I love coming up with fun and creative ways to celebrate the church year with kids, and April is full of fun Saint feast days to celebrate! Some of these feast days include St. George, St. Gianna, and Our Lady of Africa! The month of April is also dedicated to both the Eucharist and the Holy Spirit. You can find all of my month to month post on living liturgically here. Now let’s look at these highlights of fun April Saint feast days to celebrate with links to crafts, food, and activities to help you celebrate!
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When you’re starting to teach your kids about the lives of the Saints, I suggest starting with a Saint picture book treasury that includes a lot of short stories you can read together. This will give you a good starting place and then you can add to your library of Saint books over the years. I think this Picture Book Of Saints is a good beginning Saint book for Catholic families. I will mark the Saints below that have stories from this book. You can find all of my favorite Saint books for kids here.
I also recommend having a good children’s Bible available to read from, as it will also include many stories of the Saints. You can see my post with my favorite Catholic children’s bibles here, but my family absolutely loves The Jesus Storybook Bible.
April Saint Feast Days To Celebrate
This list does not include Saints for every single day of April, but some highlights that are good for kids.
April 4- St. Isadore Of Seville’s Feast Day
- Bishop
- born in Spain
- Doctor of the Church
- Story found on page 29 of Picture Book Of Saints
April 5- St. Vincent Ferrer’s Feast Day
- Doctor of Sacred Theology
- Born in Spain
- Preached all over Europe
- Story found on page 30 of Picture Book Of Saints
April 11- St. Gemma Galgani’s Feast Day
- Born in Italy
- Was miraculously healed from illness by praying novenas to St. Gabriel and Our Lady of Sorrows
- Story found on page 32 of Picture Book Of Saints
April 16- St. Bernadette’s Feast Day
- Our Lady of Lourdes appeared to her
- Born in France
- Became a nun
- Story found on page 18 of Picture Book Of Saints
You can find all of my St. Bernadette resources here, which includes also my resources for celebrating Our Lady of Lourdes.
April 23- St. George’s Feast Day
- Roman soldier
- Patron Saint of England, and Boy Scouts
- famously known for battling a dragon!
- Story found on page 34 of Picture Book Of Saints
St. George Kid Activities:
- You can find dragon crafts for St. George’s feast day here
- Or try making a dragon cake for St. George’s feast day! Super fun!
April 25- St. Mark The Evangelist’s Feast Day
- apostle
- Gospel writer
- Patron Saint of notaries
- Symbol is the lion
- Story found on page 25 of Picture Book Of Saints
You can find all of my resources for celebrating St. Mark here.
April 27- St. Zita’s Feast Day
- also known as Sitha, Citha, or other variations
- Born in Italy
- Searved as a maid
- Very generous and helpful to the poor
- Several miracles associated with her including angels doing her housework so she could help the poor and also her doing her housework and helping the poor at the same time (being in 2 places at once)
You can find this printable stand up St. Zita craft in my printable ABC Saints pack! Super fun and perfect for this feast day.
April 28- St. Gianna Molla’s Feast Day
- modern Saint
- patron of the unborn
- doctor
- known for denying treatment that would have sacrificed her unborn child, which did lead to her own death
I do have some fun labels you can print for free that turn Dr. Pepper in “Dr. Gianna’s Saintly Soda” that would be perfect for celebrating this feast day. You can find and print your labels here.
April 29- St. St. Catherine of Siena’s Feast Day
- Doctor of the Church
- Patron Saint of Italy
- Co-patron of all of Europe (along with St. Brigid of Sweden)
- joined third order of Dominicans
- mystically espoused to Christ
- Assisted the poor during famine and plague
You can find this printable stand up St. Catherine of Siena craft in my printable ABC Saints pack! Super fun and perfect for this feast day. Look close- you can see her lilies and her stigmata!
April 30- Our Lady of Africa’s Feast Day
- Marian devotion
- You can read more about her here
If you’re trying to plan a Saint feast day celebration with kids and you didn’t see it here, you will want to check out my post about how to celebrate any Saint feast day. It takes you through my process of looking at their lives to choose an activity for kids, and it links to generic resources that will help you to celebrate any Saint. So no more being sad if you can’t find specific resources for your child’s namesake Saint! 🙂
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April Monthly Catholic Dedication- There are 2!
Each month has a special Catholic dedication, and the month of April is has 2 dedications:
- The Holy Spirit
- The Most Holy Eucharist
There are so many fun crafts, activities, and snack ideas for kids the go along with these monthly devotions. You can find my full round up of ideas for the Holy Spirit here.
You can find my resources for teaching kids about the Most Holy Eucharist here.
Things That Might Fall In April
Given that the liturgical year fluctuates with Easter each year, these are some feast day links that sometimes fall during April:
- Holy Week Resources– The Ultimate Guide!
- Religious Easter Activities For Kids
- Printable countdown for the 8 Sundays of Easter
- 1 Activity for each Sunday of Easter
- 50 ways to celebrate the 50 days of Easter
- Divine Mercy Sunday– crafts, printables, resources
This printable happy crosses craft is also perfect for Springtime and the Easter season!
More April Activities For Catholic Kids
You can check out the April Activities for Catholic Families printable on Real Life at Home from Angie (who is also the project manager on Catholic Icing)
Free Printable Saints Coloring Book for April – Real Life at Home
I hope you found these Spring resources for kids useful for your feast day celebrations in April. God bless!
You can find all of my resources for living the liturgical year organized month by month here!
