Catholic Liturgical Calendar to Color: Advent 2016 to November 2017 [Printable]

The question seemed simple enough: "Can anyone recommend a Catholic liturgical calendar for kids?"

And the creative wheels in my head started turning swiftly... A Catholic liturgical calendar! I should draw one! Yes, it's a huge project. But it'll be so much fun to draw. I must tackle this project!

So, I did. (My Paperdali Instagram feed some photos from the process and a sneak peek collage of its contents.)

The published 26-page PDF covers Nov. 27 (the first Sunday of Advent 2016) through November 2017.

Each month features one full-size illustration to color and then a month-at-a-glance with miniature drawings of some favorite Catholic saints, special Sundays, and feast days.

A bonus page at the end includes small "stickers" of everyday meetings, events, and special appointments to print out, cut out, and paste or glue to whatever box you fancy.

You can print out all 26 pages and assemble it yourself as needed, either every month or all at one. (The calendar is black and white, so you don't need any special color ink for it.)

You can give the calendar a look (and grab yourself one) in my Paperdali Etsy shop.

The hardest part of putting together the calendar was limiting which saints to include in it! I wanted to write down all the names of every saint for every day and draw allllll the saints.

But I also wanted the calendar to be simple and not overwhelming for children (and adults).

So, every month features about 7-10 mini drawings of saints. The good variety can keep your child (and you!) attuned to the liturgical cycle but without anyone feeling overwhelmed by having to color every single day of the year. Coloring is to be a fun, relaxing, and gentle experience.

May this liturgical calendar be so for you and your family!

xo
Vee

Liturgical Calendar to Color Coming Soon!

Just a sneak peek at what I'm working on:

A photo posted by Vee Jarski (@paper_dali) on Oct 10, 2016 at 12:18pm PDT

It's a liturgical calendar from this Advent to next Advent, and it will feature a large coloring page for the month's main image as well as smaller stickers to color, cut, and paste into the calendar squares. Super-excited about sharing this with you very soon.

The Paper Dali Liturgical Calendar should be in the Etsy store this week. Stay tuned!

xo
Vee

The Gaucho Priest: Free Coloring Page of Saint Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero

As my family tree is rooted in Argentina, I was elated to hear of Argentina's first saint to be canonized, Blessed Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero.

This remarkably humble priest was known for traveling extensively on his mule throughout Argentina to serve the poor and ill of his enormous parish. Always, he carried with him an image of the Virgin Mary, his Mass kit, and a prayer book.

Today, Pope Francis will officially canonize this "gaucho priest" ("gaucho" is Argentina's variation of the cowboy).

And so, of course, we must have a free coloring page for San Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero!

Here you go. Download it from this link.

Saint Francis of Assisi Coloring Page [Free Printable]

Happy Saint Francis of Assisi's Feast Day!

To celebrate this holy day, let's color...

Note: You can download the free Saint Francis of Assisi coloring page here.

Rather than draw St. Francis with an assortment of animals (because animals are a major drawing challenge for me), I decided to draw him with the Christmas creche. 

In the spirit of poverty and joy and creativity and love for the Holy Family, he is credited for creating the Christmas creche, which Catholics have adopted into their homes.

(We tend to call ours the "nativity" but it's the same basic idea.)

May this coloring page inspire you to prepare your heart with the same love and care that St. Francis prepared the creche.

xo
Vee

p.s. If you do use this and happen to have an Instagram account, tag it with @paper_dali, so I can look at your wonderful work!