St. Francis Xavier and St.

Wendel Religious Education Program

2021 Family Advent calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Make and bless
29 Read about
30 Ask a December
2 Make cookies to
3 Cut and paste
4 Attend Confession

1
an Advent Elizabeth and family Set up bring to a nearby pictures from old as a family and
wreath. Light the first Zechariah’s special member you your nursing home. Christmas go out for a treat
violet candle blessing in Luke 1:5-25. have hurt family cards into afterward to celebrate
tonight and each in the past Nativity ornaments forgiveness!
night this week. year for scene, but for this
forgiveness. Offer it to leave out the year’s
one who hurt you. Holy Family. tree.

5 Light two violet

candles in the
Advent wreath each
6 Show love on St.
Nicholas
Day by filling
7 Read about the
angel’s visit to
Mary in
8 In honor
of Mary’s
Immaculate
9 Send Christmas
cards to your
pastor, priests,
10 Together, write
your Christmas
cards. Let older kids
11 Clean out
your closets of
unwanted clothes or
night this an old shoe Luke 1:26- Conception, and religious address the toys in good condition.
week. Sing “O with treats 38. Talk attend Mass or ordained envelopes and Donate them to a
Come, O Come and leaving it about ways and pray a family ministers who younger ones shelter or other charity.
Emmanuel.” outside someone’s door. we can also say “yes “ Rosary tonight. are important to seal them.
to God. your family.

12 Light two violet

candles and the
rose one for joy. See
13 Pick a Christmas
card you’ve 14 Place
the
received this week and Mary and
15 Write letters
to Baby Jesus
telling him that you
16 Put a lamp or
electric candle in
a window to welcome
17 Family Movie
Night: Make
some popcorn and
18 Put up
and
decorate
who can sing pray for the person who Joseph figures look forward to his the Christ child. watch a Christmas your
loudest at sent it. of your Nativity set coming. Read them Light it each movie. family
Mass today. across the room from aloud on Christmas night until Christmas
the scene. Eve. Christmas Day. tree. Stand back and
admire your work.

19 Light all four

candles in the
wreath tonight and all
20 Move Mary and
Joseph closer
to the Nativity scene.
21 Decorate a
“Jesus Candle”
with symbols of
22
Take a
23 Place Mary and
Joseph in the
Nativity scene. Add
24 Gather
some
friends and
25 Put the Baby in
the manger and
read the story of Jesus’
week. Try to imagine what Jesus. Light it drive or grass or straw to the neighbors and birth in Luke 2:1-20.
it was like to travel to at Christmas walk around your home manger to get it ready go Christmas caroling
Bethlehem by donkey. dinner. to look at the Christmas for the Baby. at a nursing home or
decorations or displays. homeless shelter.

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