Huge Stash of Divine Mercy Holycards: Ideas to Distribute?

[Tis_Bearself]

Do ask your priest for permission! We had a priest a few years ago who really hated the Divine Mercy devotion & picture. My husband & a friend were handing out cards after mass on Divine Mercy Sunday & they got a royal chewing out by the priest.

Good grief, that is mindblowing. Every church I’ve been in for the past year has been promoting this devotion and a number of them have a special service on Divine Mercy Sunday for everyone to say it. The church I visited for the service even handed out free 8 x 12 photo prints of one of the Divine Mercy images to all the attendees. I realize the devotion used to be suppressed but I thought Pope JPII took care of all that and St. Faustina has been canonized besides. Weird!

 

[Bonnie]

Good grief, that is mindblowing. Every church I’ve been in for the past year has been promoting this devotion and a number of them have a special service on Divine Mercy Sunday for everyone to say it. The church I visited for the service even handed out free 8 x 12 photo prints of one of the Divine Mercy images to all the attendees. I realize the devotion used to be suppressed but I thought Pope JPII took care of all that and St. Faustina has been canonized besides. Weird!

After we got a new priest there was no problem. This one just had something against it, even tho it was was years after the apparition was approved & Divine Mercy Sunday was established.

 

[jeannetherese]

You might take some of the prints and holy cards to your local Catholic schools. The teachers or staff might want to hang a print in a classroom or office and the Holy Cards would make wonderful Easter presents to the students in a classroom or two.
If you spread the prints amongst several schools, more students will see them as they move through the classroom which puts the print on the wall in each school.
Children will value the holy cards and will eventually take them home where they may help to evangelize and strengthen the faith of family members.
There are children in Catholic schools who are not Catholic or who have a parent or parents who are not Catholic.
Choose a grade level at each school and reach out to the teachers of that grade to see if they would be interested in a set of cards and a print for their classroom.
May God bless you, your mission of evangelization and all who encounter your gifts.
Amen.

 

[anon90438963]

Wow, great ideas everyone! Thanks for the (name removed by moderator)ut! There are a lot of creative ways to get these holy cards out. I believe I have about 500 of them, plus the “bonus” of about 20 8 x 10s! And I think I paid only about $15.00 for all. Oh well, I have my work cut out for me!

 

[pianistclare]

Wow, great ideas everyone! Thanks for the (name removed by moderator)ut! There are a lot of creative ways to get these holy cards out. I believe I have about 500 of them, plus the “bonus” of about 20 8 x 10s! And I think I paid only about $15.00 for all. Oh well, I have my work cut out for me!

Another good idea for those 8x10’s would be to buy some inexpensive photo frames and have the Ministers to the Homebound (or a priest or Deacon) bring them to the bedridden for beside their bed. Could bring so much peace to their hearts.