*Youth 2000 online festival for ages 16+* For anyone with children 16+, Youth 2000 Ireland are hosting their annual summer festival *online* this year with speakers lined up to give talks virtually. The theme is 'The Lord is my strength and my song'. It will take place online from *14th - 16th August*. To register and for more information click here: http://youth2000.ie/retreats/upcoming-retreats/
Online faith camp for children from An Tobar Nua
If you can't make the Holy Family Mission online camp or if you want even more fun for your children, An Tobar Nua in Galway are running a faith based online camp on *YouTube* for children from *14-17th July*.
Riaghan O'Callaghan who is involved with Little Way Sunday School is one of the presenters.
It will be full of *fun games and Bible activities*. Click here for more.
Free ‘Virtues in Practice’ program for 4-14 year olds
The teaching Nashville Dominican order have made available for free their *Virtues in Practice* program which they use to teach the Virtues and Saints in their Catholic primary schools.
The program can be used in schools or by parents at home (they include a parent guide).
The program, divided into 3 levels for different age groups are available as downloadable pdf documents (these include the student workbooks). They have a 3 year cycle covering 27 virtues and 81 Saints who embodied these virtues and lived them out heroically.
The program contains the following: - Virtue of the month
-Saint of the month
- 3 year cycle, spiral curriculum
- classroom role plays and activities - monthly home projects (behaviour goals)
- student workbooks and parent guide
For more click here.
Online Steubenville conference for teens
The Steubenville conferences in the US have excellent Catholic content each summer for a variety of ages on different themes.
Due to Covid they are only having ONE conference from 17-18 July. It is ONLINE and aimed primarily at TEENS (but all the family welcome).
It will be interactive and have praise and worship sessions. It may be the only opportunity teens here in Ireland will have to experience their conferences. It costs $40 and is live. We are 5 hours ahead however for those who register, the content will be available afterwards to access any sessions that will be late in the night Irish time. Great speakers like Fr Mike Schmitz are lined up. The theme is 'Hope Alive'.
Click here for more.
Free, virtual conference for children
Do your children like the *Brother Francis series* or EWTN's TomKin or have a question for the lead actor in The Chosen (Jonathan Roumie)?
Then they might be interested in a *free virtual Catholic conference for kids* featuring Brother Francis and others which is 1.5 hours in length on Sat June 20th and Sunday June 21st.
Join children from all over the world for this creative and engaging content. Click here to register.