Leading Pass the candle
A simple prayer where the group is given the option to pray about anything they want to when they are given the candle.
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!
Letters for Conversation
A discussion aid that helps a small group to think deeper about a question and share their thoughts. Letters are placed upon the ground and are used as an aid to get the young people to think deeper about their answer to whatever question you are going to ask.
Love in Action
A brilliant series of resources that take a deep look into the Catholic social teaching and putting it into action. Love in Action was put together and is ran by our fantastic sister service Caritas Westminster.
Magic Island
Testing their teamwork, the young people must all balance on a gradually shrinking piece of land.
Meditation: Rooms Of Mystery
This is a meditation that helps the listener engage with the mystery’s of the rosary.
Mummy Races
Wrapping up team members and then having a race – toilet paper everywhere but fun!
Name Bogies
A simple but fun game where the aim is to have your name shouted the loudest.
Pentecost Kites
Pentecost Kites is a fun activity that involves first making, then decorating and finally flying kites and using the kites as a metaphor for the spirit at Pentecost.
Pep Talk
A 10 year old boy gives an inspiring talk on how to get the most out of life and be the best you can be.
Picture Relay
An image is placed at one end of the room. The group is split into teams and try to recreate the image on paper – the most accurate drawing wins.
Pray-dough
Young people shape the play-dough into what they want to pray for and then transform the shape into what they want to happen.
Reach for the Sweets
Working as a team, pairs of young people must take it in turns to see how many sweets they can get.
Guided Reflection: The Our Father
This is a prayer reflection based around the words of the Our Father.
Riddles
A great way to focus a group and calm them down.
Rolling Ball Gauntlet
A game for large groups, the group forms a large circle and those who enter must dodge the constant rolling balls.
Scavenger Hunt
Teams must work together be the first to collect a list of items from around an area.