El Año de Gracia — Liturgy Training Publications

Spanish editions. This year’s calendar for 2023 presents the cheerful, colorful art of Catherine Pape. Her illustrations of blessings in Catholic family and community life focus on some of the many blessing practices rooted in tradition and lovingly passed on through generations: the blessing of a home and of an advent wreath, of food at a soup kitchen or at a family table, of children by parents as they depart for the day, and of crops, animals, and farm equipment. These scenes depict little celebrations of the ways we are blessed and protected by God. Such blessings keep us mindful of God’s love and guidance, and they model for our children one way that Catholics try to stay open and aware of God’s presence in our ordinary lives.

The Year of Grace 2023 liturgical year follows the Sunday Year A cycle and the Weekday Year I cycle, beginning on November 27, 2022 (First Sunday of Advent) and ending on Saturday, December 2, 2023. LTP’s circular display of the liturgical year makes its key features easily understandable. We can see at a glance the liturgical seasons in their characteristic colors, Sundays on the outer rim, and the days and weeks radiating from the center.

USE THE YEAR OF GRACE CALENDAR IN MANY WAYS:

• Give (or sell) one to every household in the parish and school.

• Hang one in every classroom, meeting room, and in the church vestibule to teach about the liturgical year.

• Assign students to report on specific liturgical days.

• Present calendars to first communicants and Confirmation candidates

Circular liturgical calendars in poster- and notebook-size.

The back of the poster includes information explaining the different parts of the calendar and its imagery. Useful as a reference and a teaching guide, it can be photocopied. A link to download it will be available soon.