{"id":1530,"date":"2026-11-07T12:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritualparent.org\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2026-11-07T12:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:48:15","slug":"bringing-the-liturgical-year-to-life-catholic-icing-offers-free-november-saint-of-the-day-calendar-to-families-and-educators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritualparent.org\/?p=1530","title":{"rendered":"Bringing the Liturgical Year to Life: Catholic Icing Offers Free November Saint of the Day Calendar to Families and Educators"},"content":{"rendered":"

As families and educators prepare to transition into the final months of the calendar year, resources designed to make the Catholic liturgical calendar accessible and engaging continue to see high demand. In anticipation of the upcoming feast days, the popular faith-based platform Catholic Icing has announced the release of a free, downloadable November Saint of the Day Calendar. The initiative is designed to help parents, homeschoolers, and classroom teachers integrate the rich traditions of the Church directly into their daily routines at home or at school.<\/p>\n

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The newly available printable set stems from the collaborative efforts of Catholic Icing and Angie of Real Life at Home, who together manage the Catholic Icing Monthly Membership. The membership program provides subscribers with fresh, thematic printables month after month, ensuring that educational and devotional materials remain both visually appealing and practically useful. While the digital contents of the monthly subscription naturally rotate and evolve with each passing year, organizers decided to single out one of the decorative printable Saint of the Day calendars to offer as a complimentary resource to the wider public, just in time for the kickoff of November.<\/p>\n

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The timing aligns with the beginning of the month, which opens with the Solemnity of All Saints on November 1st. Throughout the month, the liturgical calendar marks a succession of notable feast days, including the memorials of St. Martin de Porres and St. Cecilia, traditional celebrations such as Martinmas, and the preparations that accompany the beginning of Advent. In addition to these specific feast days, November holds distinct traditional devotions within the Catholic Church, being traditionally dedicated to the remembrance of the souls of the faithful departed, as well as serving as Black Catholic History Awareness Month.<\/p>\n

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Organizers behind the initiative emphasize that living liturgically does not need to be an overwhelming undertaking for busy households. Many families express a strong desire to honor saints and incorporate sacred traditions into their daily lives, yet frequently encounter hurdles such as a lack of time, uncertainty about where to begin, or well-intentioned holiday decorations that linger far past their appropriate seasons. The Catholic Icing Monthly Membership aims to alleviate these common roadblocks by delivering comprehensive digital packets ahead of each month, featuring prayer table printables, liturgical recipe cards, activity sheets, coloring pages, and saint-themed crafts.<\/p>\n

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The free November calendar package itself features two distinct U.S. letter-sized pages incorporating a Litany of Saints format. Each day of the month corresponds to a specific saint or blessed individual, allowing children and adults alike to learn about a new holy figure daily. To accommodate different preferences, the download provides two varying font choices. Once acquired, the pages can be easily framed in standard 8.5 by 11-inch frames, posted on refrigerators, or placed prominently on home altars and prayer tables to keep the saints visible in daily life. Extended activities suggested for families include researching the daily entries to deepen educational engagement.<\/p>\n

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Beyond the monthly membership and free calendar offerings, the creators have established a broad array of resources to support liturgical living. These include comprehensive online guides detailing how to celebrate individual saint feast days by examining their lives and translating their virtues into child-friendly activities. Dedicated resource pages also exist for observing November\u2019s specific focal points, including the holy souls in purgatory and Black Catholic History Month, a designation established in 1990 to recognize the profound contributions of African-heritage saints and figures within a canonized community where they represent a small percentage of total recorded saints.<\/p>\n

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For those seeking long-term organizational tools, the creators have also developed broader physical and digital resources, such as the Weaving the Faith ebook and binder system. Designed to help families customize and map out the entire liturgical year, the binder serves as a cumulative repository for printables, sacrament anniversaries, and feast day celebrations that can be utilized across multiple years.<\/p>\n

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The free November Saint of the Day Calendar is available through the platform’s weekly newsletter distribution. While the complimentary download requires newsletter subscription signup, recipients retain the option to manage their subscription preferences at any time. The release underscores a broader ongoing effort within Catholic educational communities to provide accessible, affordable tools that bridge the gap between formal religious education and everyday domestic life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As families and educators prepare to transition into the final months of the calendar year, resources designed to make the Catholic liturgical calendar accessible and engaging continue to see high demand. In anticipation of the upcoming feast days, the popular faith-based platform Catholic Icing has announced the release of a free, downloadable November Saint of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[728,148,188,141,140,143,142,589,255,145,667,64,669,716,668,147,217],"class_list":["post-1530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-catholic-parenting-motherhood","tag-bringing","tag-calendar","tag-catholic","tag-catholic-faith","tag-catholic-mother","tag-catholic-parenting","tag-domestic-church","tag-educators","tag-families","tag-free","tag-icing","tag-life","tag-liturgical","tag-november","tag-offers","tag-saint","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritualparent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritualparent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritualparent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualparent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualparent.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualparent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualparent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritualparent.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualparent.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualparent.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}