Prayer Resources

A ‘re-write’ of the old resource is taking shape. The draft of the first half of the new resource includes ideas for prayer for secondary year levels. (Feedback most welcome.)

Te Rūnanga o te Hāhi Katorika ki Aotearoa (a Link to prayers in Prayers in Māori with an English translation).

The following are a range of ideas and prayers for use with groups of young people. They are listed in no particular order.

• A Jesse tree
• A leaf prayer
• A Mary advent candle
• A pillow prayer
• A prayer for our times
• A window-frame prayer
• Antiphons
• Branching prayer
• Bubbles prayer
• Candle prayer
• Cloud prayer
• Constructing a prayer
• Draw a coloured prayer
• Exclamation mark prayer
• Finish a prayer
• Food for thought
• Footstep prayer
• Hands prayer
• Lenten stones
• Moon and star prayer
• Open handed prayer
• Palms of hands prayer
• Personal verses on post-it notes
• Playing card prayer
• Prayer dough
• Prayers from three objects
• Praying with the Scriptures
• Praying with the senses
• Pretzels and prayer
• Putting together a prayer
• Rainbow prayer
• St Joseph prayer activity
• Stations of the cross
• Sun image prayer
• The feast of Christ the King
• The world creation prayer
• Through a doorway
• Traffic light prayer
• Water lilies prayer activity

The resource below was written for secondary schools over 20 years ago. It still holds a wealth of wonderful ideas and teaching about prayer. However, it’s rather dated in format. (NCRS is working on a revamped version.)

To view sections of this download the pdf files below.

• Creative – Seasonal Prayers.pdf [1.09 MB]
• Formal – Devotional Prayers.pdf [1.14 MB]
• Prayers in Māori.pdf [333.86 KB]
• Assembly Ideas.pdf [2.32 MB]
• A-NZ Prayers.pdf [742.43 KB]
• Year 13 Prayer Resource.pdf [984.29 KB]
• Year 12 Prayer Resource.pdf [850.79 KB]
• Year 11 Prayer Resource.pdf [696.28 KB]
• Year 10 Prayer Resource.pdf [2.01 MB]
• Year 9 Prayer Resource.pdf [3.55 MB]