Equipping Catholic Families for January Saints!

Equipping Catholic Families for January 2025 Saints!

Welcome to our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days and the appropriate Season of the Liturgical Calendar.

Key Feast Days in January:

Solemnity of Mary (January 1) Mary Crafts, In the Arms of Mary
World Day of Peace (January 1)
St. Basil the Great (January 2)
St. Gregory Nazianzen (January 2)
Most Holy Name of Jesus (January 3)
St. Genevieve (January 3)
St. Elizabeth Seton (January 4)
St. John Neumann (January 5)
St. Andre Bessette (January 6)
Epiphany of the Lord (January 7) Felt Kings Tutorial
St. Raymond of Penysfort (January 7)
Baptism of the Lord (January 9)
St. Hilary (January 13)
St. Anthony of Egypt (January 17)
St. Sebastian (January 20)
St. Agnes (January 21)
Day of Prayer for the Unborn (January 22)
St. Francis de Sales (January 24)
Conversion of St. Paul (January 25)
St. Timothy and St. Titus (January 26)
St. Angela Merici (January 27)
St. Thomas Aquinas (January 28)
St. John Bosco (January 31)

He’s still a little BABY! Sock Baby Jesus can still hang around in his crib as we bask in the Baptism of the Lord (January 12) and await the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd.

Monthly Devotion for January: Holy Name of Jesus

Holy Name of Jesus by PBandGrace

Season of the Liturgical Calendar: Christmas, then Ordinary Time!

12 Days of Christmas ends January 5th
Sock Baby Jesus

Nativities we took down our tree, but we’re keeping a couple of nativities up! The Presentation of Our Lord is February 2nd!

2025 Illustrated Saints Calendar PDF

Just a reminder, the readings for Sunday Masses come from Year A and Cycle 1 for the Weekday Masses.

We’re on the verge of First Sacrament Season with Reconciliation, Holy Communion and Confirmation preparation already in progress and First Sacrament Mass Celebrations are already on the schedule!

Equipping Catholic Families for Sacrament Season

Live Liturgically

Get organized with 2020 Planners and Calendars! Convert your family calendar to be Catholic with the Calendar Saint Stickies Craft Kit ($15 PDF download with permission to copy for home use!)

Pray More!

Prompt Me to Pray by Monica McConkey presents practical tips for prayer that can be easily customized to fit our busy lives, habits, daily tasks, and even our struggles. Recognizing our littleness as an inexhaustible source of Prompts to Pray helps us to reach out humbly in prayer, when we need Him most and reminds us that God can use all things for good.