Grief and loss

AC+ Guide to change and the Church

Laura Kings 4 June 2024 EH

Change relates to the Catholic Church in its ongoing efforts to adapt to modern societal shifts while maintaining its core doctrines and traditions.

Suffering, reconciliation, honouring and healing – questions and activities

Laura Kings 23 May 2024 EH

In these eclectic notes, primary school students will look at the sacraments of healing and funeral rites. Older grades will consider what the Bible tells us about suffering and examine how Catholics can use their understanding of reconciliation to heal wounds and repair relationships by considering National Reconciliation Week.

Honouring a life: it's a common language

23 May 2024 EH

Regardless of beliefs, we all want to honour the departed through reverent burial customs.

Nurturing peace on Anzac Day – questions and activities

Laura Kings 20 April 2024 EH

This comprehensive guide offers teachers a structured approach to exploring essential Catholic values of love, justice, forgiveness, and reconciliation within the context of peacebuilding.

The Stations of the Cross mega guide – questions and activities

Laura Kings 10 April 2024 EH

Discovering the profound journey of Jesus’ Passion through the Stations of the Cross can be a transformative experience for students. This series of questions and activities supports students to deepen their understanding and reflection on this sacred tradition, fostering both spiritual growth and intellectual exploration.

River of meaning

Michele Gierck 10 February 2024 EH

Living in a post-war zone sharpens the awareness of life and death.

Listening, understanding, reconciling, healing and forgiving – questions and activities

Laura Kings 6 November 2023 EH

While these questions and activities were designed for use before and after the Voice campaign, they are general in nature and suitable for use with teaching a Catholic approach to any divisive or polarising social issue.

All Saints, All Souls and Catholic remembrance – questions and activities

Laura Kings 6 November 2023 EH

Catholic remembrance is about gratitude, learning and connecting with those who are already in God’s presence. The antithesis of this is glorifying war. As Catholics remember, we consider the preciousness of each human and how God loves us all.

Gaming the Gospels – remembering the saints

Laura Kings 6 November 2023 EH

These classic memory games have been given a saintly makeover. Use them to open a class, as a brain break or revision, to keep Sunday school interesting and engaging, or team them with the theme of remembrance during Catholic remembrance month in November.

AC+ Resources on Promoting Peace and the Catholic Church

Laura Kings 26 October 2023 EH

This collection of resources explores Catholic perspectives on Peace. War is the antithesis of how we as Catholics are called by the Holy Spirit to live. Recent Catholic thinkers, including Pope Francis, have questioned whether anything can justify the pursuit of war over the pursuit of peace.

Remembering a man’s work for others after Hiroshima

By Laura Kings 16 October 2023

The experiences of people such as former Jesuit Superior General Pedro Arrupe illustrate the Catholic desire to promote peace, focus on human dignity, act for others and to never glorify acts of war.