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IT'S YOM KIPPUR AND WE'RE SENDING SAINT CHARBEL TO ISRAEL!
It’s Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. Although I’m not Jewish, I like the concept of a Day of Reflection and Redemption. It seems to be similar to Confession in Catholicism. With Atonement, you are revisiting the things that are troubling you that no one knows about besides you. Baring your soul and seeking forgiveness for past mistakes in judgment. We all make mistakes. We all fail. This is reconciling!
Today's Newsletter Topics, A Very Curious Survey and …We’re Back from Rome & the Vatican and We Found Lots of New Items for those of you who Asked by Sending in Notes, Cards, Letters, and the SASE's - Wait 'til you see the pile of mail! BEAUTIFUL!
Our Fundraiser for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease research is still in effect. You may recall we are selling Pope/Saint John Paul II medal packages and decided to give all proceeds to Michael J. Fox’s Foundation. Here are two of the ads that we have running. Please join us in our efforts to raise money to join "Family Ties" star Michael J Fox in the fight Parkinson’s and find a cure.
Can YOU Name the 5 Saints Pictured Below?
We’re on our pilgrimage and thought we’d share a fun interactive quiz where there are actual correct answers, unlike the "Who’s Your Saint Quizzes" we answer with ideas and suggestions. No wrong answers, no wrong responses, just a heartfelt conversation is what we offer with the Who’s Your Saint Quiz! That’s why we fall behind sometimes. We give our Replies to Your Quiz, a thoughtful reply!
NEW SAINTS & CH CH CHANGES … NEW NAME ~ SAME COMPANY, Travel Plans and Another Free Offer
We decided to follow Gary’s advice and add a new brand name, SaintsforHope. It takes you straight to our website. We will be tinkering and making some additions and corrections. The funny thing is, Gary was prescient! If you watch our very first video clip, you will hear that Rob ends it with the word “HOPE.” It’s all very cyclical. So, if you know one of those people who says, “I’m not a sinner!” you can smile and say, “Visit SaintsforHope.com and there’s HOPE available there!”
A Quick Note to say two things:
We located a bunch of new medals here in the states and are busy painting them now. One of the new medals is Saint Angela. We finally have Saint Angela! She has been sought after for years and years. There are two pictures of her medal in this newsletter.
May 13 Newsletter – These 3 Things …. Plus, we have NEW SAINT MEDALS AND A NEW STORE – THE GROTTO in Portland, Oregon!
Every Wednesday, we are off Veteran’s Boulevard in Metairie, Louisiana from 2 til 7pm for the Lafreniere Park Farmers and Arts Market.
A Testimonial from South Carolina, Good News, & Barry Manilow (Barry Manilow!?)
It has been a very long year. The protection from virus Saints, Sebastian and Rocco, may or may not have been asleep at the wheel since last March. But, things are a bit better.
Custom Hand-Painted Prayer Box Update
We have 2 St. Valentine’s day boxes available. Thanks to Mizpah, the Sacred Hearts and red being rob’s favorite color, these boxes practically made themselves (I told rob I need to see a video of this cause I just couldn’t believe it!). If you want to claim one, just order a custom prayer box and put in the notes that you’d like St. Valentine.
2021: A Year For, Of, About, and With, Many Changes!
A few more chapters of the book rob is working on have finally been finished and he has created a nice outline that’s possible to follow and begin moving further toward completion. So far, the stories of Saint Bernard, Saint Rosalie, along with Saint Maria Goretti, Dismas and the Miraculous Medal have weaved together fairly seamlessly. We offer thanks to the weaver’s saint, Anastasia, for helping us band anecdotes, undo knots, connect dots and whatnot to recall a simple story of a simple life. Again, with hopefulness and catharsis themed in a way that’s all kinds of exciting! Easy? No. Exciting? Yes!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2021! SPECIAL INTENTION REQUEST
Making the hand-painted crosses with medals recovered after the flood of Hurricane Katrina will continue. We will also continue selling the “Misfit Medal Crosses.” Please note that you can make special requests and we will try and accommodate.
THIS IS FOR ALL THE PROCRASTINATING PEOPLE …. SAINT EXPEDITE, PATRON OF PROCRASTINATORS SAYS ….
If you are having difficulty finding something because money is tight, send us a note and we will figure some way to help. You are not a bad person just because you get the Holiday Blues. Be Good to Yourself!
Our Christmas Offering to You, There’s Still Time thanks to the “Priority Mail” Deadline
With that notion in mind, if any of you would like us to send a hand-painted saint medal package to someone as a gift, please let us know and we will try our best. Let us know the place to send and give us an idea about the person so we can pick an appropriate medal. It should make it in time for Christmas. We will send it by PRIORITY MAIL.
BAD NEWS ~ United States Post Office Announcement
Yes, yesterday, December 15, was the bizarre deadline date, according to the USPS. This makes no sense whatsoever because Christmas is on Friday, December 25th. So, if you count, that means there are 8 “travel days” for mail (actually 9 because mail does move on Sunday, it just does not get delivered) and so that is still a lot of time to get packages mailed and delivered before Christmas.
Saint Anastasia, Patron of Weavers and The Infant Baby Jesus
OK, this is a bit surreal but very nice. People have asked us lots of questions about the Misfit Medal Crosses we are designing! When a medal does not turn out excellent, which is way more frequent than we like, we set these “Misfit Medals” aside. One day we were painting the crosses that we use to attach the Flood Medal Crosses we offer and started using some of the Misfit Medals. People loved them! Now, we have started selling, at a discount price to cover expenses, and raise awareness about SaintsforSinners. And the Misfit Medal Crosses have become popular. WHO KNEW!
