Collection: August

Traditional Catholic prayers, Bible passages, songs, and devotions for the month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary!

Find St. Helen and the sacred items she brought back from the Holy Land!

Use this download for the entire month of August!

Work your brain with this word search featuring words from St. Monica and St. Augustine's story!

These stained glass cookies are reminiscent of the beautiful stained glass windows at San Chapelle, which is why they’re perfect for the feast of St. Louis IX!

These light and airy cloud-like cookies are crispy on the outside and marshmallowy on the inside. They’re an excellent addition to a Christmas cookie plate, but we also love them for baby showers, wedding showers, tea parties, and cloud-associated feast days like the Ascension and the Assumption.

All the saint of the day images for the month of August!

We love this lemonade for the Assumption and also for the feast of the Holy Cross, which is traditionally associated with basil!

The blessing of herbs is traditionally associated with the feast of the Assumption. This tasty roast can be made with blessed or unblessed herbs and served alongside a fluffy cloud of horseradish whipped cream. I use rosemary, sage, oregano, basil, thyme, parsley, and chives.

Use this coloring page to celebrate St. Louis IX on August 25th!

Put your own beautiful touches on the chapel where St. Francis heard Jesus ask him to "rebuild my church". We especially love telling our kids the story of St. Francis and the Portiuncula while their hands are busy coloring!

Okay, it’s really “eclairs,” we know. But these delicious desserts have the perfect name for the feast of St. Clare!

Celebrate Our Lady Queen of Angels by displaying your holy card and praying the prayer on the back!

St. Augustine and St. Monica lived in the northern part of Africa. This delicious stew is a traditional dish from that area and is perfect for celebrating their feast days!

This chicken recipe, brined and seasoned using ancient Roman ingredients and methods, is my family’s all time favorite chicken.

To remember the miracle, on this feast day, white rose petals are dropped from the dome during the celebration of the Mass . . . and snow-cones are enjoyed at our house.

Retell the story of the Transfiguration with the help of some DIY puppets! Just color, cut out, and glue to craft sticks for a tangible transfiguration activity.

On the feast of the Transfiguration, a cloud overshadowed those on the mountain while a voice came from the cloud saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased, listen to him." In this recipe, the ice cream represents Jesus, Moses, and Elijah, and when you pour your soda over the top a cloud "miraculously" forms!

There is a tradition that basil grew up around the foot of the cross, where Jesus’ blood and Mary’s tears hit the ground. St. Helen is said to have found the True Cross hidden beneath an overgrowth of basil. So for dinner on the feast of the Holy Cross, I like to make a basil-heavy meal.

Enjoy grapes and herbs sprinkled with holy water this month!

Any combination of apples will work. My favorite is Granny Smith + Honeycrisp.

Your original 2" calendar medallions for the month of August!

Celebrate Our Lady Queen of Angels with some light as air Angel Food Cupcakes topped with whipped cream! Add a few blueberries on top of each cupcake for a touch of Marian blue too!

This recipe can be prepared with a rotisserie chicken, or any other cooked chicken. Canned or from-scratch biscuits can be substituted for Bisquick biscuits.

A fun food/activity for the Transfiguration is making toad-in-the-hole. (This is the American egg-in-toast version, not the English sausages-in-batter version.)

Display your print all month long, and don’t forget to say the prayer on the back on the feast of the Transfiguration!

In his Confessions, St. Augustine shares a story from his youth where he and his friends steal pears from a neighbor and then proceed to feed them to the neighborhood pigs, not having been hungry for pears themselves. This pear crisp is a great reminder of how time, good friends, and a whole lotta prayers from mom can help even the most grievous sinner taste the sweet glory of heaven.