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CHOOSE ONE SAINT for EVERY FAMILY MEMBER
Reason for Choosing a Saint
to be your Prayer Warrior: The Saint is in heaven praying for you and your concerns.
to be your Inspiration and Model: The Saint is an inspiration for you as you confirm and live out your Roman Catholic Christian faith. You then use their name as your Confirmation Name.
Tips to Choosing a Saint
Consider the Saint whose Feast Day is on your birthdate or other significant date in your life
Consider the Saint who shares your Name
Consider the Saint who shares your Vocation - husband, wife, parent, or the vocation you aspire to - to be a husband & father, wife & mother or priesthood or religious sister
Consider the Saint who shares the same Profession / Career as you
Consider the Saint who shares the same Interests / Hobbies as you
Consider the Saint whose life is a reflection of your Life or similar events to your life
Consider the Saint whose devotion to God is an Inspiration and Model for your life
Sources for Learning about a Saint
Select one of the websites below.
Read about your chosen saint to complete the family project
ONE Saint for EACH Family Member: father, mother, children, youth
Saint Carlo Acutis, Pray for us!
Saint Carlo Acutis, Pray for us!
Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati, pray for us!
Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati, pray for us!
to be canonized September 7, 2025 by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Rome, Italy. Check Vatican News.
How a Person is declared a Saint
How a Person is declared a Saint
https://www.youtube.com/@SpiritJuiceKids/videos
Use the saint report templates below when searching for information about the saint. Please remember that some information may not be available.
Saint Report TEEN form.docxSaint Report ELEMENTARY form.docxTreasures of the Church
Treasures of the Church
How to fold & cut a triptych
How to fold & cut a triptych
https://youtu.be/ZelUugBYM5Y?si=w2uOB3ghzqawQ8ff
How to cut a triptych to make it stand & decorating ideas (cover & decorate the back too)
https://youtu.be/-4dCfCfm2Zs?si=GnBBhmWS8S6Tc9i0
How to use paint & pasting pictures on a triptych
https://youtu.be/r2fbup2qVoI?si=QjwlHBh7lkwWIbjb
How to design front of the triptych
https://youtu.be/r2fbup2qVoI?si=QjwlHBh7lkwWIbjb
How to make paper stand up design 1
How to make paper stand up design 2
Litany to Old Testament Saints
Adam & Eve
Women of the Old Testament
The Bible
Virtues & Vices
https://www.kofc.org/un/en/resources/cis/cis124.pdf
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https://www.catholic365.com/article/5796/the-catholic-virtues.html
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https://www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk/education/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Virtues-for-Catholic-Schools.pdf
Saints are Important
https://www.monasteryicons.com/product/saints-are-important/did-you-know
history of liturgical colors;
interesting BUT may refer to conference of bishops outside of United States
Criteria
Family Name at the top
full names of parents, all children, maternal grandparents, paternal grandparents // may go back to great-grandparents or further // may include extended family
dates of birth
dates of death if applicable
pictures - photos or drawn
lines connecting relationships
NO ONLINE creations
The Family Tree
The Family Tree
Our Families are rooted in the faith and life of our ancestors.
Our experiences with them shapes our thoughts, perceptions, practices, and decisions.
We learn to celebrate our strengths and joys - praising God for the richness of Family Blessings. God showers us with Love.
We learn to acknowledge our challenges and weaknesses - turning to God for guidance, courage, strength. God helps us to carry, to learn how, and to overcome the crosses we must bear. God showers us with His Mercy and Peace.
St. Paul admonishes us as parents in remembering our parents and in our role as parents with the words in Ephesians 6:1-4: Children, obey your parents [in the Lord], for this is right. “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise, “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on earth.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up with the training and instruction of the Lord.
He teaches how to do this in Colossians 3:12-17: Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do. And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection. And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Gather your families together.
Pray as family to God who loves us.
Bless each family member.
Share with all families.
(emphasis added in both scripture passages)
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