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Celebrating the Assumption of Mary Clarifying Ascension of Jesus & Assumption of Mary
The Assumption of Mary is celebrated on a Saturday this year, and every year, on August 15th. It is even a National Holiday in France. Everyone gets the day off to celebrate the Assumption, the day the Blessed Virgin Mary went up to Heaven.
We Have New Medals & New Lists
We have a lot of new things to let you know about but since it is early August and everyone is away or on vacation as a “StayCation” because of this Corona19, we will wait and send another note with further details.
Paraphrasing Queen B, "I woke up like this?" Here are 2 Excellent Pictures and a Very Nice Note! We got the coolest note and pictures from Toni Ann in Florida (but born and raised in New Jersey) today!
I woke up like this? Here are 2 Excellent Pictures and a Very Nice Note! We got the coolest note and pictures from Toni Ann in Florida (but born and raised in New Jersey) today!
Quick Note, Revisions, Updates & Request for Help
There are new Testimonials on the SaintsforSinners website. We have edited, added and updated quite a few stories of the saints, too. The Saint Peter Claver story has been updated.
Happy 4th of July Weekend – Here are the Contest Results
For the 4th of July Weekend we are doing something different! Long ago, some of you will remember we were selling “ThaItalian” Sterling Silver Bracelets covered with our hand-painted saint medals. We stopped doing it when we ran out of the sterling silver because when we went to re-order, it was obvious we could not sell the bracelets with lots of our hand-painted medals. The prices had increased, and everything put together just made it too expensive. However ….
JUST TWO ITEMS FOR THIS NEWSLETTER, (1) GOOD NEWS TO REPORT & (2) A CONTEST!
1. Hooray! Retail Stores have begun opening again! Rob spoke to Amy at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC. Amy let us know the Basilica Book & Gift Shop is open again and our medals are available there, and featured front and center.”
If you are in Washington, or plan to visit anytime, or know someone there, please take, or ask them to take, a photo of our saint medal display at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. Send it to us or simply post it on our Facebook Page! Thanks.
2. Announcing Another Contest: Enter our Latest Contest! This Time We are Offering:
One of our hand-painted crosses adorned with saint medals recovered from the flood OR one of our hand-painted crosses covered with “re-purposed” hand-painted saint medals that did not quite measure up to be sold online or sent to retail stores.
Just 3 Quick Notes for You
Saint Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, the Cure D’Ars did become a priest and he heard the confessions of thousands. He had a great life as a priest. He has a childlike devotion to Saint Philomena but I do not know much more to say about that (yet).
On “Shepherding” and Guess Where We Have Mailed Our Hand-Painted Saint Medals, Necklaces and Stories Since the Last Newsletter!
We are writing about Shepherding and the Good Shepherd, and also Shepherdess, Saint Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes, combined with the Shepherd adorned Pectoral Cross of Pope Francis and Saint Agnes holding a lamb. Oh, and Agnus Dei too! This is going to hopefully flow, believe it or not!
A Repeat – Please Disregard/DO NOT OPEN/Delete if you Already Received Newsletter Yesterday About Price Reductions & Harmonizing Saints
Yesterday, I sent out a newsletter to a few people and was asked why I didn’t send it to everyone. So, I thought about it and decided to send this newsletter to everyone.
Memorial Day 2019
This is a set of photographs and essay about Celebrating Memorial Day with French WWII Soldiers. There is no “sale” or special offer. This is simply a reflective bit of writing….
Actually, Really, Honestly, A Very Short Note & a New Old Policy is Back in Motion, for as Long as Possible….
Hi – Some of you will recall when we first started this little company, back on June 11, 1996. We had 2 hand-painted Saint Medals and Stories, Saint Christopher & Saint Sebastian. They were on laminated rectangular story cards with necklaces attached. We gave them away at a birthday party on City Park Avenue. Gosh, if you have one of those cards, please return it!
A LITTLE MISS MUFFIN BIT OF NEWS & REMINDER ABOUT MOTHERS DAY!
We are happy to report that our local retailer, Little Miss Muffin , on Harrison Avenue in Lakeview is open and fully loaded with our SaintsforSinners medals and we will be stocking and restocking often since their store is only one mile away from our Studio!
It is Midnight on May 1 so it is time for celebrating the Feast Day of Saint Peregrine the Miracle Worker, Invoked for Awareness of Cancers of All Kinds & the Need for Cures
This will be a pretty short note. We just couldn’t let May 1 go by without noting that it’s the traditional Catholic Feast Day of Saint Peregrine. You surely don’t need to be Catholic to appreciate the story of Saint Peregrine.
Lots of New Saint Stories Are Up, We are Having Our Very First Contest, and here’s the “News!”
Latest news from rob and the SaintsforSinners Gang. Sales have been slow due to CV19 so we are trying to use the time to find ways to be more efficient. It’s working!
A Few Updates for You….
A bit of an Update Regarding COVID19, it seems the various communities have come to a consensus that Saint Rock/Roch/Rocco is the “Go To” saint to ask for intercession with the pandemic. Most Google searches seem to point to Saint Rocco, as we have done, although we thought San Bernardino of Siena was a nice choice too.