Custom First Communion Holy Cards

Celebrate your child receiving the Holy Eucharist for the first time with custom First Communion holy cards.  Choose from over 20 images from our collection of turn of the century first communion card reproductions.  Pick just one or mix and match your favorites.  For the back we offer 7 different prayers or saint quotes, as well as space for the name of the First Communicant, the church, and the date.  Contact us at: info@saintjosephspress.net or (816) 265-1087 to start your order.

Holy cards are 2 5/8" by 4 5/8"  (Exceptions: FHC-BVM2 and FHC-EUC2 are 3.85" by 4.10";  FHC-ANG4 is 3" by 5")

To Thee, O Blessed Joseph Holy Card

Featured on the front is a reproduction of a vintage French holy card of Saint Joseph, as well as a brief description of the prayer for his intercession which was composed by Pope Leo XIII, with the full prayer on the back.  Pope Leo XIII composed the "To Thee, O Blessed Joseph..." prayer to be said after the Rosary beseeching his help in protecting the Catholic Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity.

Printed on ivory cardstock, measures 4" x 5 1/4"

Image courtesy of UDayton.edu IMRI - CSC030-074

Prayer to Saint Joseph the Worker

This card opens to reveal the Prayer to Saint Joseph the Worker, composed by Pope St. Pius X, on one side with a picture of Saint Joseph plying his trade as a carpenter on the other.  Choose from two options for the image!

In the Litany of Saint Joseph, we say: "Model of workmen, pray for us."  Pope Pius IX proclaimed St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church in 1870 and popes after him made Saint Joseph known as head of the Holy Family for our edification and as an example of the Christian life.  Pope Leo XIII wrote any encyclical letter on Saint Joseph and Pope St. Pius X composed a prayer to Saint Joseph the Workman.  Pople Pius Xi tells us that Saint Joseph  belonged to the working class and bore the burdens of poverty for himself and the Holy Family, happy in the state of life Almighty God had chosed for him.  In 1955 Venerable Pope Pius XII designated May 1st to be known as the feast of St. Joseph the Worker.  In 1958 he gave further wisdom on St. Joseph the Worker: "O Glorious Patriarch Saint Joseph humble and just artisan of Nazareth, thou hast given to all Christians and particularly to us an example of a perfect life through diligent labor and admirable union with Jesus and Mary; assist us in our daily work..."

We offer especially to all working men The Prayer to Saint Joseph the Worker composed by Pope Saint Pius X in a special card that opens with the prayer on one side and picture of your patron on the other side.  This card can be displayed at your office or place of work in the hopes of daily recitation of the prayer that you will be aided by your Patron and Spiritual Father.  St. Teresa of Avila placed her monasteries under St. Joseph's care and tells us, "As it pleased God that Joseph should take the place of father to His Only Son, He gave hime in consequence a grace of paternity toward all men, made him incline all his thoughts and his affections toward them, and moves hime to procure for them as much good as could the tenderest of fathers for his children."

Printed on white cardstock, card measures 4" by 5 1/4" closed

St. Thomas Aquinas (1226-1274), a Doctor of the Church, also known as the Angelic Doctor, is the patron of schools, colleges, universities, students, philosophers, and theologians.  He was a great scholar and left us many important writings on philosophy and theology which are remarkably clear and easy to understand, as well as beautiful prayers and hymns.  We have included one of those prayers on the back of this holy card.  It begins:  Most loving Lord, grant me a steadfast heart which no unworthy desire may drag downwards; grant me an unconquered heart which no hardship may wear out; grant me an upright heart which no worthless purpose may ensnare.

St. Thomas Aquinas' feast day is on March 7th in the traditional calendar, or January 28th in the new.

Size: 2.5" x 4", approx.

Printed on white cardstock.

Image Source: Chant Art

Go To Joseph - St. Joseph Holy Card

"In order that Joseph may thus grow to his perfect stature on earth, he must grow in us.  We must learn to know him intimately in order to unlock the treasures of merit and greatness laid up in him.  We must draw on the storehouse of Holy Scripture, and traditions and writings of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church." - Life & Glories of St. Joseph, 454

The front of the Go to Joseph holy card feature a reproduction of a beautiful, vintage, French holy card with lace borders.  On the back is a prayer to St. Joseph, placing oneself under his protection and asking for his blessings.

Printed on white cardstock, 3" x 5"

Saint Benedict Prayer Card

All of Italy and the Mediterranean regions were overrun by hordes of pagans, the Church torn by conflict, everywhere was war, pillage, and violence among Christians and pagans alike, decadent and immoral living by most of the inhabitants and that is when Benedict, a young man withdrew from these anarchic times and retired to Subiaco, thirty miles from Rome where he gave himself to God.  He met Romanus, the monk, who directed him to a cave to be his home for 3 years as a hermit and brought daily provisions. It is from this lowly isolated cave that he grew in wisdom and grace before God. His holiness spread throughout the region and he is known as the Father of Christian Europe by the  Holy Rule Book he wrote -- living the monastic life of Ora et Labora that restored Christianity and maintained it through the centuries.

The Saint Benedict holy card features a reproduction of a 16th century German painting by the Master of Messkirck, while a prayer of Saint Benedict is on the reverse side.

Image source: St. Benedict in Prayer, Master of Messkirch, 1540

Prayer Before a Crucifix Holy Card

A holy card of the well-known prayer to say before an image or picture of the Cruficied Redeemer.  A beautiful vintage image of the Crucifixion from Societe St. Augustin, 1885 adorns the front of the holy card.  This version of the Prayer Before a Crucifix is taken from My Prayer Book, by Father Lasance published in 1908.  Reciting this prayer before an image of the Crucifixion can gain you a temporary or plenary indulgence under the usual conditions.  

Holy card measures 3 1/4" by 5"

Printed on white cardstock

St. Aloysius Gonzaga Holy Card

Saint Aloysius Gonzaga holy card feature a beautiful reproduction of the saint kneeling before the altar venerating a Crucifix from a vintage holy cards.  On the back is St. Aloyius Gonzaga's own Prayer of Self-Commendation to Mary.

Printed on sturdy light gray cardstock

Sacred Heart of Jesus Holy Card - Novena of Confidence

This holy card features an antique image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus showing the Basilica of the Sacre-Coeur on Montmartre in Paris.  On the back is the Novena of Confidence to the Sacred Heart prayer, to be said on nine consecutive days, confiding your request to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Printed on white cardstock, measures 3" x 5"

Michael, Michael of the Morning Holy Card - St. Michael the Archangel

True story of a Marine soldier in the Korean Conflict of the 1950's was wounded in action and relates to his mother the little prayer she taught him from his childhood, saved his life. The prayer in blue text and the true story below it along with a possibility that his mother may have read the poem of G. K. Chesterton: "Michael, Michael:  Michael of the Morning, Michael of the Army of the Lord..." in offering her son this powerful little prayer. Now we continue the good Mother's example to present it to all soldiers of Christ.

Choose from two paintings of St. Michael the Archangel defeating the devil by Raphael and Guido Reni.

Printed on white cardstock, measures 3" x 5"