessons for younger grades as an introduction to Ancient History.
Lesson Plans for the Ancient Studies are also available at the Art Institute of Chicago for teaching Math, Fine Arts, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies. These look like they would make great unit studies. Note: these lesson plans are main focus includes those in 4th and 5th grade.
Then go and learn about Ancient Egypt at the British Museum in the UK learn about hieroglyphics writings.
Vatican Online Museums
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St. Louis Art Museum
The St. Louis Art Museum is a spectacular Museum if you ever get the chance to go there. It’s free every day and on Friday’s their special exhibits are free too. They have beautiful Ancient Art and quite an extensive collection of religious and Chinese art. They also have educational programs some for free depending on the time and season.
Parthenon in the USA
One of the most awesome things I ever saw in the United States was a life size replica of the Greek PARTHENON – in NASHVILLE, TN!! It was unbelievable. I felt like I was in Greece. Inside there is a Colossal statue of Athena holding Nike It’s located in down town Nashville and at this time it cost $6.00 for adults and $3.50 for kids 4- 17, if your younger than that you get in free. they are open year round from about 9-4 except Sunday it’s 12:30 – 4:30. View the photo gallery
Free Living History Books and Stories
The following Stories can be found on the Baldwin Project they come from a book called Heroes Every Child Should know. You can click the link to view the entire book online or you can choose one of the titles below and read only that story. Baldwin Project also offers this 379 page book for sale as a reprint. Perseus Hercules Daniel David St. George King Arthur Sir Galahad Siegfried Roland King Alfred The Cid Robin Hood Richard the Lion-Hearted Saint Louis William Tell Robert Bruce George Washington Robert E. Lee Abraham Lincoln Father Damien
Stories about Saints
Can be found in this book called In God’s Garden Once again you can view the entire book free online or just read about the individual Saints. One thing I notices about this online book – while the stories are easy to read their are not many pictures. A suggestion might be to print out the individual stories and make your own book with Saint pictures out of it. Or better yet make a lap book with it. Here are the Saints and their stories. (these stories are in the public domain.) Saint Ursula Saint Benedict Saint Christopher Saint Catherine of Siena Saint Augustine of Hippo Saint Augustine of Canterbury Saint Cecilia Saint Giles Saint Nicholas Saint Faith Saint Cosmo and Saint Damian Saint Martin Saint George Saint Francis of Assisi
Comprehensive History book called On the Shores of the Great Sea
You can read this book free on line thanks to the Baldwin Project. It has stories in it that include everything from the home of Abraham to the rise of Carthage and more. Some of these stories may be a bit too advanced for 2nd and 3rd grade learning. The Home of Abraham Into Africa An Old Trade-Route Joseph in Egypt The Story of the Nile Flood In a Strange Land The Children of Israel Back to the Fatherland The First Merchant Fleet Conquerors of the Sea Early Pioneers Hiram, King of Tyre King Solomon’s Fleet The Story of Carthage Out of the Shadowland The Story of the Argonauts The Siege of Troy The Adventures of Ulysses The Dawn of History The Fall of Tyre The Rise of Carthage Hanno’s Adventures Some More About Greece A Cloud in the East The Battle of Marathon King Ahasuerus How Leonidas Kept the Pass Victory for the Greeks Some Greek Colonies Across the Blue Waters The Beauty of Athens The Death of Socrates Retreat of the Ten Thousand The Story of Romulus and Remus How Horatius Kept the Bridge Coriolanus Alexander the Great King of Macedonia Conquest of the East Conquest of India Alexander’s City Back to Rome Again A Great Conflict The Roman Fleet Hannibal’s Vow The Adventures of Hannibal The End of Carthage The Triumph of Rome Two Young Romans Julius Caesar The Flight of Pompey The Death of Caesar The Empire of Rome Pax Romana
Also included in the Baldwin Project resources is this Catholic history book on
Saints to the End of the Middle Ages
It includes a host of well know Saints. Here is the table of content list from the book. When you click on the link you will go directly to that saints history story. Cyprian, 200-258 Athanasius, 296-373 Ambrose, 340-397 Chrysostom, 347-407 Jerome, 340-420 Augustine, 354-430 Benedict, 480-543 Gregory the Great, 540-604 Columba, 521-597 Charlemagne, 742-814 Hildebrand, 1020-1085 Anselm, 1033-1109 Bernard, 1091-1153 Becket, 1118-1170 Langton, 1170-1221 Dominic, 1170-1228 Francis, 1182-1226 Wycliffe, 1320-1384 Hus, 1373-1415 Savonarola, 1452-1498 Here is another book on Saints from the Baldwin Project call
Stories of Saints
Here are titles from that book. Click the link and go directly to the story. The Palace of Gondoforus St Mary of Egypt The Gentle Giant St Patrick St Bridget of Kildare St Elfleda’s Ale The Saintly Friends of Assisi St John Gualbert’s Crucifix St Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins St Edward’s Smile and the Seven Sleepers St Zita’s Pilgrimage St Nicholas St Herman-Joseph’s Apple St Louis of France The Patience of St Frances the Roman St Margaret of Scotland The Silence of St John of Nepomuk St Charles Borromero St Ruadan’s Protection St Gudula’s Lantern St Anthony of Padua The Roses of St Rose The Good Almoner’s Hat St Gonsalvo’s Bridge Saints Stephen, Lawrence, and Hippolytus St Clothilde’s Banner St Bernardine of Siena St Raymond’s Boat St Elizabeth of Hungary The Dedication of St Francis Borgia St Jeanne D’Arc St Francis and the Birds St Roch and His Dog St Rigobert and His Goose St Deicolus and the Wild Boar St Giles and the Hind St Corentin’s Fish St Oringa and the Hare St Spiridion’s Mules St Umiliata and the Weasel St Felix and the Spider St Luanomar’s Cow St Kentigern and the Robin The Friend of St Gerasimus Chronological Order of the Saints
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