Our Catholic faith is rich with tradition beyond Tradition with the upper-case “T”. Search the list of traditions we have been exploring for something to inspire your own family. (Posts will be linked to all items on the list, and items added to the list as time permits. Thank you for your understanding!)
My primary goal in the first year of this site has been to create a catalogue of customs with enough information to get you started on how to participate in them. Eventually, I hope to write more thoroughly on each subject from the homesteading perspective, but also particularly from the faith perspective. It can be easy to dwell on the actions of the custom over the reason we do it, creating a list of things we “have to do,” rather that deepening our faith.
St. Brigid: Wells, Butter, Bread, and Crosses
Season for the Care of Creation
Apple Tree Blessings (Ss. Dorothy and Teilo)
Blessing Grapevines (St. Tryphon)
Preparing for Lent: Septuagesima, Carnival, Fat Thursday, Pancake Day, Shrovetide, and More
St. Isidore’s Memorial
Blessing of Crosses for the field
Martinmas
The Transfiguration
Blessing of Tools
The Liturgical Homestead 