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 12- 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 22- St. Rita: Patroness of the impossible and difficult, St. Rita was forced to marry into a troublesome family and was dealt many hardships. Later in life she entered the convent and devoted the rest of her time to God. We can drink marga-Ritas as a fun way to remember her!

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.