August/September
Holidays, Holy Days and Special Remembrances
Feast Days and Memorials
Assumption of Mary Prayers - Feast Day August 15 (Churchyear.net)
Prayer for the Assumption of Mary (Catholic Online)
Celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption with Kids (Peanut Butter & Grace)
St. Monica Prayer - Feast Day August 27 (Aleteia)
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta - Feast Day September 5 (Loyola Press)
Birth of Mary- Feast Day September 8 (Loyola Press)
Our Lady of Sorrows - Feast Day September 8 (Sadlier Religion)
Triumph of the Cross - Feast Day September 14 (Loyola Press)
St. Vincent de Paul - Feast Day September 27 (Loyola Press)
Back to School
Back to School Tips for Parents (Scholastic)
Scholastic and Parent's Magazine offer a wide range of helpful tips for families preparing for a new school year including dealing with the first day jitters, what to do about lunch, creating a homework space at home and what kinds of questions to ask children in order to discuss the events of the school day.
Back to School Activities (Loyola Press)
Back to School - What Parents Need to Know (Catholic Mom)
Prayers for Teachers, Students, Schools and Classrooms (Churchyear.net)
Prayer for New School Year Prayer Cards (Sadlier- We Believe and Share)
Prayer for Students (USCCB)
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation - September 1
Laudato Si' - Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis on Care for our Common Home (Vatican)
Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis for the Establishment of the "World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation" (Vatican)
Prayer to Care for Our Common Home (USCCB)
Pray with Pope Francis (Global Catholic Climate Movement)
Ways to adapt Pope Francis’ encyclical on creation to everyday life (OSV)
Labor Day
Labor Day Prayer of the Faithful/Prayer Service (adapted by Robert Bender)
Prayer for Labor Day (Archdiocese of Detroit)
A Prayer for the Anniversary of 9-11-01
Catechetical Sunday
About Catechetical Sunday (USCCB)
Catechetical Sunday - "Enlisting Witnesses for Jesus Christ" - September 16, 2018 (USCCB)