Resources for Living Advent as a Family

Living Advent: A 4-Week Journey

A fun, four page "how to" guide that makes Advent accessible. Full of simple ideas for adding meaning to family traditions and incorporating prayer and acts of kindness.

Weekly Advent Faith Conversations

One page for each week of Advent, providing a brief adult reflection and daily questions to spark family conversations of faith around the Advent wreath or dinner table.

Family Advent Plan

A printable chart to plan your family’s Advent. Plug in the ways your family will be living the Advent essentials of prayer/faith talk and living love.

Advent Feast Days

A handful of fun ideas and links to help you celebrate each of these favorite feast days: St. Nicholas, The Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and St. Lucy.

The Advent Wreath

A simple, 1-page explanation of the symbolism of the Advent wreath along with a blessing of the wreath.

Family Christmas Movie Nights

A list of some favorite Christmas movies along with some questions to get your family discussing the film afterwards.

Making Room for Jesus

A tri-fold brochure of family prayers for all your Christmas traditions. Before you put up the tree or bake those cookies, pause to invite Jesus into your family fun. Print extras to share!

O Antiphon Ornaments

Color & cut out these "O Antiphon" ornaments to add to your wreath daily Dec. 17-23.

Fostering Love at Home

An ongoing family activity for Advent with ideas for acts of love to be lived in daily family life.

Jesse Tree Bible Story Guide

Giving the Jesse Tree tradition a try? This chart names the symbol to place on the tree, the person in Jesus’ family tree associated with that symbol, and where to find their story in the Bible.

Baby Jesus Yarn Craft

Make a soft manger for baby Jesus with this fun activity from CatholicIcing.com.

Neighborhood Food Drive

This is an easy project that is super kid-friendly. It will get your whole family living the Works of Mercy, and inspire your neighbors to do the same!