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~ FRANCIS ~
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b.1182 - d.1226 - Feast Day: 6 October
FRANCIS of ASSISI - C9G.2100 ITALY - Born into a wealthy merchant family in Assisi, Francis Bernadone was a very popular youth in the community and loved it. The Lord called him while he was praying in San Damiano Church one day, asking him to rebuild his church. He began to put stone on stone in the process of rebuilding but the Lord corrected him to restore his people who have strayed from him. Francis was never a priest but as a brother, he started the Franciscans and shortly after, the Poor Clares for women. It remains universal and loved by people of all faiths. He carried the stigmata, the wounds of Christ. Patron of Ecologists and merchants. BEADS - Matted brown Bodhi seeds. 7.5 inches. (Bronze only) C9G.2100
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~ ANTHONY ~
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b.1195 - d.1231 - Feast Day: 13 June
ANTHONY of PADUA - C9G.2110 ITALY - St Anthony of Padua was an Augustinian but became a Franciscan when he was 26. He attracted large crowds and was known as the 'Hammer of Heritics' because of the way he taught about the church, simple and direct. Many miracles surround him to this day and he is a doctor of the church. He received a visit from the infant Jesus and is imaged with him to this day. He is the patron of lost articles, the poor, sailors and animals. He died at the age of 36. BEADS - Matted brown Bodhi seeds. 7.5 inches. (Bronze only) C9G.2110
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~ JUDE ~
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1c AD. Feast Day: 28 October
JUDE THADDEUS - C9G.2130 ISRAEL - St Jude was often confused with Judas Iscariot of who betrayed Our Lord. But Thaddeus was a near kinsman of Jesus. He authored an epistle to the churches of the East and preached the gospel in Judea, Samaria and many other places. He is patron of impossible situations, reflecting his letter to the new Jewish Christians and is becoming a renewed devotion in the church. Green - traditional color for Jude. ANTIQUE BEADS - Hand made glass green jade druks - Germany (Gablonz) 1920s - 1950s. 6.5 inches. (Bronze only) C9G.2130
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~ BENEDICT ~
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b. 490 - d. 543 - Feast Day: July
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BENEDICT - FOUNDER - C9G.2140 ITALY - Established the Benedictine order, bringing monacism into a new sense of order. It is said, "The finger of God had only to point, and he followed whatever the cost." He established the home of the Benedictines at Monte Cassino, north of Rome. building it over Pagan Altar of Apollo. By 14c there were over 30,000 Benedictines. In his rule he wrote: "Pray for your enemies in the love of Christ, Make peace, before the setting of the sun, with those from whom you have been separated by discord, and Never despair of the mercy of God." ANTIQUE BEADS - Hand made glass matted bead, dk dk red. Germany (Gablonz) 1920s - 1950s. 7 inches. (Bronze only) C9G.2140
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~ CURE' OF ARS ~
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Priest, Mystic, Saint b. 1786 - d. 1859 - Feast Day: August 4 JOHN VIANNEY - CURE' D'ARS - C9G.2150 FRANCE - According to New Advent, 'The greatest miracle of all was his life. He practised mortification from his early youth. and for forty years his food and sleep were insufficient, humanly speaking, to sustain life. And yet he laboured incessantly, with unfailing humility, gentleness, patience, and cheerfulness, until he was more than seventy-three years old. ' He was a firm supporter of St Philomena, asking her to interceed for many things and miracles were abundant. He was a mystic, orator and confessor/spiritual director. John Mary Vianney was canonized in 1925. 'Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.' BEADS - Matted brown Bodhi seeds. 7.5 inches. (Bronze only) C9G.2150.small
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b. 1786 - d. 1859 - Feast Day:
August 4
JOHN VIANNEY - CURE' D'ARS - C9G.2151 CURE' Hearing confessions - popular with religious. (see above) BEADS - Matted brown Bodhi seeds. Same as above only medal and chaplet is larger. See image below 8.5 inches. (Bronze only) C9G.2151.large
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Priest, Martyr, Saint
b. 1910 - d.1942 - Feast Day: August 14 MAXIMILIAN KOLBE - C9G.2160 POLAND - Born Raymond Kolbe in Poland, January 8, 1894. He entered the Conventual Franciscan Order in 1910. He studied in Rome where he was ordained a priest in 1918. He founded the Militia of the Immaculata and from 1939 it grew from 18 to 650 friars in Warsaw alone. He started a newspaper, had a shortwave radio station and was planning to open a film studio. He is the patron of journalists, families, prisoners, pro-life movement and chemically addicted. He died at Auschwitz after offering his life so another prisoners could live. BEADS - Vintage reproductions. Crystal with
burgundy (passion, martyrdom) inclusions and matted/ textured surface with
3 window cuts . 7.5 inches.
C9G.2160
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~ PADRE PIO ~
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Priest, Stigmatist, Mystic, Saint
b.1887 - d.1968 SAINT PIO of PIETRELCINA - C9G.2170 ITALY - Padre Pio received the visible stigmata in 1918. He was a mystic and could read the hearts of people in confession, calling them to an honest confession by naming their sins. BEADS - Red drops, Opaque Czech glass called '2 window' beads with dark brown matte frames. Design from an old glass bead mold when beads were made one at a time. C9G.2170
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~ ABOUT the METAL ARTIST ~
EGINO WEINERT
World renowned German artist, Egino Weinert, is a
master in the field of sacred gold smithery, as well as a painter and sculptor.
He has consigned pieces of art for Cathedrals and Churches throughout the
world and is a favorite of John Paul II. Several of Mr. Weinert’s
original enamel works may be seen in the Galleria Moderna of the Vatican
Museum.
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Born on March 3rd, 1920 in Berlin-Schöneberg - 1934 Entry
to the monastery of the Benedictine Missionaries as a monastic pupil. -
1941 Gold and silversmith examination passed with merits of distinction.
- 1941 Prison for refusal of the Hitler salutation in Würzburg, Ottostraße.
- 1944 Receipt of diploma. - 1945 Loss of my right hand by an explosive
projectile masked as an electrical fuse. - 1946 First work with one hand
at the gold smithery “eine Paxtafel.” (Peace Plaque) - 1947 The painter
Ewal Jorzig, Düsseldorf, visits the monastery and urges the abbot
Burkhard Urz to send me to the Art School of Cologne. - 1949 Attendance
to the School of Art. - 1951 Founded own studio for gold smithery, painting,
and sculpture. - 1963 Founded second studio in Spain. - 1994 For the last
50 years I have been active as a master of sacred gold smithery, as well
as, a painter and sculptor, making pieces I can manage with one hand. 1999
Reaching my 80th year.
~ PRAYERS ~
So these little
chaplets with 3 sets of 3 beads have been around a long time, they have
a history. Its more than just a tradition, as it appears, they also
carried certain indulgences. A perfect prayer form to renew
in a busy day.
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On each set of 3 beads - one each:
Our Father, Hail Mary. Glory Be
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On the medal:
ask for the intercession of this particular saint.
Some people use this as a nine day novena by adding their petition at this
time.
~ HISTORY of 'NINERS' ~
... THE RACCOLTA - a collection ...
More information on the traditional 'niner' chaplet
may be found in an old book called THE RACCOLTA (A Collection). The Raccolta
was first published in Rome by Telesforo Galli in 1807. This would put
this practice of the 'niners' into at least the latter part of the 18c,
and more likely the devotion was practised, established and approved of
long before it was written about. THE RACCOLTA has been re published
many times over the years but more recently by Benzeger Brothers in 1944
through 1957. It contains prayers, devotions, novenas, pius practices
etc and explains the indulgences that were attached and conditions needed
to gain them at that time in history. All the indulgences contained
in THE RACCOLTA are/were applicable to the souls in purgatory. The book
is still available through most Catholic Book Stores.
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Our friend Barbara listed 15 'NINER' chaplets with
this configuration of beads and they were mostly for specific saints.
One was for the Consecration to the Holy Family, another for the dying
(St Joseph), and another for the Acts of Adoration.
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I
do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be
troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:26-28
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