August/September
Holidays, Holy Days and Special Remembrances
Feast Days and Memorials
A Prayer for the Anniversary of 9-11-01 (prayerist.com)
World Day for Grandparent's and the Elderly - First Weekend after Labor Day in the United States
- The Transfiguration of the Lord- August 6 (Loyola Press)
- The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord- August 6 ( USCCB)
- Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord- August 6 (Our Sunday Visitor)
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary- August 15 (Loyola Press)
- Assumption of Mary Prayers - Feast Day August 15 (prayerist.com)
- Prayer for the Assumption of Mary (Catholic Online)
- 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)
- St. Peter Claver Prayer Service 2020 (USCCB)
- St. Peter Claver - Saint of the Day for September 9 (Franciscan Media)
- The Exaltation of the Cross - Feast Day September 14 (Loyola Press)
- The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Santa Clara University)
- La Exaltación de la Santa Cruz (Santa Clara University)
- St. Vincent de Paul - Feast Day September 27 (Loyola Press)
- Staying Safe in School During Covid 19 (Healthy Children)
- 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)
- NEW! 5 Back-to-School Things Parents Can Do for Themselves (National Catholic Register)
- Starting School (Vibrant Faith) A faith activity for young children, preschool, kindergarten, first grade starting school.
- Blessing Backpacks: Prayers and Resources (Building Faith)
- Blessing of the Backpacks: Six Tips for Success (Building Faith)
- Blessing of the Devices (Building Faith)
- Prayers for Teachers, Students, Schools and Classrooms (prayerist.com)
- Prayer for New School Year Prayer Cards (Sadlier - We Believe and Share)
- Prayer for Students (USCCB)
- Laudato Si' - Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis on Care for our Common Home (Vatican)
- Message of the Holy Father for the Celebration of the "World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation" (Vatican)
- Prayers to Care for Creation (USCCB)
- Prayer to Care for Our Common Home (USCCB)
- NEW! Laudato Si' Resources (Laudato Si' Movement)
- World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation podcast (Ignatian Spirituality- Loyola Press)
- World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (Loyola Press)
- Climate Change: It Changes Everything video (Catholic Relief Services- CRS)
- Season of Creation (Season of Creation Steering Committee)
- A Catholic Season of Creation Sundays of September (Columban Missionary Society of Australia)
A Prayer for the Anniversary of 9-11-01 (prayerist.com)
World Day for Grandparent's and the Elderly - First Weekend after Labor Day in the United States
- Pope Establishes World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly- July 25th, 2021 (Vatican News)
Pope Francis instituted a Church-wide celebration of a World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly in 2021. It is held on the fourth Sunday of July, close to the liturgical memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus. - World Day for Grandparent's and the Elderly - Prayers, Activities, Resources (Catholic Grandparents Association)
- Resources (USCCB)
- Blessing of Grandparents (USCCB)
- About Catechetical Sunday (USCCB)
- Catechetical Sunday Resources - "Come to me all you who labor and are burdened." (USCCB)
- Pope Francis’ Antiquum Ministerium, "Instituting the Ministry of Catechist", May 10, 2021 (Vatican)
- Message of His Holiness Pope Francis: The theme chosen by Pope Francis for the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees is “Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay”. Pope Francis highlights the freedom that should always mark the decision to leave one’s native land.
- Resources for World Day for Migrants and Refugees 2023 (Migrants & Refugees Section, Integral Human Development, Vatican City)