Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Lenten Veils: Portland OR and Oakland CA

A bit late, but thanks to Fr. Anthony-M. Patalano, O.P., pastor of Holy Rosary Church in Portland OR, I can now post some pictures of the statues of the church veiled for Passiontide. Here are the statue niches as you enter from the vestibule:


And here is the Rosary Group on the major side altar:


And, last, a view from the choir loft of the sanctuary, with the Crucifix, and the Statues of the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart veiled. Note matching simple altar frontal:


And, last of all, for good measure, here is the sanctuary of the chapel at St. Albert the Great Priory, the Western Dominican House of Studies, in Oakland CA. The statues covered on the reredos are St. Albert the Great and St. Dominic. In the front on the left, is the Madonna and Child Presenting the Rosary:

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