Liturgical Activities in Our Homeschool

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Permalink Reply by angie wolfe on August 18, 2009 at 9:54am

Catholic Heritage has "A Year with God" which has lots of great activities and projects. We also like Cay Gibson's "Catholic Mosaic" which is a literature based look at the Liturgical Year. You could probably find a lot of the titles at your library. I have opted to buy a lot of them so I have them for years! Good luck, and try not to burn yourself out. The possibilites that our beautiful church has to offer can be overwhelming!! ;)

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Permalink Reply by Erika Drain on August 18, 2009 at 11:56am

Thank you, Amy! I've heard of the Catholic Mosaic one...I'll check Amazon for it...and I do know what you mean about burning out...I'm going to incorporate the liturgical activities into our music, religion, and art so that it's not something else we are doing. But I do appreciate your pointing that out, especially for me that I like to overdo it sometimes! ;) Thanks a bunch, Erika

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Permalink Reply by Angèle on September 15, 2009 at 7:56pm

I was trying to incorporate the Liturgical year into our homeschool and came upon this wonderful resource of resources:

http://familyfeastandferia.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/suggested-re...

There are actually so many resources on that PDF that it's a bit overwhelming. A few from that list I would recommend:

Most any book by Ann Ball:

Ball, Ann. Catholic Traditions in Cooking, Our Sunday Visitor, 1993.
____. Catholic Traditions in the Garden, Our Sunday Visitor, 1998.
____. Catholic Traditions in Crafts, Our Sunday Visitor, 1997.
____. Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices, Our Sunday Visitor, 2002.
____. Catholic Traditions in the Home and in the Classroom, Our Sunday Visitor, 2005.

The Seton Art Book for 1st grade is great for liturgical projects. I use it for a 4th and a 2nd grader (but it could be adapted for middle or preschool).
http://www.setonbooks.com/

I also really like the website Catholic Cuisine: http://catholiccuisine.blogspot.com

I used several other books in the past but after you get a few of these books you start to get your own ideas and don't need to rely on them anymore :).

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Permalink Reply by Waverley Booth on November 4, 2009 at 11:25pm

There is a wonderful forum of Catholic women who share ideas on celebrating the liturgical year in the domestic church. The address is: 4real.thenetsmith.com The board was founded by among others, Elizabeth Foss, who also contributes to Faith & Family Live. She has been a guest on several of the F&F podcasts.

Before you purchase a book, I would spend some time at the 4 Real forum. The feastandferia website Angele mentions is the blog of one of the moderators on the 4 Real board.

Good luck! I have found that picking a few important days throughout the liturgical year to celebrate at home has been very meaningful for our family.

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Permalink Reply by Patricia on November 5, 2009 at 9:57am

Erika,
We are also what you would call a traditional Catholic family, although we attend the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (& the occasional Tridentine Mass when it is offered in our area). Like the others said -- there is literally no end to the rich liturgical traditions from the ancient patrimony of our Catholic Faith! I second all the recommendations already made, & add a few more for you to check out if you'd like:

Blog with great ideas (crafts, stories, recipes)
http://dawnathome.typepad.com/by_sun_and_candlelight/themes_plans/

Women For Faith & Family
http://www.wf-f.org/LiturgicalCalendar-info.html#anchor6442020

Catholic Culture
http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day....

Domestic Church
http://www.domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/pages.dir/fridge.htm

A great book for living the liturgical year from the perspective/spirituality of the Eastern Catholic Churches is "A Guide for the Domestic Church":

http://www.theobooks.org/product/a-guide-for-the-domestic-church-13...

May God bless you & your family as you live out the liturgical year in your domestic church (we like to think of our home as the domestic monastery)! :o)

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Permalink Reply by Erika Drain on November 5, 2009 at 10:02am

Thanks everyone for the lovely replies and the rich ideas, sites, and recommendations! I do feel like I now have a well of sources to start with. I do like the idea of limiting things, especially the first year we try this. Thank you so much! HUGS, Erika

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Permalink Reply by Atara on March 25, 2011 at 6:01am

I didn't know there was a F&F podcast!

Where can it be found?  It is on itunes?

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