A blessed All Saints’ Day to you all! We are celebrating this holy day with a party at our homeschool co-op, a break from school, special food, attending Mass, prayers to our favorite saints, and creating a All Saints’ feast table.
The Catholic home altar or feast table is such an appropriate and simple way for the weary mother to point her children heavenward on this holy day and all days of the year. The children draw to and interact with the feast table every time they notice something new.
All Saints’ Feast Table
Mary statue– Mary is the greatest saint so I find it appropriate to place her as a focal point. Besides this is one of my two statues! (This one is quite similar.)
Candle– to light during family or individual prayers
Communion of Saints artwork – from last year’s co-op unit on art (I don’t know the name of the piece, sorry!) I found this stored in my liturgical binder I put together earlier this year as I was looking for things to add to the table.
Chalkboard sign – I love to decorate with this little chalkboard sign I picked up for a few dollars with a coupon at Hobby Lobby (I also love this one from Amazon.)
Holy Cards – Somehow our holy card stash has diminished dramatically so there are only a handful of cards in here. St. Nicholas Day gift ideas for sure!
Sacrifice beads– we love sacrifice beads and the children got to make more at our co-op’s All Saints’ party. I find these a great way to encourage our children in growing toward sainthood. That is the whole point of all this, isn’t it?
Other All Saints’ Day feast table ideas:
Gather your statues – As a convert, I don’t have plethora of statues, but, if I did, this would be a perfect time to display them all in one place.
Gather your medals – Again, I don’t have many of these, but making a little All Saints’ tree with twigs from the yard, string, and medals, would be a fun activity and decoration.
Holy Card clothesline – Clipping your holy cards to a mini clothesline and stringing them above the feast table would be cute.
Candles, candles, candles – I would have loved to have had more candles to light on the table, but, alas, they were all used in our 13 jack-o- lanterns last night!
Praying as a family on All Saints’ Day:
Invoke your patron saint– As we gathered for morning prayers this was such an easy way to remember our family’s personal Catholic heroes.
Praying at Mass – It is a holy day of obligation. Get yourself there and offer the holy sacrifice of the Mass with the entire cloud of witnesses!
Pray a decade – If you don’t have the habit of a family rosary, challenge yourself to invoke the name of the greatest saint!
Read and reflect on the saints – Our family will be reading several saint stories throughout the day and discussing how we can emulate each saint.
Other ideas you may like:
Liturgical Binder: Organizing the Catholic Year
16 Ways to Celebrate All Saints’ Day in the Catholic Home
November Feast Table (includes a booklist and other ideas for the entire month)
A blessed All Saints’ Day from our family to yours!
(and also from St. Giuseppe Moscati, St. Clare of Assisi, and St. Thomas Aquinas)
