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Saint Charbel, thank you for your deeds. I thank for helping out to my daughter to go on studying. I had to become a prostitute after my husband left us and I got an accident at work. I accidentally put my hand in a die and lost my arm. They had to give me a prosthesis. I thank for my daughter has finished nursing school.

Faustina Flores
Mexico City, 1964

Jose Alfredo Romero felt sad and depressed for being lonely. He prayed to Saint Anthony and met a love despite having a prosthesis arm. He dedicates this retablo to the saint.

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Para el Día de los Muertos. This ex-voto pays homage to my family and ancestors who passed away over many generations of Coupers and the families of my lineage. ( Until July this year, I was 6th generation New Zealander. ) In this ex-voto I use my pop’s prosthetic leg & my great-grandfather’s Rotherdam pocket-watch, one of only objects I brought with me to the USA.

1st & 2nd of November 2010

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