New! Joseph and Jesus (detail from The Holy Family with a Little Bird by Murillo) – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality St. Francis medal; Francis charm like many painters at the

like many painters at the time

beautiful scenes and landscapes

and thus closer to our Lord Jesus

The Assumption of Mary was declared dogma by the Church in 1950 by Pope Pius XII

This ornament is a print of a painting by Sue Kouma Johnson of acrylics and colored pencils

New! Joseph and Jesus (detail from The Holy Family with a Little Bird by Murillo) – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality St. Francis medal; Francis charm like many painters at theWe've selected a detail from the Murillo painting, "The Holy Family with a Little Bird" because we like the focus on Jesus and Joseph, and how comfortable and sweet they seem to be together. So many depictions of the two are so formal, without much emotion, but this one is of the rarer kind where Joseph is loving and fatherly, and Jesus is obviously quite comfortable in the arms of his foster father. The original setting of the painting is a little