Easy Ways to Teach Your Children About Catholic Saints: How to Celebrate the Liturgical Year

Easy Ways to Teach Your Children About Catholic Saints is a post from contributing writer Dianna of The Kennedy Adventures:

As a Catholic homeschooling mom, teaching my children about our faith is at the top of our list. One of our major points of focus is teaching our children about the Church Triumphant – the holy men and women who have gone one before us to become saints.

Teaching your children about Catholic saints doesn’t have to be hard, scary, or complicated. Take a look at some of the ideas we put into use in our home and choose one that works for you.

Easy Ways to Teach Your Children About Catholic Saints

Catholic Picture Books

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One of the easiest ways to teach your children about the saints of our Catholic Church is through stories. There are so many children’s picture books about the Saints available!

We have quite a collection in our library, and I’m always looking to add more.

Start with a few of the saints you hold most dear, or a saint you want to study. Grab a collection of saints stories and add it to your morning time routine.

We use this book and read the saint of the day after we say our morning prayers.

The Catholic saints and Catholic heroes books by Amy Welborn are other great sources for saints stories.

Catholic Printables

You can start here with these Catholic printables – word searches, saints studies, and more.

These Catholic family calendars are perfect for planning ahead to celebrate the saints in your home. You’ll find plenty of ideas for crafts, recipes, prayers, books, and more.

Here are also free monthly pages of 10 Activities for Catholic Families in Each Month:

• January
• February
• March
• 40 Things to Do During Lent (also available as a paper chain activity with 50 ideas)
• Lent and Holy Week
• Holy Week
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December
• Advent (26 ideas for Advent!)

If you want to teach your children about Catholic saints that have feast days in one particular month, you might love including these monthly saint coloring books:

Want to focus on a particular saint all month long? Don’t miss these Saint Fun Fact Cards or individual saints printable packets.

Teach Your Children about Catholic Saints Using Recipes for Catholic Feast Days

Feast days are more fun when you make a special meal. Over at Catholic Cuisine, you can find hundreds of ideas for foods to prepare for your favorite saint or liturgical season.

We’ve done Taco Rings and Mexican Wedding Cakes for Our Lady of Guadalupe, as well as King Cakes (in cupcake form) for Epiphany and Shrove Tuesday.

We always make Shepherd’s Pie to celebrate Irish saints’ feast days, like St Patrick, St Brigid, St Brendan, and more.

Strength in numbers

When you’re looking at living the year liturgically and celebrating feast days, it can be a little daunting. Most of your friends may say, “What? You’re planning a special day for St Blaise? Blessing of the Throats?”

For me, it’s a little easier if I convince one of my Catholic friends to join in the fun and planning with me. It’s an excuse to see our friends and it takes some of the burden off of me. Like taking my children to Adoration, it’s easier when someone else is coming along.

Catholic Crafts and Activities for Teaching Your Children about Catholic Saints

Pinterest is my go-to resource for planning Catholic liturgical celebrations. It’s always the first place I look for crafts, activities, recipes, books, and more.

Looking for a starting point? Don’t miss this list of must follow Catholic Pinterest boards.

Check Your Parish

We’ve gone to St Nicholas Day parties in the past, and attended a potluck to celebrate St Francis Xavier at our local parish. Many times, the activities committee will have a special celebration for the parish’s patron saint. Don’t see anything like that in your bulletin? Call the office and chat about getting something started.

How do you study saints in your home?

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Easy Ways to Teach Your Children About Catholic Saints was originally published on March 7, 2016. It was last updated in October 2018.

Dianna Kennedy

Dianna Kennedy is the mother of six, writing at The Kennedy Adventures. She's a relaxed classical homeschooler, and loves to share practical tips for today's Catholic parent.
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