Join us to celebrate May Saints, the Monthly Devotion dedicated to Our Blessed Mother Mary and the continued joyful season of Easter! Do you see something you like? Click on the pictures and/or links for easy crafts and already-formatted Catholic Craft Kits that come with permission to copy for home use, year after year!
2018-2019 Planner for Shops and Blogs
I’ve just released the 2018-2019 16 month Catholic Planner! It begins this month (September 2018) and includes Super Saints illustrations for Feast Days and Monthly Devotions. We’ve included a ton of templates to record your blog or shop stats, sales, ideas, business affiliates, software, guest posts, giveaways, ad space, domain registration, blog plugins…and MORE! We’ve even added a template of quick logs and lists for Sacraments, Novenas and Prayer Intentions!
Equipping Catholic Families…for May Saints Days!
Monthly Devotion of May: Mary, Our Blessed Mother!
See Equipping Catholic Families for the Monthly Devotion of Our Blessed Mother Mary! Tons of Mary crafts, activities and traditions!
Key Feast Days in May:
- St Joseph (May 1)
- St Philip and St James (May 3) Apostle Painted Saints
- Ascension of the Lord (May 10)
- Our Lady of Fatima (May 13) and Mothers Day
- St Matthias (May 14) Apostle Painted Saints
- St Isidore, St Dymphna (May 15)
- St Brendan (May 16)
- St Paschal Baylon (May 17)
- Pentecost (May 20) Holy Spirit Spinwheel
- St Rita of Cascia (May 22)
- Our Lady Help of the Christians (May 24)
- St Philip Neri (May 26)
- Trinity Sunday (May 27) Trinity Braid Bracelet/Anklet
- St Augustine of Canterbury (May 27)
- St Joan of Arc (May 30)
- The Visitation (May 31)
See Equipping Catholic Families for the Monthly Devotion of Our Blessed Mother Mary!
Equipping Catholic Families for April Feast Days
Equipping Catholic Families for April 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.
Did you catch Equipping Catholic Families…for Holy Week? It’s not too late!
Equipping Catholic Families…for Lent 2018!
Lent 2018 starts NEXT WEEK!
Are YOU celebrating Valentine’s Day on Pancake Tuesday…because Ash Wednesday is February 14th?
Keep the SAINT in St. Valentine’s Day with our Love Like a Saint Love Quote Cards!
Equipping Catholic Families…for Christ the King!
The LAST Sunday of the Liturgical Calendar is November 26 is the Feast Day of Christ the King!
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).
Equipping Catholic Families…for December!
Equipping Catholic Families for December 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.
Key Feast Days in December:
- St Francis Xavier (December 3)
- St John Damascene (December 4)
- St Nicholas* (December 6)
- St Ambrose (December 7)
- Immaculate Conception (December 8)
- St Juan Diego (December 9)
- Our Lady of Loretto (December 10)
- Our Lady, Queen of Angels (December 11)
- St Damasus I (December 11)
- Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)
- St Lucy (December 13)
- St John of the Cross (December 14)
- O Antiphons (December 17-23)
- Bambinelli Sunday (December 17)
- Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Dec 18)
- St Abraham, St Isaac, St Jacob (December 20)
- St Thomas, St Peter Canisius (December 21)
- St John of Kanty (December 23)
- The Birth of Jesus (December 25)
- St Stephen (December 26)
- St John Apostle (December 27)
- Holy Innocents (December 28)
- St Thomas Becket (December 29)
- Feast of the Holy Family (December 31)
*Check out the St Nick Bundle at the Arma Dei Shoppe available only until November 25th!
Season of the Liturgical Calendar: Advent!
- Advent Resources in the Catholic Mom Bundle (see more details below!)
- Anticipating Advent: Prep for Advent: Summary of Crafts and Activities
- Keep Christ in Christmas: read Him, look for Him, pray to Him, visit him, share Him, give for Him; live for Him Keep Christ in Christmas
The Advent Calendar
The Advent Calendar is a great way to countdown the days until Christmas. You’ll find lots of chocolate covered ones in the stores now, but you can make your own and fill it with dollarstore Nativity figures, holy medals, Saint pegs, Super Saints, printable Advent Quest challenges and of course your favorite treats or chocolates. There are so many ways to make an Advent Calendar (including this one we made years ago) and we found 35 [Awesome} DIY Advent Calendars here.
Equipping Catholic Families …for Advent!
This Sunday is the Feast of Christ the King…the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year, which means that Advent will be here very soon! It’s time to dust off the Advent Candles (make sure we have them!) and the Jesse Tree ornaments and the Advent Calendar!
Equipping Catholic Families…for November!
Equipping Catholic Families for November 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.
Hey, are you ready for the NEW Liturgical Calendar starting December 3rd? We’ve got a 2017-2018 Website Planner illustrated with our original Kelly Saints, with lots of tabs and website/shop planning templates! Check it out here.
Equipping Catholic Families …for October Saints!
NEW FEATURE: Equipping Catholic Families for October!
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.
Key Feast Days in October:
- St Therese (October 1)
- Guardian Angels (October 2)
- St Francis (October 4)
- St Faustina (October 5)
- Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7) Also see Rosary Crafts
- The Divine Maternity of Our Lady (October 11)
- St Teresa of Avila (October 15) St Teresa in Saint Scripts Three
- St Gerard Majella (October 16)
- St Luke (October 18)
- St John Paul II (October 22) Canonization of St John Paul II
- St John of Capistrano (October 23)
- St Simon and St Jude (October 28)
- I Spy…October Saints!
Monthly Devotion for October: The Holy Rosary
- Rosary Crafts
- Mysteries of the Rosary Craft Kit
- Easy as Abacus Rosary
- Spiritual Bouquet of Prayer Petal Flowers
- Reluctant to Regular Rosary Prayer: 5 Practical Tips
Book Reviews:
Season of the Liturgical Calendar: Ordinary Time
- 2017-2018 Planner for Sites and Blogs packed with SAINTS!
- Convert your Calendar or Planner to be Catholic with 461 Saint Stickies
- Catholic Prayer Bullet Journal NEW Craft Kit!
- Prep for All Saints Day: Summary of Crafts and Activities
- Make Ordinary Time “Extraordinary”
- Family Culture in Ordinary Time
- Traditions to Start in Ordinary Time
- Adjustable Liturgical Calendar Craft
- Minute to Win it: Birthday Party Printable
- HP Party Printable