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Liturgical Living at a Glance: October 2015

September 30, 2015 By Haley 9 Comments

Welcome to Carrots! I'm so glad you're here. This is where I share thoughts on liturgical living, faith, parenting, culture, and an extra dose of Jane Austen. You can sign up for my email newsletter here to stay in touch, or look me up on Instagram!

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Tons of resources for celebrating saints and seasons in October!

I’m always trying to figure out how to make it easier for families to observe the Christian Year because we felt so overwhelmed when we first started that journey (which is why we wrote the book we wish we had then).  I thought it might be helpful for our family to have resources compiled for the month ahead so that we can plan in advance which special saints days we want to observe and I hope having them all in one place is helpful to you, too!

And I pinned all of the following resources on an October Liturgical Living board on pinterest for your convenience!

As always, remember not to get overwhelmed. You don’t have to observe every saints day! (We certainly don’t at our house.) The liturgical year is a gift. It shouldn’t feel like a burden!LiturgicalLiving

October 1st: St. Therese of the Child Jesus

Food for Thought:

  • The Power of the Little Flower: Jenny Uebbing for Catholic Exchange
  • What a Spoiled French Nun Taught Me About Motherhood: Better Than Eden

Faith and Little Ones:

  • St. Therese and Family Paper Dolls (Lucy loves these!)

Celebrating Around the Table:

  • Heavenly Garden Apple Rose Pastries: Catholic Cuisine

October 2nd: The Holy Guardian Angels

Free Printable Guardian Angel Prayers: Catholic All Year

Faith and Little Ones:

Book suggestions:

Angels, Angels Everywhere by Tomie dePaola

Pascual and the Kitchen Angels by Tomie dePaola

October 4th: St. Francis of Assisi:

Food for Thought:

  • What We Can Learn from St. Francis: Sam Guzman

Faith and Little Ones:

Book suggestions:

Brother Sun, Sister Moon by Katherine Paterson

The Song of Francis by Tomie dePaola

The Good Man of Assisi by Mary Joslin

St. Francis and the Nativity by Myrna Strasser
Activities for Celebrating:

  • 10 Easy Ways Your Family Can Celebrate the Feast of St. Francis: Molly Makes Do
  • Make Pinecone Bird Feeders with your kids to honor St. Francis of Assisi (You can find the instructions in our newest liturgical year ebook: More Feasts!)

Pinecone Bird Feeders for St. Francis

October 7th: Our Lady of the Rosary

Faith and Little Ones:

  • Rosary CDs for Kids: Holy Heroes (My kids adore these!)

Celebrating Around the Table

  • Cupcake Rosary: Catholic Cuisine

October 10th: St. Francis Borgia

Celebrating Around the Table:

Make a Spanish feast (Simple Spanish Tapas, Spanish Eggplant Spread, and Potatoes Aioli recipe is in Feast! Real Food, Reflections, and Simple Living for the Christian Year)

Spanish Tapas, Eggplant Spread, and Potatoes Aioli // Carrots for Michaelmas

October 15th: St. Teresa of Avila

Celebrating Around the Table:

  • Chicken Stew with Lighter than Air Dumplings: Catholic Cuisine
  • Whip up some sweet Yemas de Santa Teresa from More Feasts!

Yemas de Santa Teresa for St. Teresa of Avila

October 17th: St. Ignatius of Antioch

Celebrating Around the Table:

  • Make Mujaddara, a lentil and rice dish popular in the Middle East. (You can find the recipe in Feast!)

Mujadarra // Carrots for Michaelmas

October 18th: St. Luke

Faith and Littles Ones:

  • Coloring Page: Waltzing Matilda

October 22nd: Pope St. John Paul II

Faith and Littles Ones:

Book Suggestion:

The Story of Saint John Paul II: A Boy Who Became Pope by Fabiola Garza

Coloring Book:

  • Pope St. John Paul II 15-pg Coloring Download: Holy Heroes

Audio Story:

  • Pope St. John Paul II Glory Story: Holy Heroes (We listened to this one on our road trip this summer!)

Celebrating Around the Table:

  • Polish Food and Papal Cake: Better Than Eden
  • Pope Cakes: Melody’s Harmonies

October 23rd: St. John of Capistrano

Faith and Little Ones:

Book Suggestion:

Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi

October 28th: St. Jude

Food for Thought:

  • The Powerful Faith and Intercession of St. Jude: Daniel Stewart for Catholic Exchange

October 31: All Hallow’s Eve

Faith and Little Ones:

  • Finding Truth in Halloween: Look to Him and Be Radiant
  • All Saints’ Halloween Party: A Knotted Life

And I love Kendra’s idea to easily transform Halloween costumes into All Saints’ costumes:

Awesome All Saints Costumes, And More Halloween/All Saints’ Costumes, Hallowtide, It’s How We Roll

And Coming Up….All Souls Day is November 2nd, so make sure you have everything you need to make these Soul Cakes!

Do you have any special traditions for holy days in October? I’d love to hear about them in the comments!

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Filed Under: Catholicism, Christian Year, Faith & Liturgical Living, Feasting, Rosary, Saints Tagged With: All Hallow's Eve, christian year, guardian angels, liturgical year, october saints, our lady of the Rosary, Pope St. John Paul II, st. francis, St. Francis Borgia, St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. John of Capistrano, St. Jude, st. teresa of avila, st. therese the little flower

Comments

  1. AnneMarie says

    September 30, 2015 at 10:02 pm

    So I know that she’s not celebrated at Mass, but still-St. Faustina is this Monday!!! I’m a big fan 🙂 Her feast and St. JPII’s feast are my “excuses” to eat Polish food. Granted, I don’t have a Polish bone in my body, so my “Polish food” is far from authentic. That being said, either pierogies grace my table or Lazy Man’s Golumpki Casserole does. I usually make up excuses to eat Golumpki casserole anytime, though, because it’s so darn good, healthy-ish, easy, and cheap!

    I totally second the Pope Cake for October 22! I made it last year for the first time, and it was awesome. I definitely didn’t get the cream filling stiff enough, so it all smooshed out when we ate it, but then we froze our pieces, which made them a lot easier to eat. Super delicious! Ooh, Mujaddara looks amazing! Making it for St. Ignatius of Antioch is a great idea. Plus, you really can’t go wrong with Middle Eastern food.

    This is a great post, Haley! Thanks for sharing your liturgical year awesomeness!

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  2. megan w says

    October 1, 2015 at 7:44 pm

    This is so timely! I’ve been fretting how to start celebrating (any) saint’s days and this is a great start!!!! They don’t really teach this is RCIA so I’ve had to learn about saints and their feast days on my own.

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    • megan w says

      October 7, 2015 at 9:49 am

      And as a follow up, I think you should do this for every month 😉

      Reply
  3. Katie says

    October 1, 2015 at 11:49 pm

    Haley, thanks for adding my Finding Truth in Halloween link! I hope your family has a beautiful and blessed October! 🙂

    Reply
  4. Rachel W says

    October 2, 2015 at 10:44 am

    Thanks for a wonderful roundup of food and liturgical festivities, Haley. I thought you would like this article on Little House: http://dappledthings.org/8103/little-house-on-the-prairie/

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    • Haley says

      October 3, 2015 at 9:42 pm

      Loved this SO much!

      Reply
  5. Sara says

    October 2, 2015 at 8:05 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing this!

    Reply
  6. Abby Soejoto says

    October 4, 2015 at 12:50 am

    Awesome fall ideas!

    On the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, we’ve made individual rosaries for each kid the last few years, using whatever we have on hand – m&ms, choc chips (regular or mini), mini marshmallows, yogurt covered raisins. But each kid gets to make their own rosary on the table and then eat (or set aside) as we pray each “bead”. It’s slightly distracting, but really fun for one feast day.

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  7. Ashley says

    October 4, 2015 at 10:19 pm

    Wow! Thank you Haley! What a fantastic resource of ideas – all in one easy place. I hope this becomes a monthly post? 🙂

    Reply

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