FOR PARISHES, DRES & CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Catholic Religious Education Curriculum That Follows the Liturgical Year
Bring the Liturgical Year Into Your Religious Education Program
Bear Good Fruits™ is a Catholic religious education curriculum built around the Sunday Mass readings and the liturgical year, helping children encounter Scripture, saints, sacred art, prayer, Catholic traditions, and hands on learning in a way that connects what they learn in class with what they hear at Mass and live at home.
Instead of piecing together seasonal resources, rearranging presentations and lessons to make them actually fit the Church calendar, or purchasing separate programs for every age group, Bear Good Fruits™ gives your parish a flexible framework that is already organized around the rhythm of our Catholic faith.
Let’s make faith formation finally feel connected.
What They Hear at Mass. What They Learn in Class. What They Live at Home.
Faith formation should not feel disconnected from the rest of Catholic life.
When children walk into Mass during Advent, they should already recognize that the Church is waiting for Christ. When they hear the Passion during Lent, their lessons should be drawing them more deeply into that mystery. When Easter arrives, they should be learning about the Resurrection. When the Church celebrates Pentecost, the Holy Spirit should be part of the conversation.
That is why Bear Good Fruits™ does not simply give you a collection of Catholic lessons and presentations and leave you to decide where they belong or how to fit them into your schedule.
The liturgical year is the framework.
The Sunday Mass readings, seasons, solemnities, saints, Scripture, and traditions of the Church naturally guide what children are learning throughout the entire year.
Your parish does not have to force Catholic content into the calendar.
With Bear Good Fruits™, it’s already there.
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ROOTED IN THE SUNDAY MASS
Every week begins with the Sunday Mass readings, creating a natural connection between what they hear at Mass with their families and what children encounter in religious education.
Instead of treating Sunday Mass and weekly faith formation as two separate experiences, Bear Good Fruits™ helps children begin to recognize the beautiful connections between Scripture, the liturgical season, the teachings of the Church, and their everyday lives. Mass becomes familiar, Scripture becomes meaningful, and the Church year begins to make sense.
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DESIGNED FOR MULTIPLE AGES
Bear Good Fruits™ is primarily designed for Kindergarten through 9th grade and can easily be adapted for younger and older children. Students can gather around the same Scripture, saint, sacred art, and liturgical theme while activities, discussion, writing, and expectations are adjusted according to age and ability.
That makes Bear Good Fruits™ especially valuable for family catechesis programs, mixed-age groups, co-ops, small parishes, homeschool ministries, and programs looking for a more connected approach to religious education.
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Truly Planned Around the Church Year
Open-and-go should mean more than handing a catechist a stack of presentations and expecting them to rearrange them on their own. Bear Good Fruits™ has already done the work of determining what to teach and when it makes sense to teach it.
The curriculum moves intentionally from Advent through Christ the King, allowing the mysteries of our faith to unfold alongside the Church calendar so your catechists can spend less time trying to piece together a program and more time actually forming children in the faith.
MORE THAN ANOTHER CATECHESIS WORKBOOK
Help Children See That the Faith Is Something We Live, not just learn.
Children shouldn’t have to learn about Advent simply because it happens to be the next lesson in a disorganized catechesis resource. With Bear Good Fruits™, they encounter Advent during Advent. They learn about the Resurrection during Easter. The life of Christ, Scripture, saints, sacraments, prayer, virtue, and Church traditions unfold alongside the life of the Church.
A COMPLETE CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CURRICULUM
One Curriculum.
An Entire Liturgical Year.
What students actually encounter:
- Scripture
- Saints
- Sacred Art
- Prayer
- Catholic Vocabulary
- Liturgical Traditions
- Hands On Learning
- Nature Study & Living Books
Not every topic appears in every individual volume. Bear Good Fruits™ is intentionally designed as a full liturgical year curriculum, allowing Catholic teaching to unfold naturally alongside the life of the Church.
Four volumes. One intentionally connected year of Catholic formation.
More Than Just A Workbook
Sacred Scripture
Beginning with the Sunday Mass readings and extending into meaningful Bible study and discussion.
Saints
Helping children meet the men and women who actually lived their faith with courage and holiness.
Sacred Art
Introducing children to works of art and teaching them to slow down, observe, and contemplate.
Prayer
Giving children opportunities to grow familiar with prayer and turn what they are learning toward God.
Catholic Vocabulary & Teaching
Building familiarity with the words, beliefs, practices, and traditions children encounter within the Church.
Hands-On Learning
Crafts, projects, activities, and engaging experiences that help children interact with what they are learning.
Nature Study
Connecting children with God’s beautiful creation and inviting them to observe the natural world with wonder.
Living Books
Curated book recommendations that bring saints, Church history, Scripture, and Catholic culture to life.
FOR THE PEOPLE MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN
Because Your Catechists Shouldn’t Have to Reinvent the Wheel Every Week
DREs already have enough to organize and coordinate.
Volunteer catechists. Parent communication. Sacramental preparation. Classrooms. Supplies. Schedules. Diocesan requirements. Special events. Children with different learning needs. Families in completely different seasons of life.
Your curriculum should make your job easier, not hand you another puzzle to solve.
Bear Good Fruits™ provides a complete Catholic religious education curriculum framework for your parish, while still giving DREs and catechists the flexibility to adapt lessons to their students, class length, and program needs.
The lessons are already placed within the appropriate liturgical season. Scripture is already connected to the Sunday readings. Saints, sacred art, activities, vocabulary, traditions, and supplemental ideas are already gathered together.
Catechists can open the curriculum, see where the Church is in the liturgical year, and know where they are going immediately!
At the same time, Bear Good Fruits™ is flexible enough that a catechist can choose what works within a 45-minute class, expand a lesson for a longer meeting, simplify activities for younger children, or deepen discussion and independent work for older students.
Structure when you need it. Flexibility where you want it.
First Communion Sacrament Prep
Parishes love our First Communion Companion Study because of the beautiful, approachable way it helps children prepare for receiving Jesus in the Eucharist. With Catholic teaching, Scripture, reflection, hands-on activities, and meaningful opportunities to deepen their understanding of the Mass and the Eucharist, it works beautifully for both parish prep and home education.
Catholic Religious Education Curriculum
Bear Good Fruits™ is our complete Catholic religious education curriculum that parishes are loving because it’s built around the Sunday Mass readings and the liturgical year. Designed for multiple ages, it gives DREs and catechists one flexible framework filled with Scripture, saints, sacred art, prayer, Catholic traditions, living books, nature study, and hands-on learning for every week of the year.
Need to Meet Diocesan Religious Education Standards?
Bear Good Fruits™ covers and reinforces many of the core areas commonly included in diocesan religious education standards, including Scripture, the Trinity, the life and teachings of Jesus, Mary, saints, the Mass, prayer, forgiveness, liturgical seasons, Catholic traditions, Christian virtue, and the life of the Church.
Have specific diocesan standards your parish needs to follow? Send them to us. We are happy to help you identify where Bear Good Fruits™ aligns with your program’s objectives!
Straightforward Parish Licensing
Parish Pricing
Bring a complete Catholic religious education curriculum to your parish without purchasing separate programs for every grade level, season, or age group.
small group
$150/yr
Up to 30 Students
Perfect for small parish programs, homeschool co-ops, or early-stage religious education groups.
✨Growing Group✨
$250/yr
Up to 50 Students
Ideal for established parish programs serving multiple grades or a growing whole-family catechesis model.
Large group
$450/yr
Up to 100 Students
Designed for full parish religious education programs seeking a unified, liturgical-year-based curriculum across all age groups.
No per-student workbook fee. No need to purchase four separate licenses for each volume. Your parish license covers the entire Bear Good Fruits™ liturgical year curriculum for the number of students included in your tier.
More than 100 Students? We’d love to work with you!
Custom Parish Pricing
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What Our BGF Families Have to Say
I love this curriculum. As a family wanting to convert and getting a jump on things. We are learning so much. The copy work and coloring pages are amazing. The Saint studies and book recommendations blew us away! The art work is beautiful!
Megan B.
This has been such a blessing to our family! I’m one of those moms that went through the motions of mass and didn’t fully understand the background of things. This isn’t JUST for the kids, I’m learning right along with them!!
Rachael
I just wanted to express just how IMPRESSED I am!! WOW–this is outstanding quality curriculum, with so much gold jam packed in!! I truly cannot thank you enough for all the time and effort you have put into this. I am just so grateful to be able to have so much high quality content at my fingertips at a pricepoint that we can afford.
Gina
“Wow, just beautiful! Customizable for your family, rich in catechesis, inspiring and orthodox in content. There is so much naturally woven into Bear Good Fruits: Scripture, liturgical living, narration, artwork, nature study, practical life… How wonderful that Catholic families have a curriculum that combines subjects and grade levels into one program, helping us bring goodness, truth, and beauty into our homeschool days as we work to raise little saints. Highly Recommend!”
Katie Warner – Bestselling Author and Homeschool Mom
Purchased Season of Growth to help educate over the summer for my four and six-year-old. This is my first time using a more formal catholic curriculum, and my kids love it. It’s very organized, with a lot of information to go through. The hands-on activities are very sweet, and the color pages are beautiful! I find it very helpful/easy to complete the lessons, and my kids understand the Mass and Feast days so more. I definitely will purchase more curriculum in the future!
Emily L.
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Have questions about bringing Bear Good Fruits™ to your parish? Contact us using the form below or email sarah@raisingwildsaints.com