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JennGM
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Posted: Dec 27 2008 at 2:57pm \| IP Logged

Bookswithtea wrote:

Jenn, you and I must really be on the same track for simplicity. I am looking for things that can be used more than once, that will be looked forward to year after year, but are simple enough that I can ask my dd's to set it up if I can't. I was really encouraged when I read that your mom put you in charge of some of this when you were young. I think that I am going to pass on St. Days this year, except for St. Patrick, St. Valentine, and St. Nicholas. There are enough feasts and solemnities that need to be focused on, first. I found some simple prayers online for the Feast of Mary, Mother of God.

Mary, thank you for the candle tutorial. Oh wow about the symbols for Mary, page! Other than a letter M, I dunno about artistic flowers. I can barely draw a stick figure!

Maybe I'll just let the girls figure it all out. They'll enjoy it and I won't have an anxiety attack if it doesn't look perfect as long as they did it. I'm trying to avoid an attack of craft-itis like Jenn mentioned somewhere.

I LOVE doing crafts, and my son does, too. I just like to have a simple base to know that we're covered just in case "life" happens and the plans I made to do for feast days fall by the wayside. So I like a simple display and a picture book for the feasts, and all the rest is gravy.

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Jenn, lately I am a complete craft failure. I have crafts that have been planned for 2 yrs that are starting to collect dust now because "life" happens and we never get to them.

I think I have felt like if I couldn't do it all, then it wasn't worth it to even do anything. I don't want that to happen this year, so I am working on putting a basic plan together that is "life proof".

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I read somewhere that Mary can be celebrated with sweet smelling things...so we made gingerbread on the 8th of December this year. It was wonderful!

Last year I made a candle for the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus. I need to remember where I put that (well I have a month to look for it right?)

I personally want to do less crafts and more tradition things for the kids to remember the feast days that we celebrate on a yearly basis. This year I totally dropped the ball on hubbys feast day-St. Stephen. Maybe I should ask the church to move it to a more convienent time? I mean really the day after Christmas? Doesn't the first martyr need a Sunday? wink wink.

Thanks for starting this link....It's helping me to be more organized!

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Posted: Jan 01 2009 at 6:23pm \| IP Logged

I just bought CHC's liturgical collection pictures.

I'm exited about them. January is "Madonna and Child" for the Solemnity of Mary. I am going to display the picture each month on season table for our liturgical celebration.

You may all already be familiar with them but thought I would share just in case....

A Liturgical Collection

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