Printable 50 Days of Easter Calendar/Coloring Page - https://tinyurl.com/v6yn8z7
The Best Thing About Easter - (3:44) - (PreK-1st) - https://tinyurl.com/tynslj5
Road to Emmaus - Animated Children’s Bible Stories - Holy Tales (3:36) - (PreK-1st) https://tinyurl.com/wmcxxq2
God’s Story: Easter (4:36) - (1st-4th) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ4gQniUVO8
A Prayer of Easter Gratitude - https://tinyurl.com/qovm8vg
Song: Christ Is Risen - Matt Maher - (4th-8th) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IExdrZGQVeI
Divine Mercy Chaplet (Sung) - Divine Mercy Sunday is the Sunday after Easter - https://tinyurl.com/urf34ql
Ascension Thursday
- often celebrated the following Sunday, takes place 40 days after Easter Sunday
Article: What Is the Ascension? - https://bustedhalo.com/ministry-resources/what-is-the-ascension
Activities: Let Your Faith Take Flight with the Ascension - https://teachingcatholickids.com/let-your-faith-take-flight/?utm_campaign=TCK%202020-05-18&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua
- takes place 50 days after Easter Sunday
Article: Everything You Need to Know about Pentecost - https://tinyurl.com/y5d9bu32
Activities: 9Things to do With Your Kids on Pentecost - https://tinyurl.com/yc44kyj4
May - The Month of Mary
During this month we celebrate the Crowning of Mary as a recognition of her Queenship of Heaven and Earth. We also celebrate Mary as not only the Mother of God, but also our Mother, the Mother of the Church.
Article: May, The Month of Mary - an explanation of why we celebrate Mary during the Month of May - https://www.aquinasandmore.com/blog/may-the-month-of-mary/
Article: May Crowning: A Reflection on a Marian Celebration - https://tinyurl.com/y7zh9tgt
Prayers to Mary - When we pray to Mary or any of the other saints, we are really asking them to offer prayers to God on our behalf. - http://www.beginningcatholic.com/prayers-to-virgin-mary
Video: Why Do Catholics “Worship Mary”? (3:21) - Hint: They don’t. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c6s0YT0F-U
Video: Why Catholic Call Mary Their Mother (9:18) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGRGv9_60iI
Video: Bishop Barron on the Queenship of Mary (6:29) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0dk8F0KYxY
Video: May Crowning - Explanation of a Catholic Tradition (1:35)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2hjdabxroo
- 6 Saints of Summer - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fD_YK_AGJPiZ9-dOHTv1eexIZf3OjLUl/view?usp=sharing
- August 15th is the Feast of the Assumption
Article: The Assumption of Mary: 12 Things to Know and Share
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jimmy-akin/the-assumption-of-mary-12-things-to-know-and-share2
Article: What Does It Matter? Four Lessons of Mary’s Assumption into Heaven
https://www.crisismagazine.com/1990/what-does-it-matter-four-lessons-of-marys-assumption-into-heaven
- August 25th is the Feast of St. Louis, the patron of the Archdiocese of St. Louis
Article: St. Louis, King of France
Video: St. Louis IX, King of France: Wisdom and Justice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xZNU0P03zg&t=124s
Video: History of St. Louis, French King and American City
- Halloween:
Click here to watch a video and read a Catholic Christian history of Halloween (All Hallows Eve), learn the legend of the Jack O' Lantern and discover what Catholics believe about witches, ghosts and magic.
Find more history and suggestions here for celebrating this holiday and your faith.
November is the Month to Celebrate All Souls:
Read about souls in Purgatory and prayers for our loved ones who have died. https://www.thoughtco.com/prayers-for-november-542769
Read this blog post as a mother describes, “The Day I Told My Kids about Purgatory” https://www.pbgrace.com/the-day-i-told-my-kids-about-purgatory/
Check out this website for more suggestions on “What to Teach Your Children about Purgatory.” https://liturgicalyear.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/what-to-teach-your-children-about-purgatory/
Check out this article on “Tapping into the Spirit of Thanksgiving” https://www.catholicfaithstore.com/daily-bread/7-thanksgiving-traditions-for-catholic-families/ to consider various ways to share thanks and grow in faith with your family. And visit this website for a variety of Thanksgiving prayers https://www.franciscanmedia.org/thanksgiving-prayers/
Article: Eucharist the Ultimate Thanksgiving https://churchpop.com/2015/11/25/the-eucharist-is-the-ultimate-thanksgiving-literally/