Expand Adoration for Children, Youth & Young Adults

This page covers adoration for children first, and then further below it addresses adoration for youth, students, and young adults.

Have a weekly Examination of Conscience over the P.A. system in your school and daily in your classroom to help to prepare students for Mass. Have assemblies with adoration and the Sacrament of Reconciliation available. Bring students to adoration.

 

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START ADORATION FOR CHILDREN

Get your parish or school involved!  This is a great opportunity to deepen the devotion of your parish school children to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Jesus is waiting for and says, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” – Mt 19:14

Eucharistic Adoration for children is growing and we need more in parishes and schools.  Many parish adoration chapels and some schools offer a holy hour for children on a weekly, regular or occasional basis.

Please consider these options:

  • Arrange an adult and childrens’ holy hour (schedule/program)
  • Encourage teachers to bring all of their students to visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament for a regular or monthly holy hour
  • Encourage parents to bring their children to their holy hour
  • This can be combined with Rosary devotions
  • Pastors and schools are encouraged to have a monthly holy hour assembly for the entire student body

Where and if applicable, follow diocesan, government,  parish, board and school policies for screening school visitors or volunteers working with children.

We invite and encourage all dioceses, parishes, school boards and schools to start providing Eucharistic Adoration for children in parishes and schools.

Any size of group is fine and it can be kept simple.  Just bring children to adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament on a regular basis and He will bless you and them with His loving Real Presence.  It is wonderful if you can get exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.  If that is not possible, bring them to pray and make holy hours before Jesus in the Tabernacle. He is there.

The following half an hour video helps children to see what adoration is about. You might want to show it before bringing kids and students to adoration. Make sure you explain to the children that they only need to make a profound bow while genuflecting on two knees when the enter exposition, when it begins or if the depart the chapel when exposition is still taking place. They can, but don’t have to do it and kneel throughout the time when they adore – they can sit while they adore.

RESOURCES

Children of Hope:

Children of the Eucharist:
“The Children of the Eucharist & Young Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, work in spiritual partnership with WAF International, a Public Association of the Faithful, member of the Council of Laity, to spread and promote the message of Our Lady of Fatima and Holy Hours of Adoration for children and youth in imitation of Blessed Francisco Marto. Children of the Eucharist offers spiritual and evangelistic programs to guide the children and youth of the world into responding to and living the messages of the Angel of Peace and Our Lady of Fatima. These programs provide a simple framework to ignite the ‘flame of faith’ in the hearts of children and youth as they are spiritually formed in the ‘School of the Immaculate Heart of Mary’ by following the way of the Little Shepherds of Fatima: Blessed Francisco and Blessed Jacinta.”
Guided Children’s Adoration:
Recommended on the Real Presence Association’s website:
Other Promoters:

 

Adoration for the Young
* Eucharist for Children Adoration for the Young
* The Real Presence – An elementary understanding of Jesus in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist – by Lee Ann Schoofs
“The Eucharist is a sacrament giving us the real body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus, the Son of God. Although it does not look like the body and blood of Jesus we see on a crucifix, His Real Presence is hidden within the appearance of a small white consecrated host (altar bread). This is a great mystery, something we cannot fully understand.”
* A Children’s Holy Hour – Fr. Antoine Thomas (Congregation of St. John)
Learn from Fr. Antoine how to plan a children’s Holy Hour. “Parents and teachers will welcome Fr. Antoine’s instruction as a much-needed recourse in the spiritual education of their children and students.”
* “Monstrance Picture Craft for Children

Step 1: Read the Eucharistic miracle story of Bordeaux, France and the directions for the monstrance picture craft – (PDF: 2 pages / 8 kbytes)

Step 2: Decorate the monstrance picture and cut out the center – (PDF: 1 page / 40 Kbytes)

Step 3: Color the picture of Jesus – (PDF: 1 page / 16 kbytes)”
* Children of the Eucharist – (World Apostolate of Fatima)
“Gather the children of the world before the tabernacles of the world for the families of the world…”
* Children’s Holy Hours – (World Apostolate of Fatima)
“Let the little children come unto Me.” They have print outs to help you prepare children’s holy hours.
* New School Adoration Chapel – Immaculate Conception of Dardenne – (St. Louis Review)
MULTIMEDIA: “After an all-school Mass to celebrate the feast of All Saints, the students of Immaculate Conception School in Dardenne Prairie knelt in an honor guard as the Blessed Sacrament was taken by Msgr. Ted Wojcicki, parish pastor, to a new prayer room and eucharistic adoration chapel in the school. The children formed [a] line which stretched from the church through the school hallways to the chapel. Interviewed in this multimedia presentation are seventh-grade students Geoffrey Herr and Hannah Faust.”
* My Visit With Jesus – A book for children during Eucharistic Adoration
“A book for children and the child-like to help them come to Jesus in a personal way in Eucharistic Adoration. 21 meditations are written in letter format from the child to Jesus, or Jesus to His child. The focus is on the Real Presence of Jesus and the thoughts and concerns of children from reading age to pre-teen. It includes suggestions for parents, teachers and priests on how to use My Visit With Jesus for preschool age children, CCD classes and individual visits to adoration. Also includes Words to Know and Prayers for Children, and pages to write their own Private Letter to Jesus and places to design and draw their own holy card.Imprimatur by Bishop Dennis Schnurr of Duluth, MN
To order, contact Helana Lehto at 218-727-1730 or email helana@charter.net.
Price is $6.99 each plus shipping. Call for quantity discounts.”		 My Visit With Jesus - A book for children during Eucharistic Adoration
* “The Costly Cookie Chronicles: A Young Heart Discovers the Face of Christ
Written by Julie Kelly and illustrated by Kellie Ryan
Foreword by Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC Eleven-year-old Clare wants to be a saint for Jesus, but there are a few things standing in her way: everything she says, does, and thinks. Well…not exactly, but almost. Clare finds surrendering her will to Jesus unbelievably hard, until a visiting priest shares an amazing secret during her church’s parish mission. In this second book by Julie Kelly, Clare discovers the tender love of Mary, the transforming power of meditating on the life of Jesus through the rosary, and the joy of contemplating with Mary the face of Christ. In her delightfully candid way, Clare invites readers to walk the narrow road with her to Jesus through Mary.
To order, contact Julie Kelly at:Web: www.nativitypress.com
Phone: 870-424-4706
Email: djkellys@centurytel.net.”		 The Costly Cookie Chronicles: A Young Heart Discovers the Face of Christ
 

Parish that has Holy Hour for Children ages 4 – teens on Saturday mornings:

For children:  “Let the Children Come to Me”

a coloring page of a monstrance from Catholic Paper Goods
Download this coloring sheet: English | Spanish

 

A coloring page of the Eucharist from Catholic Paper Goods
Download this coloring sheet: English | Spanish

 
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Scriptures to encourage bringing children to Jesus in the Eucharist:

God speaks about the importance of children through His Word.  To help you to connect with God’s heart for bringing children to Eucharistic Adoration, below is list of Bible verses that speak to children as a blessing in our lives and to how God asks us to relate to and regard children.

The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

He called a little child to Him, and placed the child among them. And He said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in My name welcomes Me.” — Matthew 18:1-5

The Little Children and Jesus

People were bringing little children to Jesus for Him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, He was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” And He took the children in his arms, placed His hands on them and blessed them. — Mark 10:13-16

Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.— Matthew 19:13-14

People were also bringing babies to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” — Luke 18:15-17

Psalms and Proverbs

Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court. — Psalm 127:3-5

Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them. — Proverbs 13:24

Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. — Proverbs 17:6

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.” — Matthew 18:10

An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside Him. Then He said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.” — Luke 9:46-47 (also Mark 9:35-37)

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. — James 1:27

A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. — John 16:21

 

START ADORATION FOR YOUTH

Adoration for Youth

We are all called to be Eucharistic Adorers!

We invite and encourage teens, youth, youth groups, young adults, youth and campus ministers, diocesan offices of Catholic youth, parishes, secondary schools, college and university campus ministers and chaplaincies to promote, start and participate in Holy Hours of Eucharistic Adoration with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament as a regular or weekly event at youth groups, meetings, and other opportunities for prayer times.

It is wonderful if you can have exposition of the Blessed Sacrament!  If you find that is not possible, pray and make holy hours before Jesus in the Tabernacle. He is there.

Where and if applicable, follow diocesan, government,  parish, board and school policies for screening school visitors or volunteers working with youth.

Youth are adoring Jesus in dioceses in Canada and worldwide.  World Youth Days and pilgrimages to Marian Apparition Sites include times of exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with huge numbers of young people.

In 2017, we emailed diocesan youth ministry offices in Canada encouraging them to start adoration for youth.

Sample parish that has a Holy Hour for Children & Youth ages 4 – teens on Saturday mornings from 10am – 11am excepting long weekends:

Youth group/ministry meets regularly for Holy Hours of Eucharistic Adoration with praise and worship music – on a Sunday afternoon at 3pm and there have been 358 youth and young adult participants.  Here is the Facebook page and their Youtube video:

Eucharistic Crusade

Diocesan Young Adults events:

“Youth 2000”

Youth 2000 is an international movement of youth was established in response to the challenge of Pope St. John Paul II. Their mission is to draw young people, through Our Mother Mary, to a deep and lasting union with Jesus Christ, especially in the Eucharist, the “source and summit of Christian life”:

1.  To promote a knowledge and love of Jesus in the most Blesssed Sacrament.
2.  To promote devotion to Mary, the Mother of God, especially through the rosary.
3.  To promote fidelity to the teachings of the Catholic Church and the Magisterium.

 

You can do the above in your own life and community.

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Cor Jesu – dinner, holy hour, confession, Mass every Wednesday evening

Adoration in Parishes or Schools

Make arrangements to have some adoration for a small group, class or school assembly, to take place perhaps at your parish, or in your school chapel, gym or auditorium.

Those students that may not be in  a state of grace to receive Holy Communion at school Masses can adore.  At this time, the Sacrament of Confession/Reconciliation could also be offered by a priest(s) in accordance with Canon Law.  Students that are or become devoted to frequenting the Sacraments for monthly, weekly or regular Confession to remain in, or grow in, the state of grace of soul, or who want to return to the Sacraments, can be eternally grateful for this opportunity to receive God’s mercy.

A photo of Adoration taking place in a Catholic school in Canada:

Young Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary:
START ADORATION FOR STUDENTS & YOUNG ADULTS

Get your parish or educational institution, university, college, young adults group, Catholic Match etc. friends and contacts involved!  This is a great opportunity to find peace, grace and strength for your studies and employments, deepen devotion to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and meet good people united in our faith, Christian morals and interests.

Spend your free time growing in holiness and improving your present and future for all eternity, rather than being led into sinful or useless pursuits.

“The Church and the world have a great need for Eucharistic worship. Jesus awaits us in this sacrament of love. Let us not refuse the time to go to meet Him in adoration, in contemplation full of faith, and open to making amends for the serious offences and crimes of the world. Let our adoration never cease.”- Pope St. JPII, Dominicae Cenae

Consider having a weekly Examination of Conscience over the P.A. system to help to prepare students for Mass. Have assemblies with adoration and the Sacrament of Reconciliation available.

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College of St Benedict, St Joseph, MN

“I believe that today we are entering into the reign of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus. In the midst of the winter in the world and even in the Church today innumerable little shoots are sprouting up through the snow.

These shoots are chapels of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration growing up around the world. 

…I encourage you to soak up the healing rays of the Sun of Justice and do all you can to promote Perpetual Adoration.”  Rev. H. Cohen, (+2001)

Summer Camp – Captivenia Girls Camp, Turner Valley, AB

  • “Enter the realm of Captivenia, an exciting medieval adventure camp designed especially to captivate the feminine heart. While following a thrilling theatrical storyline, you will embark on epic forest missions, tackle obstacle courses, create medieval crafts, learn the skill archery, and so much more! Through the celebration of the Sacraments, you will dive deeply into the beautiful mysteries of our Catholic faith.”
  • “I felt a deep experience of the person of Christ at a Catholic summer camp I began attending at age 13. Throughout the camp there are several opportunities for Eucharistic adoration, and one of the most beautiful events of camp was the Eucharistic procession, followed by all-night adoration. This was the first time I had intentionally chosen to spend time alone in adoration with Jesus. I can still vividly recall sitting on the floor of the chapel, staring up at the monstrance illuminated by the soft candlelight and feeling a warmth, peace and safety that I hadn’t experienced before. I never wanted to leave.” – Janelle Ryan for our team at  www.perpetualeucharisticadoration.com

St. Therese Institute for Faith and Mission in SK

  • Daily adoration is available at this post secondary Catholic educational institute.
  • “God has the perfect plan for your life. It’s time to discover what it is…. a great value for a program that can transfer year for year to select universities.”
  • “St. Therese Institute of Faith and Mission is a post-secondary Catholic school providing adult faith formation in a common life of study, prayer, and fellowship, inspired by the life and teachings of St. Therese of Lisieux. Through the encounter with Jesus Christ, lay men and women are equipped to pursue holiness and become missionary disciples of Christ in the world.”
  • “It was my time at St. Therese institute of faith and mission that really changed my life. During my two years there we had daily silent adoration. I also began assisting at daily Mass as often as possible and this has been a great grace. I encourage others to also consider becoming a daily or frequent Communicant and adorer if and when possible.  I found that the more time I spent in adoration, the more I came to know the way Jesus spoke to me. I became familiar with His voice, learned how much He loved me, and over time gained great clarity and joy in the calling and mission He had created me for.” – Janelle Ryan for www.eucharisticadorationcanada.com

Catholic Christian Outreach:

“We are a university student movement with a presence on campuses across Canada, from Victoria, British Columbia to St. John’s, Newfoundland. We are dedicated to building up leaders who will change the world. We try and reach out to people who have strayed from the Church or who are simply curious about Catholicism. We provide an active community on campus, the opportunity to travel the world on mission trips and our annual National Conference, Rise Up. CCO is for you and we can’t wait to see you on your campus.” https://cco.ca

National Evangelization Teams: Challenging young Catholics to love Christ and embrace the life of the Church

Check out or start a diocesan, university or college Catholic campus, parish youth or prayer group, and young adult ministries or groups and start or attend some holy hours of Eucharistic adoration. If no exposition of the Blessed Sacrament can take place on campus, adore before the nearest Tabernacles or Eucharistic adoration chapels.

Regarding vocations to the priesthood or religious life: