Catholic Planner: Faith Tool, Organizer, Prayer Journal + Agenda | Weekly - Monthly - Yearly Calendar | (7" x 10", Wine 2020)

The planner is a very useful tool as both a planner and a journal. I find it useful for many reasons. I've listed both the pros and the con below. However, if you are looking for something with daily or weekly reflections or a large amount of scripture or journal space look elsewhere. This is a combo journal/planner. It's the perfect one stop carry with you tool to both plan and journal. If your looking for a prayer meditation tool I recommend a subscription to the "Magnificat" or the "Word Among Us"THE PROs1. The "Weekly Retreat" page is an great space to use in prayer for journalling and it also has a great little section on the bottom right where you can put in Rituals and Habits you want to work on and it gives you check boxes to see if you're really doing it or not!2. The weekly calendar page it is not divided up hour by hour like most daily or weekly planners are but this one is divided into three sections morning, afternoon and evening. I find this extremely good because I always struggle with the "I must be busy doing something every hour of every day", I call it the "Fill the white space" mentality. This prevents that while still allowing you to schedule and plan your day as necessary.3. The "To Do List". I really like the fact that this planner does NOT have a single large to do list. It is a bit of effort but each week you have to recopy your to do list to the next week. Which in my opinion is great because it gets me to say to myself, "I'm writing this again??? Why haven't I done this yet???"4. The built in envelope in the back is fantastic. I have a prayer card, and a list of all the people I pray for.5. The two ribbons. It's great having two one for the week I'm on and one for the upcoming full month calendar.THE CONsI've got one really big con I wish they would fix. Please please in the 2019 iteration (I have the 2017 and now the 2018) add at the end a full month calendar for January and February, not the weekly but the full month pages. It would add 4 sheets the planner which is not much. The reason being is that in November '17 if I have to put something on the calendar for February '18 or January '18 I can't because I don't want to carry two full sized planners around with me.

I really like this planner. It is very useful and functional. Good quality paper. I hate it when you get a calendar with glossy pages and the ink smears. This paper is smooth to write on, but absorbs. I like the binding, it is not spiral so it doesn't catch on things in bag. It has two pages for each month. For example, in January the month overall calendar is spread across two pages, on the side it lists feast days and milestones. I like that the feast days are on the side so it gives you more room to write on the calendar days. On the month page there is also a few facts and quotes and some space to write your own notes. Then each week has it's own two pages so you can make notes about things that have happened or write appointments to focus on the week you are in. It also has three open areas to write priorities, notes and a to do list with little check boxes. Super useful. At the beginning of each week is two pages of refections where you can do your own small writing retreat. It lists some of the readings, an area to write a reflection, some blanks space to write whatever you want, and some check boxes for rituals or habits you want to keep track of. While this sounds like a lot and you might think the planner would be too think, it's only a little over a 1/2 inch think. The cover is nice and it's plain on the outside, which I appreciate. It is an excellent planner, especially for a Catholic who wants to have spiritual reminders. Only frustration was that price literally dropped $10 two days after I received it. I think that was just bad luck, but I will definitely use this planner again next year. I hope they don't change it.

I had a larger size planner last year and bought this one which fits in all of my purses. What I love about this Catholic planner is that every day, it helps me reflect on what really matters in my life. For me, it all begins with my faith, and good spiritual health. If I'm suffering spiritually, my business suffers, my relationships suffer, my finances suffer. I have no excuse not to meditate on the Gospel for Sunday Mass, it's right there in the planner. Plus, reading about ordinary people who became saints makes me feel closer to each one of them, and their examples are inspiring. This planner is a game changer for me.

I've always been one to be "old school", pen to paper with lists, etc. I love the journal because unlike my iPhone calendar, I can see things and wrote memories and keep goals in front of me. I love the scripture readings and seeing what I get from them and how to apply them to my life that week. I always participate in Lent and this has a guide on how to prepare myself. I love the area where you can check mark your to dos and rituals etc. I feel like I'm much more on track and things don't get skipped like before. So, not only does it plan my life but I can write down prayers for others or things in my life that later I can look back on and see my growth. It's a planner and journal in one. I will get on every year now!