St. Bernadette - Patroness of the Sick, the Poor, Family, Shepherds and Shepherdesses, and People Ridiculed for their Faith, invoked against Poverty.

At the age of 14 the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette. It was the first of 18 visitations. During the 15th apparition the Virgin told Bernadette to have the priest build a chapel in her honor. The priest replied by saying he needed a sign of roses. Instead, the Virgin made an eternal spring come forth. The chapel was built in Lourdes in honor of the Virgin. Bernadette became a very humble nun and died at age 35.

When asked in later years how she avoided pride at being chosen by the Virgin, she replied 'The Blessed Virgin chose me only because I was so ignorant.'

Feast Days: April 16th or February 18th.

• Material: Baltic Wood, Print
• Size: 1.5" x 2.675" x .175" 
• Origin: Taos, New Mexico
• Packaging: Story Card and Muslin Bag

Lynn Garlick Retablos Lynn started carving, painting, and producing her retablos in 1993. Her workshop is located in the high desert town of Taos, New Mexico. The retablo, or “board behind the altar”, was originally created in New Mexico in the 1800’s in response to the lack of Bibles and Icons being sent from the church in Rome. Lynn paints her originals retablos on traditional pine boards carving and then painting them with watercolor or occasionally oil and finishes them with a polyurethane. The originals are then reproduced and mounted on1/8 inch baltic birch. The backs are laser engraved with a prayer or information relating to each saint.