Faith Resources
Welcome to the ASA Faith Resources page! This page will provide you with links to online resources about the Catholic Faith. Here you will find helpful information for parents and students - articles, videos, apps, and podcasts. Check out the subpages for information and resources for specific categories like Sacraments, Liturgical Year, Scripture & Prayer, the Saints, and more.
Apps/Websites/Podcast/.....
Bible App for Kids (Free): Bible App for Kids The artwork is engaging and it has great vibrant colours. The stories are simplified, so it isn’t difficult to understand. It is interactive! Touching on animals, or people gives reactions. The stories are narrated and also written out, so that it helps kids to read, at least for sight words, like Jesus, God, and more.
Hallow (free): A prayer and meditation app. Hallow
Catholic Sprouts: Daily Podcast for Catholic Kids A daily podcast for Catholic kids. The short episodes are designed to plant one seed of faith each day. Topics covered include Catholic Feast Days, Morality, Catholic Theology, the saints, and the sacraments.
Catholic Stuff You Should Know Podcast
Listen to young Catholic priests talk about faith and culture. With humor, wit, and friendship, they sound like everyday guys getting together to talk about what is important to them.
Saint Stories for Kids - offers a weekly podcast featuring a Catholic saint. Shining Light Dolls
This site is filled with wonderful videos of kids telling kids about Jesus! Great information shared for kids of all ages.
Learning about the Catholic faith can be fun. With these resources, Catholic kids will enjoy learning about God’s love for them.
Other Parent Resources & Articles
Pop-Up Catechesis - In this video series, Joe Paprocki shares bite-size suggestions for how to make faith alive in the home.
Eat family meals together (the fun way) - Teaching Catholic Kids
Practicing Faith at Home and Other Parent Resources - https://tinyurl.com/temb396
Digital Catholic Resources for Kids - a pdf with links to various resources - https://tinyurl.com/rvwdrxs
“Did you know that, as far as the Church is concerned, parenting is a ministry.” - https://tinyurl.com/ybjmlo9j
The Focus on the Family Broadcast provides daily encouragement that helps families thrive each day. For over 40 years, one half-hour at a time, Focus on the Family has shared meaningful advice across the nation. Focus on the Family
With a total of over 40 years experience in ministry between these three women and a desire to work with families, At Mary's Tapestry is designed to be a safe space to deepen faith in those who journey with them. Each episode will offer insights, advice, and unfiltered conversations on faith and family in the modern world. They will navigate challenges and celebrate milestones as the hope is to inspire and empower listeners and cultivate deeper connections within families. Their patron, Our Lady Undoer of Knots will guide them through her grace and wisdom as she interweaves our lives together and delicately unties the knots within us. At Mary's Tapestry | Podcast on Spotify
Get Fed goal is to share the Catholic faith in bite-sized snippets, preserving the rich culture of the Catholic Church in the ‘collective memory’ of believers. There’s something for everyone on these quick daily reads!!!!
Mass
St. Ferdinand Catholic Church
Mass Schedule
Monday-Friday 6am
Monday-Saturday 8am
Saturday Vigil 4:30pm
Sunday 7am, 9am, 11am, 5pm
St. Norbert Catholic Church
Mass Schedule
Monday Communion Service 8am in Daily Chapel
Tuesday-Saturday 8am in Daily Chapel
Saturday Vigil 5pm
Sunday 8:30am and 11:00am
Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis will live stream the Mass at 10:00 am on Sundays. - http://cathedralstl.org/live/
Weekday & Sunday Mass Readings
Sunday Gospel Resources
52 Sundays is a dynamic guide to help you and your family reclaim the Lord's Day with prayer, activities, food, and more! It offers simple and insightful ways for your family to spend time together each Sunday learning more about the Catholic faith and having fun while you’re at it.
Pray-As-You-Go (free)
This app contains reflections on the readings for the day. Lasting between ten and thirteen minutes, it combines music, scripture and some questions for reflection. The app also includes The Examen (and an Examen for Children), from Ignatian Spirituality, to help you reflect on your day.
Catholic Answers is a media company dedicated to sharing what the Church really teaches, and is the world’s largest source for reliable information about the Catholic Church’s doctrine, tradition, and beliefs. Find your answers from your favorite media source at this site.