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There's a lovely little positiv organ in the Chapel of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. It's from the John Crum Organ Company in Cobleskill, NY, which had brought its components from Germany. The organ has five ranks of pipes and a zimbelstern (as my parents used to say, "If you don't know what a word means, look it up!).
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The Pieta is in what was the original porch of the church. When the building was expanded, this is now a quiet place for prayer, just off the nave. When the statue was restored, we had it painted in the colors of Our Lady of the Atonement, with the distinctive red mantle.
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On either side of the Shrine Chapel of Our Lady of the Atonement are statues of St. Anthony of Padua and St. Therese, the Little Flower. Of particular interest are the niches in which the statues stand. Over St. Anthony is a castle-shaped roof, symbolizing the Western Church, and over the Little Flower is a dome-shaped roof, symbolizing the Eastern Church. In this way, we remember the importance of praying for the unity of the Church, through the intercession of Our Lady of the Atonement and all the saints.
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Halfway up the nave, often not noticed, is a Spanish colonial statue of Our Lady. Carved in c.1760, she holds a rosary that belonged to our Archbishop Emeritus, who presented it on the day he consecrated the High Altar.
6 comments:
Dear Father Phillips:
What remarkable details! We should encourage our teachers to share these with Atonement students.
Know that we appreciate the care you have put into our Church!
MKH
I love the detail in our church. I actually took my mother-in-law here when she visited and we spent about half an hour looking around at the art and beautiful detail!
Lent looks a bit different this year. Isn't the triptych normally open until Holy Week? I also don't recall the veiling that is on one or two pieces like the processional cross before.
It's all part of returning to our more traditional roots.
I thought I was experiencing deja vu. When I first came to the parish, the triptych was closed all during Lent... wasn't it?
I had always noticed that smaller statue with the Rosary. Neat to know the history, it always looked rather old. Thanks for sharing the odds and ends. I have been curious as to how the organ in the Sacred Heart Chapel sounds. If you ever do a Mass in there with it being used, give some notice if you would; I wonder what that organ sounds like. I am so used to the one in the main church.
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