Sacred Heart Novena {Color-a-Novena}

The month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  This year, the Feast of the Sacred Heart is on Friday, June 23rd with the Feast of the Immaculate Heart on Saturday, June 24th.  To prepare, you can pray the Sacred Heart Novena during this month or on the nine days leading up to the feast.

Click on the image below to print your own Sacred Heart Color-a-Novena:

You can also find several versions of Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary Coloring pages and prayer cards here or by clicking on the images below.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have Mercy on Us!

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Prayer for Us!

St. Joseph Novena {Color-a-Novena}

Novenas are powerful- well, they are powerful if you are seeking God's will and are prepared for his answer.  You can read this post about the most obvious answer to a novena I have received, when I started praying this novena to St. Joseph the Worker, which resulted in my current job at St. Joseph School.  It was kind of crazy amazing at the time, and looking back, I can see God's hand in it even more clearly.

If you (and your students/children) would like to join in praying the St. Joseph novena leading up to his March 19th Solemnity, you could use this color-a-novena printable.  There's one lily to color in for each day you pray.  If you would like to finish the nine days on his actual feast, you should start on March 11th.  Or you can begin this novena any time and for any length to increase your devotion to St. Joseph and ask his powerful intercession.  (I also recommend signing up for Pray More Novenas, which sends current novenas straight to your inbox!)

You can find the St. Terese Color-a-Novena here.
You can find the Fulton Sheen Color-a-Novena here.


If you are looking ahead to celebrating the Solemnity of St. Joseph, I will have a new set of activities posted next Wednesday that I.am.so.excited. to share with you.  They need some finishing touches, so check back next week, or make sure you subscribe (enter your email over to the right ---->) so you don't miss out!

Here are a few other posts about celebrating St. Joseph:

Fulton Sheen Novena

If you've visited this site much at all, you know that Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is someone that I greatly admire and a person who has influenced and improved my teaching style.  I believe that he is a phenomenal model of virtue, prayer, Marian devotion, global service, quiet suffering, and evangelism.  

A court case which will be heard in New York on November 1st will determine if Venerable Fulton Sheen's Cause for Canonization can be reopened and move forward.  Because his Cause is so important to our Diocese and the students at my school, we will be praying a novena together leading up to this important decision. 

A novena is simply nine (or more) days of dedicated prayer for a specific intention.  If you want to pray for the nine days leading up to Nov. 1st, you can start praying Sheen's Prayer for Canonization on October 23rd.  We are going to adapt a little and pray the novena on nine school days, so we will begin on Thursday, October 20th. 

We would love for you and your children/students to join in prayer with us.  Here are a few options to guide you:

The Sheen Novena for his Canonization can be found here.
More info about Sheen's Cause for Canonization can be found here.

This coloring page contains the text of the main Prayer for Canonization as well as nine pictures about Fulton Sheen's life to color in each day you pray.
Click here for the Color-A-Novena coloring page:

Talking points about the images for each day of the novena:
Day 1: Fulton Sheen wrote 66 books all about Jesus, Mary, the Mass, prayer, and more!
Day 2: Fulton Sheen was an altar server and student at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Peoria, IL.  This is also where he was ordained a priest.
Day 3: Fulton Sheen was very pro-life and especially dedicated to helping unborn babies.  He wrote the Spiritual Adoption prayer that begins "Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much..."
Day 4: Fulton Sheen was the star of a popular television show called "Life is Worth Living." It was all about teaching the faith.  He even won an Emmy!
Day 5: Fulton Sheen had a devoted prayer life.  At his ordination, he promised to make a Holy Hour everyday and he kept that promise for the rest of his life.
Day 6: Fulton Sheen created the World Mission Rosary when he was the Director for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.  It helps us to remember to pray for people everywhere in the world.
Day 7: Fulton Sheen loved Mary.  He dedicated each of his 66 books to her and often prayed a poem called "Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue."
Day 8: Fulton Sheen taught about the Gospels his entire life.  All of his books, radio and television shows, and retreats helped people know Jesus more.
Day 9: Fulton Sheen was ordained a Bishop and later an Archbishop.  He was a shepherd to and a powerful influence on people all around the world.


Another Diocese of Peoria Catholic teacher (who also is a friend of mine) created this slide show to project in her classroom as they prayed the full readings for the novena.  She graciously agreed to share it with us! Click here for the Google Slide Presentation with all of the Novena Prayers:

Thank you for joining with us in prayer!

"It does not take us much time to make us saints.  It only requires much love."

 ~Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

St. Terese Novena for Vocations {Color-a-Novena}

I do love praying novenas, but find that I sometimes have a hard time keeping track of the days or holding myself accountable to the set of prayers.  Last year in preparation for St. Terese's Feast Day, I joined in this novena (she is the patroness of vocations in my Diocese) and wanted to try something different.  I wrote out the main prayer in my journal, and ended up doodling in a rose each day as I prayed.  I added in the date, theme for the day, and a brief quote from the reflection.  It kept me on track, and made the novena much more present in my mind and therefore more meaningful.

A novena is simply nine (or sometimes more) consecutive days of prayer for a specific intention often leading up to a Saint's Feast Day or other Liturgical celebration.  You can read more about what a novena is here and about the history of novenas here.  You can even sign up to have novena prayers and reminders sent straight to your inbox at Pray More Novenas.

I thought that this journaling strategy might be great for kids (or other adults) to use as they prayed a novena, so I started making Color-a-Novena sheets.  St. Terese is the first one I have to share with you!  This sheet features the main prayer for the vocations novena and a numbered rose to color for each day.

To finish the novena on October 1st, the Feast of St. Terese, you start the novena on September 23rd.  However, you can pray this novena for vocations any time of the year.  The full novena has themes, meditations, and prayer for each day. You can find the novena in its entirety here and print a pdf here.

Click on the image below to download the St. Terese Color-a-Novena:

Do you have any favorite novenas that you would like to see as a Color-a-Novena?  I'll happily take your suggestions in the comments, and then I'll get to work adding to the collection!

***Update- Prefer the spelling Thérèse? Here's the same color-a-novena with the alternate spelling:

***Update- If you're praying this as a class or in a group, here are a couple of sets of Google Slides with the full reflections from the Diocese of Peoria Novena.

This one just has the novena prayer:

This one has nine days of reflections and the novena prayers: