Free Printable Lenten Calendars for Catholic Families and Homeschoolers

Our Lenten journey in the Catholic church begins on Ash Wednesday and follows Jesus Christ for forty days of suffering in the desert, up to Holy Week and the Easter Triduum. Here are free printable Lenten calendars to help your experience of Lent.

Catholic Icing is a really nice Catholic blog, created by a young mother. She has designed a lovely free printable Lenten calendar which you can open and print. There are two views of the calendar. Children and families can countdown their Lenten journey of fasting, prayer and Almsgiving by coloring in each of the forty days and lent and practicing the activities listed on the Lenten calendar. Each of the Sundays of Lent are highlighted, as are holy days, Holy Week, the Easter Triduum and of course, Ash Wednesday. Fast days are indicated. There is also a nice list of better known saint feast days which occur regularly during Lent. I really like the way that this Lenten calendar has been designed to be undated, so that it is reusable, with a little tweaking every year. Click here for Catholic Icing.

Christian Coloring (click here) has a free printable Ash Wednesday coloring page. For more free printable Catholic Christian crafts and coloring pages based on the church liturgical calendar, visit Catholic Mom (click here). This website is an Internet leader in bringing quality religious, Catholic, liturgical activities to parents, homeschoolers, religious educators, families and the faithful. Click here for Catholic Mom 's updated Lenten webpage. It's brimming with crafts, coloring, free printable lesson plans and Catholic activities for parish leaders, homeschoolers, religious educators and families.

These Forty Days (click here) is another Catholic family blog with lovely crafts to share for Lent, holy days, feast days and Catholic activities. The Family has designed a lovely Lenten calendar pattern that combines, faith, crafting and education. Be sure to check it out.

Crayola (click here) has a free printable Greek Lenten Calendar for counting the forty days and seven weeks of Lent.

I've been exploring the Internet for four years now, looking for free printable Catholic activities and crafts for holy days and liturgical seasons. The fruit of my harvest can be seen at www.catholicactivities.blogspot.com. Please stop by and visit. For more general holiday printables and lesson plans, visit me at www.freeprintableholiday.blogspot.com and www.freeprintablelessonplans..blogspot.com. May your Lenten observance be blessed.