Month of the Holy Souls
Other Ideas:
November 1st: All Saints' Day
- Games:
- Waltzing Matilda: 2010, 2011
- Catholic Icing
- Assumption Academy
- Just like Mary
- Food:
- Waltzing Matilda
- Catholic Icing: 2011, 2012
- Everything for All Saints:
- Radio Show: CAT Chat: Amazing Angels and Saints
November 2nd: All Souls' Day
- Visit a cemetery or church to gain an indulgence for the souls in purgatory
- Celebrate El Dia de Los Muertos
November 3rd: St. Martin de Porres
Other Ideas:
- St. Martin Books:
- Watch EWTN's My Catholic Family: St. Martin de Porres DVD
- Audio
- Glory Stories
- St. Martin de Porres (for purchase)
- St. Martin de Porres (for free online)
- Make a mouse craft or treat
- Say this prayer to St. Martin de Porres
- Color this picture
November 11th: St. Martin of Tours (Martinmas)
Other Ideas:
- Make a lantern craft. (On Martinmas, it's a European tradition to parade with lanterns and sing St. Martin, St. Martin. And here it is in German!... I think that's German.)
- Food:
- Traditional St. Martin's Day Croissants: Catholic Cuisine
- St. Martin's Horseshoe Cookies: Catholic Culture
- Color a picture of St. Martin: Waltzing Matilda
- Read the story of St. Martin from Story Library of the Saints (free digital version)
- Use this St. Martin of Tours table blessing at dinner: Catholic Culture
November 17th: St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Other Ideas:
- Bake a Crown Cake: Catholic Cuisine
- Make a Crown Craft
- Color a picture of St. Elizabeth: Waltzing Matilda
- Watch EWTNs My Catholic Family: St. Elizabeth of Hungary DVD
- Read St. Elizabeth's Three Crowns (chapter book)
- Pray the Litany of St. Elizabeth of Hungary: Catholic Culture
Last Sunday of Ordinary Time: Christ the King
Other Ideas:
- Pray the Act of Dedication of the Human Race to Jesus Christ King: Catholic Culture
- Read Take it to the Queen (It's about Mary, but for her to be Queen, Jesus is King!)
- Read books/watch DVDs from the Gigi, God's Little Princess series. (If Christ is the king and we are his adopted sons and daughters, then we are princes and princesses.)
- Make a King Cake
- Crafts
- Christ the King craft: Catholic Icing
- Make a Jesus is King crown: Oriental Trading Company
Thanksgiving
Other Ideas:
- Decorate with these Christian ideas from Jeanne Winters (Be sure to scroll through all the posts.)
- Thanksgiving Bible Printables: The Crafty Classroom (These are awesome!)
- Keep it simple and buy this 1 Chronicles 16:34 sign from Oriental Trading Company