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!

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Games

Bim, Bam, Bom!

Quick, funny and repeatable. A fast pace game where you need to say your word as fast as you can.

Games

Blindfold game

How do you find your way when you have lots of voices telling you different things?!

Games

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.

Games

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.

Games

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.

Prayers

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.

Games

Name Bogies

A simple but fun game where the aim is to have your name shouted the loudest.

Videos

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.

Prayers

Pocket Prayers

A simple prayer for those who are already active in their prayer life.

Games

Riddles

A great way to focus a group and calm them down.

Games

Splat

Simple, fun and repeatable. Test the young people’s reactions and get the blood pumping in this challenge to find the splat master!

Videos

The Holy Spirit Explained

Delving into the nature of the Holy Spirit, this is a great video for Pentecost and Confirmation!

Games

Toilet paper tower race

Needing precision, agility and speed, the racers must build the tallest tower possible out of toilet paper rolls.