Catholic Missionary Family: June Feast Day Ideas

Here are some of our favorite traditions for the month of June. This is by no means an exhaustive list, rather it's my way of creating a resource that I plan to revisit each year for myself! I hope you can find it beneficial as well!

Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Other Ideas:

Prayers: TheSacredHeart.com
Book: The Story of the Sacred Heart
Awesome Pinterest board: Jennifer Andrews
Teaching the Devotion to Children: Catholic Inspired (craft and activity)
Crafts

Perler bead pattern: Catholic Inspired
Paper hearts: Pondered in my Heart

Coloring Page: Super Coloring (or color it online!)
Food: Shape cookies, cakes, rice crispy treats, pancakes, sandwiches... almost anything into a heart! (for examples: Catholic Cuisine)

June 13th: St. Anthony of Padua

Other Ideas:

Prayer: Unfailing Prayer to Saint Anthony
Books:

Picture Books

Chapter Books

Coloring Book: Saint Anthony of Padua

Audio: St. Anthony of Padua: Glory Stories
Movies

Coloring Page:

Super Coloring (or color it online!)
Source Unknown (but it's a great pic!)

Website: St-Anthony-Medal.com
Decorations: Lilies (Catholic Traditions explains why)
Craft: Make a fish craft: Pinterest (St. Anthony once got fed up with people and went to preach to the fish who were a better audience.)
Activity: Have a scavenger hunt for the patron of lost items: Shower of Roses
Food

Basil: Catholic Cuisine (It's traditional to decorate with pots of sweet basil on this feast day)
Tonsure treats (cakes or donuts): Pinterest

June 24th: Nativity of John the Baptist

This Solemnity is one of the most ancient feast days in our Church! It is often called "Summer Christmas" and is rich with traditions, so make sure to celebrate it!

Other Ideas:

Have a bonfire! For more on this ancient tradition: Catholic Culture
Decorations: Birch Leaves, St. John's Wort, lilies, and lanterns: Catholic Culture
Crafts

Grasshopper Craft: Home Educator Mom
Baptism of our Lord Seashell Craft: Catholic Inspired

Coloring Page

Catholic Playground
Super Coloring (or color it online!)

Food

Excerpt from Cooking for Christ on traditional fare for this Solemnity: Catholic Culture
Honeycomb cereal for breakfast :)
Grasshopper parfaits: Catholic Cuisine

Movie: John the Baptist: Animated Stories from the New Testement: Gloria TV (I've not watched this all the way through, so you may want to check it out first!)