Living the Easter Season

The Resurrection of Jesus is such overwhelmingly Good News that a single day is not enough to celebrate it. The Lord’s Resurrection is meant to be celebrated intensely for the whole week following Easter (known as the Octave), the whole liturgical Season of Easter (lasting until Pentecost, on June 8th), and every Sunday thereafter (each as a mini-Easter). 

Celebrating the Easter Season

Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase, “We are an Easter people.” Good Friday was not the end. The “Season” in which we live waiting for Jesus’ second coming is Easter or perhaps, more fittingly, Pentecost. Ponder, celebrate and testify to that truth! The resources below offers a menu of ideas for how to do that.

The Easter Essentials

 

Keep the Easter season alive by downloading one or more of these resources, including an overview of Easter and weekly faith conversations.

Living the Easter Season

A 4-page guide with family-friendly ideas for how to celebrate the Easter season with intentionality, highlighting the various feast days from the Easter Octave to Pentecost.

Easter Season Faith Conversations

4 pages of Sunday Gospel reflection questions so those family faith-conversations started in Lent can continue through the Easter Season.

Easter Feast Days

The entire season of Easter is for feasting, but during this time there are also several saints & celebrations in the Church to celebrate too!

Easter Activities for Kids

 

Download any of these activities to help your children continue celebrating the Easter season beyond Easter Sunday!

"Liturgy of Light" Prayer Experience

Based on a portion of the Easter Vigil liturgy, this prayer experience can be celebrated at home during the Easter Season to help children better understand and reflect upon the Light of Christ!

Coloring Pages for Kids

15 pages of simple illustrations of the various Easter accounts from the Gospels.

Rice Crispy Treat Lamb

Join in the tradition of making an Easter Lamb cake with this much easier to make rice crispy recipe from Catholic All Year.

Celebrating Pentecost

 

Pentecost commemorates the Descent of the Holy Spirit over the Apostles and concludes our Easter season. The name comes from the Greek word "pentekoste", which means fiftieth, because this event occurred 50 days after Jesus' resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Pentecost Novena

Prepare to celebrate Pentecost by praying this 9-day prayer together. Includes a Holy Spirit reflection, discussion questions, and prayer for each day. Also available as a booklet.

"Fruits & Gifts of the Spirit" Activity

Color in these gifts & fruits of the Holy Spirit and discuss practice ways that you can live them in your home and the world.

"Veni Sancte Spiritus" Prayer Activity

Read this ancient prayer, focusing on the names of the Holy Spirit and the things that we are requesting.