Family Feast Day Fun…May Edition
Feast day and liturgical season traditions help our kiddos understand the Faith in their everyday space in their everyday life. The symbols and colors of the Church during each liturgical season can be brought home in many ways. Foods, activities, crafts, the options are vast.
*What season? Still Easter!!! It’s a full 50 days long!
*Home altar color? White
Continue the Easter tradition of saying, “Happy Easter, He is risen…He is risen indeed, alleluia!”
Upcoming Feast Days:
May Crowning for Mary: This can be done any day of May. Gather some neighbors/family/friends, go wherever there is a Mary statue (or craft version here). Make a flower crown, process around the house and yard singing the Hail Mary/Immaculate Mary hymns, finishing with one of the little girls crowning Our Lady. We also like to gather all of the Mary images around the house and decorate the table/home altar with her.
May 10- Mother’s day: This is not a feast day, but on top of celebrating our own Mamas, we can also use this day to remember all of our/our children’s godmothers. We can send a card from the godchild a few days in advance, or they can call them individually to thank them for their prayers.
May 17- Ascension Sunday: The day we remember that Jesus left His Apostles again, to rise to Heaven to live with His Father in Heaven until His promise of the Second Coming. We enjoyed this day with kite-flying fun after mass, since the kite seems to ascend like we can imagine Jesus did. Treats include root beer FLOATS!
May 24- Pentecost Sunday: Pentecost is the final 50th day of Easter. This is when the Holy Spirit comes down in tongues of fire upon the Apostles and Mary…we consider this the birthday of the Church! We wear red to mass, and later in the day we have a bonfire (for the tongues of fire) and birthday cake for the Church. This is a great craft too.
Remember…it’s STILL Easter! Easter is a full 50 days long, longer than Lent was. We continue our Catholic greeting of “Happy Easter, He is risen!” to be replied with, “He is risen, indeed, Alleluia!” after our meal prayers and in greetings our brothers and sisters in Christ.
We are the Domestic Church!
Feel free to email me for any specifics, Lindsay @ aldridge0222@gmail.com. More possibilities include Sts. Joseph the Worker, Damien of Molokai, Rita, and Blessed Imelda, if interested!