Around the time of the First World War, Father Kentenich, a German priest, founded a young men's group devoted to Mary. Reportedly, the boys wanted a picture of her, so Fr. Kentenich went to a local second-hand store and bought this lovely painting. It has become an emblem of Schoenstat, a world-wide and growing movement of people devoted to love of Jesus through Mary. It involves everyone, not just boys. This has been our mantle picture for 20 years.

Fr. Kentenich himself knew the way of this trust in Mary. He had been abandoned as a child in front of a shrine of Mary by his own mother, a poor woman, who told him, Mary will be your mother now. This shocking behavior nonetheless led to a long and fruitful life devoted to Christ with complete trust in Mary, and he helped many people draw closer to God. His cause is up for canonization.

(source: Sister Marie Day, a Schoenstat sister of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota)

- 8.5 x 11" or 5x7" acid-free paper
- Archival pigments, rated to last for generations.
- Cardboard backer
- Above story of the art
- Enclosed in a tight-fitting, crystal clear bag.

** IMPORTANT ** There is about an inch-and-a-third of white space around the picture, so the image is smaller than the paper.

Thanks for your interest!

Thanks!
Sue & John

"In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art." ~ St. Pope John Paul II

Original image is out-of-copyright. Descriptive text and image alterations (hence the whole new image) © by Sue Kouma Johnson - Classic Catholic Art.