Icons

Holy Family Icon plaques are printed on 5/8" thick wood with a glossy finish and beveled black edges.

Leaving his Belgian homeland to serve in the Hawaiian missions, he eventually was made the pastor to the Catholic lepers on the island of Molokai. His self-sacrificing service to those whom the world had rejected in revulsion eventually led to his own death from leprosy. St. Damien of Molokai Icon is the patron of lepers, sufferers of AIDS, and outcasts. 

St. Barbara lived in the 4th century and was brought up as a heathen. She was denounced to the pagan authorities by her father himself when he learned she had converted to Christianity, and was beheaded by her father when she refused to recant.

Second only to Saint Patrick as a patron of Ireland, Saint Brigid (St. Bride) holds a cross woven from rushes ("St. Brigid's cross"), which was her custom to make when she was instructing the pagans, and which are hung anew in Irish homes each year on her feastday. In this St. Brigid icon, she holds a bowl of "Saint Brigid's fire," in her other hand, a miraculous fire which burned at her convent for centuries.

The first "All-American saint," Saint Elizabeth Seton was Foundress of the Sisters of Charity and the originator of parochial schools. In these saint icons she is depicted holding the rosary, on which she avidly prayed, and a scroll on which is written one of her favorite spiritual maxims. Elizabeth Bayley Seton was the first native born American to be canonized by the Catholic Church. 

Our St. John the Evangelist icon illustrates, the son of Zebedee, and the brother of St. James the Great. Called to be an Apostle by our Lord in the first year of His public ministry. He became the "beloved disciple" and the only one of the Twelve who did not forsake the Savior in the hour of His Passion. He stood faithfully at the cross when the Savior made him the guardian of His Mother. 

Our Saint Peter icon illustrates an Apostle who was a fisherman, married, and the brother of Saint Andrew. His name was Simon, but Jesus said he should be called Kephas (Peter), meaning "rock." He was one of the chief Apostles and present at many of the greatest events in the Gospels.

Repenting of his denial of Christ and transformed by God from a simple unlearned man into a living Christ, he converted thousands to the new faith and worked miracles of healing. He was crucified at Rome, by his own desire suffering head downwards.

The embodiment of Christian compassion and charity, Mother Teresa was unique in the admiration she gathered from all quarters, regardless of religion or nationality. This new Saint Teresa of Calcutta icon is based on one of the most popular photo portraits of Saint Teresa.

The name Michael signifies "Who is like to God?" and was the war cry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against satan and his followers. Holy Scripture describes St. Michael as "one of the chief princes," and leader of the forces of heaven in their triumph over the powers of hell. He has been especially honored and invoked as patron and protector by the Church from the time of the Apostles. Although he is always called "the Archangel," the Greek Fathers and many others place him over all the angels - as Prince of the Seraphim.