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About Me

A few years ago I began reading about the Saints and got a lot of comfort from reading about their lives. It seemed that whatever thought or feeling I had, I could find a Saint that could offer me guidance, perspective and most of all, comfort. I loved reading about the Saints! My "adopted" father-in-law, Richard, was a former Holy Cross Brother and when he passed away my "adopted" mother-in-law, Emily, gave me his religious books. I started thinking that the stories I read were so interesting that they needed to be shared. I then bought many more books about the Saints. My friends here in New Orleans took a keen interest in what I was doing and pretty soon everyone was sharing interesting stories about the Saints with me.
I started buying imported medals of the Saints with plans to spruce them up by painting them and attaching them to beaded chains. I then began writing stories about the Saints. Pretty soon I had over one hundred stories written and then my friend Mary gave me tips on how to paint the medals and my brother-in-law/artist, Doug painted some beautiful medals. I gave a bunch of the hand painted, imported medals and serenity stories away and many of my friends refused to ever take the medals off! That was discouraging because I was hoping the medals and the serenity stories would be shared, not kept! So I adopted the "Serenity Medals and Stories for Sharing" phrase and my 15-year-old nephew Doug became a "sales rep" for me and got the hand painted, imported necklaces and stories in local stores! Now I am excited to say that I have over 100 stories and medals for sale and I expect to have 200 by the end of the year!
People from dozens of different countries have visited the site and I have received orders from as far away as Austrialia, Helsinki and London!
Once again, thanks for visiting the web site. Please help spread the word about it and all the Saints. If you've got a "situation", there's a Saint who can help you find some peace, understanding and comfort. It doesn't matter what religious background you have; it's all about Serenity for Sharing!
Saints For Sinners

My Interests

Hand Painting Saint Medals, Answering www.SaintsforSinners.com - Grading/Answering "Who's Your Saint?" Quizzes, Hunting for obscure saint medals, writing offbeat stories about the saints, Doing Podcasts with Dr. Paul Camarata,wagering exotic bets at the Fairgrounds (usually with an Asmussen stable jockey and a Meche brother in the mix somehwere) and, spoiling Dust April Clemenz as much as possible.

I'd like to meet:

Steve Gleason, Saint Francis of Assisi, Jim Courier, Patrick Rafter, David Nalbandian, Trevor Saint John, Saint Joan of Arc, Caroline Kennedy, Steve Guttenberg, Steffi Graf, James Gill, Loren Dean (again), Savannah Guthrie, Robert Wexler, Soledad O'Brien, and Aaron Hill from "Luann"

St. Genesius St. Richard St. Luke St. Jude Click on the names of the saints to read their stories!

Music:

Paul Sanchez - All Are Welcome In Heaven

This is almost too hard to answer but I'm discovering Jake Smith, rediscovering Leonard Cohen, and still listening to Rhett Miller, Dog's Eye View, Paul Sanchez, Susan Cowill, Ellen Cherry, Arctic Monkeys, Talking Heads, Isaac's Guns, Chopin, Steve Forbert and Patti Scialfa's "23rd Street" over and over and over again.

Movies:

"Ash Wednesday," "A Guide to Recognizing your Saints," "Mumford," "Ordinary People," "Millions," "The Yearling," "I Remember Mama," " 'Hood Rules," (I co-wrote it but no one bought it yet) and of course, "She Devil"

Television:

"Big Bang Theory," "Ugly Betty," "How I Met Your Mother," "Piece of Me" (I wrote it but no one bought it yet.), "Square Pegs," "Degrassi High," (the original) and, of course, "Davey and Goliath."

Books:

I finally started a memoir type thing called "The Big Duck," I love these books: Rousseau's "Confessions," A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Bell Jar, Through the Looking Glass, A Separate Peace, The Giving Tree, The OED, and anything by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Heroes:

All of the folks in the New Orleans Saints football family (especially Steve Gleason), all the folks working hard to help animals, Mary Teresa Byrnes Clemenz (my Mom), Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt, Yerita de Los Angeles Marrero, Ivan Bilancio, Cathy Kawash, Emily Dewey, Jeff Peters, Joy Gussman, Laurie Clark & RGD

My Blog

Bruce Springsteen and Nils Lofgren are singing Valentine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8KQEllUyqg This is a great clip....
Posted by SaintsforSinners.com on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:29:00 PST

Our Latest Newsletter -and a New Song Added, "Valentine" by Nils Lofgren

"The Saints are the Sinners who keep on trying." Robert Louis Stevenson..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> www.SaintsforSinners.com Hand Painted Saint Medals &...
Posted by SaintsforSinners.com on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:24:00 PST

September Newsletter

Hello SaintsforSinners.com Family! and a special Welcome to our newest family member who arrived a few short minutes ago, Patricia Leet, in Syracuse, New York. Your hand painted saint medal will be w...
Posted by SaintsforSinners.com on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:45:00 PST

Hello!

Hello! to all you folks in the SaintsforSinners.com Family. And Greetings! to the others to whom we are introducing our web site offering our uniquely hand painted saint medals and serenity stories. W...
Posted by SaintsforSinners.com on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:47:00 PST