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Dancing Monk Icon Cards – SOLD OUT

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**ICON CARD SETS ARE SOLD OUT.**

Watch this space in the future for the next time we reprint another batch.

We are delighted to offer for sale a limited number of sets of the dancing monk icon cards.

All 18 designs included – the original 12 dancing monks plus an additional 6 we added from the Irish Celtic monastic tradition (see list of names below).

These are printed on high quality cardstock, plastic-coated, with rounded corners, and in vibrant colors. Reverse side of all cards is the same design (see image to the right).

Size is standard European A7 size (74×105 mm).

Place your order by October 31st and the packages will be mailed direct from Ireland in the beginning of November. Please allow another two weeks beyond that for shipping time. This should allow plenty of time to arrive for the holidays.

To order outside the European Union (non-EU):

$25 per set when you order 1 or 2 sets –

$20 per set when you order 3 or more (maximum of 10 sets) –

$5 flat rate shipping (no matter how many sets you order)*

*After you add your item to the cart below you must select your country and zip/postal code and click "update cart" for shipping charges to appear.* (If you have no postal code, enter 0000)

*Please keep in mind that we do have to include customs forms for packages outside the EU and you are responsible for any customs duty charged on your parcel.

 

To order within the European Union (EU):

€25 per set when you order 1 or 2 sets –

€20 per set when you order 3 or more (maximum of 10 sets) –

€5 flat rate shipping (no matter how many sets you order)*

*After you add your item to the cart below you must select your country and zip/postal code and click "update cart" for shipping charges to appear.* (If you have no postal code, enter 0000)

VAT is included in the EU price.

 

*If you would like to order 10 or more sets please be in contact with us first.

 

Designs include the following monks and mystics from our series:

Hildegard of Bingen: I am a feather on the breath of God.

Benedict of Nursia: Let our hearts overflow with the inexpressible delight of love.

Mary, Mother of God: My soul proclaims the greatness of our God, my spirit rejoices in God.

Francis of Assisi: The world is my monastery.

Dorothy Day: Heaven is a banquet and life is a banquet too.

Rainer Maria Rilke: May what I do flow from me like a river.

Amma Syncletica: We must kindle the divine fire within ourselves.

King David: David danced before God with all his might.

Prophet Miriam: And the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.

Thomas Merton: Join in the joy of the cosmic dance.

Brigid of Kildare: Christ dwells in every creature.

Brendan the Navigator: Help me to journey beyond the familiar and into the unknown.

Ita of Kileedy: I thirst for divine love.

Gobnait of Ballyvourney: Go seek the place of your resurrection.

Columcille of Iona: Alone with none but you my God, I journey on my way.

Kevin of Glendalough: He finds himself linked into a network of eternal life.

Ciaran of Clonmacnoise: Circle me God, keep fear without, keep joy within.

Patrick of Armagh: Christ within me and all around me, in everyone I meet.

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