Monthly Themes
September - "God is Love/Creation of Heaven and Earth and Man"
Pray for peace throughout the world/an end to violence
Consecration to the Holy Family

October - "God's Son Jesus Teaches Us How to Pray"
Prayers to learn: The Our Father, The Hail Mary, The Glory Be
Pray the Rosary Together

November - "God's Friends - The Saints"
Praying to your patron saint (CCC #962)
Read a story about a saint

December - The Incarnation - "God Comes to Dwell With Us"
Jesus is True God and True Man (CCC #464, 473, 475)
Advent Angels
Advent Wreath - reading of the birth of Christ from the Children's Bible (K-4) and the NAB (5-8)
Pray the Holy Rosary

January - "Mary: Jesus' Mother and Our Mother"
Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Respect Life Month (essays for grades 5-8)
Adoration and Benediction/Evening Prayer

February - Vocation Awareness
"Is God calling you to be a Priest, Deacon, or Religious?
Write letters to the Seminarians of the Diocese - all grades

March - Sacrament of Penance / Reconciliation
"Learning to Say, 'I'm Sorry' and Knowing God's Mercy"
A sign of God's love (CCC #1440, 1457, 1458, 1459, 1468)
Stations of the Cross

April - Sacraments of the Holy Eucharist; "I Will Be With You Always
The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist (CCC #1324, 1337, 1345, 1377, 1378, 1413)
Adoration and Benediction

May - Crowning of Mary; Queen of Heaven
Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with you ...