CYF Anglo-Catholic Links & Resources

Laura Alary’s book celebrates the rhythm and emotions of the liturgical year, and the sacred path it offers.

A Kindle version is available, with the hardcover edition being released October 6th 2026,

ISBN: 9798889837770

Laura Alary has other books, too, such as “Rise: A Child’s Guide to Eastertide”

The author of this book, Fr Thomas Plant, firmly believes that the BCP can be relevant to young people, today. One young reader said: “This book helped me see that Confirmation wasn’t the end of the process: it was the beginning of the next stage, something far more significant.” – Samuel, Year 9

ISBN: 9798648593527

Seeking to support families to develop spiritual practices, this book by Traci Smith, is an updated version of “Seamless Faith”.

ISBN: 9780827211223

Paraphrased Psalms for 5-6 year olds from Marie-Helen Delval

ISBN: 9780802853226

4 years of material aimed at young people, helping them to encounter God and live out their faith. Alongside teaching resources and ideas, there are also challenges for during the week! From the Prayer Book Society of Canada.

Produced by Church Union, Foundations is lectionary based teaching for children and young people. Free and downloadable from the Catholic Mission website.

Godly Play is designed to empower participants to encounter, explore and make meaning for themselves.

The resource is to be used by trained practitioners, who are offered resource packs to use to support their storytelling.

Katie Thompson’s book has 3 years of resources, following the lectionary. It offers background notes and activity sheets alongside resources aimed at 5-8 year olds.

ISBN: 9781585957002

A subscription-based product, Roots on the Web offers lectionary-based All Age, Childrens and Youth resources, as well as take home activities. They also have a searchable bank of resources from across the years, holiday club and other seasonal outreach materials.

Including resources for 2 full cycles of the lectionary, this offers a wealth of material supporting children to be included in worshipping congregation. There are also blogs about issues and challenges and helping you to clarify your thoughts around worshipping with children.

Looking to establish new worshipping communities and working through school choirs linking to local church partnerships, the children are taught a range of liturgical music around the English Choral Tradition.

Their vision is:

• deepening our life of prayer through active discipleship, grounded in the sacraments
• growing and planting congregations, in which new people encounter Jesus 
• organising for justice: being a church which is of and for the poorest

A Catholic project, they seek to support the church through music, wanting to make it accessible to all ages. There is a range of resources, including psalms, liturgical songs and acclamations.

With a membership from across the Church of England, the network meets for support and inspiration, and to work together to create Anglo-Catholic resources, such as ideas for Holy Cross Day.

A mix of online sessions and in person meetings, they have held a gathering at Walsingham, and a conference, too.

There is a powerpoint slide full of resource ideas, such as liturgy bags, books to read and links.

To join the network, email Clare Williams, the network convenor.

This website offers a range of resources to support teaching the catechism, celebrating the seasons and mission.

Members of the ACN have found this website really useful – and wish there was an Anglican version! YouCat resource young people to become missionaries in their own contexts and offer resources, research, books, programmes and more.