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The Statue of Our Lady of Clemency
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Statue and Shrine were designed by Wilfred Anthony, an eminent New York
architect after suggestions by the Rector, Father Joiner. The woodwork was
built by the Mastery Wood Craft Co. of New York, with Henry Beretta as the
sculptor. Robert Robbins did the gilding and painting.
Our Lady is shown “clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet,
and on her head a crown of twelve stars,” as S. John was privileged
to see her in Heaven (Revelation 12.1).
The figure of Our Lady, six feet in height, rests on a polychromed pedestal
of octagonal build. Two handwrought candle rings, made by the Ferro Studios
of New York surround the base. From behind the figure, highly burnished
rays of glory radiate in the shape of a great vesica. Above the statue is
a deep valance of delicate wood carving, gilded and painted in mediæval
Gothic colours, and surmounted by a tall spire of open woodwork. The overall
height of the Shrine is approximately twenty-five feet. During festal seasons,
the image is clothed in antique lace and a white damask mantle.
For more on the Shrine of Our Lady of Clemency, click here.
Statue
of Our Lady Queen of All Saints & Mother of Fair Love
