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My daughter, Rachel, created a set of coloring pages that focused on the Sorrowful Mysteries.  I shrank them all down and added them to one page. I felt that having 5 coloring pages for the kids might be a bit much for them to handle. It seemed like it could be time-consuming and potentially boring for my kids to color one page for each mystery. Having all 5 on one page seemed to be more interesting and less mundane. One of my other daughters, Elizabeth, colored the sample I have shown here. (She used colored pencils.) Download This Sorrowful Mysteries Coloring Page: Thanks again to my daughter Rachel for sharing your artwork with us! And thanks to Elizabeth, too! Enjoy! God Bless. ~Jen-Marie

St. Catherine of Laboure’s feast day is traditionally celebrated on November 28th and Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal is on November 27th. So I thought I’d just make one ornament for both. Read about St. Catherine HERE . This may look like an intimidating ornament if you don’t feel you can draw well, and if that’s true for you I encourage you to use real Miraculous Medals and sew them onto the felt instead of using the gray felt and drawing the image of the medal.  To make this ornament you will need: light blue felt pink felt yellow felt green felt gray felt – or real miraculous medal(s) a black sharpie permanent marker scissors  (these  kind work well) glue (hot glue,  felt glue ,  or tacky glue – like  this  or  this ) thread and needle for the looped hanger First, cut out the parts like those above. With a black marker, draw an image of the Miraculous Medal on the gray felt shapes. OR use real medals. Glue down your medal-image parts, or sew on your Miraculous Medal(s) onto the blue background. Glue on the flowers, flower centers, and leaves. Cut out around the medals and flowers to remove the extra background. Now, add a threaded loop to the top so it can be hung up. St. Catherine and Our Lady, pray for us! May God bless you all with joy. ~JenMarie and Elizabeth

St. Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians, is remembered on November 22 (New and Traditional). She, her husband, and her brother-in-law were all martyred.  Her body is incorrupt. Read more about her HERE . To create this ornament you will need: black felt off-white or white felt brown permanent sharpie marker silver glitter glue scissors  (these  kind work well) glue (hot glue,  felt glue ,  or tacky glue – like  this  or  this ) thread and needle for the looped hanger Cut out a few music symbols and a square piece of white/off-white felt. Use the brown marker to add a antique look to the white background. Then glue on the notes.  Use the silver glitter glue to add some sparkly lines behind and/or around the music notes. Allow that to dry and then add a threaded loop to the top so it can be hung up. St. Cecilia, pray for us! May God bless you all with joy! ~JenMarie and Elizabeth

St. Catherine was a very smart young girl who converted many people with her words of truth. After angering the emperor, she was beaten, imprisoned, and not allowed to eat for 11 days. During this time she converted the emperor wife and many of the solders (who later where martyred). Then she was to be tortured with a spiked wheel, but, at her touch, the wheel was miraculously destroyed. This also converted many watchers. After this she beheaded and legend says that angels carried her body to Mt. Sinai.  Her feast day is November 25th (new and traditional). Read more about her HERE .  To make this ornament you will need: pink felt green felt white felt yellow felt brown felt scissors  (these  kind work well) glue (hot glue,  felt glue ,  or tacky glue – like  this  or  this ) thread and needle for the looped hanger Cut out the parts as shown above.  Glue the large circle on the pink background and add the small circle in the middle of the large circle. Add the spokes to the wheel. Glue them down and cut off the extra length, as needed.  It will look something like the wheel in the above picture. Now create the lily. Above is a step-by-step image to show you how. Now, glue down the palm, lily, and leaves. Cut out around the wheel and remove the extra pink background. Add the threaded loop to the top and hang it up! St. Catherine of Alexandria, pray for us! God bless you all with joy! ~JenMarie and Elizabeth

The apostle St. Andrew was crucified on an X shaped cross and he is the patron of fishermen (because he was a fisherman). Read more about him HERE . His feast day is November 30 (new and traditional). To make this ornament you will need: red felt gray felt brown felt black permanent sharpie marker scissors  (these  kind work well) glue (hot glue,  felt glue ,  or tacky glue – like  this  or  this ) thread and needle for the looped hanger First cut out all the parts as pictured above. Use the black marker to make the details on the fish. Glue the two brown strips onto the red background. Arrange them in an X shape. Add the fish on top. Cut off all the extra red area around the X and fish. Add a threaded loop to the top to hang it up.  That’s it! St. Andrew, pray for us! May God bless you with joy! ~JenMarie and Elizabeth

For the feast of Our Blessed Mother’s Presentation, (November 21) we created an ornament that mirrors the ornament we created for her birth. See that ornament HERE To create this you will need: light blue felt gray felt pink felt yellow felt peach or tan felt black permanent sharpie marker red permanent sharpie marker orange permanent sharpie marker scissors  (these  kind work well) glue (hot glue,  felt glue ,  or tacky glue – like  this  or  this ) thread and needle for the looped hanger First, cut out the shapes like those above. Use the orange marker to add an orange border to the yellow halo. Use the red marker to add detail to the pink blanket, and use the black marker to add detail to the temple steps and roof.  Next, glue down the steps onto the blue background – be sure you have room above it for all the other temple parts. Now add the temple pillars and the roof.  Now, glue down Mary’s halo, her head, and her blanket/body. Cut off the extra blue background around the temple and Mary. Add a threaded loop to the top so you can hang the ornament.  Enjoy! 🙂 ~JenMarie and Elizabeth

Isaac Jogues, was a Jesuit priest, missionary and martyr who worked among the native Indians in North America.  Jogues and his assistant, Rene Goupi, were torture by some Iroquois. Among other horrible acts of mistreatment, Isaac Jogues had two fingers removed. He eventually escaped, but was later martyred. He is one of ”The North American Martyrs”. His feast day is October 19. Read more about him HERE . To make this ornament you will need: white or off-white felt light blue felt tan felt blue permanent sharpie marker brown permanent sharpie marker scissors  (these  kind work well) glue (hot glue,  felt glue ,  or tacky glue – like  this  or  this ) needle and thread for the looped hanger First cut out two hands. The easiest way to make hands it to cut out a hand which as all the fingers together and then cut down between the fingers to separate them.  Also cut out a host. Using a brown marker, add a cross. Cut out a light blue piece of felt to use as the background. Be sure to cut off two fingers on his right hand. (Ya, it feels wrong – I know.) Glue down the host and hands so it looks like the host is being held by the hands. If you wish, make a few sleeves for the hands and glue them down.  Also cut out around the hands and host – remove the extra blue background. Use the blue marker to add a border to the blue background. Now add a threaded loop to the top to hang it up. St. Isaac Jogues, pray for us. ~JenMarie and Elizabeth

St. Francis of Assisi’s feast day is Oct. 4th. (new and traditional calendars).  Elizabeth and I made 2 ornaments for his feast day. I’m going to focus on the more detailed ornament, but I include simple instructions for the easier ornament at the end of this post. So if you want to make the smaller ornament scroll to the bottom of this post.  Normally, St. Francis needs no introduction, so I’m going to jump into the ornament instructions. To make the more detailed ornament you will need: Felt: green felt (grass) peach felt (head and hands) medium brown felt (robe) white felt (doves) gray felt (rabbit and squirrel) light blue felt (background) yellow felt (halo) Permanent Sharpie Markers: orange (halo) black (face and animals and robe) brown (face and animals and robe) red (hands) You will also need: scissors glue (hot glue,  felt glue   or tacky glue – like this or this ) thread and a needle (for the looped hanger) First cut out the parts like those in the picture above. The light blue felt is a larger piece of felt that will serve as the background. Glue down the long strip of green (grass) to the bottom of the light blue felt. Now add black and brown marker detail to the robe. Glue his hands to the back of the robe sleeves and then flip it over and add the red-blood (stigmata) to his hands. Glue the robe (with attached hands) to the blue/green background.  Add an orange edge to the yellow halo and glue it above the robe. Now decorate the head with brown and black marker (as pictured).  Use a set of dots to make the mouth so the line will have a cleaner look. Then, glue it on top of the halo. (as pictured)  Now, glue the small strips of green (blades of grass) to the area beside/behind the bottom of his robe. If you wish, add the bunny and squirrel to the ornament. We used brown and black markers to add detail to the animal shapes.  Next, we cut out around St. Francis to remove the extra background; we cut it into a half-oval shape. Then we added the doves. We allowed a small part of the doves’ wings to hang off the edge of the background. We thought that made it look more interesting. 🙂  Above is the image of the two ornaments – the harder one and the easier one. To make the easier ornament  you will need: Felt: peach felt (hand) medium brown felt (sleeve) white felt (for the dove) light blue felt (for the background) Permanent Sharpie Markers: red (hands) light blue (for the edge of the background) You will also need: scissors glue (hot glue,  felt glue   or tacky glue – like  this  or  this ) thread and a needle (for the looped hanger) To create the easier ornament, cut out a hand, a rectangle (for the sleeve) and the two bird parts (the wings and body). The dove parts are shown in the parts-image for the more difficult ornament (above- third picture down) Glue the hand onto a piece of light blue felt. Add the sleeve over top of the hand\’s wrist. Add the dove diagonally from the hand. Add a red spot to the palm of the hand. Now, cut out around the hand and dove to remove any extra background. Use a light blue sharpie marker to make the blue outer edge on the blue felt background.  Both ornaments were given a knotted-threaded loop to hang it. St. Francis, pray for us! Hope you have a blessed and joy-filled day! ~JenMarie and Elizabeth

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was visited by Jesus and He communicated to her his desire for the devotion to the Sacred Heart. Through her, He told us of His desired for us to go to First Friday Mass.  Her feast day is Oct. 16 on the new calendar and Oct. 17  on the traditional calendar. Read more about her on THIS page. This ornament depicts Jesus showing his Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary.  To make this ornament you will need: light brown or peach felt red felt yellow felt white felt (optional) brown sharpie permanent marker purple sharpie permanent marker orange sharpie permanent marker black sharpie permanent marker scissors ( these kind  work well) glue (hot glue,  felt glue ,  or tacky glue – like  this  or  this ) needle and thread to create the looped hanger Cut out the pieces as they are pictured above. Use a black marker to make the crown of thorns on the heart. Use a purple maker to make the shaded edge on the heart. Use an orange marker to add the extra color to the flames. Finally, add a light edge to the hand with a brown marker. Lay out your parts onto your background so know where they will need to go. Then glue down your flames. Add the heart over top the flames. Then, fold the three fingers back on the hand so it looks like it’s pointing. Glue them back. Glue down the hand so it looks like it’s pointing to the heart. Then cut off the extra outer edge of the tan back ground.  ~*You can stop there if you like*~ OR you can add an extra piece of white material so it look like Jesus is pulling back his shirt. Cut out a piece of white felt like the one pictured above. Add glue along one side of the ornament. Place the edge of the white felt onto the glue.  Now add glue to the back of the white felt. and fold it back – in a messy kind of way – so it looks like a shirt/robe. Now flip it back over and trim the top so the shirt and chest are both even. Now add a threaded-loop to the top and hang it up. Be sure you find the center of weight, one side will be a little heavier then the other. If you are trying to fulfill your First Friday devotion you may like THIS post: St. Margaret Mary, pray for us! Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us! ~JenMarie and Elizabeth

St. Teresa of Avila’s (AKA: St. Teresa of Jesus) feast day is Oct. 15 in the new and traditional calendars.   St. Teresa once said: "Let nothing disturb thee, Nothing dismay thee. All is passing, God ever remains. Patience obtains all. Whoever possesses God Cannot lack anything God alone suffices." Those words are ones I often need to hear! Read about her HERE . St. Teresa’s ornament is a heart, a flaming arrow and the Holy Spirit. These are all common symbols of Teresa of Avila. To make this ornament you will need: red felt medium or dark brown felt yellow felt white felt (optional) orange sharpie marker purple sharpie marker scissors  glue (hot glue, felt glue ,  or tacky glue – like this or this ) thread and needle to make the hanger Cut out the parts like those pictured above. (The dove parts can be optional if you think that\’s too challenging or time consuming.) Use purple marker to outline the heart and orange marker to outline the flame. Glue down the flame and the arrow’s stick. Now glue down the triangle point and the feather parts of the arrow.  Finally add the dove. (if you wish) Glue down the wings first and then the body. Add the threaded loop to the heart. We spanned our loop from one side of the heart to the other so it helps to kept the heart up-right. Each end of the thread is knotted on the back of the heart. St. Teresa of Avila, pray for us! ~JenMarie and Elizabeth

St. Jude, apostle and martyr, shares his feast day with St. Simon on Oct. 28th. Read about him  HERE . To make this ornament you will need: green felt yellow felt (we had two shades of yellow and we used one shade for the medallion and the brighter shade for the tongue of fire. – but it will work fine if you only have one shade of yellow.) brown permanent sharpie marker orange permanent sharpie marker red permanent sharpie marker scissors  (these  kind work well) glue (hot glue,  felt glue ,  or tacky glue – like  this  or  this ) needle and thread for the looped hanger Cut out the tongue of fire and the medallion from yellow felt. Use a brown marker to make Jesus\’ face on the medallion. Use orange and red to add color to the yellow flame. Glue them onto the green background. Cut out around them to remove any extra green background.  Add a threaded-loop to the top to hang it up. St. Jude, patron of hopeless situations, pray for us! ~JenMarie and Elizabeth

Normally when I post these liturgical ornaments I do a short quick biography… I’m never sure if I need to, but it always seemed like I should. Being that today I’m posting about St. Therese, The Little Flower, I feel odd trying to do her life justice in just a few sentences and because she is so popular I decided I’m not even going to try!  🙂  If you want to know more about her ”Google it" and you’ll find a wondrous wealth of resources. If you are looking for a good book about St. Therese my kids love these books: The Story of St. Therese of the Child Jesus (Saints Lives) St. Therese of the Child Jesus (St. Joseph Picture Books) God’s Little Flower : The Story of St. Therese of Lisieux Saint Therese and the Roses (Vision Books Series) And this Movie: Therese St. Therese’s feast day is Oct. 1 in the new calendar and Oct. 3 in the traditional calendar. To make this ornament craft you will need: medium blue felt black felt medium brown felt pink felt red felt white felt peach or tan felt scissors  good quality, thick tacky glue or hot glue (I use hot glue)Tacky glue like this: HERE and Here  You may also like to try Felt Glue thread and needle to make a hanging loop Step 1: Cut out shapes like these pictured above – using correct colors. (We did add a red long wavy stand which is not pictured.) Be sure the blue felt is bigger than all the other pieces so you have plenty of room to glue Saint Therese onto it.  Also, the black veil and the ”U” shaped black veil should be the same size. But the ”U” shaped veil has the center cut out. Step 2: Glue down the black veil, then add the head and white habit. Don’t add the ”U” shaped veil, yet and try not to add glue to the bottom of her chin yet.  Step 3: Once you have added the head and habit, add the ”U” shaped black veil to cover the outer edges of the head and habit.  Step 4: Add the brown half oval shaped body. It will be located below her head with a small space between her chin and the brown body. Step 5: Now add the white collar. Be sure the top edge is just under her chin. Now glue the collar and her chin down.  Step 6: Add some leaves to the lower body area.  Step 7: Roll the long strips into a rose – Cut off any extra which would make the rose too big. Make and glue one at a time. When gluing them make a pool of glue about the size of the rose and then lay the rolled rose into the glue – wavy side up and flat side into the glue. Press the rose into the glue. Do the same with the next two roses.  Step 8: Cut off the extra blue felt from around the St. Therese figure and roses.  Step 9: Add a thread loop to hang the ornament. Sew a piece of thread (we used gold) through the top and knot it.   Step 10: Hang the ornament wherever you like and enjoy! This would be a great project for a Little Flowers Girls Club, too! St. Therese, pray for us! May God Bless you all with Joy! ~JenMarie and Elizabeth  (Elizabeth, my sweet helper, has loved St. Therese since she was a toddler!)