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Gearing Up for Mardi Gras and Lent 🎭
Get ready to enjoy the frivolity of Mardi Gras on “Fat Tuesday'' and then take your Vows to Be Better on Ash Wednesday. The 40 days of Lent present a great time for emotional, mental, physical, and of course, spiritual growth. Talk and think about Vows to Do Better and Be Better this week. Share your Vows with your friends and family. Share your plans fully, completely, and unabashedly. You may wind up encouraging another to take a Vow to Do Better and Be Better.
February 5th 🎗️ Celebrating Saint Agatha of Sicily
Celebrate the life and healing ways of Saint Agatha of Sicily by donating to help in the fight against breast cancer and for finding a cure! Wear pink and talk about the illness of breast cancer throughout your day. Remind yourself and reflect about those afflicted with all forms of cancer. Praise Saint Agatha, who has brought comfort to many people enduring the illness of breast cancer.
HAPPY NEW YEAR ✨ IT'S 2022! ✨
2021 was such an unusual year, and in every way, it seems. We made some gambles, took some chances, had some losses, learned some lessons, and we look forward to a fresh start in 2022.
NEWS ABOUT OUR FIRST ALL SAINTS DAY EVENT, NOVEMBER 1, 2021 5:00 - 7:00 PM
DRIVE BY AND PICK UP YOUR
FREE SAINT MEDAL ON
ALL SAINTS DAY
WHO’S YOUR SAINT?
TAKE OUR QUIZ FOR A SUGGESTION!
THEN E MAIL US TO LET US KNOW THE NAMES OF THE SAINTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. WE WILL TRY & HAVE YOUR FAVORITE SAINT AVAILABLE!
AN ONLINE SALE FOR EVERYONE, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU NEAR NEW ORLEANS, COME SEE US TOMORROW AT THE GRETNA ART FAIR IN THEIR TOWN SQUARE!
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!
NEWS FROM QUEENS NEW YORK! REILLY OPELKA FINED $10,000
TENNIS PRO REILLY OPELKA FINED by USTA for holding a pink cloth bag!
When tennis pros were asked about it some replies were, “YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!,” by John McEnroe. And that’s “WINNING UGLY” by Brad Gilbert. Others wondered, whether the bag was “OPEN,” by Andre AGASSI.
FRANCO’s LATEST DESIGN! NOTES FROM VENASQUE + MEN OF LETTERS & GARY ALIPIO’S EXCITING BOOK RELEASE!
Franco has created beautiful new hand-painted medals of the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. They are available to order now, but they will not be mailed until I get back home to New Orleans. I’m going to add some sort of trinket from Rome to these orders. I am going to Rome for a few days next week.
Notes from Venasque and Mont Serrat in Barcelona
The takeaway message is that we are all connected, in many more ways than we even realize. Who would have ever dreamed that by having a NOLA tee shirt, we would be “Representing” for New Orleans, the Pelicans, and hearing Frenchmen singing John Boutte’s New Orleans songs, just a few kilometers away from where the early Vatican existed in Avignon, France? That is, until Saint Catherine of Siena, helped return the Papacy to Rome.
Sarah Smiled! Greetings from Venasque, France! A saintly surprise and a wonderfully kind lady who brought happy laughter today!
Saint Sarah’s story comes from the Old Testament. Her story is steeped in Jewish History. Sarah was a Convert from Paganism and the first woman to follow the Faith of Abraham.
Catholic Marketing Network Trade Show
Come by and meet Emily and my niece Casey, whom you have read about before. She’s the one who has the son, Dean, who looked at me looking at his Mom, Casey and said, “Look! Uncle Rob loves my Mom!” That was one of those special moments that came from nowhere “out of the blue.”
We're Mailing Out the Gifts From Rome and We Were Surprised About the Survey Results
Look forward to getting this truly special souvenir – this is one of the best we’ve ever sent, if not the very best. Rob found the medals he is sharing with y’all only steps away from Saint Peter’s Square & Borgo Pio ( Rob’s favorite street that offers so many nice items for sale ).
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!
Ciao from Rob in Rome! Pics from his trip & a reminder...
Rob has found a bunch of great items to share so remember to send in your SASE (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope) for your free souvenir from The Vatican in Rome!
