Welcome to Liturgical Living
Welcome to Liturgical Living, a new AFC resource. The goal of this resource is to help our AFC and JI families by providing ideas and resources to families to help you live out our Catholic faith. Much of this series has been inspired by and modified from the book, Catholic all Year by Kendra Tierney.
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What is Liturgical Living?
Read this Introduction piece to learn more about the Liturgical Living Series.
Weekly Content
Corpus Christi (2), Sacred Heart of Jesus (7) and Immaculate Heart of Mary (8)
Ordinary Time After Pentcost, Most Holy Trinity (26), St. Joan of Arc (30), The Visitiation (31)
Pentecosst (19) and St. Rita (22)
Our Lady of Fatima (13)
Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord and the Holy Spirit
What's the deal with May Crowning? and St. Gianna (28), St. Catherine of Siena (29)
Feast of St. George and What's the deal with Martrydom?
First Communion and the Blessed Sacrament
Divine Mercy Sunday (7) and the Annunciation of the Lord (8)
Easter and the Easter Season
Holy Week and Triduum
What's the Deal with Confirmation?, The 5th Sunday of Lent and the Somenity of St. Joseph (19)
Feast of St. Patrick (17)
Almsgiving and Sanits Perpetua and Felicity (7)
Week 27: February 25- March 02
Fasting: A Call to True Self-Denial
Making the Lenten Season more meaningful and Praying Stations of the Cross
Our Lady of Lourdes (11), Ash Wednesday (14) and St. Valentine (14)
What's the Deal with Lent? and Feast of St. Josephine Bahkita (8)
Week 23- January 28- February 03
Praying in Ordinary Time III, Candlemas (2) and St. Blaise (3)
Praying in Ordinary Time II, Day of Prayer for the Protection of the Unborn (22) and Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (25)
Praying in Ordinary Time and Feast of St. Sebastian (20th)
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (7), Celebrating Name Days and Ordinary Time
Week 19- December 31-January 6
Feast of the Holy Family, Mary Mother of God, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Epiphany
Christmas Eve, Christmas and the Christmas Season
Gaudette Sunday and The O Antiphons
The Many Advent Feast Days Continued. Our Lady of Loretto (10), Our Lady of Guadalupe (12), St. Lucy (13), St. John of the Cross (14) and another Christmas Novena!
Week 15- December 03- December 09
What's the Deal with all the Advent feast days? St. Nicholas (6), St. Ambrose (7), Immaculate Conception (8), St. Juan Diego (9)
Week 14- November 26-December 02
What's the Deal with Novenas? and St. Andrew (30) and the Christmas Novena
Advent Traditions and Celebrating Thanksgiving with the Saints
What's the Deal with Advent? and St. Margaret of Scotland (16)
Celebrating Baptismal Anniversaries and St. Martin of Tours (11)
Week 10- October 29- November 4
What's the Deal with All Souls' Day? Indulgences?
Feast of Halloween (31), All Souls' Day(1) and All Saint's Day (2).
What's the Deal with All Saints' Day? and Pope St. John Paul II (22)
What's the Deal with Halloween? and St. Luke the Evangelist (18)
How can I pray to a Saint? and Feast of St. John Henry Newman
St. Therese of Lisieux, Feast of the Guardian Angels, St. Francis of Assisi and Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
What's the Deal with Saints? and The Feast of the Archangels
Praying as a Family, St. Hildegard of Bingen and St. Matthew the Apostle
Mary, Exaltation of the Cross and Our Lady of Sorrows
Liturgical Calendar and St. Mother Teresa
Week 1 - August 27- September 2
Back to School Blessing and St. Augustine