The Toolkit

Teaching Resources

Grab-and-go printables and trusted recommendations for your classroom.

Essential Online Resources

Free, trusted sources to keep open while you teach.

USCCB

Today's readings from the Lectionary, with audio and a short reflection. Open class by reading the day's Gospel together.

USCCB

The full text of the Catechism, the reference point for every lesson. Look up any CCC paragraph cited in the videos and the Curriculum Map.

New Advent

The writings of the early Church Fathers, St. Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae and the Catholic Encyclopedia, all free in one place.

Books, Bibles and tools worth having in the classroom, and why each one helps.

Catechism of the Catholic Church
The reference point for every lesson. Every item in the Curriculum Map cites it.
The Great Adventure Catholic Bible (RSV-2CE)
Color-coded by period of salvation history, which pairs naturally with the 11-period timeline.
Didache Bible (RSV-2CE)
Commentary drawn from the Catechism beside the text, so the link between Scripture and doctrine is on the page.
The Faith of the Early Fathers, W. A. Jurgens
The go-to sourcebook for the Church Fathers quotations the upcoming catechesis series relies on.
Summa Theologiae II–II, St. Thomas Aquinas
The source for the series’ teaching on trust as an act of hope, and on presumption and despair.
Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis de Sales
A gentle, practical first spiritual classic and a key source for the upcoming formation series.
The Story of a Soul, St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Her little way shows students that trust is built through small acts of fidelity.