Ideas for October Feast Days and Celebrations

I've gathered most of my liturgical year posts from past Octobers into one post. I like organizing things. My plan is to do this for each month. I like organizing things. I've also added links to some of my favorite resources for this month's feasts and celebrations. Enjoy.

Month of the Holy Rosary

• Ways to Engage Kids in the Rosary
• Edible Rosary
• Mysteries of the Rosary Art Wall
• Rosary Products

Other Ideas:
Children's Rosary CDs and coloring books: Holy Heroes

All Saints Day Costume Ideas

• St. Francis Tunic
• Priest Vestments from Cloth Napkins
• Cheap costumes from Oriental Trading Company

Other Ideas:

• All Saints Day Girl Costumes: Catholic Icing (You'll see my Bean in this post)
• All Saints Day Boy Costumes: Catholic Icing (And my Pal in this one)
• All Saints Day Group Costumes: Catholic Icing

October 1st: St. Therese of Lisieux

• Feast of St. Therese (2010)
• Craft: Felt Flowers

• Feast of St. Therese (2013)

Other Ideas:
Really, this site has it covered: Shower of Roses

October 2nd: Guardian Angels

• Feast of the Guardian Angels (2013- Angel hair pasta!)
• Angel Treats (2010)

Other Ideas:

• Food: 
• Angel food cake: food.com
• Angel hair pasta: food.com
• Craft: Make an angel: Pinterest
• Prayer: Angel of God: Catholic.org
• Books: 
• Pascual and the Kitchen Angels
• Angel in the Waters
• The Angels
• Audio:
• Children's Sermons:
• The Devil with the Long Tail - For Heaven's Sake: Little Talks for Little Folks
• Nuggins - Going His Way: Little Talks for Little Folks
• CAT Chat: Amazing Angels and Saints

October 4th: St. Francis of Assisi

• Craft: Birdseed Cookies
• Feast of St. Francis of Assisi (2013)

Other Ideas:

• Food: Catholic Cuisine (wolf paw cookies, tonsure cakes, and animal crackers galore!)
• Books:
• Saint Francis of Assisi
• Clare and Francis
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon
• Saint Francis of Assisi: A Life of Joy
• Prayers:
• Animal Blessing: Catholic Culture
• Canticle of the Sun: Catholic Culture
• Radio Show: CAT Chat: Amazing Angels and Saints

October 5th: Feast of St. Faustina Kowalska

Other Ideas: (I've never posted on this feast day as it is my son's birthday!)

• Prayers: Divine Mercy Chaplet: The Divine Mercy
• Coloring Page: Wee Little Miracles (it's at the bottom of the post)
• Craft: Divine Mercy Statue: Catholic Icing
• Audio: St. Faustina by Glory Stories
• Free online
• For purchase
• Food: Take a heart shaped cookie, cake, pancake, rice crispy treat, brownie... and give it a blue frosting or blueberries ray and a red frosting or strawberries ray

October 22nd: Feast of Saint Pope John Paul II

• Make a Miter

Other Ideas: 

• Food: My Polish Kitchen
• Movie: Pope John Paul II
• Book: Lolek: The Boy Who Became Pope John Paul II
• Audio: Pope Saint John Paul II: Glory Stories (This is one of our favorites!)

October 31st: All Hallow's Eve

• Soul Cakes: The Original Halloween Treat

• Not Scary Halloween Booklist

Other Ideas:

• Pumpkin Carving Prayer: DLTK-Bible
• Finding Truth in Halloween Printouts: Look to Him and Be Radiant (These are excellent!)

Be saints, it's worth it!
Lisa