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Feast Day Fun: St Brigid

January 31, 2015 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

February 1st is the Feast Day of St Brigid of Ireland

St. Brigid was born daughter to a chieftain and a slave woman, and brought up by a druid. Her life was marked by miracles from an early age which impressed the king of Leinster, who granted her her freedom. She became a religious and founded a monastery over the fires of a pagan shrine at Kildare, and developed into a cathedral city of culture and learning. She and her friend St. Patrick, are regarded as the Pillars of the Irish people. (from SaintNook)

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Feast Day Fun: St Agnes

January 20, 2015 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

January 21 is the Feast Day of St Agnes

St Agnes refused marriage at the age of 13, dedicating herself to Jesus and she was martyred for her Faith. She is known for the virtue of Purity and her symbol is the lamb. She is the patron of young girls.

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Feast Day Fun: St Brother Andre

January 13, 2015 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

January 6th is the Feast Day of St Brother André.

Chronic stomach pain had made it difficult for St André to hold a job. At 25, he could not read or write. He was deeply devoted to God and to St Joseph and insisted on building a shrine. He quietly greeted visitors as a lay brother of the Congregation of the Holy Cross and people began to seek prayer from him. St André gave the credit for all of the resulting physical healings to the intercession of St Joseph. In 1924, construction began for St Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal, QC, alongside the chapel built on St André’s insistence.

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Feast Day Fun: St Lucy

December 13, 2014 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

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.

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Feast Day Fun: Our Lady of Guadalupe

December 11, 2014 by Monica McConkey 3 Comments

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)

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Feast Day Fun: St Juan Diego

December 8, 2014 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

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!

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Feast Day Fun: Immaculate Conception

December 7, 2014 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

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.

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Feast Day Fun: St Nicholas

December 4, 2014 by Monica McConkey 2 Comments

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.

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Feast Day Fun: St Cecilia!

November 21, 2014 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

St Cecilia was born to a wealthy family. Her father promised her hand in marriage, but she had already made her vow to Christ. She convinced her new husband to let her keep her promise and he was converted to Christianity, along with his brother. All three were martyred for their Faith.

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Feast Day Fun: St Jude

October 28, 2014 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

October 28 is the Feast Day of St Simon and St Jude, both Apostles of Jesus.

This time around, I’m going to focus on St Jude. Once I gather more information about St Simon, I will post a separate Feast Day Fun edition and probably focus on activities about the Apostles.

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