This week we will celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of Mary. This is one of my favorite August feast days, and I’m excited to be able to share a new resource with you for it, thanks to the help and talent of Adalee Hude of Brightly Hude Studios. Adalee created this gorgeous new set of liturgical themed clip art, and I’m having so much fun playing around with it.

Some fun facts about this Feast:

• It’s both old and new: The Assumption has been celebrated within both the Eastern and Western Churches for centuries upon centuries, but within the Catholic Church, the dogma was not made official until 1950.
• In the Eastern Church this feast is celebrated as the Dormition of Mary. Dormition meaning falling asleep.
• There are no explicit references to the Assumption in the Bible, but there are lots of allusions to it in the book of Revelation (which was written by St. John after Mary’s assumption).
• In addition to Mary, there are two figures in the Old Testament are described as being bodily assumed to Heaven- Enoch and the Prophet Elijah.

Celebrating the Feast of the Assumption with Kids

Just like with all feast days, before we celebrate them as a family, I try to think about what are key lessons I want my kids to remember, and then I work backwards from there. 

In addition to using Adalee’s stunning watercolors, this packet contains content designed to help you dive deeper into the feast with your kids. It’s also a teeny tiny sneak peek into the format of my soon-to-be-released Marian Consecration for Families with Young Children: The first pages are a child-friendly explanation of the Feast, conversation starters to help you spark discussion, and then a Notes for Parents section that contains some more information for the grown ups.

Following those pages are several activity pages for you and your child designed to help you fill out the lesson, especially for those of us homeschooling families!