Activities, Crafts and Family Traditions for August Saints Days

We’ve put together a quick summary of Catholic Crafts for August Saints and the Monthly Devotion of The Immaculate Heart of Mary. Summer is a great time for a little extra crafting…so we also present Equipping Catholic Families…for Summer with the Saints!

Speaking of SAINTS, check out this incredible resource for equipping Catholic Families to celebrate the Saints throughout the entire Liturgical Calendar!

Saints: Becoming an Image of Christ Every Day
of the Year

by Dawn Marie Beutner

Here’s my full REVIEW

I love this resource on the Saints! I have quite a few books about Catholic Saints, but this one is now my FAVORITE! There are SO many saints in this book…between two to six Saints, for every day of the year! The biographies are relatively short and succinct with all the most important facts about each Saint’s life and the virtues we can learn from them! Read More…

Key Feast Days in August:

St Alphonsus Liguori (August 1)
Our Lady of the Angels (August 2)
St Lydia (August 3)
St John Vianney (August 4)
Our Lady of the Snows (August 5)
Dedication of St Mary Major (August 5)

Feast of the Transfiguration (August 6)
St Dominic (August 8)

St. Lawrence (August 10)
St. Clare (August 11)
St Jane Frances de Chantal (August 12)
St. Maximilian Kolbe (August 14)

Check out this other book I just reviewed!

Maximilian Kolbe: The Saint of Auschwitz

by Jean-Francois Vivier (Author),
Denoel and Joel Costes (Illustrators)

Here’s my full REVIEW

This is an exciting way to introduce young people to the lives of the Saints! The life of St. Maximilian is inspiring in His love, devotion, mission and martyrdom. The form factor of the comic book/graphic novel is excellent for reluctant readers, but will inspire the young and old alike!

Read More…

Assumption of Mary (August 15)

Assumption of Mary crafts
St Stephen of Hungary (August 16)
St Bernard of Clairvaux (August 20)
St Pius X (August 21)
Our Lady of Knock (August 21)

Queenship of Mary (August 22)

Queenship of Mary crafts

St Rose of Lima (August 23)
St Bartholomew (August 24)
St. Monica (August 27)
St. Augustine(August 28)
Beheading of St John the Baptist (August 29)

Monthly Devotion for August:

Immaculate Heart of Mary

Immaculate Heart of Mary crafts

This prayer card is quality printed in color, with a classic Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Prayer printed in black and white, on the back. Sold in Bundles of prayer cards: 10 large prayer cards OR 15 small prayer cards.

Immaculate Heart of Mary Prayer Cards are available at Arma Dei!

Season of the Liturgical Calendar: Ordinary Time

Saints Crafts

The Mysteries of the Rosary Craft Kit is packed with innovative, kid-magnet illustrations and crafts to help kids say the Rosary! It includes lace-up booklets and our innovative revolving rosary…all packed with our original Kelly Saints artwork!