We are excited to unveil 2021’s Little Flower Fiesta Medal designed by St. Thérèse devotee and San Antonio native, Alyssa Trujillo. This is our second year partnering with Alyssa to produce our Fiesta medal. In 2020, as a special way to highlight the young adult Catholics of San Antonio, Little Flower Basilica held its first design contest, accepting submissions from young adults throughout the city. Alyssa’s uniquely San Antonio and Fiesta take on the Basilica’s elaborate altar piece led to her winning the contest. This year we were excited to invite her back to help commemorate the parish’s 95th anniversary.
“Coming to Little Flower is like being close to a friend, like St. Thérèse is my saint-friend,” she says, describing her appreciation for the Basilica and its patroness. For Alyssa, the beauty of older churches like the Basilica call her heart closer to Christ. Alyssa has experienced first-hand how the beauty of art can draw people closer to heaven and, ultimately, to God. After attending a seminar on bringing beauty back to the Church, she was moved to create Catholic art, specifically of the saints. This year’s Fiesta medal features the Basilica standing over the San Antonio skyline, highlighting that the Discalced Carmelite Fathers have been serving San Antonio for 95 years.
You can see more of Alyssa’s art at catholicheartstudio.com
C.B. Ortegón
Little Flower Basilica 2021