“A woman of exceptional love”: St. Gianna Beretta Molla
Every May, St. Catherine of Siena Church in Manhattan hosts a St. Gianna Mass for couples struggling with infertility and miscarriages. The name of the event refers to Gianna Beretta Molla, an Italian pediatrician, [who] was pregnant with her fourth child when she was...
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St. Expedite, “the patron saint of procrastinators”
If you’ve never heard of St. Expedite, you might think the name is a joke. But he’s quite real, and still popular in certain parts of the world — and among procrastinators everywhere. A recent article at Patheos.com reminded us about St. Expedite, whose actual name...
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Original bronze statue of St. Cecilia
We worked with our partner Art Studio Demetz in Italy on an original bronze statue of St. Cecilia for the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia motherhouse in Nashville, Tennessee. Custom statues are individual works of art. The artist starts with a pencil sketch based on...
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Custom marble statue of Our Lady of Lourdes
We worked with our partner Art Studio Demetz in Italy on an original, five-foot-tall marble statue of Our Lady of Lourdes for St. Brigid Catholic Church in John’s Creek, Georgia. Art Studio Demetz obtains marble from the quarries of Tuscany, one of which was used by...
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Custom carved-wood statue of St. Wilfrid of York
We worked with our partner Art Studio Demetz on a custom, carved-wood statue of St. Wilfrid of York, for a parish by the same name in Woonsocket, South Dakota. Wilfrid (634-709) was “one of the greatest English saints, a monk and bishop who was outstanding in bringing...
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Custom carved wood Coesfeld cross
We worked with our partner Art Studio Demetz on a custom, carved wood Coesfeld cross for Notre Dame Academy in Park Hills, Kentucky. The design is based loosely on the original Coesfeld cross, which was carved in the 14th century and today resides at the Church of St....
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“They helped us imagine what angels look like”: The role artists can play in the Church in dark times
Loyola Marymount University, a Los Angeles-based Catholic university rooted in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions, is hosting an art exhibit on a surprising topic: the Church’s sex abuse scandal. Artist Tricia McKillen, a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland, told...
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Special offers on statues for Easter Week
The holiest time of the year is nearly upon us. To celebrate, Mazzolini Artcraft is offering special prices on array of statues for Easter Week. These fiberglass-resin statues are affordable, easy to move and maintain, and resilient, but they are not mass-produced....
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“May the Lord help us to imitate their example”: Pope Francis canonizes seven
On October 14, Pope Francis canonized seven new saints, including Pope Paul VI, who led the Church from 1963 to 1978, and Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated while celebrating Mass in 1980. Brief biographies of them and the other new saints are available...
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“Jesus and the Children” marble statue for church in Wickliffe, Ohio
In 2016, a man driving near Our Lady of Mount Carmel church in Wickliffe, Ohio suffered a medical episode that caused him to drive over the curb at high speed and strike the base of a marble statue of Christ and two children. “No one, not even the driver, was injured...
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