SANTO CRISTO DE PAKIL. The ancient image of the Crucified Christ in the church of Pakil, as it appeared in the 1950s.  In the Francisca...

SANTO NIÑO PERDIDO. The lost Holy Child refers to an episode in Luke 2:41-52 when, at the age of twelve, he accompanies his parents to Jer...

OUR LADY OF ORANI, The Miraculous Lady of the Holy Rosary. ca.1950s photo  Source: The National Catholic Almanac ALMANAC OF THE MOST ...

ANGELS OF LIGHT, MY GUARDIANS DEAR. Two midcentury angels holding pole lamps, now restored. ca. mid-50s, early 60s.  Another great find ...

ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA, Feast day, June 21. Patron saint of young students, Chrsitian youth, plague sufferers.  A gallery of ivory statuar...

THE LITTLE LORD JESUS LAY DOWN HIS SWEET HEAD. A 7 in. antique ivory Nino sleeps on a new brass crib with  a canopy decorated with old mot...

FAMILY FIRST: A Folk Urna From Ilocos  I remember the moment when I acquired my first antique urna, complete with the figures of Joseph...