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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Jockeys

A large group game that works well for focusing a group in an active way. Jockeys works with any age and any number, as long as you have space!

Laser Quest

Laser Quest is a fun team-building activity for a youth group to spend a session doing. High energy and lots of fun, we walk you through how to arrange it.

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.

Leading the Rosary

The Rosary is a beautiful way to meditate on the Life of Jesus, and to ask for Mary’s intercession.

Lectio Divina

Lectio Divina is one of the oldest forms of prayer and helps us to engage with scripture.

Letter from God

A collection of Bible quotes which read as a letter from God the Father to you his beloved Child.

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.

Mafia

A roleplay game where the group must catch and execute the mafia before the mafia takes over.

Magic Bamboo

Simple in theory, an intense challenge in practice, can you bring the floating bamboo down to earth?

Magic Island

Testing their teamwork, the young people must all balance on a gradually shrinking piece of land.

Making a Prayer Display/Focus

A fantastic way to help set an atmosphere for a prayer is by having a prayer focus. Here we run through a couple of useful things to consider when putting one together.