December Catholic Liturgical Living Calendar for Families

In this post, I will be sharing my free printable monthly liturgical calendar for the month of December.

Happy Catholic New Year!

Did you know, the new liturgical year begins with the First Sunday of Advent? This year, it falls on December 3rd. That means, this is the perfect time of year to begin living the liturgical calendar of the Church, if you don’t yet do so.

We actually have the shortest possible Advent season this year, because Christmas Day, December 25, falls on a Monday. Last year in 2022, we had a full fourth week of Advent. We actually burned our Advent candles all the way!

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Catholic Liturgical Living in December

The month of December is chock-full of cool liturgical traditions that kids love. This season can get very busy, very quickly though. In your celebrations remember that Advent is a time of penance and preparation for the season of Christmas.

Selected liturgical celebrations for this month:

Advent Devotions (here’s what I am doing)
Advent Wreath (where we get our candles)
St Andrew Christmas Novena
Jesse Tree
St Francis Xavier
The Feast of St Nicholas
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Our Lady of Guadalupe
St Lucy/Lucia Day
St John of the Cross
Bambinelli Sunday
Gaudete Sunday
The O Antiphons (coming soon)
The Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas)
Christmastide
St Stephen (we sing this)
St John, Apostle & Evangelist
The Holy Innocents
The Holy Family (Consecration here)

There are many other feasts and ways to celebrate in December. That’s why I recommend that you print your copy of my liturgical calendar free download and add anything else you plan to do!

I also have many activities for these feasts available in my Advent Activity Bundle (Etsy) – I’m going to be making a free version available this year so subscribe and stay tuned for that email!

Free Printable December Monthly Liturgical Calendar

How to Access the Free Printable

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Check your inbox and click through to the PDF.
Save it to your computer or phone.
Print it off at home or at your local printer.
For personal use only, thanks! Email me if you’d like added permissions.
Watermark free version may be available on my Etsy shop.

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I’d love to see what you do with your calendars. Tag @kindlingwild on social media or drop me a comment or an email with your feedback. These calendars are a new project and I plan to email them out as a monthly freebie to my subscriber list, so let me know what you think!

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