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Unique art and gifts, reflecting God’s beauty. All proceeds go towards the funding of educational retreats and workshops for our non-profit ministry.

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unique, one of a kind, thoughtful gifts

lillies

4 x 6 thank-you cards with a watercolor of calla lillies on one side and blank on the back and white envelopes.
10 cards $10, plus S & H

prayer card

4 x 6 prayer cards with a simple sketch of the pieta on the front (done while at the Abbey of Gethsemani on silent retreat) with a lovely prayer given to me by a Franciscan priest. These cards are wonderful inserts in sympathy cards, get well cards, or comfort for anyone struggling through difficult times.
10 cards $10, plus S & H

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St Wendelin Book

Reflections of Beauty at Saint Wendelin makes a beautiful gift for someone healing from loss, celebrating the sacraments, or a gift for yourself for quiet reflection. By Debra Classen, photography by Jim Stracensky. Watt Printers, Cleveland, Ohio 2010.

Beautiful coffee table size book (10 x 14) with color photographs on every page and quiet reflections.This book is a gift for the parishioners of Saint Wendelin and anyone who has ever grieved the losses of people and place. In comforting and spiritually uplifting prose and pictures, it is a unique book, reflecting the beauty of a church built by Catholic immigrants from Slovakia. Father Jerome Lajack, the pastor of the parish for over thirty years, commissioned this book, for this community, a book overflowing with memories and hope.
It is a eulogy of prayer, with history and story woven throughout the text, not only for the Saint Wendelin community, but also for the larger community of faith. The writing and photography artistically combine word and image to reflect a vision of beauty, sharing a church that will always be remembered in the hearts of those who graced this sacred place.

$50, plus S & H, all proceeds go towards the ministry's outreach

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"Way of Love" Prayer Card
10 cards $10 plus S & H

prayer card

4 x 6 Swan prayer card
" Inspiration for times of uncertainty"
10 cards $10 plus S & H

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coffee mug

"Beauty, Goodness and Truth"--15 oz. beautiful artistic white coffee mug. The proceeds will go towards providing these mugs filled with green tea bags, in our ministry gift baskets for cancer patients.
Single coffee cup $15 plus S & H

pillows

Two matching vintage white linen pillow cases with
hand embroided scripture stitching in ecru colored thread:
"arise my beloved" (for the groom)
" my beautiful one" (for the bride)
Each set of pillow cases will vary. Stitching is done by Barbara,
an Amish woman who is a widow and has ten children.
You may specify type of linens or a different scripture verse.
$80 for set, plus shipping and handling

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bracelet
This beautiful prayer medal has been hand crafted by artist and priest Father Michael Denk. The figures on the medal are of the Holy Family with Mary Kissing the face of Jesus. This piece can be held and prayed with as a reminder of God's presence whenever we are filled with loneliness, anxiety, confusion, or sorrow and when we want to remember to pray for someone else. It can be carried in your pocket as a reminder to pray always!
$30

jumbo postcards

Large postcards for $15/per pack of 12

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Tara Marcic photo

Tara Marcic is a photographer from Ohio. She specializes in all natural lighting and enjoys capturing the beauty in the small things.

Black and white photographs with quotes:
"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path" Psalm 119
"For dust you are, to dust you will return." Genesis 3:19
$49 unframed

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wedding gift

A unique and beautiful wedding gift for the couple.
Wedding flowers are hand painted in a watercolor background
and the text has the couple's name and wedding date in a blessing of beauty. The finished art piece is 11 x 14 unframed.
All proceeds are donated to our outreach programs and you may suggest application of your donation.
Please email picture of wedding flowers to paint.
Suggested patience of 2-3 weeks for the artists to complete your gift.  $75

Bride & Groom Names
Date of wedding


Personalized journals include copies of art pieces you choose and 'beauty" quotes throughout  a spiral bound journal with room for your own drawing and writing. There are three options:
- 8.5 x 11 with 'beauty quotes' and artwork throught journal and cover, calligraphy of personalized
$33
- 8.5 x 11 art on cover, personalized name in calligraphy, plain lined pages throughout $25,
- 5 x 7 art cover, name, plain lined pages $20

Sizes

rosary

Mother Teresa's rosary was made from the seeds of a plant that grows naturally along the road side in India, it is a remarkable seed called Job's tears. Each spring I plant them, and by fall the plants produce a seed that is already polished and has a hole through it, perfect for making rosaries for prayer.
$25, plus shipping and handling
Choose between two crucifixes.
Both come with sterling silver miraculous medal

Crucifixes

"Healing and Hope" cards. A set of 50 cards with vibrant art
and inspirational quotes for those struggling with cancer,
depression, addiction... Proceeds will go to the Mute Swan's outreach ministry
and to the NASBP (world's largest research on breast and prostate cancer). $20/set

22 x 28 in.
Text : "Know then O Beautiful soul, that you are the image of God." St. Ambrose
$20

 

22 x 28 in.
Text : "The world is not only hungry for food, but also for beauty." Mother Teresa of Calcutta
$25


Forty-nine beautiful prayer cards in a gift set. Each card is printed on high quality, glossy paper with one side displaying artwork and the other a quote on beauty. The cards come in an organza bag that can also be used to keep your rosary. Seven groups of cards on subjects of God’s beauty: Contemplative Silence, Community, God, Soul, Creation, the Body and Love.
$20 for the set

poster birds

22 x 28 in.
Text : "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all...”  Emily Dickinson
$20

poster cleveland

22 x 28 in.
Text : "Charity begins at home.
Cleveland, Ohio
$20

swan candle

Swan Candle is 6" high and 6" wide.
Lovely wax figure of a mute swan with wick on back.
Great for quiet times of 'contemplative prayer'. $25

 

 

stationery

Stationery of 8 beautiful cards printed on high quality paper. The artwork is original watercolors coupled with quotes on beauty, while the back side of the cards are blank.
8 cards (2 of each image) for $20

 

 

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