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The McGrath Institute for Church Life of the University of Notre Dame is sharing a 3D Nativity Coloring Kit to celebrate the story of the Incarnation in your home, classroom, or parish, as well as Praying the O Antiphons, reflections for each of the O Antiphons.

On Saturday, November 2, 2019, Sister Mary Crucifix Pandullo, CSJB, was honored as an adult honoree at the CYO Shining Stars Awards Breakfast.

eRosary helps you to be more involved in your daily prayer by praying the Rosary for peace in the world. The associated App helps you pray the Rosary guided by audio and special visual contents.

Catholic Sprouts is offering a motivational technique to help children and youth move from learning the Faith to bringing it into life. These are not virtual badges, but patches that can be fixed to backpacks or jackets. Find out more!

The Respect Life Curriculum is an amazing tool available for you, youth ministers, DRE's and Catechists!! It is meant to help teach your youth a total appreciation for Life from conception to natural death.

The window for the annual data collection (Catechetical Census/Annual Report) is open from Wednesday, September 25 through Friday, October 25, 2019. C/DREs are invited to report information about their programs during this time.

The first week of October is a time to raise awareness of mental illness. Millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental health condition. However, mental illness affects everyone directly or indirectly through family, friends or coworkers.

This first-of-its-kind museum welcomes you and your family to a unique, interactive, digital experience of prayer that your entire family can experience together.

On the feast of St. John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, Pope Francis wrote a new letter encouraging priests disheartened by the sex abuse fallout.

Letter to a Suffering Church is a book by Bishop Robert Barron on the sexual abuse scandal. It explains why this is not the time to leave, but the time to stay and fight by reading the current crisis through the lenses of Scripture and Church history. The book is only $1/copy. Read more.

Word on Fire is offering a free online course on evangelization as part of an effort to respond to “the greatest challenge of our time,” the increasing number of people who have no religious affiliation.

In its commitment to Prevention, Protection and Accountability, the Church has created a website which gathers resources that helps you understand what the Church is doing against the evils of clergy sexual abuse and hold all individuals accountable, no matter what their rank.

Religious Freedom Week takes place from June 22, the Memorial of Sts. Thomas More & John Fisher, through June 29, the Solemnity of Sts. Peter & Paul. Join Catholics across the country to pray and act for the freedom to serve faithfully and with integrity.

The Association of Catholic Publishers announced the winners of the 2019 Excellence in Publishing Awards. The winners come from a variety of areas including children’s books, inspirational, prayer and liturgy.

Pope Francis calls for Christians to be less "like" and more "amen" on social media. Read the Message for World Communications Day 2019

From April 29 through May 3, the Archdiocese of New York is hoping to flood state lawmakers' offices with phone messages urging them to protect and celebrate human life. Join the campaign. Call now!

Join a 3-part Masterclass and discover how to create, share, and assess a flipped lesson for your religion education classes.

Pope Francis issued an Apostolic Exhortation to Young People and the Church as a follow up to the Synod on Youth, Faith, and Vocational Discernment.

We are excited to share with you information about new models of pre-k to eighth grade religious education available to parishes.

If you have an interest in punching up your tech skills for ministry, DDBC can help.