The World's Most Beautiful Places
A front view of the recently christen Provo City Center Temple, showing its stained glass windows and front gate. Although the Provo City Center Temple was dedicated as the 150th LDS Temple, its history dates back to 1898, when it was constructed as the Provo Mormon Tabernacle. It was a fire that gutted all but the outer structure of the Tabernacle, that led its reconstruction, and dedication as an LDS Temple in 2016.
A statue of Saint Scholastica at the St Meinrad Archabbey in Spencer County, Indiana. Scholastica, is a saint of the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion. Born in Italy, she was the twin sister of Saint Benedict. She is considered the patron saint of Benedictine nuns, compulsive children, and not surprisingly, education.
The Saint Scholastica 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 St. Scholastica statue, they include statues of St. Benedict and the Lady of Einsiedeln Statue with Christ Child, also known as the Black Madonna. Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland is the founding monastery of St Meinrad.
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.
The Christ of the Ohio 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. They include statues of St. Benedict, St. Scholastica, and the Lady of Einsiedeln Statue with Christ Child, also known as the Black Madonna. Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland is the founding monastery of St Meinrad.
The Christ of the Ohio statue 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.