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In June of 2023, Fr. Edmund Eduarte, pastor of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Houston TX, led a group of pilgrims to the Holy Land. Scott and I were blessed to join them on this grace-filled pilgrimage. So many beautiful and precious memories were gifted to us in the Holy Land but there was …
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On Sunday, May 4, 2025, after the 11am mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Baytown Texas, parishioners entered the school gym where 28 paintings were all veiled except for one, the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Fr. Thuc Nguyen, pastor of St. Joseph, led us in prayer. I said to the audience “those present here …
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On Saturday, April 26, 2025, the Come and See Exhibit was unveiled and presented before 300+ women. They were the wives of the Knights of Columbus at the yearly Texas State KOFC Convention which was held in Corpus Christi this year. The event was so filled with joy and love. It was palpable as each …
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Sr. Caritas, SOLT, the Diocese of Corpus Christi Youth Ministry Director and a good friend, invited me to create 4 unique banners for the Diocese of Corpus Christi Youth Conference (DCYC), which was held on Sunday, March 2nd, with the theme Source of Hope which is Jesus real presence through the Eucharist. Unfortunately, I was …
On the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes (Feb 11, 2025), I was honored to present 24 paintings of the Come and See exhibit to the 9-12th graders of John Paul II High School and the 8th graders of Bishop Garriga Middle School along with their teachers and principals. I prayed that Mother Mary’s messages …
Since 2018, I have created the Islander Awakening Retreat banners for the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Newman Center. It became a yearly tradition to create these banners. They are used during a weekend retreat as a backdrop to help inspire the college students who attend the retreat. I create them using a twin sheet with …
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The response to the Come and See Art Exhibit last Dec. 8, 2024 has truly been incredibly humbling. Mother Mary planted seeds that day and true to her promise she “took care of the rest” because the exhibit will be shown at several venues. New paintings will be added at each showing. There are more …
Prompted by Our Most Holy Mother of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, I will have a solo show on Immaculate Conception Sunday, December 8, 2024. The show will feature new paintings of Jesus imagined childhood from Mother Mary as a Temple Virgin to the Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple (Luke 2:51). It’s …
A couple of years ago, I asked a good friend of mine (and a SOLT religious sister), Sr. Mary Mediatrix of All Graces, when her birthday was. It’s June 28th she told me. An easy date to remember since it’s a day after my brother’s birthday. I was not familiar with the Marian title that …
Last Thursday, May 9, 2024, I donated a Marian painting to a SOLT fundraiser at Our Lady of Corpus Christi. It was placed on live auction. The painting is the 2nd of a Marian series that I am creating. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit, this series is about all the things that our …