Category: September
One of our favorite saints here at the Catholic Playground has always been Mother Teresa of Kolkata. When the pope announced her canonization date (September 4, 2016), we immediately went to the drawing board- literally! 😉 After a few months of learning more about her life and putting it all into coloring pages and worksheets, weRead more
Saint Michael the Archangel stained glass craft Recreate this “stained glass” using only permanent markers, the Catholic Playground free printable template of Saint Michael, and a sheet of plastic (we made two stained glass crafts- one using a plastic packaging box that was headed for the recycle bin and another using a plastic lid fromRead more
One of the biggest challenges to creating a Biblical Lego scene is undoubtedly the minifigures. While super important to the scene, Lego minifigures sometimes don’t always fit in with their authentic ancient Israeli background! Catholic Playground’s solution? Printable Israelite clothing! Now you can dress your Lego minifigures to look like prophets, scribes, apostles, or anyRead more
And when Pharaoh had sent out the people, the Lord led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines which is near: thinking perhaps they would repent if they should see wars arise against them, and would return into Egypt. But He led them about by the way of the desert…and theRead more
“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.’ ” John 14:6 The darkness of winter brings with it a greater appreciation for LIGHT. The shorter days and longer nights remind us not only of our need for light, but alsoRead more
The name Michael has its origins in Hebrew, meaning “Who is like God?” He was the leader of the good angels in the battle against satan and the devils. St. Michael is mentioned several times in the Bible: in the Book of Daniel, in the Book of Revelation, and in the Epistle of Jude. ItRead more
The Secret of Mary by St. Louis Marie de Monfort (89 pages) “Predestinate soul, how are you to do it? What means will you choose to reach the height to which God has called you?… It all comes to this, then: that you should find an easy means for obtaining from God the grace necessaryRead more
In honor of the great saint, we bring you… …a St. Vincent de Paul Society truck! 🙂 St. Vincent, whose feast day falls on September 27th, was a priest who dedicated his life to serving others. In France, he founded the “Ladies of Charity,” a group made up of wealthy women who collected money forRead more
In the fall of 1846, the Virgin Mary appeared to two shepherd children at La Salette, France. Unlike other apparitions, Mary appeared to be weeping. She shared her displeasure in Catholics who do not remain faithful to the Church and warned against future evils. Before she disappeared, the Lady also gave each of the children a secretRead more
Beginning with his childhood, Joseph faced many obstacles in his life. His mother treated him very cruelly. As a result, Joseph developed a bad temper and had a tendency to be absent-minded. He often wandered around aimlessly, with his mouth hanging open. As he grew older, he tried to enter several religious orders, but eachRead more
And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into Heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah and Elisha were going from Galgal. And as they went on, walking and talking together, behold a fiery chariot, and fiery horses parted them both asunder: and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into Heaven. And Elisha sawRead more
This grotto is the brainchild of our little sister, who thought it would be fun to create a grotto out of a milk carton, glue, and some rocks. We had originally intended to use rocks, but since we had done some beachcombing recently, we substituted shells. First, we cut off the front of the milk carton toRead more
Click on the image below to print the coloring page. “Before the birth of Jesus, the world had never witnessed such a day as the birth of Mary. As this child appears in the world on the 8th of September, the devils may not realize that their long-foretold defeat has arrived and that at lastRead more
Peter was born in Catalonia, Spain, to a poor family. As he grew older, he desired to become both a priest and missionary. Feeling called to “save millions of perishing souls,” Peter traveled to northern South America, the center of the slave market in the Western Hemisphere. He lived with the belief that, “I must dedicate myself toRead more
When the King of Heaven took on human form, He chose a humble stable for the place of His birth and shepherds to be the first of His stewards. So too did the Queen of Heaven – like Her Son – chose a humble grotto in Lourdes and young shepherdess to reveal one of theRead more