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What this is

Children's Liturgy Guide is a small library of session plans for Children's Liturgy of the Word, the dismissal during Catholic Mass where children are led to a separate space, hear an age-appropriate version of the day's Scripture, and rejoin the assembly before the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Each guide covers one Sunday or major feast: opening prayer, warm-up, reading, discussion, recap, Prayer of the Faithful, closing prayer, and a word search.

Who it's for

These guides are written for volunteer leaders, not professional catechists. If you've been asked to lead Children's Liturgy and want a structure to run a confident session without weeks of preparation, this site is for you. Parents, catechists, and parish coordinators are welcome to use or adapt the material freely.

How a session flows

A typical session runs 15 to 20 minutes. The leader gathers the children after the opening prayers of Mass, walks through opening prayer, a warm-up question, the day's reading, a short discussion, a recap, and a Prayer of the Faithful intention the children can carry back to the assembly. The word search is optional, useful when a session runs short or as a take-home.

About the content

These session guides are drafted with the help of large language models, then reviewed by a human editor before publication. The aim of the AI assist is throughput, not novelty: covering every Sunday and major feast across the three-year lectionary cycle. Review depth varies: some guides have been read closely, others spot-checked. If a guide reads off, please email hi@mjt.pub; corrections ship on the next build.