St. Michael the Archangel Holy Card

The Saint Michael the Archangel holy card featuresa beautiful vintage image of St. Michael defeating the powers of darkness.  On the back is the famouse Prayer to St. Michael composed by Pope Leo XIII.

Printed on white cardstock, 2 3/4" by 4 1/2"

Image source: Chant Art

Holy Name of Mary Holy Card

The Holy Name of Mary was heaven sent as the early saints tell us in The Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus Liguori.  Our favorite quote from St. Bernard of Clairvaux: "O great! O pious! O thou who are worthy of all praise! O most Holy Virgin Mary! Thy name is so sweet and amiable, that it cannot be pronounced without inflaming those who do so with love toward thee and God."  The Feast of the Holy Name of Mary has long been celebrated in the Church in September honoring the Octave of the Blessed Virgin Mary's birth.  May Our Lady's name echo through our world to bring comfort and aid to all.

The Holy Name of Mary Holy Card features a vintage black and white image of the Nativity of Mary.  On the back is an excerpt from The Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus Ligouri on the power of the name of Mary.  Also featured is a snippet on the origin of the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary by Pope Innocent XI in the 17th century.

Printed on ivory cardstock, 3" by 4 3/4"

Centennial of Our Lady of Fatima Holy Cards

Three holy cards celebrating 100 years since the Blessed Mother appeared to the three shepherd children at Fatima.  Each of these holy cards features a different picture of Our Lady of Fatima on the front.  Versions #1 and #2 feature some of the messages and words of Our Lady of Fatima, while #3 features thoughts from St. Jacinta on the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Printed on white cardstock, 3 1/4" by 4 3/4"

Images source: University of Dayton, Marian Library Institute, originally published by Imalit Maredret, Belgium; and Sodality of Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  Statue of Our Lady of Fatima image from Fr. Villanova, Fatima.

Christmas O Antiphons Holy Card Set

This set of holy cards features 7 different vintage Christmas images which include symbols of the great price Christ would later pay for our redemption.  On the back of the holy cards are the seven great O Antiphon prayers which the Catholic Church has been praying during Vespers, or Evening Prayers, since the eighth century.  The O Antiphon prayers are drawn from the Old Testament imagery of the longing for the Messiah to fulfil God's promise of a Redeemer.  Also featured on each holy card is the Christmas Prayer, "Hail and Blessed be the hour...", which can be said as a novena beginning on the Feast of St. Andrew, November 30th, and ending on Christmas Day.

Set of 7 holy cards, Printed on ivory cardstock, 2 3/4" by 3 1/2"

Image source: Chant Art

Three Kings Holy Card

Choose from two beautiful vintage images of the Three Kings for this holy card.    On the back of the Three Kings holy card is an old Catholic custom of blessing the home on the Epiphany, as well as an Ancient Prayer to the Three Kings.

Holy cards are printed on sturdy white cardstock, 3" by 5"

Image source: Chant Art.

Apostolic Blessing at the Hour of Death Prayer Card

Many of the faithful may never have heard of an Apostolic Blessing.  This blessing is administered by a priest to someone near death, and remits all temporal punishment due to sin, so that when the person dies, they go straight to Heaven.   When the priest visits the dying person, you can hand him the holy card which has the prayer in Latin on it, as well as some words from St. John Marie Vianney for our edification and instruction.  Also, if a priest is unavailable, the holy card explains the means to gain a plenary indulgence to prepare yourself for the journey across the veil.

Printed on white cardstock, black border with red text highlights.

Spiritual Motherhood for Vocations Holy Card

All mothers, grandmothers, widows, single women, girls, and religious sisters can be mothers to priests by entering into the vocation to be a spiritual mother for priests in imitation of the Sorrowful Mother Mary.  We can offer our prayers and sufferings united spiritually to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary at the foot of her Son's Cross.  Our Spiritual Motherhood for Vocations holy card features two prayers for priestly vocations and the example of the pious Mothers of Lu, and Italian hamlet, who in the 1880's under the guidance of their parish priest made weekly adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and received Holy Communion on the First Sunday of every month asking God for vocations.  Their prayers were so effective that they produced over 320 vocations of priests, monks, and nuns from there small town.

From the Congregatio Pro Clericis, on December 8th, 2007 in a letter promoting Eucharistic adoration for the sanctification of priests and spiritual maternity and directing attention to the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium,  the role of the "Mother of the Word Incarnate -- the one whom Jesus desired to be intimately united with Himself for the salvation of humanity...the faithful are called to turn their eyes to Mary -- shining example of every virtue -- and imitate her as the first disciple.  it is she to whom every other disciple was entrusted by Christ as she stood at the foot of the cross (John 19:25-27).  By becoming her children, we learn the tre meaning of life in Christ.  Thereby and precisely becasue of the place occupied and the role served by the Most Blessed Virgin in salvation history -- we intend in a very particular way to entrust all priests to Mary, the Mother of the High and Eternal Priest brining about a movement of preayer, continuous Eucharistic adoration at the center so that a prayer of adoration, thanksgiving, praise, petition and reparation will be raised to God from every corner of the earth with the primary intention of awakening a sufficient number of holy vocations to the priestly state and, at the same time, spiritually uniting with a certain spiritual maternity at the level of the Mystical Body..."

Some examples of saints and holy people who have embraced the vocation of spiritual motherhood are: 1) St. Monica whose years of persistent prayer and sacrifice saved the soul of her son, St. Augustine, and enabled him to become a bishop and great Doctor of the Church.  St. Augustine stated, "Nine years passed in which I wallowed in the slime of that deep pit and the darkness of falshood. Yet that pious widow desisted not all the hours of her supplications, to bewail my case unto Thee where her prayers entered into Thy presence.  I have my mother to thank for what I have become and the way that I god there!" 2) Pope St. John Paul II at the beatification mass for St. Jacinta of Fatima, thanked her saying: "I express my gratitude to Blessed Jacinta for the sacrifices and prayers offered for the Holy Father, whom she saw suffering greatly." 3) Pope St. Piux X's dear old mother kissed her son's ring when he became a bishop but pointed to her wedding ring and declared to her son that he would not be wearing the bishop's ring, if she had not first worn her wedding ring.  Pope St. Piux X exclaimed, "Every vocation to the priesthood comes from the heart of God, but it goes through the heart of a mother. 4) Bertha Petit (1873-1943) desired to enter the religious life but due to family circumstances she was unable to, and asked Our Lady to intercede with Jesus that he would call a zealous and holy priest in the place of her religious vocation.  Instead she prayed for priests and offered her poor health for those who had abandoned the priesthood.

Printed on white or ivory cardstock, 3" x 5"

Image courtesy of Udayton.edu IMRI, ML028-002

Consecration Prayer to St. Raphael the Archangel Holy Card

This large holy card of St. Raphael the Archangel features a beautiful antique image of St. Raphael with young Tobias.  On the back of the card is a consecration prayer to St. Raphael the Archangel for single people looking to find virtuous friends and spouses.  This prayer asks St. Raphael to help in livng the exemplary pious life of Tobias the younger and be guided as he was by St. Raphael the Archangel in finding a companion for life in the vocation of marriage.

Printed on white cardstock, 3" by 5"

Image source: Chant Art

Funeral Holy Cards

Your choice of 4 different funeral holy cards.  When ordering let us know the name, dates the deceased was born and died, and the gender of the person as any of these funeral holy cards can be changed for him or her.

• Blessed Sacrament - This version features an 1890 antique image of the Blessed Sacrament with a prayer of St. Ambrose asking Jesus to have mercy upon and conduct the soul of His servant into eternal life in heaven.  On the back above the prayer is: OF YOUR CHARITY Pray for the Repose of the Soul of (Name), Born into this life (Date), Born into Eternal Life (Date).
• Sacred Heart - This version features a vintage image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with a quote from St. Ambrose on the front.  A prayer of St. Gertrude the Great in on the back along with the text: OF YOUR CHARITY Remember the Soul of (Name), Born (Date), Died (Date).
• Good Shepherd - This version features an image of Jesus the Good Shepherd from an antique holy card along with a St. Ambrose quote on the front.  The back of this card has the Our Father prayer, a quote from St. Louis Marie de Montfort on the Our Father, and the text: OF YOUR CHARITY Pray for the Repose of the Soul of (Name), Born into this life (Date), Born into Eternal Life (Date).
• Queen of the Most Holy Rosary - This version features a classic image of Our Lady as Queen of the Most Holy Rosary and quote from St. Ambrose.  On the back is a prayer asking God, the Creator and Redeemeer, to bring His departed servant into Eternal Life; the Ninth Rosary Promise of Our Lady; and the text: JESUS! MARY! JOSEPH! In Loving Memory of (Name), Born (Date), Died (Date).

Printed on white cardstock, 3 1/4" by 4 3/4"

Image source: Chant Art - Sacred Heart, Good Shepherd, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary

Blessed Sacrament image courtesy of Udayton.edu IMRI ML028-035, Publisher L. Turgis, 1890

St. Therese and Blessed Mother Holy Card

This holy card features an image of the Little Flower, Saint Therese, from a painting by her sister Celine Martin who was also a Carmelite, Sister Genevieve of the Holy Face.  On the back of the card is a prayer to St. Therese and the Blessed Mother asking for Mary's blessings and to continue to grow in virtue.  Three quote from St. Therese are also included on the back of the holy card.

Printed on ivory cardstock, 3 1/8" by 4 3/4"