Summer
Summer 2010 Issue | Posted by Editor in Season
“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.”
— St. Francis of Assisi
Feasts, Traditions … and Fun
June
1ST. JUSTIN MARTYR
St. Justin used his speaking skills to convert pagans to the faith. Look up a local Catholic speaker and try to attend a talk.
6 CORPUS CHRISTI
Read about the Eucharistic... READ MORE
Spring
Spring 2010 Issue | Posted by Melissa Hartog in Season
Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
~ William Cowper
Feasts, Traditions … and Fun
Faith and Family Days IN FEBRUARY
17 Ash Wednesday
Lent begins.
March
More Faith and Family Days IN MARCH
3 ST. KATHARINE DREXEL
Learn more about this American... READ MORE
Awaiting Christ
November/December 2009 Issue | Posted by Melissa Hartog in Season
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
~ Charles Dickens
Feasts, Traditions … and Fun
November
More Faith and Family Days in November
29 THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Make an Advent wreath from evergreens.
(For more ways to celebrate the season, log onto FaithandFamilyLIVE.com... READ MORE
Summer
July/August 2009 Issue | Posted by Daria Sockey in Season
Then followed that beautiful season ... Summer ...
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light, and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Activities for you and your family
Feasts, Traditions … and Fun
July
3 St. Thomas the apostle... READ MORE
The Season…WINTER
January/February 2009 Issue | Posted by Daria Sockey in Season
The frost preforms its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Activities for you and your family.
Feasts, Traditions … and Fun
Jan. 6 Epiphany
• Don’t put those Three Kings figures in the manger on Christmas Day! That is when they start traveling from the far side of your... READ MORE
The Season
May/June 2009 Issue | Posted by Melissa Hartog in Season
“If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.”
— St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Spring
Activities for you and your family.
Feasts, Traditions … and Fun
May 10 Mother’s day
• Mom — if the following appeals to you, leave this page where your family will find it:
After Sunday... READ MORE
The Season
March/April 2009 Issue | Posted by Daria Sockey in Season
Lent and Easter
Do not abandon yourselves to despair.
We are the Easter people and Alleluia! is our song.
— Pope John Paul II
Activities for you and your family.
Feasts, Traditions … and Fun
March
19
St. Joseph Husband of Mary
• In “Limbo,” Sister Mary Ada imagines a Holy Saturday reunion:
The... READ MORE
The Year Ends
November/December 2008 Issue | Posted by Daria Sockey in Season
“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning, but going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.”
— Hal Borland
Feasts, Traditions … and Fun
Nov.
More Faith and Family Days in November
2 All Souls
Visit your loved ones who passed away.
23 Christ the King
Say a prayer to Christ... READ MORE
Autumn
September/October 2008 Issue | Posted by Daria Sockey in Season
Autumn, the year’s last,
loveliest smile.
— William Cullen Bryant
Feasts, Traditions … and Fun
SEPTEMBER
1 Labor Day
• For a fun activity on your last days off from school, make a custom word search puzzle that includes all the memorable events of the summer. The following website makes this... READ MORE
Spring
May/June 2008 Issue | Posted by Daria Sockey in Season
“The winter is past, the rains are over
and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of pruning the vines
has come, and the song of the dove is
heard in our land.”
— Song of Songs
2:11-12
More Faith and Family Days in May
11 - Mother’s Day
Make dinner for mom tonight.
26 - Memorial Day... READ MORE
