So much of Tomie’s Catholic upbringing appears in his richly colored folk art – the nuns and friars, the churches and baptisms – and the depiction of family life often mirrors his own Irish-Italian rituals.
Christina Capecchi: ‘Find the heart of the work’: wisdom from Tomie dePaola
Pastor’s stamps from prized collection cover cost of evangelizing by mail
A priest donated 10,000 stamps from his collection to pay postage for mailing 1,000 of the 3,400 copies the parish purchased for its members and members of its sister parishes.