Religious Learning Links

The Internet provides a wide array of opportunities to enrich and broaden children’s religious education. These links provide age-ap­propriate activities and information beneficial to children and their parents.

Facts About the Saints

Indexed and searchable, this comprehensive database lists the patron saints, their major works and quotes as well as writings attributed to them. http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/patron02.htm

FaithFirst Kid’s Clubhouse, Kid’s Only Club and Teen Center

FaithFirst provides children with the opportunity to read about different ways they can make a positive impact in the world. The site includes fun and thought-provoking games, informative biographies, activities, fictional adventures of Vista Falls Junior High School kids and more.

Grades K-3: http://faithfirst.com/html/kidClub/kidClub.html
Grades 4-6: http://faithfirst.com/html/kidsOnly/kidsOnly.html
Grades 7-8: http://faithfirst.com/html/teenCenter/teenCenter.html

Gospel Champions

Created by Rose Dillon, Director of Religious Education at Saint Dominic’s, this Catholic Action Adventure Video Game (for PC/Windows only) quizzes your knowledge of the Gospel Liturgy. http://teacherweb.com/NY/StDominicReligiousEducation/RoseDillon,Director/Links2.stm

The Long Island Catholic

The newspaper of record for the Diocese of Rockville Centre for more than 46 years, the Long Island Catholic offers middle-school students and parents information on local events, the latest in Catholic school sports highlights, searchable archives, Mass schedules for all parishes and more. http://www.licatholic.org/index.html

My Friend: The Catholic Magazine for Kids

This Web site helps elementary school children get to know Jesus’ teachings through movie and music reviews, jokes, interactive and printable games, activities and much more. The site also includes useful resources for parents and teachers. http://www.myfriendmagazine.com/index.html