Home altars

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RalphKramden said:
Our family altar is on several book shelves in our family / dinning room. I saved money by buying unpainted statues and painting them myself. I’m no artist and it shows up close, but I think they look nice. The only statues I didn’t paint are the two small St. Francis and St. Anthony ones.

There are a couple of easy techniques that you can use to make your statues look a little more lifelike.
  1. Dry brush-- For the hair and the top folds of clothing, take a clean, dry brush and put a small amount of paint of a lighter shade. Brush off most of the excess then lightly go over the top of the strands of hair or beard and/ or folds of clothing going opposite the flow of hair or flow of the drape of cloth. On larger statues you may want to use more paint on the top folds.
  2. You can also use colored chalk to shade the face, hands and inner folds of clothing. I bought a set of artist pastels. I find the color that I want to use for shading and shave off some powder then use a dry brush to get in tight areas. Also a small foam painting edge brush works great. I dip it into the chalk powder then go around the hair line and creases of the face. Use a small brush to get into the nostrils and ear cavities. The foam brush works well on the large inner folds of clothing, too. When finished, you spray it with a clear, matte finish spray. Here are some examples in my slideshow.
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Starlightdreame said:
You did a beautiful job! Where did you find the unpainted statues? How tall are they? Thank you for sharing the pictures with us, it really looks lovely!
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The Sacred Heart, Our Lady, and St. Joseph are resin outdoor statues I bought from Leaflet Missal, the crucifix is from them as well. I got the angels from www.elementsofhome.com.
Sacred Heart - 33"
Our Lady and St. Joseph - 24"
Adoring Angels - 26"
Crucifix - 28"
 
There are a couple of easy techniques that you can use to make your statues look a little more lifelike.
  1. Dry brush-- For the hair and the top folds of clothing, take a clean, dry brush and put a small amount of paint of a lighter shade. Brush off most of the excess then lightly go over the top of the strands of hair or beard and/ or folds of clothing going opposite the flow of hair or flow of the drape of cloth. On larger statues you may want to use more paint on the top folds.
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  1. You can also use colored chalk to shade the face, hands and inner folds of clothing. I bought a set of artist pastels. I find the color that I want to use for shading and shave off some powder then use a dry brush to get in tight areas. Also a small foam painting edge brush works great. I dip it into the chalk powder then go around the hair line and creases of the face. Use a small brush to get into the nostrils and ear cavities. The foam brush works well on the large inner folds of clothing, too. When finished, you spray it with a clear, matte finish spray. Here are some examples in my slideshow.
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YOU ARE AN ARTIST, GREAT WORK!!!
I’m not an artist, I’m a bus driver. Thanks for the tips, but at this point I think I’d just make Jesus look like he was wearing way too much makeup, and that’s not what I’m going for.
I wish I had your talent, thanks for sharing your gift with me!
 
ok i finally got pictures of my home shrines first one is my brother’s in his closet in his bedroom he put most of it together.
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now on to mine:
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a zoomed out pic ( the thing on the wall is a chart with the rosary mysteries)
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thats my bible with my Medjugorje rosary
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thats the our lady of fatima side, it has some pamphlets on the green and brown scapular
my rosaries in the black jar thing, some prayer cards, the statue, my green and brown scapular and my holy water from fatima and medjugorje and my how to pray the rosary page. img31.imageshack.us/i/fifispics008.jpg/ thats just a close up of the statue of OL of
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next we have my sacred heart side
easy a statue and some prayers cards (picture side facing the wall) and my incense burner.img31.imageshack.us/i/fifispics007.jpg/
next we have my religous shelves
the top shelf has my books and some writing supplies and some of my incense stock.
and the bottom has my twine rosary supplies
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wow! nice Divine Mercy altar. im new here. im gonna post may altar and grotto here as well.
 
hi guys here it is.

This is the main altar in the bedroom. The Divine Mercy is a mural.
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-----------and the altar in my living room.

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-------Here’s our outdoor shrine of the Lourdes Grotto.

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RamRam ,what is the name of the virgin in fron of the Divine Mercy?
 
CatholicLife said:
RamRam ,what is the name of the virgin in fron of the Divine Mercy?
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That’s the Lady of The Rosary. it’s sculpted in classic touch. I looks really nice. I’ll send a photo of it with a closer look of the details of the statue this weekend coz im at work right now heheheh.

I have lots of these here at home. Christmas is getting nearer so I’ll setup the Nativity Altar anytime soon. Send pics as well 🙂
 
Cristiano said:
If so then I would say that for a Traditionalist Catholic, the individual should look for a portable altar like the ones used in the past. A portable or home altar used to be the size of a tile with the relic of a saint embedded in it, and Rome would have an list of all the portable/home altars that have been distributed.
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Exactly!

But remember, every Diocese has a right to consecrate Altars, and in each Altar Stone, it mentions what diocese the altar was consecrated.

But for those modernists, a table will surely do.

But it is not recommended that we have one, because these are only given to clergy and those permitted by their local Bishop to allow the celebration of the Mass.

An example is the Antimens used by the Eastern Rites, the Bishop of the Eparchy will only allow these for churches and homes which have been allowed for the celebration of the Divine Mysteries. As a sign of his dissent over a church, he takes the Chrism and the Antimens from the Church.
 
Wilhelm_Stoever said:
Both of those Relics would be very hard, if not impossible, to obtain. As St. Patrick is a very ancient Saint, I doubt Relics have been distributed for centuries, if they ever were. as to St. Francis, the Franciscans hold his Relics in great honor and veneration, I do not think they ever distribute them anymore. I have been tryiing for a very long time to get one and have still not succeded.
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Actually I tried to but they said it will be allowed for both veneration, and I had been given one already the past months back.
 
Wilhelm_Stoever said:
For St. John Bosco( my Patron Saint as well) you should contact the Salesians.

St. Therese you should contact Fr. Giovanni Grosso. Postulator General of the Carmelites

ggrosso@ocarm.com is his address i believe.
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If you want relics of Therese, do contact the Carmelites of Lisieux, they absolutely are the ones who are more accessible to them

carmel.lisieux@orange.fr

I had been promised to receive a ex carne/capillus relic of hers.
 
kiapokspika said:
If you want relics of Therese, do contact the Carmelites of Lisieux, they absolutely are the ones who are more accessible to them

carmel.lisieux@orange.fr

I had been promised to receive a ex carne/capillus relic of hers.
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Not really a relic fan here. Im more of their stories and writings especially Story of A Soul by Therese, and Divine Mercy in my Soul by Faustina (BIG FAN!) (which made me a Divine Mercy devotee and inspired me setting up that altar i have in my room).
 
if you knew someone who was just starting one…
what advice would you give them? what would you say they needed to consider?
 
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