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November Feast Table

This year is quickly drawing to a close.  Just two more feast table posts to go!  Now is the time to check out the November Feast Table.

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November Dedication:  The Most Holy Souls

November Feast Days

  • 1st   All Saints’ Day
  • 2nd   All Souls’ Day
  • 3rd   St. Martin de Porres
  • 4th   St. Hubert
  • 11th  St. Martin of Tours
  • 13th  St. Francis Xavier Cabrini
  • 16th  St. Margaret
  • 17th   St. Elizabeth of Hungary
  • 21st  The Presentation of Mary
  • 22nd  St. Cecilia
  • 23rd   Bl. Miguel Pro
  • 23rd   St. Clement
  • 25th   St. Catherine of Alexandria
  • 30th  St. Andrew

November Feast Table Book Basket:

The pickings are pretty slim for our November book basket.  I know we will more than make up for it in December with all our Advent and Christmas read alouds, however, I do plan on picking up Andrew the Apostle as a lead in for our family’s Advent plans (see below!).

(^denote books we own or have read, * denote books we enjoy)

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Our Family’s November Plans:

The Table

I’ve got my tabletop crucifix as the centerpiece of the table this month.  Surrounded by candles and prayer intention cards (see Praying for the Dead below), our feast table has become a place to pray for our beloved deceased.

All Saints’ Day

Of course, no November is complete without a All Saints’ celebration.  At home, we’ll be making doughnuts or “soul cakes” as I like to call them (you can read more about why we do that here).  Later, we’ll have our co-op All Saints’ Day party, this year, I’ll be taking St. Felix and his spider, St. Lucia, and St. Patrick.  (When you check out the costumes, don’t forget to enter the giveaway!!!)

I’m hoping we can do some service as well by doing some reverse trick-or-treating or visiting some local nursing homes.

Praying for the dead

Our family will be taking the month of November to focus on praying for the dead and our feast table reflects that intention.  It has been transformed into a prayer station that we will be using during our morning basket time.

I originally intended to gather pictures of all our beloved deceased, but resorted to printing their names on index cards to simplify the process.  The pictures would have been a great visual for the children, but I just didn’t have it in me to scour the house for pictures of everyone we wanted to pray for!  You can see the index cards in the little dish on our feast table above.  We’ll choose a card or two every morning and pray for that person during our morning basket.  The children have also been asking to pray the Rosary more often, so we will offer up our loved ones then as well.

St. Andrew Feast and the Chaplet

I’ve been saying the St. Andrew Chaplet for the last couple of years and this year I want to make it part of our family’s Advent traditions.  I plan on getting the book Andrew the Apostle to lay the foundation for the feast day.  For supper, we’ll have fish in honor of this fisherman.  I’d love to make chaplet bracelets for the children -we’ll see if I get around to that!  (Update:  you can read about the St. Andrew Novena here.)

What are your November feast table plans?

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Our Family’s All Saints’ and GIVEAWAY

Simple ways to celebrate the liturgical month of November in the Catholic home with kids and family. Books and other ideas!

 

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