Often we’re asked about the many one-of-a-kind vintage items in our Giftshop. We are blessed with a source that is on the lookout for such items, and they tend to sell quickly in our shop.
Sometimes we’re asked if we have more of a particular statue or crucifix, for example, but usually our reply that the item is indeed “one-of-a-kind,” from decades back, and that we only have one.
Today’s photo is of a charming 12 inch tall ceramic “Our Lady of the Roses,” made in Italy nearly a century ago, and recently placed for sale in our Giftshop. Both Our Lady and the Christ Child hold a bouquet of roses.
All this is to say: visit our Giftshop when you can, to find a wide variety of vintage statues and other religious goods, including rosaries, cards, handicrafts by our monks, as well as an assortment of excellent spiritual books, both classics and from more recent times.
The winter remains dry, which means the thirteen mile long “Forest Service Road 151” leading to the Monastery (off of Highway 84, the road to Chama, New Mexico), remains dry and passable, even in this month often associated with rain or snow. We try to post a daily road-condition report on our website.
As we return to “Ordinary Time” in the Church Calendar, beginning on Monday, January 13th, we continue to pray for the needs and intentions of all our families, friends, benefactors and oblates. Please pray for us. Thank you.
Abbot Christian and the monks
