-May Crowning How to Plan a May Crowning for Kids Pick a day out of the month and do a May crowning at home! We suggest doing it on Mother’s Day. Build a flower crown and sing songs in honor of Mary. An example is ‘Immaculate Mary’
the Lourdes Hymn.
-Build a Marian Shrine Get a Mary statue from your local store and as a family plant some spring flowers around our Blessed Mother.
-Family Rosary A family the prays together, stays together. What more powerful a prayer thank to say the
Holy Rosary? Learn together and start small by praying a decade a day. Give the example of
Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco 7-10yrs old who prayed many rosaries a day all on their own.
-Bring a Flower to Mary Pick some flowers out of your garden and come with your children to our Fatima statue outside and lay the flowers at her feet. Together pray a Hail Mary or learn a new prayer like the “
Hail Holy Queen” or “
Memorare”.
-Miraculous Medals Get everyone in your family a
Miraculous Medal and get some extra to share with friends at school and extended family.
-Start the First Saturday Devotion Our Lady of Fatima requested the practice of
this devotion whether the world was at war or peace.
-Mary Bedtime Stories As kids this is one of the favorite parts of the day. Share stories of the
Marian Apparitions and Mary’s travels throughout the Bible.
-Brown Scapular Devotion Enroll your family into the
brown scapular.
-Consecrate your family to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Prayer entrusting your family into the care of our Blessed Mother.