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kjohnson
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Posted: Jan 11 2007 at 9:57pm \| IP Logged

I just posted ideas for celebrating the feast of St. Anthony the Great next week (January 17). The post includes reading suggestions, a craft (with a download) and copywork ideas.

Feast Day Ideas of January 17

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Posted: Jan 11 2007 at 10:06pm \| IP Logged

The craft is fabulous! Candles and a saint, perfect!

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Posted: Jan 11 2007 at 10:49pm \| IP Logged

Great craft and thanks for the reminder -- my dh has a real fondness for the Eastern saints and this will help us surprise him with an awesome craft and overall day!

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Posted: Jan 11 2007 at 11:58pm \| IP Logged

Well, Katherine, you beat me to it - I was just going to post a brainstorming thread along this same line - "Hermit Saints Feast Days" (since St. Paul the Hermit is Jan.15).

Both lived to be over 100 years old - good time to think about longevity of life and pray for a long happy life for those we love.

Practice being a hermit for a day? Stay in their rooms and eat bread and water?

Or re-enact this meeting between St. Paul and St. Anthony - breaking apart the bread as mentioned here from the Golden Legend.

There is a suggestion in Monica McConkey's Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families book to make baskets on St. Anthony's feast day since he is the patron of basket weavers. (And St. Paul is also listed as a patron of weavers.)

Very easy paper basket w/ template

A couple slightly more complicated options
-woven paper basket
-realistic paper basket variation from Family Fun
-one using paper twist and a brown paper bag

If you don't think even the simple basket is a possibility there is always the basic flat
paper mat weaving

Great blog post, BTW, Katherine.

Any other ideas anyone?

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Posted: Jan 12 2007 at 7:47am \| IP Logged

These are wonderful ideas, Mary. Thank you so much for sharing them.

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