Holy Week & Easter

Holy Week is a movable feast, occurring between the last week in March and first fortnight in April. Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday and leads to the highest liturgical point in the Church calendar – the Passion and Resurrection of Our Lord. Our Holy Week activities and prayers allow children to journey through these important days in an accessible and engaging way. In the Catholic Church, the season of Easter lasts 50 days – from Easter Sunday to the feast of Pentecost. Easter is the greatest feast in the Church year, when we recall Jesus the Christ rising from the dead and securing for us the promise of new life.

Eastertide Celebration of the Word

Easter Celebration of the Word (2086 downloads)

Easter story as told through John’s Gospel and global paintings

Easter story (John’s Gospel) through global art (2578 downloads) NEW: Discussion questions for global Easter paintings (2384 downloads)

Palm Sunday Celebration of the Word

Palm Sunday (2051 downloads)

NEW: Holy Week traditions around the world

Holy Week traditions around the world (2218 downloads)

Holy Week as told through global paintings

Holy Week (St Matthew’s Gospel) through global paintings (2509 downloads) Discussion questions for Holy Week global paintings (2375 downloads)

The Sorrowful Mysteries – told through global art

The Sorrowful Mysteries – shown through global art (1833 downloads)

Stations of the Cross for children

Stations of the Cross Reflections PowerPoint (22610 downloads)

Holy Week Workbook

Why is Holy Week special – colour in worksheets (2308 downloads) Why-is-Holy-Week-Special.pdf (9833 downloads)

Holy Week & Easter Activities EYFS / KS1

NEW: Holy Week sequencing cards KS1 (530 downloads) Easter-Scavenger-Hunt-KS1.pdf (3994 downloads) Holy Week Hand Prints (2234 downloads) Holy Week matching card activity (2147 downloads)

What is Holy Week? A short film