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Every first week of the month a lesson plan will be sent to the email address you have provided us. The lesson plan will contain information on a saint or missionary group that we have selected for prayer and sacrificial works. The lesson plan will have a prayer so that you can do one small prayer every day. (Download Adobe Reader)
>> Materials & Activities for May 2021 (new!!)
>> Materials & Activities for April 2021
- April 2021 Calendar (English)
- April Saint of the Month – St. John De la Salle (Bilingual)
- April: MCA Activity Grades K-2 (Bilingual)
- April: MCA Activity Grades 3-5 (Bilingual)
- April: MCA Activity Grades 6-8 (Bilingual)
- April Prayer Service (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Activities for March 2021
- March 2021 Calendar (English)
- March Saint of the Month – St. Joseph (Bilingual)
- March: MCA Activity Grades K-2 (Bilingual)
- March: MCA Activity Grades 3-5 (Bilingual)
- March: MCA Activity Grades 6-8 (Bilingual)
- Lenten Word Search (Bilingual)
>> Lent 2021 Materials & Activities
- Stations of the Cross (Spanish)
- Stations of the Cross (English)
- Ash Wednesday Prayer Service and Lent Explanation (Spanish)
- As Wednesday Prayer Service and Lent Explanation (English)
- Coloring Way of the Cross Booklet (Spanish)
- Coloring Way of the Cross Booklet (English)
- Lent Calendar (Bilingual)
- MCA Lent Activity: The Giving Tree (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Activities for February 2021
- February 2021 Calendar(English)
- February: MCA Activity Grades K-2 (Bilingual)
- February: MCA Activity Grades 3-5 (Bilingual)
- February: MCA Activity Grades 6-8 (Bilingual)
- February Saint of the Month – St. Josephine Bahkita (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Activities for January 2021
- January 2021 Calendar(English)
- January: MCA Activity Grades K-2 (Bilingual)
- January: MCA Activity Grades 3-5 (Bilingual)
- January: Prayer Service (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for December 2020
- Advent Calendar(English)
- Calendario de Adviento (Spanish)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for November 2020
- November 2020 Calendar (English)
- November Saint of the Month- St. Charles Borromeo (Bilingual)
- November: Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- November: MCA Activity Grades K-2 (Bilingual)
- November: MCA Activity Grades 3-5 (Bilingual)
- November: MCA Activity Grades 6-8 (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for October 2020
- October 2020 Calendar (English)
- October Saint of the Month- St. Therese of Lisieux (Bilingual)
- October: Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- October: MCA Activity Grades K-2 (Bilingual)
- October: MCA Activity Grades 3-5 (Bilingual)
- October: MCA Activity Grades 6-8 (Bilingual)
- Mission Awareness Week Booklet 2020
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for September 2020
- September 2020 Calendar (English)
- September: Saint of the Month- St. Teresa of Calcutta (Bilingual)
- September: Student Activity (Bilingual)
- MCA Around the World Tanzania
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for April 2020
- April 2020 Calendar (English)
- April: Saint of the Month–St. Pedro de San Jose Betacur (Bilingual)
- April: Student Activity (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for March 2020
- March 2020 Calendar (English)
- March: Saint of the Month–St. Joseph, Husband of Mary (Bilingual)
- MCA Around the World: Mozambique, Diocese of Xai-Xai (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for Lent 2020
- Lenten Explanation & Ash Wednesday Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- The Giving Tree Activity (English)
- Lenten Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- The Way of the Cross: Coloring Booklet Activity (English)
- El Viacrucis: Libro para Colorear Actividad (Spanish)
- Lenten Calendar Upper Grades (Bilingual)
- Lenten Calendar Lower Grades (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for February 2020
- February 2020 Calendar (English)
- February: Saint of the Month–St. Brigid of Ireland (Bilingual)
- February: Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- February: Student Activity (Bilingual)
- MCA Around the World: Mauritius (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for January 2020
- January 2020 Calendar (English)
- January: Saint of the Month–St. Agnes (Bilingual)
- January: Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- January: Student Activity (Bilingual)
- MCA Around the World: Honduras (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for December 2019
- December 2019 Calendar (English)
- Advent 2019 Calendar (Bilingual)
- December: Saint of the Month–St. John the Apostle (Bilingual)
- December: Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- December: Student Activity (Bilingual)
- MCA Around the World: Bongaigaon, India (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for November 2019
- November 2019 Calendar (English)
- November: Saint of the Month–St. Francis Xavier Cabrini (Bilingual)
- November: Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- November: Student Activity (Bilingual)
- MCA Around the World: Robe, Ethiopia (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for October 2019
- October 2019 Calendar (English)
- October: Saint of the Month–Sr. Dorothy Stang, SNDdeN (Bilingual)
- October: Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- October Student Activity (Bilingual)
- MCA Around the World: Senegal, Africa (Bilingual)
- Mission Awareness Week Booklet (English)
- Semana de la Mision (Folleto) (Spanish)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for September 2019
- September 2019 Calendar (English)
- September: Saint of the Month–St. Laura of Catherine of Siena (Bilingual)
- September Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- September Student Activity (Bilingual)
- MCA Around the World: Colombia (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for August 2019–Included in the Welcome Packet
- August 2019 Calendar (English)
- August: Saint of the Month–St. Joseph Vaz (Bilingual)
- August Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- August Student Activity (Bilingual)
- MCA Around the World: Pakistan (Bilingual)
- Baptized and Sent Poster (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for June 2019
- June 2019 Calendar (English)
- June Saint of the Month–St. Philip Neri (Bilingual)
- June Prayer Service (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for May 2019
- May 2019 Calendar (English)
- May Saint of the Month–Mary, Marian Devotions (Bilingual)
- May Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- May Student Activity (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for April 2019
- April 2019 Calendar (English)
- April: Saint of the Month–St. Francis of Assisi (Bilingual)
- April Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- April Student Activity (Bilingual)
- Stations of the Cross (Bilingual)
- ‘Ecological’ Way of the Cross (English) — This Lenten Season, the dioceses of Charlotte and Joliet came together to raise awareness and talk about the responsibility we have with our common home. A presentation was given by Sister Nancy Schramm, OSF of the Joliet Mission Office, where this document was used.
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for March 2019
- March 2019 Calendar (English)
- March: Saint of the Month–St. Gertrude the Great (Bilingual)
- March Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- March Student Activity (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for February 2019
- February 2019 Calendar (English)
- February: Saint of the Month–Blessed Rev. Stanley Rother (Bilingual)
- February Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- February Student Activity (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for January 2019
- January 2019 Calendar (English)
- January: Saint of the Month–St. Francis Xavier Cabrini (Bilingual)
- January Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- January Student Activity (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for December 2018
- December 2018 Calendar (English)
- December: Saint of the Month–St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Bilingual)
- December Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- December Student Activity (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for November 2018
- November 2018 Calendar (English)
- November: Saint of the Month–St. José Luis Sánchez del Río (Bilingual)
- November Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- November Student Activity (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for October 2018
- October 2018 Calendar (English)
- October: Saint of the Month–St. Oscar Romero (Bilingual)
- October Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- October Student Activity (Bilingual)
- COAR & St. Oscar Romero Lesson Plan K-2nd Grade *PowerPoint (English)
- COAR & St. Oscar Romero Lesson Plan 3rd-5th Grade * PowerPoint (English)
- COAR & St. Oscar Romero Lesson Plan 6th-8th Grade *PowerPoint (English)
- Mission Awareness Week (English)
- Semana de Concientización de la Misión (Spanish)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for September 2018
- September 2018 Calendar (English)
- September: Saint of the Month–St. Vincent de Paul (Bilingual)
- September Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- September Student Activity (Bilingual)
>> Materials & Lesson Plans for August 2018–Included in the Welcome Packet
- August 2018 Calendar (English)
- August: Saint of the Month–St. Kateri Tekakwitha (Bilingual)
- August Prayer Service (Bilingual)
- August Student Activity (Bilingual)
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>> MCA Past Materials & Lesson Plans
For past materials and lesson plans, visit our Lesson Plan Archive page.