Sanctus Simplicitus

I'm starting a little project with my son called Notebooking Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints. I recently found out about notebooking pages as a way to keep track of school projects and papers throughout the year in an orderly fashion as well as something presentable that the child can show family and friends. One of my little guys has taken up to learning about every saint that is mentioned and asking daily who the saint is on our Liturgical Year Bulletin Board.

I showed him one day Butler's Lives of the Saints, he isn't yet able to read on his own, but he was still in awe because the book was much bigger than his children's saint book. I asked if he wanted to learn about each saint listed there, being one for every day, and he was full of excitement. So I share with you our notebooking pages for the month of April Lives of the Saints. The goal is to share these monthly pages along with the saints for the Liturgical Year Bulletin Board. The bulletin board may not have as many as there are notebook pages as the ones for the board come from the mass prayers the Church has for each day where as the notebooking pages come from Butler's Lives of the Saints. Directions are included in the download but as always feel free to leave comments/questions below.


*** As an additional note! ***
Aprils Saint download for the Liturgical Bulletin Board had the wrong picture on the 29th for St. Peter of Verona. That file is corrected now and replaced, you may find it HERE as well. Pieces have also been added for Maunday Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday per reader request. God bless!

The month of March is dedicated to the foster father of Jesus, St. Joseph. His feast day also falls on the 19th of this month! Below are the files available for download to create the March 2012 Liturgical Year Bulletin Board. All of the pieces are reusable each year with the exception of the March title piece.

A friend also recommended buying velcro at the fabric store by the yard for the back side of the calendar pieces. That way you are able to purchase the side you need instead of having a lot of one side left over. If anyone is in need of the hook side of some velcro dots I have a stash! ;)

A few notes on this month's pieces:
* The Feast of the Annunciation is transferred this year from March 25th to the 26th because it falls on Passion Sunday this year. You will find two pieces for the Feast of the Assumption, one for each day. This year the correct one would be the 26th, please save the one for the 25th for the following year.

*On the monthly prayers to St. Joseph there are two cards that will have a front AND back side. They are indicated with red arrows. Please attache these two cards back to back in order to have the complete prayer available.

For full directions on how to put your bulletin board together and for the Lenten season pieces please visit our Liturgical Year Bulletin Board page.

God bless!

March Title Piece & March Dedication Prayers to Saint Joseph

March Saint's Pieces

Two new additions to the Liturgical Bulletin Board! Novena and Prayer pockets so  Novenas may be added according to each month or the appropriate Liturgical Year Season, and/or any family devotions. Also blank Prayer cards to write  prayers on and pre-made cards containing the prayers dedicated to each weekday, as noted on the current weekday pockets. Along with that the monthly prayers according to whom the Church dedicates each month to. Provided here are the prayers for the Holy Family for the month of February. Each month we will be adding new cards and prayers taken from the Blessed Be God book Impr. 1929. Many prayers have indulgences attached which are noted at the bottom of each prayer.

Please note that one of the prayers for Friday has two cards that should be placed back to back in order to contain the whole prayer. See notes in red located on the card. Laminating these cards would work best as the little hands pulling them in and out of pockets will ware on them easily.

To download click on the image below or visit the Liturgical Bulletin Board Page for appropriate downloads. God bless!