Living The Liturgical Year In January

If you’re looking for resources to live the Liturgical year at home with your family in January, you’ve come to the right place! You can find all of my liturgical year resources month by month here. 

Check out my new printable liturgical calendar for Catholics! This includes all your major feast days and liturgical seasons along with holy days of obligation, solemnities, liturgical colors, well known Saint feast days, and more! This easy to use and beautiful calendar will be your best friend when planning out your liturgical year at home. There is both a free option and a paid option for downloading this liturgical calendar, so click here to find your options for downloading your own liturgical calendar. 

Remember that the Christmas season runs well into January!

• How Long does the Christmas season really last?
• Find my Advent/Christmas navigation page here.
• Celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas
• 12 Days of Christmas printable ornaments with Catholic symbolism 

January- Dedicated to the Most Holy Name Of Jesus

• This J.E.S.U.S. craft is perfect for celebrating His holy name
• Here’s a J.E.S.U.S song that is great for preschoolers, along with some crafts, coloring pages, and snack ideas.
• A craft for all ages designed to exalt the name of Jesus.

New Year

• Choose a patron Saint for your family each New Year
• New Year’s Resolution 2014- Do all the Corporal Works of Mercy with my kids in one year
• New Year’s Resolution 2015- Improve Your Prayer Life With Prayer Box Dividers

January 1- Mary, Mother of God

• Beautiful Mary Mother of God craft
• How To Draw Mary, Mother of God. Free video!

January 2- St. Basil 

• St. Basil’s Jell-o Jewel Cake (traditionally served on New Year’s day)
• St. Basil’s cupcakes

January 4- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Epiphany (moves) and 3 Kings Day (Jan 6)

• Epiphany home blessing with chalk
• Printable 3 Kings ornament craft that spins to change the king’s clothes. Very fun!
• craft your own King’s crown
• More crown crafts
• crown cakes and other food
• Star crafts
• 3 king crafts

Baptism of the Lord (Sunday After Epiphany)

• Ideas for celebrating
• Holy Water Bottle Craft– Make your own bottle and fill with Holy Water.
• Easy Dove craft made from a paper plate– to symbolize Holy Spirit and Baptism (good for preschoolers and young kids)
• A Dove Craft with the gifts of the Holy Spirit– also made out of paper plates (for older kids)
• Simple Handprint Dove Craft– for preschoolers and young children.
• Crafts and Ideas for learning about the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• More ideas for celebrating Baptism here.

Third Sunday Of January- Feast Of Santo Niño de Cebú (The Infant Jesus)

This is such a perfect day to celebrate since the month of January is dedicted to the most holy name of Jesus! There is a festival for this feast day in the Phillipines that attracts 1-2 million people per year.  Definitely check it out!

• Celebrating the feast of Santo Niño de Cebú

January 21- Our Lady Of Altagracia

• Feast day ideas for celebrating Our Lady of Altagracia

January 21- St. Agnes’s feast day

• Celebration ideas for the feast day of Saint Agnes

January 22- Day of prayer for the unborn

• Pro-life handprint craft for kids– very fun, easy, and appropriate for kids

Most Holy Name Of Jesus How To Draw Video

Also, check out my new how to draw video for drawing the most holy name of Jesus in negative space

January Home Altar

Winter Fun

• The Trinity is like a snowman snack
• Religious fun in the snow
• Religious snowflake book and craft ideas

If you want to celebrate a specific Saint feast day that you didn’t find above, check out my Saint Feast Day resources for tons of printables and activities that will work for any Saint.

Be sure to check out my book for living liturgically with your family, Weaving The Faith. 

You can find all of my resources for living the liturgical year organized month by month here!