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Living The Liturgical Year In January

If you're looking for resources to live the Liturgical year at home with your family in January, you've come to the right place! You can find all of my liturgical year resources month by month here.  Check out my new printable liturgical calendar for Catholics! This includes all your major feast days and liturgical seasons along with holy days of obligation, solemnities, liturgical colors, … [Read more...]

Catholic December and January Calendar Stick-Ons

Let me tell go ahead and say that we have been having a rough month around here. I'm way behind on life (for various reasons), and for the last week or so everyone in my family has had a stomach bug. So yes, I know this post is late, but I've been a little out-of-it. Plus, any of you that have the Advent Christmas Planner have had these calendar stick-ons from the beginning. ;-) You can … [Read more...]

Catholic Crafts and Liturgical Ideas for January

The month of January is dedicated to the most holy name of Jesus, and has a lot of really fun feast days for Catholic families to celebrate! Of course it starts with New Year's day (the feast of Mary, the Mother of God) includes the Epiphany, and has some really awesome St. feast days too, so lets check out some ideas of days for you to celebrate with your family this year.  For starters, … [Read more...]

Printable Saint Blocks

Y'all... these little printable Saint blocks are one of my favorite Saint resources for kids EVER! These things are so adorable, super easy to put together, ridiculously affordable, and did I mention adorable?! Every month, we come out with 2 new Saint bloks, so let's take a look at all of the printable Saint blocks that we have so far. Here is what some of them look like from the … [Read more...]

Celebrate Santo Niño de Cebú- A Feast Day For The Christ Child

The feast day of Santo Niño de Cebú comes each year on the third Sunday in January, and is a big celebration through the country of the Philippines. This is a devotion that centers around an image of the Christ child, and celebrates the conversion of the Philippines to Christianity and attracts 1-2 million people per year. What a beautiful image of the Christ child to have a special devotion to! … [Read more...]

How To Celebrate Our Lady of Altagracia- Feast Day Ideas

Our Lady of Altagracia is a well known title of Our Lady from the Dominican Republic. She is also known in Spanish as Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia,  which means Our Lady of High Grace, or Our Lady of Thanks. This virgin comes with an amazing story, sure to captivate you and your children! Her feast day happens each year on January 21, which is a national holiday for the Dominican Republic. … [Read more...]

Celebrating The Feast Day Of St. Agnes With Kids

Saint Agnes is a beautiful young Saint and martyr with an inspiring story. Her feast day comes every year on January 21. When celebrating the liturgical year at home, St. Agnes is a great Saint to include! You can read here about how to celebrate Saint feast days at home with your kids, and you can find more Saints to celebrate in January here. Today, let's look at some celebrating the feast day … [Read more...]

Celebrate St. Brigid’s Feast Day – Traditions And Resources

Saint Brigid of Kildare is a well known Irish Saint, and the feast day of St. Brigid happens every year on February 1. This is a super fun feast day to incorporate when living the liturgical year at home! You can read here about how to celebrate Saint feast days at home with your kids, and you can find more Saints to celebrate in February here. Today, let's look at some ideas to Celebrate St. … [Read more...]

Baptism of the Lord Activities For Kids

The Baptism of the Lord is a feast day that happens for Catholics every year in January. As Catholics, we generally baptize as infants, but Jesus was baptized as an adult person by John the Baptist. This can be a bit confusing for kids that know we baptize babies and having this feast day so close to Christmas, so be sure to explain this concept to them and read the story from the Bible. You can … [Read more...]

Epiphany House Blessing with Chalk (Symbols For 2022)

The Epiphany house blessing of the door is a really great Catholic tradition for families. We love to bless our door every year on the Epiphany! It's very simple to do, it's not complicated or scary, and you can do it yourself. All you need is a piece of chalk! You can take your piece of chalk to mass with you on the Epiphany and have your priest bless it, or you can bless the chalk yourself. I … [Read more...]