*Or should I say, “Organizing my Archives, so that I can find certain posts a little bit easier for planning purposes!” (After 2+ years of blogging, and over 1000 posts, there is just too much to sift through!) I’ll be linking this post in the top navigation bar, under Feast Day Plans, and continue updating it as I time goes on… After looking through all these old posts, no wonder I am tired! 😉 It has been a busy couple of years!
1/14/2011 Update: I’ve started adding a few of the links from 2010, but it may take a little while to find the time to update this post once again…
January 1st ~ Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God
January 2nd ~ Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
The Sunday following the Feast of the Epiphany
January 15th ~ Feast of St. Anthony the Abbot
January 21st ~ Feast of Our Lady of Altagracia
- Our Lady of Altagracia (2008)
January 28th ~ Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas
January 31st ~ Feast of St. John Bosco
~ FEBRUARY ~
February 2nd ~ Feast of Candlemas
- An Afternoon Tea on Candlemas Day (2010)
- Preparing for Candlemas (2008)
February 11th ~ Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
- Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes ~ plans and ideas (2008)
- Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes (2008)
- In Honor of Our Lady of Lourdes (2009)
- Ideas for the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes (2009)
February 12th ~ Lincoln’s Birthday
February 14th ~ Feast of St. Valentine
- Valentine Fun! (2008)
- Celebrating St. Valentine (2009)
- Valentine’s Day Treats (2009)
- LOVE-ly Valentine Memories (2008)
~ MARCH ~
March 5th ~ Feast of St. Ciaran
March 17th ~ Feast of St. Patrick
- When Irish eyes are smiling…
- In honor of: (St. Patrick)
- Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day (2009)
- St. Patrick’s Day Treats
- Plans for the Feast of St. Patrick (2009)
March 19th ~ Feast of St. Joseph
- Solemnity Feast of St. Joseph (2008 – Boy’s Artwork)
- Our Very First St. Joseph Altar (2009)
End of March and the Feast of the Annunciation
- Out Like A Lamb (Feast of the Annunciation 2008)
April 16th ~ Pope Benedict’s Birthday!
April 23rd ~ Feast of St. George
- By George, it’s time to celebrate!
- In Preparation for the Feast of St. George
- Dragon Cakes for St. George
- Celebrating the Feast of St. George the Dragon Slayer (2009)
- Ideas for the Feast of St. George (2009)
April 25th ~ Feast of St. Mark
April 29th ~ Feast of St. Catherine of Siena
~ LENT AND EASTER ~
Preparation
- Miniature King Cakes for Mardi Gras (2010)
- Shrove Tuesday (2009)
- Getting Ready for Lent (2009)
- Our Lenten Calendar (2008)
Lenten Cleaning
- Spring Cleaning ~ The Goal (2008)
- Lenten Cleaning (2009)
The Jesus Tree
- From the Jesse Tree to the Jesus Tree
- The Jesus Tree ~ A Lenten Bible Study (2009)
- The Jesus Tree ~ Week One
- The Jesus Tree ~ Week Two
- The Jesus Tree ~ Week Three
- The Jesus Tree ~ Week Four
- The Jesus Tree ~ Week Five
- The Jesus Tree ~ Week Six
- The Jesus Tree ~ Week Seven
Laetare Sunday
- Mothering Sunday (4th Sunday of Lent)
Palm Sunday
- Palm Sunday
- Shower of Photos 2009 :: Day 5 (Palm Sunday) (2009 – Our “Palm of Palms”)
The Triduum
- The Easter Triduum (2008)
- Our Holy Week and Easter (2008)
- On Easter Day ~ At Home (2009)
- A Lenten Tea on Holy Thursday (2009)
- A Lenten Tea on Good Friday (2009)
- Hot Cross Buns!
- The Easter Story ~ Resurrection Cookies
- Resurrection Rolls
- Resurrection Eggs
- Our Divine Mercy Sunday ~ A Lovely Day! (2008)
- Shower of Photos 2009 :: Day 19 (Divine Mercy Sunday) (2009)
Easter Season
The Fifty Days of Easter ~ The Garden of the Good Shepherd
- Garden of the Good Shepherd (2009)
- The Fifty Days of Easter (2008)
- Garden of the Good Shepherd ~ Week 1 (2009)
- Garden of the Good Shepherd ~ Week 2 (2009)
- Garden of the Good Shepherd ~ Week 3 (2009)
- Garden of the Good Shepherd ~ Week 4 (2008)
- Garden of the Good Shepherd ~ Week 4 (2009)
- Garden of the Good Shepherd ~ Week 5 (2008)
- Garden of the Good Shepherd ~ Week 6 (2008)
- Garden of the Good Shepherd ~ Week 6 (2009)
- Garden of the Good Shepherd ~ Week 7 (2008)
Pentecost Sunday
- Plans for Pentecost Sunday
- Celebrating Pentecost, the Birthday of the Church! (2009)
- Ideas for Celebrating Pentecost Sunday (2009)
Ascension Thursday
- Ascension Thursday Picnic (2009)
~ MAY ~
May 5th ~ Cinco de Mayo
- Cinco de Mayo (2009)
May 13th ~ Feast of Our Lady of Fatima
~ JUNE ~
Monthly Dedication
- In Honor of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Summer with the Saints 2009)
- Celebrating the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua (Summer with the Saints)
July 3rd ~ Feast of St. Thomas
The 4th of July
- Fun Food for the Fourth! (2009)
- Making Cupcakes… (2009)
July 14th ~ Feast of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha –
- In Honor of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (Summer with the Saints)
July 16th ~ Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- The Brown Scapular – Garment of Grace
- Heavenly Fun! (Summer with the Saints)
- Celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel (2008)
- Celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (2009)
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel ~ July 16th (Prayers)
July 25th ~ Feast of St. James
- I tried! (Celebrating the feast of St. James – 2008)
July 31st ~ Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola
- St. Ignatius of Loyola (Summer with the Saints)
- Catholic Cuisine : Recipes for July ~ Month of the Most Precious Blood
- Christmas in July! (Summer with the Saints)
Monthly Dedication ~ The Immaculate Heart of Mary
- In Honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Summer with the Saints)
August 11th (New) and August 12th (Trad) ~ Feast of St. Clare
August 14th ~ Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe–
- Celebrating the Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe (Summer with the Saints)
- On the Feast of St. Maximilian (2009)
August 15th ~ Feast of the Assumption
- The Feast of the Assumption
- Ideas for Celebrating the Feast of the Assumption
- Celebrating the Assumption
August 21st ~ Feast of St. Pius X
August 22nd ~ Feast of the Queenship of Mary
- Catholic Cuisine : Recipes for August ~ Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
~ SEPTEMBER ~
September 5th ~ Feast of Blessed Mother Teresa
September 5th ~ Feast of the Nativity of Mary
September 9th ~ Feast of St. Peter Claver
September 12th ~ Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary
September 14th ~ Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
September 29th ~ Michaelmas
September 30th ~ Feast of St. Jerome
- A Week of Celebrating (St. Jerome)
- Catholic Cuisine : Recipes for September ~ Month of Our Lady of Sorrows
- Little Flowers for St. Therese
- A Shower of Roses
- Chocolate Roses for St. Thérèse
- Plans for the Feast of St. Therese (List of Ideas!)
- Roses for St. Thérèse (Summer with the Saints)
- Getting Ready… (Rose Cupcakes)
- A Novena to St. Therese beginning on her Feast Day
- Celebrating the Feast of St. Therese ~ 2009
- Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
- Wolf Paw Cookies
- In Honor of St. Francis of Assisi (Summer with the Saints 2009)
- Happy Columbus Day!
- Columbus Day 2008
- Columbus Day (list of plans)
- Fasting and Feasting for All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints’ Day and All Souls Day
- Saintly Costumes
- Saintly Games
- Our Cast of Saints
- We have a winner, or THREE!
- Saint-O-Lanterns
- Reminiscing
- All Saints’ Party (2008)
- Our Cast of Saints ~ 2008
- Another Saint-O-Lantern (2008)
- Making Cookies (2008) and Holy Ghost Cookies (2009)
- Ascension-O-Lantern
- Carving our Saint-O-Lanterns ~ 2009 Edition
- Our Cast of Saints (2009)
- Catholic Cuisine : Recipes for October ~ Month of the Holy Rosary
~ NOVEMBER ~
November 1st ~ All Saints Day
- A few Devotions for the Holy Souls
- Decorating Sugar Skulls
- A Mass at the Cemetery
- Mass on the Feast of All Souls ~ 2009 and A few more Pictures
November 12th ~ Feast of St. Martin of Tours
- Isn’t it cool…
- My Daybook ~ Nov 14th (Crescent Rolls and Coloring Pages for Martinmas!)
November 17th (New) and 19th (Trad) ~ Feast of St. Elizabeth of Hungary
November 25th ~ Feast of St. Catherine of Alexandria
~ THANKSGIVING ~
- Thanksgiving Stories (A few of our Favorite Books)
- Gobble, Gobble…
- Our Tree of Thanksgiving
- Painting Leaves… and So very much to be thankful for… (2008)
- Thanksgiving Day in Pictures (2008)
~ ADVENT ~
- Our Picture Books for Advent & Christmas
- Our Christmas 2008: Home Tour
- The Advent Wreath
- Our Favorite Advent Calendar
- Advent Lap Book
- 12 Days of Christmas Lap Book
- The Jesse Tree
- Jesse Tree Readings and Coloring Pages
- Jesse Tree Readings and Coloring Pages for Advent 2008
- On the Calendar (various December Feasts)
- Made with Love
- Our Plans for Advent… (2009)
- A Jesse “Tea” for Advent
~ DECEMBER ~
December 3rd ~ Feast of St. Francis Xavier
December 6th ~ Feast of St. Nicholas
- The Legend of the Candy Cane and Recipe
- Happy Feast of St. Nicholas!
- And what a feast it was!
- Celebrating the Feast of St. Nicholas (2008)
- St. Nicholas Hot Cocoa
- A Makeover for Santa Claus
- Counting down the days…
- Making a list… (2009 Plans)
December 7th ~ Feast of St. Ambrose
December 12th ~ Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 12th ~ Christmas Rose Novena Begins
- A Christmas Rose (St Therese Novena which begins 12 Days before Christmas)
December 13th ~ Feast of St. Lucy
December 17th to 23rd ~ The O Antiphons
- O Antiphons ~ Dec 17 to 23
- Celebrating the O Antiphons (2007)
- O Sapientia ~ O Wisdom (Dec 17th)
- O Adonai ~ O Lord and Ruler (Dec 18th)
- O Radix Jesse ~ O Root of Jesse (Dec 19th)
- O Clavis David ~ O Key of David (Dec 20th)
- Celebrating the O Antiphons ~ Our Plans for this Year! (2009)
- O Antiphon House
- Feast of St John (2007)
- St. John’s Day (2008)
Good Gravy Lady! Where do you have time to do this!!???
How wonderful you did this though! i know many who will be so pleased!
🙂
This is fantastic! Thank you for organizing these for us (and, of course, yourself!)
I did notice that you had St. Anthony of Padua on July 13, and I am pretty sure he is celebrated on June 13. Also Our Lady of Mt. Carmel is July 16th not 14th. I am impressed that you only had 2 typos (that I caught, at least!) There is so much information here.
I love the celebrations and all the other ideas and plans you have. You are so creative. You have inspired me. Thank you for that.
God bless.
lol! This post has been a work in progress for A LONG TIME!!! I started it mainly to keep track of posts for myself and decided to organize it a little better to share and just publish it already. =) I am glad that you find it helpful!
I am sure there are probably MANY typos!! Thanks for pointing them out!
I'm with Shelly – how long did this take? Great job ~ and thanks!
You've been working hard. Organizing it a gratifying feeling though. Good job.
THIS is AWESOME! It will sure help me streamline my planning as I welcome a new baby to the fold!
This is really wonderful, Jessica — your ideas are awesome, and while I love picking through your archives just for fun, this organized approach will certainly be more immediately fruitful! 🙂
I laughed at your "no wonder I'm so tired" quote — I feel the same way when I look at my own archives, and I can't hold a (birthday!!) candle to yours! Especially now — I've been really dropping the blogging ball lately, and not for lack of material. I really don't know how you do it, but I'm awfully glad you do!
Ever amazed with you,
Eileen 🙂
Thank you everyone!! I was hesitant over posting such a super long post, but decided it might help some of you that search my archives just as much as it has been helping me from my drafts folder.
Paula ~ I really have been working on this a little bit at a time, for a very long time. As I looked up what we did for last year, I would save the links in the draft so I wouldn't have to look them up again. (Especially since I'd been trying to list the most relevant ones in the sidebar lately.) So I guess this post has been in my drafts since Lent?? Approximately. The most frustrating thing was the formating, which I did yesterday… Blogger can be a real stinker sometimes. =)
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Jessica – Have you considered using your MAC skills and apps to set up your own blog?
I can't tell you how great it is to basically do ANYTHING you want in formatting, etc.
But it does take some time. . .
I removed my comment oh boy!! What I said is thank you for all your hard work. This will help us with our family plans this year since we our so new at all of this.
2 typos thats it you go girl! I think you did a fantastic job.
I am so glad you do all this it has really been a blessing.
This is great! Thank you, Jessica and God bless you.
Goodness me, Jessica!
It's wonderful.
🙂 Kristyn
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Thank you so much for sharing all of your wonderful plans! You have no idea what a blessing it is to have so many AWESOME ideas all in one spot! Thanks again!
Hi, Jessica – I'm pretty new to blogging but I've been reading your blog for a few months now…I just want to say thank you for sharing the workings of your home and your family. You have been such an encouragement to me as a mom and a homeschooler! And especially for all of your work and examples with the liturgical celebrations – this is something I've wanted to do for my family for a long time, but it is all very new to me; your blog has been so helpful! You have really blessed me & my family – may God continue to bless you in all of your efforts!
P.S. one question – seriously! – how DO you manage to do all of this? I know how much time homeschooling alone takes! Are you still a Pampered Chef consultant? I'd be interested to read any tips you have on time management 🙂
WHAT! A! TREASURE! :>) I linked to this on my weekly roundup, post is here. Thanks so much!!
Where is the "Jesse Tea" information? It looks like it got lost among the O Antiphons stuff, but I know I saw it a couple months ago and wanted to try the idea with my kids. Now I can't find it! Can you repost it?
Thanks,
Christine
Christine ~ Here is the link to our Jesse "Tea" for Advent!