Popes

Gaming the Gospels – Catholicism trivia challenge

Laura Kings 11 April 2024 EH

Test your Catholic knowledge with these trivia questions. See how well you fare in this exploration of faith and tradition.

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Developing a Catholic identity – questions and activities

Laura Kings 23 November 2023

Help students to explore how Christian beliefs shape the way Catholics view themselves and others. In upper secondary, students will Students will explore the diversity of religious and spiritual beliefs in Australian society.

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Young, active and living Catholic Social Teachings - Questions and activities

Laura Kings 9 November 2023 EH

The following questions and activities help students make connections between Catholic theology, social teachings and lived experience. In the early years, we start by taking a look at houses (ours, Jesus’ and God’s) as a way of building the knowledge and skills to do this.

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Christianity in a climate for change - Questions and activities

Laura Kings 6 November 2023 EH

These questions and activities teach students how to deal with change in their own lives and then explore how change interacts with Church teachings and belief. 

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AC+ Resources Guide on Catholic culture and identity

Laura Kings 20 September 2023 EH

This resource guide supports discussions and learning around inclusion and diversity in the Catholic Church and the wider Australian community, as we consider the theme, ‘You, me and us’.

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A deep dive into the Bible and translation – questions and activities

Laura Kings 6 September 2023

These classroom questions and activities start off with a simple introduction to the Bible and move on to looking at the history and process of the Bible, stopping to consider our own relationship with the Bible, language, prayer and identity on the way. 

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Explorations: Vocations

10 November 2022 EH

A vocation is a call from God – an invitation – to a way of life that applies to all of us, not just priests and Religious.

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Understanding Ecumenism – questions and activities

Laura Kings 3 November 2022 EH

The Christian religion has many divisions or denominations that result from historical differences in belief, practice and leadership. However, some see these divisions as contrary to the teachings of Christ. The challenge for Christianity is to understand why these divisions occurred and to work towards healing them.

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The Role of the Pope in the Catholic Church – questions and activities

Laura Kings 2 November 2022 EH

What is a Pope? Who is the Pope at the moment? What does a Pope do? Is he really that important? Explore these questions and more with the following questions and activities. 

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Hastening slowly leads to thought-provoking situations for Catholic women

Fr Ross Jones SJ 26 October 2022

Gentile or Jew, servant or free, woman or man, no more. (Galatians 3:28)

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Lessons about power - A Catholic perspective

Laura Kings 19 September 2022 EH

Teaching on a theme of power in the RE classroom is engaging to students, links well to other curriculum areas in the secondary school and makes the lessons of religion relevant to current events. 

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AC+ resources on media and communication and the Catholic Church

Laura Kings 13 September 2022 EH

These AC+ resources take a closer look at media and communication and the Catholic Church. They encompass Church history, opportunities for the future, new ways of accessing spirituality, listening, being heard and a few pitfalls consider too

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