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Statue of Saint Catherine
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statue was Aquired by the Parish through the good offices of David
Gwesyn Smith. This fine image of late 17th or early 18th century French
work was secured in 2006. The statue was in need of considerable restoration
and the work of polychroming and gilding was undertaken by Matthew Szczepanowski
at his studio on Callowhill Street. It seemed appropriate that this image
be restored to a prominent place in the South Aisle. This has required the
moving of the statue of King Charles the Martyr to another site, but as
S. Catherine gave way to Our Lady, we can hardly feel that Blessed Charles
would not rejoice in giving place to a Saint whose cultus was so popular
in Catholic England. The new shrine has been designed by Davis d’Ambly,
the well-known ecclesiastical artist whose Altarpiece is in S. John’s Chapel.
A large part of the woodwork of the shrine has come from the bishop’s chair
which had been in the apse of the Church before the erection of the new
High Altar and Sanctuary in 1903 in memory of Father Moffett. It has been
kept in storage for these hundred years and more and was designed by John
Notman, the architect of our Church. The candlesticks at the Shrine are
from the Estate of the late Robert N. Mattis, who served as a Vestryman
of the Parish from the 1940’s and who devoted much labour to the preservation
and beautification of our Church.
Statue
of Our Lady of Clemency
