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Antonietta Meo was born on December 15, 1930.
Do you know Antonietta Meo, not yet recognized a Saint, but Servant of God?
She died at the tender age of 6 and a half. Her simple, but powerful Faith, her love for Jesus and her profound understanding of suffering captured my heart as I visited her tomb at Santa Croce in Rome.
December 13th is the Feast Day of St Lucy. St Lucy was a young Christian who vowed at an early age to be a Bride of Christ. She was reported to the government for the crime of being a Christian, by a suitor she had turned away. One legend reports that she plucked out her own eyes because their beauty attracted unwanted attention from suitors. Her eyes were miraculously healed.
We were inspired by the book Bambinelli Sunday. See Bridget’s review below!
We decided to take advantage of the SNOW DAY … and make our own Bambinelli.
I was intrigued by 2 different homemade recipes for dough I found online: one for salt/flour dough and one for corn starch/baking soda dough. The corn starch dough made a cool kind of dough and it’s nice and smooth and bright white, but we must have done something wrong, because it will not keep its’ shape. The trusty salt dough was easier to work with and even though it can get a little crumbly, we like how our Bambinelli turned out.
December 12th is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. She appeared to St Juan Diego, whose Feast Day we celebrated on Tuesday!
Feast Day Crafts and Activities
Excerpts from A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families , various posts at Equipping Catholic Families and our Saint Scripts Craft Kits (Series ONE and TWO)
Clare’s Costly Cookie by Julie Kelly, illustrated by Mary MacArthur.
Review by Bridget McConkey, age 8.
Clare’s Costly Cookie is a very nice book. I like how it’s about a girl growing closer and closer to God, but it’s not only about her praying to God and getting closer to God, but Clare even has these Saint cards that she tells you about. For example, St. Agnes. She was young and very beautiful so many people wanted to marry her but she always refused. When she refused to marry a prince, the king tried to ask her but she refused again and said that her heart was for God. Then he got angry and ordered for her to be killed.
December 9th is the Feast Day of St Juan Diego. With the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Friday…we will be able to use some of the same decorations (and mexican food!) again…very soon!
December 8th is the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception. This Feast Day does not celebrate Jesus’ Conception, but rather Mary’s conception within the womb of her mother, St Anne. This special day appropriately occurs 9 months before the Birth of Mary within the Liturgical Calendar.
December 6th is the Feast Day of St Nicholas!
St Nicholas is well known for his love for children and for using his wealth to help the poor. As a bishop, he established a poorhouse and a hospital.
1. Last year, I made a Sock Baby Jesus in a Clementine Box Crib and it was SO EASY and SO CUTE and was made completely from a lone sock, some fabric scraps and a clementine crate!
2. This year, I was inspired by Tracy at Slice of Smith Life with her post about all of her family Advent traditions and the fact that she uses string for straw in her manger.
So, thanks to the new Ladies Group at our Church, I made a new Advent Wreath this year! I know it looks a little like a ball of cedar, but it was fun to make and gave us the push we needed to commit to the Advent Wreath and prayers this year.
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