"Art With Heart"~ safe, quick and easy ~ along several paths:
Browsing this site is always free, however, if you think you might wish to buy, your purchase can do "doubleduty" and help your Favorite Charitable Organization, especially any of those helping in Hurrincane and Disaster Relief.
Art purchase, through this site: 1.Choose the art and contact Artsite to agree on terms, per "contact" link, above.
2. Make the donation, email Artsite a copy of the Donation Receipt and balance of salesprice .
3. Artsite packs and ships the art to you.
Art Purchase, through eBay:
Type "elle fagan" in the eBay Seachbox, always, to see the Elle Fagan Artsite items with Donations Options available.
Through Other GivingWorks purchase: eBay sponsors a very famous project called "Giving Works", which offers all categories of items.
Most of the major charities have become involved, so you can either find your item and shop, and the purchase will go to its designated charity, or you can find your favorite charity, and see what items are listed to their benefit.
Through Simple Cash Gift / no artwork purchase involved: find your favorite Response Organization's Links at USA FreedomCorps.gov or The United Way
Outright Artwork Donation to your Charity:
An Elle Fagan Artsite is also often able to donate art , directly, for your group fundraiser. My work is getting known, and I am the Connectictut Artisan for the 2007 White House Easter Egg Display, and so this path should do a nice job for your cause. I cannot always make outright gifts of art: it depends on my inventory/availability of the artworks, and sometimes, my ability to personally support the group with an outright gift. Also, I am not wealthy, and cannot always afford to make outright gifts of any kind.
However, if I can, I will, so do ask me.
Artsite's "Arts With Heart " project has been able to create donations with these partners, to date; more to come:
The American Red Cross ~ Catholic Charities ~ American Cancer Society ~ Episcopal Church giving portal ~ Rockville United Methodist Church ~ Food For the Poor
I can also make mention of your name as a donor , here at this site, but only with your express permission, arranged at the time the donation is made. I will never use your name , without your permmission.
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"THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE"
We talk about the perfection of love. At midlife many of my friends are delighted to find there is the maturity and
benefit and ability to do so, for the first time in their lives.
I am quoting the passages here to help me and this note is to remind myself not to give up on the goal, however frustrating and impossible it may seem to achieve.
I know I have a glimmering of mature faith, based on experience,
so that when I read or hear "Nothing is impossible with God.", I feel that certain knowledge in my heart, that this is true...
not a child's hope, or the blind passion of youth, but the true knowledge that comes from experience ...and feel this time
is so special...my health and energies can allow me to put this glimmering of certainty in God's power to good use...
if I am careful as possible, to stay integrated with it all. I am an artist and know patience ...
it is not so difficult to be patient with love, and with those I love, if I love them...and with myself, as I nurture my own spiritual growth.
And please help me to remember that there are many who are completely disinterested in the perfection of anything. They are my salvation, as I strive.
In learning love's ways, help me to learn so that it feeds life, rather than depletes it.
From a holy card found at my church:
Following are passages from Saint Paul 1Corinthians 13:1-7,13
"What if I could speak all languages of humans and of angels?
If I did not love others, I would be nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
What if I could prophesy and understand all secrets and all knowledge?
And what if I had faith that moved mountains?
I would be nothing, unless I loved others.
What if I gave away all that I owned and let myself be burned alive?
I would gain nothing, unless loved others.
Love is kind and patient, never jealous, boastful, proud, or rude.
Love isn't selfish or quick-tempered.
It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do.
Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil.
Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting.
For now there are faith, hope, and love.
But of these three, the greatest is love."
Insight
Alternatives in health spirituality and more !
I am Catholic, which means "universal",
and so I hope I honor all approaches, whether I practice them myself or not. Comment Welcome.
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ISADORE IS A WINDOW....MAC OR PC? By Jennifer Askin/ABCNEWS.com Patron Saint of the Internet proposed. L O N D O N, Feb. 9 � Instead of fumbling through bulky computer guides and frantically calling distant help desks, the religiously inclined may soon have a higher option when their computer crashes. Pope John Paul II is expected to soon be naming the patron saint of Internet users and computer programmers. Vatican sources have confirmed that St. Isidore of Seville, nominated two years ago, is a leading contender to be the saintly guardian of cyberspace. St. Isidore is attributed with writing the world's first encyclopedia, known as Etymologia. Written more than 1,400 years ago, it was a 20-volume collection of writings on subjects ranging from art, medicine, history and theology to mathematics, literature, agriculture, war and mineralogy. Spanish religious groups, among others, already designated their countryman as a "protector" of the World Wide Web in 1999. Because his life's work ended up in a categorized database, an ancestor of today's Internet, he seems a natural choice for many. A recent online poll in The Economist found he had the most Web page references of all the cyberspace patron saint candidates. The Holy See has yet to make a final decision, leaving the field open to other candidates, most of whom are underdogs, given St. Isidore's popularity with online users. He is up against St. Paul, the Archangel Gabriel, and St. Anthony of Padua, whom many of the prayerful turn to when they have lost something. There is also San Pedro Regalado, a 15th-century global navigator who is believed to have appeared in two places at once. For some, he would be an appropriate guardian for the cybersurfer. Even in the Vatican, the internet has introduced an unprecedented era. If enough Internet users choose Saint Isidore as their patron saint, this virtual word-of-mouth may unofficially canonize him. Mistaken cyber gossip may have already anointed him. Despite the fast-paced and unparalleled force of the Internet, Pope John Paul II is endeavoring to keep up. Back in 1996, the Vatican launched its own Web site, www.vatican.va, which publishes church documents, papal speeches, news updates, and interactive information on the Vatican. The site is named after its own saintly watchdogs, the archangels Raphael, Michael, and Gabriel. The pope himself first ventured into cyberspace in 1998 when 1 billion Internet users were able to hear him recite his Sunday Angelus prayers. It is now possible to check his site to see these each week as well as his regular Wednesday audiences. |

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A Lighter Note: Saint Francis' Wolf's Speaking Tour There is a legend that tells of the Famous Saint Francis Assissi, and his special gifts with animals. Centuries ago, The wolf had been ravaging the area, terrorizing the citizenry and livestock, and could be neither captured or subdued. The Townspeople prayed for A Miracle ! Saint Francis found him easy work, and soon the wolf was tame and devoted to the saint and a protector for the community ever after ! ... and a favorite happy fable ever since. When a fellow artist brought the stuffed animal head for an area Drawing Workshop, the end result was this cartoon of the happy critter chatting with us on the subject of anger-management skills, so as not to fail the Y2K mandate to share his winning secrets. |
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The Amber Rosary This Beautiful Antique Lithuanian Baltic Amber Rosary, was won at private auction, with a lovely gift, to winner's choice of Tsunami Relief Response organizations ! We had respectable appraisal done, and had nice bids. The winning bidder received a triple prize: 1-the Rosary 2-the tax deduction for the donation . 3-the wonderful feeling of having helped. The offer & the item are both quite genuine, and the project went so well, I hope to it again. and all considerations for privacy or publicity, respected. Alternate arrangements for sale, may be possible, as long as donations rules are met safely. The Rosary is more beautiful than pictured, and has its own poche and case. Shipping at Seller's expense, insured. Returns and repairs guaranteed under all reasonable circumstances. Share this story with friends, if you wish ! Thanksomuch ....elle |
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