Father Travis R. Stephens depicted Theotokis of Vladimir. The Greek meaning is God-Bearer. The 12th century icon is one of the most recognizable icons of the Mother of God with her Son. It has been copied and reproduced for ages, and is fitting that Fr. Travis gave the origianal icon to his own mother, then he graciously gifted the image to Peace Love Pilgrimage for sacred renderings.

• Holy cards, notecards and sterling silver gems are available for purchase in the Peace Love Pilgrimage Saint Shop.

Sterling silver .925 pendant features Our Blessed Mother Mary holding her child, Jesus. Theotokis is Greek for Virgin Mary. The original and very famous Byzantine Theotokis Icon dates back to 1169. It has been reproduced and is venerated all over the world. Indiana Iconographer, Father Travis Stephens painted this icon to be a lasting treasure.
The pendant itself is the size of a dime; the decorative jump ring not only adds dimension but quality to the look and feel of this timeless pendant.

Images of Mary are central icons for both the Catholic and Orthodox Church.

Hail Mary full of grace ...Luke 1:28

Built of Living Stones. 157  “The special and unique dignity of the Mother of God has been expressed in the devotional art of the Church. Artists have painted her image in wondrously meditative fashion as a “sign of sure hope and solace for the pilgrim People of God.”(Lumen Gentium 68) At the same time, veneration of Mary, like that of all other devotions, leads clearly to the worship of her Son. The location, style, and importance of Marian images in the church demonstrate the intimate connection she has with the eucharistic liturgy of Christ, as well as its distinctions.”

Saint Louis de Montfort. Feast day: April 28. Patronage:
Mariology. Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary to "Pray the Rosary daily."

 

Saint Theodore Guerin. Feast day: October 3.
Co-Patron: Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana.
Patroness: Archdiocese of Indianapolis

I was born on January 4, the feast day of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.

As an adult, I learned that in 1975, my maternal grandfather commissioned Frederick Charles Shrady of New York to create a bronze sculpture of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (top left photo below) after my grandmother was baptised by then Father Fulton Sheen at Saint Patricks’s Cathedral, in New York.

Soon after in 1982, Pope John Paul II commissioned Frederick Charles Shrady (1907-1990) to create a bronze sculpture of Our Lady of Fatima (top right photo below) at the Vatican Gardens. Shrady was the first AMERICAN artist to receive a papal commission.

Saint Theodore Guerin and Saint John Paul II bronze sculptures bring prominence to artists and the Communion of Saints. The hope and prayer is that you will find a Saint working in your life, so that you can pray through the intercession of the Saints to Jesus. 

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“In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art. Art must make perceptible, and as far as possible attractive, the world of the spirit, of the invisible, of God. It must therefore translate into meaningful terms that which is in itself ineffable. Art has a unique capacity to take one or other facet of the message and translate it into colours, shapes and sounds which nourish the intuition of those who look or listen. It does so without emptying the message itself of its transcendent value and its aura of mystery.”