Build your own Family Culture and Traditions…and start during Ordinary Time!
(1) Collect family artifacts and treasures: keep a collection of family documents, classic photos, newspaper articles, certificates, letters from the toothfairy or letters to Santa, programs from funeral Masses, graduations, wedding invitations, birthday invitations, letters of acceptance, report cards…even if they are photocopies of the real thing! This is what we created our Family Treasure Chest for! These and other family-centric activities, crafts and traditions can be found in A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families. (2) Create a a family journal with entries about family trips, occasions (check out this Faith Journal!) or give everyone a prompting question to reflect on, journal or draw about…share them and keep the collection together. Try 150 Quick Questions to Get Your Kids Talking or a similar book. Some people use index cards or postcards like Design Sponge or a family guestbook for friends to write or draw in!(3) Create a Perpetual calendar. Record birthdays, Sacrament dates, dates of family firsts, family events and loved ones passing… in a month-by-month format. Some people use index cards like this.
(You can show the current month in a frame for dry erase…but the dates are fun to look at year after year). You can buy this Catholic Family Calendar in the Arma Dei Shoppe!
