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Around Easter time you will often find Christian crosses draped in a white cloth. This act symbolizes Jesus’ burial shroud, his crucifixion and resurrection. Typically the crosses are draped in this fashion from Eastern Sunday through Ascension Day in May. This particular cross was seen at a church in Aurora, Indiana.
An interior view of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, with its decorative columns, stained glass windows, iconography art and lighting. The cathedral is located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The cathedral was built under the direction of Lawrence Scanlan, the first bishop of Salt Lake. It was designed by architects Carl M. Neuhausen and Bernard O. Mecklenburg. The outside is a Neo-Romanesque design, while the inside is Neo-Gothic. Construction began in 1900 and was completed in 1909. It was dedicated by Cardinal James Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore.
Lady of Einsiedeln Statue at the St Meinrad Archabbey, in Spencer County, Indiana. Einsiedeln, also known as the Madonna with Child, or the Black Madonna, is the Patroness of the Archabbey. Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland is the founding monastery of St Meinrad.
The Lady of Ensideln statue was created by Herbert Jogerst, a German prisoner of war during World War II. Incarcerated at Camp Breckenridge (Morganfield, Kentucky) in 1943, Jogerst returned to Germany in 1948, but had a difficult time after the war finding work. Having gotten to know the chaplin at Camp Breckenridge, Herbert reached out. The chaplin, impressed by his work was able to arrange the commission of several statues for St. Meinrad Archabbey, that today stand above the entrance to the Archabbey’s church. In addition to the Lady of Ensideln statue, they include statues of St. Benedict, and St. Scholastica.
Also worth nothing, the Christ of the Ohio statue which stands above the Ohio River 14 miles south St. Meinrad, was commissioned while Herbert was working at St. Meinrad, by a visiting doctor who wanted a statue for his home. That statue was eventually purchased by the City of Troy, Indiana, when the doctor’s home went up for sale. The Christ of the Ohio Statue was dedicated May 1, 1957. Herbert Jogerst died in 1993.