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On October 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of Saint John Paul II, who was canonized as a Saint on April 27, 2014.  We enjoyed celebrating his first feast day on October 22, 2014 with lapbooks and videos of this great successor of St. Peter singing "Ave Maria" in 1976 and "Dynamite"!

A few years ago I posted 7 ways to celebrate the feast day of Saint John Paul II.

This year, I set up our kitchen table honoring Saint John Paul II using various resources that I have of him and we had some Papa Johns Pizza!





I recently bought the book Pope John Paul II: A Tribute from our parish's small Catholic store for a great price.  It is a beautiful book filled with photos of his childhood through adulthood with interesting captions and information about his life.  It was a great way to learn more about this Saint with my children.
 
We also own a copy of LIFE Pope John Paul II also filled with beautiful photos.

A new book we read this year was A Boy Who Became Pope. 


We also love to display and admire this pencil drawing (Yes! A PENCIL drawing) of Saint JPII that Cameron Smith drew {did I mention drew with a PENCIL!?!}  (no relation to me, but he and his wife are our 5th child's Godparents)  This "Portrait of a Saint", pencil on paper, was completed in 2001 by Cameron Smith.   Be sure to visit Smith Catholic Art!  What talent!



In our home we also have a certificate that we received as a wedding gift on July 12, 1997 that states that "The Holy Father John Paul II paternally imparts his Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of divine graces to Tracy and Anthony Smith on the occasion of their wedding" with the location of our wedding and our wedding date.  It is a treasured gift and blessing!   


We can learn so many lessons from Saint John Paul II ! I enjoyed this post 7 Lessons from Pope John Paul II from Saints365.

Enjoy this beautiful short video titled "The Gift of Pope John Paul II" that I found on YouTube from Theology of the Body Institute.

Enjoy this animated GIF from EpicPew:


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On October 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of Saint John Paul II, who was just canonized as a Saint on April 27, 2014.  We enjoyed celebrating his first feast day on October 22, 2014 with lapbooks and videos of this great successor of St. Peter singing "Ave Maria" in 1976 and "Dynamite"!

Last year I posted about 7 ways to celebrate the feast day of Saint John Paul II.

This year, I set up our dining room table with a tray honoring Saint John Paul II using various resources that I have of him.

I recently bought the book Pope John Paul II: A Tribute from our parish's small Catholic store for a great price.  It is a beautiful book filled with photos of his childhood through adulthood with interesting captions and information about his life.  It was a great way to learn more about this Saint with my children.

 
We also love to display and admire this pencil drawing (Yes! A PENCIL drawing) of Saint JPII that Cameron Smith drew {did I mention drew with a PENCIL!?!}  (no relation to me, but he and his wife are our 5th child's Godparents)  This "Portrait of a Saint", pencil on paper, was completed in 2001 by Cameron Smith.   Be sure to visit Smith Catholic Art!  What talent!


In our home we also have a certificate that we received as a wedding gift on July 12, 1997 that states that "The Holy Father John Paul II paternally imparts his Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of divine graces to Tracy and Anthony Smith on the occasion of their wedding" with the location of our wedding and our wedding date.  It is a treasured gift and blessing!   


We can learn so many lessons from Saint John Paul II ! I enjoyed this post 7 Lessons from Pope John Paul II from Saints365.

This is a beautiful short video titled "The Gift of Pope John Paul II" that I found on YouTube from Theology of the Body Institute.

Enjoy this animated GIF from EpicPew: 


via GIPHY

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October 22 is the feast day of our beloved Saint John Paul II !

Last year on October 22, 2014 we celebrated his first feast day and we had fun making Canonization Lapbooks back in the Spring of 2014 when both Pope John Paul II and Pope John Paul XXIII were canonized on April 27, 2014.


Here are just a few ways to celebrate this special feast day of Saint John Paul II:


1.  We love reading Lolek: The Boy Who Became Pope John Paul II.  For a list of some other great children's books about Saint John Paul II follow this link: Saint John Paul II Children's Books .
In the picture of our feast day tray that sits on our dining room table, I also have Heroes: Pope John Paul II, Champion of Life by Ralph Ranieri which is a short pamphlet published by Liguori.  Unfortunately, I don't have a link to it since I can't find a link to the pamphlet when I searched for it. 


2. Another way to celebrate Saint JPII's feast day is to admire this pencil drawing (Yes! A PENCIL drawing) of Saint JPII that Cameron Smith drew {did I mention drew with a PENCIL!?!}  (no relation to me, but he and his wife are our 5th child's Godparents)  This "Portrait of a Saint", pencil on paper, was completed in 2001 by Cameron Smith.   Be sure to visit Smith Catholic Art!  What talent!


4. And here is another video of Karol Wojtyla (now Saint JPII) singing "Ave Maria" in 1976.  It's so beautiful it gave me chills! Enjoy!

 

5.  How about this yummy Polish dinner from Catholic Cuisine?
And for dessert?  a Pope Cake from Melody at Melodies Harmonies

6. And while you are eating the yummy cake you can listen to Glory Stories CD Vol 11: Pope Saint John Paul II.  

7.  If your children enjoy coloring pages here is a list of coloring pages I found: 
Pope Saint John Paul II Coloring and Activity Book by Catholic Playground 
Pope Saint John Paul II 15-Page Coloring Download by Holy Heroes
Pope John Paul II Crafts, Lesson Plans, Printables and More ( Lacy at Catholic Icing did this post in 2011 prior to Pope JPII getting canonized, but still a great list of crafts and activites!)