- Choose a saint connected with your family name, parish or interests. Read the biography on Life of the Saints.
- Check the feast date, then choose a simple meal your household enjoys. It need not be a historical recipe.
- Share one well-supported detail of the saint’s life and ask which virtue you could practise.
- Pray for one another and choose one useful act of service for the week.
Local observances vary. Label legends as legends and avoid treating a creative family menu as a documented tradition.