Do you know what our top request for gift suggestions is?
What can I get for my priest?
Pastors serve their parishes all year, celebrating Holy Mass, providing us the sacraments, and being called upon at all hours to shepherd their flocks.
So, instead of getting your pastor wine this year (to be consumed and forgotten), here is my list of 7 unique and thoughtful gifts you could get your Pastor this Christmas (and why!):
The Face of Our Lady of Guadalupe Print
Gaze and pray face-to-face with the real face of Our Lady!
This high-resolution digital photo of the face of Our Lady of Guadalupe is printed at the same size it appears on St. Juan Diego’s tilma.
Photographed by Janusz Rosikon, the award-winning Polish photographer whose work is featured in several Catholic books, this image is a beautiful way for your family to look at a real image of Our Lady as you pray the Rosary!
ONLY AVAILABLE Dec 12 on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe:
Buy-1-Get-1 FREE (1 for your home, give the other to priest, school, nursery)!
The bottom of the poster features this comforting quote from Our Blessed Mother to St. Juan Diego on Dec 12, 1531. She is speaking to all of us today, as well. It reads:
“Listen and let it penetrate your heart, my dear little son: let nothing discourage you, nothing depress you. Am I not here, your mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Are you not in the folds of my mantle? In the crossing of my arms?”
ONLY AVAILABLE for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Buy 1, Get 1 FREE!
The Secret of the Bethlehem Shepherds
Written by a parish priest with lots of seasonal insights (great for homilies!) about some of the often forgotten figures in the Nativity!
A few years ago, Fr. Dwight Longenecker took a sabbatical in Jerusalem to study the ancient texts and the time’s geography, history, politics, and culture. He added his own firsthand visit to present-day Bethlehem shepherds in order to unlock “the secret of the Bethlehem shepherds.”
This book uncovers:
- What are the true circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ?
- What was Bethlehem like at the time of Jesus’ birth, and why was the little village so important?
- How did Joseph and Mary meet, and why did they travel to Bethlehem?
- Were they really homeless the night Jesus was born?
- Was there an inn, a “No vacancy” sign, and a grumpy innkeeper?
- Who were the shepherds?
- Why were the manger and the swaddling clothes a “sign” to them, and why were they so important to St. Luke?
The Face of God Print
What we have made available now for the first time are something quite different: the images represented were not the works of human hands.
This Face of Jesus is generated from professionally captured high-resolution, actual-sized photographs of two scientifically inexplicable relics of His Death and Resurrection which were left on earth by Christ Himself.
We were inspired to create this by an insightful observation made in 1979 by a German Trappist nun: precise measurements of the faces visible on both the Shroud and the Veil were shown to match perfectly–from the anatomical structure of the faces to the wounds visible on both–proving that they are the face of the same person, one dead, the other alive.
Catholic Playing Cards
Does your pastor like to join in game nights with the youth group? Relax with other priests? Then these playing cards were made for him! Give him two beautiful decks that he can display in his living room for conversation or pack in his bag to bring to parish parties!
Yes–these are standard playing cards but with a Catholic twist! We also wanted our deck designs to subtly express a love for God while paying tribute to the Holy Family—Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
You can learn more (and even print off a beautiful “cheat sheet”) HERE. (Hint: the Queen of Hearts is visibly pregnant and the King of Hearts is the Child Jesus. Try to bluff with those in your hand when you’re not in a state of grace!)
InQUIZition: Q&A for the curious Catholic
This factual and fascinating (and sometimes very funny!) book will have your Pastor laughing and discovering fun facts to share in his homilies!
Thousands of sold–and we have packed dozens of orders for Priests!
Test your Pastor’s knowledge and see if he knows these answers:
- Who was the first Pope to fly in an airplane?
- What nuts are named in the Bible?
- Who was the first Pope caught on camera?
- What is a “red Mass” and who is it for?
- What saint is the patron of astronauts?
- Once called “Devil’s Brew,” what beverage was approved by Pope Clement VIII in 1595?
The Eucharistic Miracles of the World
This incredible book describes Eucharistic Miracles from around the world from the website created by Saint Carlo Acutis!
Including commentary from scientists, historians, and the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, this book is a guide for anyone (Catholic or not) who is striving to learn more about the True Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
This book is wonderful for parish priests to have on hand, providing hours of fantastic content both for private reflection (and great homily fodder)!
The Catholic Name-It! Game
This is THE GAME that is the #1 Catholic Stocking Stuffer every year!
Test your priest’s knowledge and see if he can name these 57 Catholic objects…with three ways to play, see if you can beat him one way or another!
The 57 images include the below (and many more!):
- Thurible
- Cassock
- Biretta
- Zucchetto
- Chalice
- Crosier
- Chi Ro
- and more!
Not only will this be a fun game to play with YOU, he can keep this game for future youth groups, parish events, altar boy trains, etc. Your parish priest will be THRILLED to have a fun, pocket-sized game to pull out for instant Catholic fun!
The Impossible Gift Guide:
for priests, for godparents, for dads, and everyone else you forgot!
Ken Davison created Glory Stories, which became a weekly radio series heard globally on the Ave Maria Satellite Radio Network and EWTN’s radio network, WEWN. In 2007, he and his wife, Kerri, founded Holy Heroes–and their children stepped in to help shortly thereafter to create the online “Adventures” for Advent, Lent, Spiritual Adoption, and Marian Consecration.
