A Day in the Life of a Priest
An overview of a typical day in the life of a priest.
Resources
Welcome to our Catholic youth work Resources archive!
This section is primarily for parish youth workers and those involved in organising groups of young people. You may be a youth worker or leader, or perhaps just a regular young person who wants to start something in their school or parish. Whatever your situation, this Catholic youth work Resources archive is full of ideas for activities, games, praying etc. Use our filter tool below if you’re looking for something in particular. Please bear in mind that many of our resources can be used outside of the designated age range or theme, these are simply here to give you a rough guide!
Back to Base
A base is decided and young people must run away and hid. They must then try and get back to base a quick as possible without getting caught. This game is great for outdoor fun.
Big Vs Small
Big vs Small involves the group being split into two teams by height, in which they must compete in games that will inherently favour one side over the other.
Blindfold game
How do you find your way when you have lots of voices telling you different things?!
Bold Billboards
A creative activity where young people design a billboard expressing their positive traits and attributes in a non-threatening manner.
British Bull Dog
An old classic, people must run from one side of an area to another without being caught by the people who are on.
Carpet Tiles
This is a team game involving carpet tiles and a little bit of competition.
Cheerleader Rock/Paper/Scissors
Rock/Paper/Scissors on a large scale with a twist. Every time someone loses a game, they must then become the winners cheering supporter.
Create a Country
Who can create the best country and how’d you go about it?
Cup stack
Teams must work together to create a pyramid made of paper cups.
Decorate a parish Christmas Tree
Help your young people prepare for Christmas and feel a part of the parish by decorating a tree to be placed somewhere in the church or hall.
Do this, Do that
Similar to ‘Simon says’, Do this, do that works great with any size group. When an action is done and you say “do this” they must follow it, when you do an action saying “do that” they must not do it.
Finger Grab
Testing reactions and helping to focus a group, in this game they have to both catch another finger and remain uncaught to win.
Graffiti Prayer Wall
The Graffiti Wall is brilliant for helping those with a passion for art express themselves to God in a way that is most meaningful to them.
Guided Reflection: The Eyes Of Christ
The main aim of this guided reflection is to help those listening encounter the gaze of Christ
Guided Reflection: The Prodigal Son (Older Son Perspective)
A reflection on the parable of the Prodigal Son from the perspective of the older son.