Lessons from the Vending Life: Outside Churches, and in Western Publishing

Around the churches in Colombia, vendors set up their wares for before, during, and after service. Some offer Catholic paraphernalia: prayer cards and candles; incense; leather-stitched tokens with rough images of Christ, St. Michael, Mary, and Joseph; bracelets with beads for different saints; and of course rosaries in all shapes and sizes. Others carr…