Chapel in the Countryside – "Capelle an der Mosel" – Carl Schlesinger – Catholic Art – Catholic Gift – Archival Quality Catholic Mom Initially there were 150 prayers

Initially there were 150 prayers

We like the figure standing just outside of the wedding

In this beautiful holy card from around the turn of the last century

which was an address in the French Quarter in Paris

or foregoing the operation and risk her own life

Chapel in the Countryside – "Capelle an der Mosel" – Carl Schlesinger – Catholic Art – Catholic Gift – Archival Quality Catholic Mom Initially there were 150 prayersThere used to be lots of chapels and wayside shrines like this dreamy one from the wine country of Mosel, Germany. The artist, Carl Schlesinger, made a huge career out of painting gorgeous rustic scenes of peasant and countryside life. Idealzed, yes, but realstic too: this is how women dressed, this is how a candlelit shrine looked in daytime, even the sailboat would look its best with the wind just so and the perfect, late afternoon light making it