Graced with the gift and dedication under the patronage of St. Joseph, these sacramentals are inspired in prayer, in devotion to our Blessed Mother, and belief in the saints.

These handmade sacramentals honor everyone's journey, walking in the footsteps of the saints to instill love and do good. It is my prayer that these sacraments promote love, peace, healing and protection.

 

                                                     "It is in giving that we receive." -St. Francis

In gratitude for the many blessings received we donate a portion of our sales to the Jerome Lejeune Foundation, St. Jude's Children Hospital and St. Anthony's Bread. 

 

CHRIST CONQUERS!  CHRIST REIGNS!  CHRIST COMMANDS!

CHRISTUS VINCIT!  CHRISTUS REGNAT!  CHRISTUS IMPERAT!

ST. JOHN PAUL II

Feast Day of St. John Paul II

"Darkness can 

only be shattered by light,

hatred can

 only be conquered by love."

+ St. John Paul II +

OUR LADY OF SORRWS

Beautiful and unique sacramental honoring Our Lady of Sorrows.

The Seven Sorrows of Mary is a devotion to Mary and Her Suffering through the life and death of her Son. Originating in the 13th century, seven noblemen from Florence, Italy founded the Order of the Servants of Mary or "Servites". In a vision Our Lady appeared to them holding black garments and said "You will found a new Order, and you will be my witness throughout the world. This is your name: Servants of Mary. This is your rule: that of St. Augustine. And here is your distinctive sign: the black scapular, in memory of my sufferings at the foot of the Cross."

Our Lady of sorrows is the patroness of the Order of the Servants of Mary, Malta and those who are named Dolores. Her feast day is celebrated September 15.

The Seven Graces of the Devotion to the Mother of Sorrows:

1. I will grant peace to their families.
2. They will be enlightened about the Divine mysteries.
3. I will console them in their pains and I will accompany them in their work.
4. I will give them as much as they ask for as long as it does not oppose the adorable will of my Divine Son or the sanctification of their souls.
5. I will defend them in their spiritual battles with the infernal enemy and I will protect them at every instant of their lives.
6. I will visibly help them at the moment of their death, they will see the face of their Mother. 

7. I have obtained this Grace from my Divine Son, that those who propagate this devotion to my tears and dolors, will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness since all their sins will be forgiven and my Son and I will be their eternal consolation and joy.

SEPTEMBER DEVOTION

SEPTEMBER IS THE MONTH DEVOTED TO THE SEVEN SORROWS OF MARY.

I have obtained from my Divine Son,

 that those who propagate this devotion to my tears and dolors,

 will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness

 since all their sins will be forgiven

 and my Son and I will be their eternal consolation and joy.

OUR LADY OF SORROWS, PRAY FOR US AND FOR THE WHOLE WORLD!

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. - March 8

Happy & Blessed International

Women's Day!

May all women be graced with love, peace healing, protection

and COURAGE!

"In God's name let us of on bravely."

+ St. Joan of Arc +

MARCH FOR LIFE

The greatest gift. The gift of LIFE!

PRICELESS!

At the March for Life walk in Downtown L.A. and Requiem Mass at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral.  It was a great day celebrating life and our son/brother Ivan.

A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world.

Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, may an impassioned plea rise to God, 

the Creator and lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association,

from every family and from the heart of every believer.

+Pope Saint John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae, no. 100 +

BLESSED AND MERRY CHRISTMAS

O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL,

JOYFUL AND TRIUMPHANT,

O COME YE, O COME YE TO BETHLEHEM.

COME AND BEHOLD HIM,

BORN THE KING OF ANGELS!

O COME LET US ADORE HIM, 

CHRIST THE LORD.

MAY THE BLESSINGS AND MIRACLES OF THE BiRTH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR BE WITH YOU THIS CHRISTMAS DAY AND ALWAYS. LOVE AND PEACE ON EARTH!

Atelier Zovak

ALL SOULS DAY

The devotion to the memory of the dead

 is one of the most beautiful expressions of the Catholic spirit.

+ Pope St. John XXII +

+

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God,

Rest in Peace.

Amen

LOVE YOU DAD!

1934-2017

HAPPY FEAST OF ALL SAINTS

Keep in mind that our community is not composed of those who are already saints, but those who are trying to become saints.  Therefore let us be extremely patient with each other.s faults and failures.

+ St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta +

ALL SOULS DAY

DE PROFUNDIS ROSARY

This unique rosary honors our dead.

This rare and unique Rosary for the Dead is strung with beautiful bone Ave beads.  There are four decades in this rosary which symbolize the 40 hours that Christ spent between the crucifixion and the resurrection.  The Pater beads are hand carved beads with flowers which represent a crown of flowers, a spiritual bouquet given to our Blessed Mother.  the crucifix called Via Dolorosa (the road Jesus walked withe the cross to Golgotha) is handcast in solid bronze from a rare vintage antique piece. It shows Jesus carrying the cross framed by angels, flowers and a heart on the bottom. The rosary center is St. Gertrude handcast in bronze.

ETERNAL REST GRANT UPON THEM

V. Eternal rest grant unto him/her, O Lord.

R. and let perpetual light shine upon him/her.

V. May he/she rest in peace.

R. Amen.

(All make the sign of the Cross)

May the love of God and the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ bless us and console us and gently wipe every tear from our eyes: in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

R. Amen.

BLESSED MOTHER MARY

Beautiful and unique medal honoring our Blessed Mother Mary.

Mother of Jesus. Wife of St. Joseph. The greatest of all saints.

The Virgin Mother "was, after her Son, exalted by divine grace above all angels and men" (Dogmatic Constitution of the Church, Lumon Gentium, n.66).

Born in Jerusalem, Mary was the daughter of Sts. Joachim and Anne.  It was the Archangel Gabriel, who appeared to her and announced that she would become the Mother of Jesus by the Holy Spirit.  She was engaged to St. Joseph when she went to visit her cousin, Elizabeth, who was bearing St. John the Baptist.  Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem, where Mary gave birth to Jesus.  Soon after the Holy Family took refuge in Egypt to protect Jesus from
King Herod.  Mary was with Jesus when he performed his first miracle at the wedding in Cana.  Mary was at the crucifixion in Jerusalem where she was given in John's care.  After
Jesus' Ascension, she was one of the first members of the Christian community.  When lived in Ephesus until the end of her earthly life when she was taken to heaven, body and soul.

The Blessed Mother Mary is patroness of mothers.

THE MEMORARE

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought you intercession, was left unaided.  Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother.  To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.  O Mother of the Word incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me.

Amen.

ST. BENEDICT

Unique medal honoring St. Benedict.

Benedict was born in Nursia, Italy in 480.  He was born into Roman nobility and was the twin brother of St. Scholastica.  While studying in Rome he was disappointed by the corruption and temptations of the time.  He withdrew from society and became a hermit in a cave near Subiaco and remained there for three years  in the care of a monk named Romans.  He was known for his holiness, wisdom and miracles that spread far and wide.  While in the cave, he was asked to be an abbot in a nearby community of monks.  He accepted, but when the monks resisted his strict rule and tried to poison him, he left.  In 530 Benedict began a great monastery at Monte Cassino, the birthplace of Western monasticism.  There he wrote "the Holy Rule," a system employing prayer, study, work moderate asceticism, community life, and common sense.  The spirit of St. Benedict's Rule is summed up in the motto of the Benedictine Confederation: pax ("peace") and the traditional ora et labor ("pray and work").

St. Benedict is the patron against evil and protector of Europe.  His feast day is celebrated on July 11th.

Gracious and Holy Father, please give me: intellect to understand you, reason to discern you, diligence to seek you, wisdom to find you, a spirit to know you, a heart to meditate upon you, ears to hear you, eyes to see you, a tongue to proclaim you, a way of life pleasing to you, patience to wait for you and perseverance to look for you.  Grant me a perfect end, your holy presence, a blessed resurrection and life everlasting.   

+ St. Benedict +

STACK IT UP FOR AUTISM

 This unique  bracelet stack honors those with autism and  is a reminder of awareness and acceptance of people with autism.

*The top sacramental is handmade with a beautiful little Miraculous Mary medal in the autism awareness colors.  The Miraculous Mary medal is a "testimony to faith and the power of trusting prayer.  It's greatest miracles are those of patience, forgiveness, repentance and faith."  This bracelet is a wonderful reminder of daily prayer for your own intentions or those of someone in need of prayer.

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL 

Immaculate Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus and my mother, I come to you with confidence in your powerful intercession, manifested through your Miraculous Medal. As your loving, trustful child I ask this favor... Obtain for me as well, a pure heart, that my entire life may give glory to God. Amen.

O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you.


*The second bracelet is hand knotted with 10 crosses representing one decade of  Ave beads. A lovely little bronze Miraculous Medal is attached. The bracelet is adjustable with a slip knot closure.


*The third bracelet is a two tone blue hand woven bracelet with a puzzle piece which represents autism. The bracelet has a slip knot closure.


*The fourth bracelet is hand dyed yellow silk ribbon with a St. Dymphna medal.  St. Dymphna is the patroness of those with mental  and emotional disorders.

PRAYER TO ST. DYMHNA

I humbly request you, dear virgin and martyr Dymphna, to take under your protection all who are bound to me by ties of blood or friendship. May all the lives which touch mine experience the blessings God is pleased to grant through your intercession. I now commend to your prayers all the intentions of all my relatives and friends. Remember also those persons who have asked me to pray for them. Pray especially for the lonely and forsaken who have no one to pray for them. Thank you, dear St. Dymphna, for remembering us all before our God and Savior.
Amen.


*The fifth bracelet is a blue handwoven Sacred Heart with a slip knot closure.

Love bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things.
+ Corinthians 13:7 +

All of the bracelets come packaged and ready for giving.

A percentage of the sale of these bracelets will be donated to the Autism Society of America and Autism Service Dogs of America.

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SHAMROCK WRAP

Unique hand woven bracelet celebrating Ireland!

Hand woven bracelet with a shamrock.  The shamrock is the symbol of Ireland and was used by St. Patrick to explain the Holy Trinity to people during his mission in Ireland.  This medal is han cast in solid bronze from an original vintage piece.

OLD IRISH BLESSING

May the road rise to meet you.

May the wind be always at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

and rain fall soft upon your fields.

And until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

IRISH TREASURES

Stack it up for Ireland!

"May the good saints protect you,

 And bless you today.

And may troubles ignore you,

Each step of the way."

+ Irish Blessing +