Saturday, October 3, 2026

October Radiant Roundup

Month of the Most Holy Rosary
Happy Month of the Most Holy Rosary! There are SO MANY wonderful things to celebrate this month, and I've packed tons ideas into this edition of the Radiant Round Up. 
 
To start off, here are lots and lots of ideas for learning and praying with the Rosary:
Rosary Resources in Spanish*


St. Thérèse of Lisieux: October 1st



Guardian Angels: October 2nd
Guardian Angel and St. Michael Prayer Cards (K & up)



St. Francis of Assisi: October 4th
St. Francis of Assisi Coloring Page*(all ages)

St. Faustina Kowalska: October 5th
Divine Mercy Watercolor Art* (printable coloring page-2nd-6th)
Divine Mercy Melty Bead Craft* (printable pattern and examples-2nd-8th)
Pop Out Divine Mercy Chaplet* (2nd-6th)

Our Lady of the Rosary: October 7th

Pope St. John XXIII: October 11th
Two Popes, Two Saints* Trivia about St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII (4th & up)
Play Scripts/ Readers' Theater* about the miracles of St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII (4th & up)


St. Carlo Acutis: October 12th
***This first link contains pages updated to say "Saint" following his Canonization:

Eucharistic Miracle Investigation* (version for younger & older kids) Also in Spanish

Pope St. John Paul II: October 22nd
Two Popes, Two Saints* Trivia about St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII (4th & up)
Play Scripts/ Readers' Theater* about the miracles of St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII (4th & up)

Sts. Simon and Jude: October 28th

All Hallows Eve/All Saints Day/All Souls: October 31st-November 2nd 
Since these feasts are so interwoven, you'll find ideas for Halloween along with All Saints & All Souls. I'll include these and more in the November Radiant Round Up!
Mass Offering Cards* (2nd & up) also in Spanish
Memento Mori Printables* (2nd & up)

October Catholic Book List
Click here for a list of books for Catholic kids that fit well with devotions and feast days this month! 


Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us!

You can find the links to the monthly Radiant Roundups here:

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October Books for Catholic Kids

October Catholic Kids Book List

Below are a few favorite titles that fit well with devotions and feast days this month! This list contains Amazon Affiliate links, which means if you click through and make a purchase, I earn a small commission at no cost to you. I'd also love to encourage you to shop directly with the publisher or with your local bookshop, or try to request these at your local library! I'm sure I've missed some books that would be great for this month, so feel free to add your own recommendations in the comments! You can find my giant list of Catholic Kid Books by topic here.

All Month- Respect Life Month
Saints & Feast Days
10/2- Guardian Angels

10/4- St. Francis of Assisi
10/5- St. Faustina

10/7- Our Lady of the Rosary
See Rosary books above

10/9- Our Lady of Champion
The Woman in the Trees- Bell, Theoni

10/9- St. John Henry Newman

10/12- St. Carlo Acutis

10/15- St. Teresa of Avila

10/16- St. Gerard Majella

10/17- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

10/18- St. Luke

10/19- St. Isaac Jogues

10/22- St. John Paul II

10/29- Bl. Chiara Luce Badano

10/31-11/1- All Hallows Eve & All Saints Day

Any great October books I missed? Please add your suggestions in the comments!


Book Lists By Month:
Click on the images below for book lists organized by feast days and devotions for each month:
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New World Mission Rosary Resources

Yay for Blessed Fulton Sheen! I think the whole Catholic world is now familiar with Sheen's World Mission Rosary, designed during his time as the National Director of the Society for the Propogation of the Faith (now the Pontifical Mission Society) to encourage everyone to remember to pray for the whole world. If you've seen those Rosaries with the different colored decades of red, yellow, white, blue, and green, now you know what they are for! And if you want to teach your kids more about it, here are some new and updated resources, perfect for the Month of the Rosary or any time!

Click here for the World Mission Rosary Booklet, complete with the text of part of Sheen's radio address, a colorable Rosary, and a word puzzle:



Click here for the answer key: 

Click here for a short article explaining the World Mission Rosary:

And click here for a coloring page for younger kids:


Another hands on idea (besides making actual World Mission Rosaries) is making a paper chain rosary like this one, or even cutting up pool noodles to make giant beads!

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Monday, August 31, 2026

How is Someone Declared a Saint?

Have your kids/students ever had questions about how (and why!) the Catholic Church canonizes Saints? I know that the process has been the topic of many discussions for me over the past few weeks, especially as the Beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen quickly approaches.

I've been teaching a kid-friendly version of the Canonization Process to my 5th-8th grade students for years, but just gave our "notes" a nice upgrade so they could be shared with you too!

Be warned, you likely will end up with lots of questions if you walk through this lesson! If you want to read up on the Vatican's laws straight from the source, go here. For your students, I highly recommend watching either this video or this video (or both!).

If you'd like to have something to use as a visual to walk through the process, you'll find a copy of the notes I just used in my own classroom below:

And here is a key:




If you want to share more about the Canonization Process through the lens of the Cause of Fulton Sheen, you'll find so much more in the Teaching with Fulton Sheen Curriculum!

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