UPDATE: $50,000 raised in just 5 days! What can we do over the next 25 days?
Our Kickstarter campaign reached it’s initial goal in under a week.
This response tells us what we already believed: the world is hungry for Our Lady’s consolation.
So we’re not stopping here. We’ve extended our goal to $100,000 and we need your help.
Today, we wanted to tell you a little more about one of the miracles of the tilma. So, read on! At the end, there will be a list of things you can do to continue supporting our project.
The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is exquisite not only for its artistry and beauty. Each of its elements carries a deep meaning, including the golden stars that adorn the jade-green mantle of Our Lady.
The stars naturally represent her heavenly origins and her role as the Queen of Heaven. But their particular arrangement is just as important.
The stars are positioned exactly as they would have appeared on the morning of December 12th, 1531—when the miraculous image appeared on the tilma of Juan Diego.
And there’s something else. The stars are actually a mirror image of what they would have looked like from an earthly perspective. They are arranged from the perspective of someone looking down upon them—from God’s perspective, as though the Divine Artist had placed them according to His own celestial gaze.
And it’s not only the visible stars that are significant. While no stars appear around Our Lady’s head, if we overlay a (reversed) star map on the image, we find that the Corona Borealis—the Northern Crown—lays perfectly upon her brow. As the book of Revelation says: “…a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.”
In fact, over Our Lady’s breast is the constellation Virgo—the Virgin. And Leo the Lion is over her womb, where she carries He Whom Scripture names the Lion of Judah.
Truly, only God could have created something so beautiful, so rich in meaning, so perfect in its construction, so theologically profound in its every detail! This masterpiece was obviously not made by human hands.
Which is why it is the inspiration and mission behind Not Made By Human Hands, the exciting project from our sister brand, Good Catholic
But we need your help to spread the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas.
We’ve extended our goal to $100,000.
This next stretch will allow us to fully realize the vision:
- Spanish dubbing and subtitles: This message started in Mexico–we cannot imagine making this film without providing access in Spanish.
- Cinematic color grading: The tilma hangs in the Basilica, miraculously unchanged by time. Every detail was given to us with purpose. To honor that beauty and truly share her message on screen, cinematic color grading is essential.
- Sound design and original music: The silence of Tepeyac was broken by birdsong, roses, and the soft voice of a mother. We want viewers to feel that. With immersive sound and an original score, every scene can draw hearts more deeply into the mystery and presence of Our Lady.
- Subtle visual effects:The tilma is filled with layers of wonder—some visible, some hidden in plain sight. With enhanced visual effects, we can gently illuminate the unseen: highlight the stars aligned to constellations, trace the reflection in her eyes, and bring clarity to details that deepen the mystery. Always subtle. Always in service of the story.
Mary left us her tilma to draw hearts to her Son. She’s doing that even now—and we’re trusting her to keep going.
If you’ve been waiting to give—now is the time. Let’s keep saying yes.
