With Easter Sunday on March 31st, here’s a summary of crafts and traditions for the Saints Days and Feast Days of April and the 50 days of Easter! That’s right! The season of Easter will extend until the Solemnity of Pentecost on May 19th!
March Saints Days in LENT
February 29, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Equipping Catholic Families for March Saints!
Welcome to our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days and the Liturgical Season of LENT!
The Monthly Devotion for March is St Joseph!
Book Recommendations
These books are SO GOOD!
Consecration to St. Joseph by Fr. Donald Calloway
4 Goals for 2024
January 2, 2024 by Leave a Comment
It’s that time of year again, our second chance to start the new year (the Liturgical Calendar began with Advent in 2023).
These are the big four resolutions that I’m going to tackle (again) and I’ve included some resource, article and affiliate links that I’ve found helpful.
January Saints and Pray More in 2024
January 2, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Equipping Catholic Families for January 2024 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.
- Prompt Me to Pray through the 12 Days of Christmas PDF is PACKED with prayers and prayer prompts to tap into all the wonderful gifts God has given us within our Faith! It has simple summaries and excellent prompts to pray: to pray with gratitude, to foster the virtues and gifts already infused into us at Baptism, and to help us appreciate all God’s Grace and Tools He freely offers to us, as we pursue holiness.
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 8) and await the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd.
December Saints Days and ADVENT!
December 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
December Saints Days and ADVENT!
Equipping Catholic Families for December Saints!
It’s December and Advent starts THIS SUNDAY!
Here is our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days, and the appropriate Season of the Liturgical Calendar: Advent!
October Feast Day Fun
September 29, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Welcome to our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions for October Saints, the Monthly Devotion of the Rosary, and organized and prayerful Ordinary Time!
I think October is my favorite month for Saints with my favorites St. Therese and St. John Paul II. See the time we stood up the Pope
September Saints Days: Feast Day Fun!
September 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
We’ve put together a quick summary of Catholic Crafts for September Saints and the Monthly Devotion of The Seven Sorrows of Mary…along with various Catholic Crafts and Saint Calendar kits to ease our way Back to School!
Up here in Canada, we are just getting Back to School…so we’re launching a Back to School Special (code: catchacraftkit2023 ) in the Arma Dei Shoppe to cheer that up!
Get $5 OFF your next Cathletics Craft Kit PDF!
*Special SALE applies to the purchase of PDF craft kits only. Sale ends September 15th.
Books, cards, journal stamps not included within the $25 minimum purchase.
10 Tips Fostering Everyday Holiness and Happiness in the Home
August 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
So, we’re about half-way through the longest liturgical season, so unfortunately named Ordinary Time.
But Catholic living can add so much richness to our everyday life and celebrating our Faith and family culture can be an active pursuit all year long! Here are ten ideas to foster your own family culture…while integrating the richness of our Catholic Faith with Saints, Sacraments, Scripture, Catechism and Prayer!
Catholic Crafts and Saints Days for August!
July 30, 2023 by Leave a Comment
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!
June Saints Days, Solemnities and Feasts!
May 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Monthly Devotion of June: Sacred Heart of Jesus
Key Feast Days in June:
- St Justin (June 1)
- St Peter, St Marcellinus (June 2)
- St Charles Lwanga & Companions (June 3)
- Solemnity of The Trinity (June 4) Cathletics Key Cards: The Trinity
Cathletics Key Card Craft Kit: Trinity Pack!
June Saints Days!
- St Boniface (June 5)
- St Norbert (June 6)
- St Ephrem (June 9)
- St Margaret of Scotland (June 10)
- CORPUS CHRISTI Solemnity (June 11)
- St Barnabas (June 11)
- St Anthony of Padua (June 13)
- St Basil the Great (June 14)
Sacred Heart of Jesus and
Immaculate Heart of Mary: June 16-17
- Sacred Heart of Jesus (June 16) Essential Guide to the Sacred Heart (Review)
- Immaculate Heart of Mary (June 17) Immaculate Heart of Mary Rosary Abacus
- Woven Heart Craft (with video tutorial)
- Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart Journal Stamps
- Fathers Day (June 18)
- St Romuald (June 19)
- St Aloysius (June 21)
- St Thomas More, St John Fisher, St Paulinus of Nola (June 22)
- Birth of St John the Baptist (June 24)
- St Cyril of Alexandria (June 27)
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help (June 27) Mary Crafts
- St Irenaeus (June 28)
- St Peter and St Paul (June 29)
- First Martyrs of the Church of Rome (June 30)
It’s Ordinary Time !
Check out Equipping Catholic Families for Ordinary Time at Home!
Prayer Resources
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.
