The Lenten Calendar almost didn’t happen but I pulled it together in the eleventh hour at the request of my kids.  Its a lovely consolation that they have grown to love the simple traditions that Dad and I have implemented over the years.  Deo gratias!

This Lenten Calendar follows the Traditional Calendar (1962) with some Historical (H) feast days noted. The saints listed in bold are represented with an image.

We only celebrate First Class Feasts during Lent.  They other saints are included for private devotion and will be called upon for intercessory prayers. 

I print my calendar at Costco Photo in 16×20 ($5.99) for the display down stairs altar and 8×10 ($1.49) for bedrooms upstairs.  The calendar can also be printed at home.

You may download and print the calendar for your personal use.

Email me at JOYfilledfamily{at}gmail{dot}com if you need my assistance.  

Click here for a PDF of the  2016 Lenten Calendar JOYfilledfamily

In order to keep up the character of mournfulness and austerity which is so well suited to Lent, the Church, for many centuries, admitted very few feasts into this portion of her year, inasmuch as there is always joy where there is even a spiritual feast…During the last few centuries, she has admitted several other feasts into that portion of her general calendar which coincides with Lent; still, she observes a certain restriction, out of respect for the ancient practice. ~“The Mystery of Lent” – Extraordinary Form (Tridentine) from Dom Gueranger’s “The Liturgical Year”

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We seek to be fully immersed in a life a prayer within our current state of life so that we can grow an intimate union with Christ, foster the virtues of humility and charity, and properly purge ourselves of things of this world that have been hindering our union with Him.  We hope to model the Holy Family of Nazareth with the purpose of transforming our own family into a “true sanctuary of Love”.