When I was in Catholic elementary school, the nuns gave us holy cards as presents or rewards. A holy card is smaller than a playing card. It usually has a picture on one side of the Holy Family, a saint, or an angel; and is either blank or has a verse or prayer on the other side. One is supposed to keep it near to remind the believer to pray or trust in the faith. By the time I finished the 8 th grade, I had acquired a stack of these. I still own some from those days, and I use them as bookmarks in my Bible and my books of devotions. In high school and college, I used a holy card as a bookmark in the textbooks of my most difficult classes. When I taught school, my specialty was Remedial Reading, English, and ESL, all subjects that required the students to read on a daily basis in my classroom. Since I could not hand out holy cards in a public school, I gave the students bookmarks I bought at school supply stores. If money was tight, I assigned a classroom contest where