I love the idea of celebrating the liturgical year, don’t you? We have such a rich history and so many saints to learn from. And Pinterest has so. many. AWESOME. ideas. That I totally never get to.
And I know I’m not the only one :). So here’s what I finally decided to do. I can read a book a month to celebrate a feast day and I bet you can, too. Amazon can even ship in 2-days with Prime for us slackers out there.
How it Works
To help the families like mine who want to celebrate the liturgical year, I will pick a saint each month of the upcoming liturgical year.
The month prior, I will share which saint we will be reading about and his or her feast day. I will also provide a book recommendation (or 2). Or 3 :).
I will also post a full review the week of the Saint’s feast and I would love for you to share your books or posts about the feast we are celebrating.
Easy Ways To Participate
1. Read Along
To keep things in line with easy and busy, I will find my recommendations primarily on Amazon. Over the year I will try to hit all the price points. However. You can buy your books wherever. If you have a local Catholic store that will order for you, please support them!
You also don’t have to use my recommendations, but if you are limited and don’t want to waste money on a so-so book, they are there to help guide you.
2. Post a Book or Activity
If you have a kid-friendly post or book about the saint, please share it! Especially if the books are worth the hunt or the activities are practically no prep! Remember–crazy busy!
3. SaintMail
If you are interested in doing more than just reading, I’d like to suggest SaintMail. We’ve been doing them for almost a year now and my kids love them! Essentially, its a saint feast day celebration in a box. There is a letter, activity, magnet, and usually several pieces of what we call “Holy Treasures” :). Sometimes there is a bracelet or a medal or any number of trinkets related to the saint of the month. They are available in 6 & 12 month packages and you can buy sibling add-on packs to eliminate fighting. If you subscribe by November 15, you will be in time for December’s saint which will match the book club for the month.
While Molly and I are trying to match up the saints as often as we can, they won’t always. Sometimes, good books are hard to come by! When we don’t match, you’ll get TWO super easy saint celebrations in one month. It’s a win either way!
So, if you would like to celebrate the liturgical year in your home but are just too busy, the Catholic Saint Picture Book Club could be a great option and the SaintMail package would be a fun add-on!
To make sure you don’t miss an update, subscribe to the Happy Little Homemaker RSS feed or our email newsletter! Both will make sure that you are notified of the upcoming feast day.
The December saint will be announced on Friday, November 21.
Hope to see you then!
Martianne Stanger
3 November 2014 at 10:01 PM (9 years ago)What an absolutely fun idea! I was considering doing something like this with out local Catholic homeschool group, but doing so virtually with you will be fun, too! Are you doing one for November? I admit, I am partial to St. Martin. I listed some of our favorite picture books and put up a printable for a quick and easy obstacle course at http://traininghappyhearts.blogspot.com/2014/11/celebrate-st-martin-de-porres-feast-day.html if you are interested. 🙂
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jen Reply:
November 4th, 2014 at 9:42 AM
We aren’t doing one for November; I decided to start with the new liturgical year which didn’t leave a ton of saints to choose from in the last 3 days of November :).
Thanks for sharing your link for St. Martin de Porres!
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