New! Giuseppe Girotti – Exclusive Restored Photo – Catholic Gift

Blessed Giuseppe Girotti (1905-1945) was a Dominican bible scholar. He was highly educated in Biblical studies and published commentaries on several books of the Bible. During the War, he helped a lot of Jews and other people the Nazi's were killing. He was captured and was killed in the Concentration Camp of Dachau. As a boy, aged 13, he saw a priest from the Order of Preachers who stirred his heart and made him want to be a priest. He became a priest in 1930 in that same order, and led a quiet pious life until he got ensnared by the War. In 1995, he was declared "Righteous Among the Nations" by the Jewish organization, Yad Vashem, and a tree was planted in his honor in Jerusalem along the Avenue of the Righteous. Pope Francis declared in 2013 that Girotti was killed "in odium fidei" ("in hatred of the faith"). He was declared Blessed by the Roman Catholic Church in 2014, the second to last step before being declared a Saint. His Feast Day Feast is April 1. (source: www.op.org) We hope that this restored photo, like all our restored photos, lets you see the Blessed one with such vividness that it brings you closer to them, and thus closer to our Lord and Friend, Jesus Christ. –Archival-quality print. Printed with archival pigments designed to last for generations when kept dry and out of the direct sun. ** IMPORTANT ** THE IMAGE IS SMALLER THAN THE PAPER! There is a blank border around the image. Approximately 0.5" wide for 5x7, 1.3" for 8.5x11, 1.6" for 11x14, and 1.75" for 13x17 and 16x20. For the two poster sizes, 18x24 and 24x36, we use 0.5" borders. We do this because the ratio of the rectangle of the art almost never matches the rectangle of the paper, and if it did happen to match one size, it would not match the others. Most fine art printers do this because otherwise they’d have to crop the art or warp it to make it fit the paper. The border looks good. It gives the picture a faux matted appearance.There is almost always a little more border either on the left-right sides, or the top-bottom, depending on whether the ratio of the art is wider or taller than the paper. We make Archival Quality fine art prints: – Acid-free paper– Archival pigments – Cardboard backer for sizes 11x14 and less. – Above story of the art– Enclosed in a tight-fitting, crystal-clear bag.– Rated to last 200+ years without fading if kept dry and out of the direct sun. Thanks for your interest! +JMJ+Sue & JohnLincoln, Nebraska “In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art.”~ St. Pope John Paul II Original image is out-of-copyright. Descriptive text and any image alterations (hence the whole new image) © by Sue Kouma Johnson – Classic Catholic Art.