Feast Day Fun: January!

Equipping Catholic Families for January 2020 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 5) Felt Kings Tutorial
St. Raymond of Penysfort (January 7)
Baptism of the Lord (January 12)
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!

12 Days of Christmas ends January 5th
Sock Baby Jesus

Nativities

The 25 page Wall Calendar Kit includes a 16 month calendar (illustrated with the Kelly Saints on key Feast Days!) as well as Lists and Logs Templates which include:

Special Date Log for Sacraments, firsts, birthdays, anniversaries and milestones
(keep year after year + add to it)
Saints Dates Log for key Saints, by month
(keep year after year)
160 stickies of special Feast Days, Liturgical Season dates, Sacraments and Memorials
36 tags to record Monthly Devotions, Monthly Intentions and Scripture to memorize
18 list tags to record Confession dates, prayer intentions, 1st Sacrament dates, Memorials, Patron Saints and Novena notices

New Year Resolutions and

Season of the Liturgical Calendar: Ordinary Time!

Just a reminder, the readings for Sunday Masses come from Year A and Cycle 2 for the Weekday Masses.

Top 4 Resolutions for 2019

My two new favorite prayer tools (I’ve already dug into these…before 2020 starts):

Jesus Speaking: Heart to Heart with the King is a Devotional with short excerpts from the Catholic Classic He and I by Gabrielle Bossis. I have loved the original book and I think that this is a great way to reflect on these simple and yet profound, personal messages from Jesus, backed up by Scripture and a prayer prompt.

This is the first year I’m using the Every Sacred Sunday Mass Journal, as they actually have a Canadian version with the Canadian Mass readings! I’ve been taking the book to Mass since the start of Advent and the readings indeed match up! I have been writing a few notes during the readings and homily, and adding more notes as I listen to some of my favorite priest podcasts/homilies throughout the following week.

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!)

Pick up the ready-to-print Wall Calendar for 2019-2020 with illustrated Feast Days and Monthly Devotions and lots of templates to keep track of your blog, website or shop stats and records.

2019-2020 Website Planner

($15 PDF download with permission to copy for home use!)