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Archbishop
to bless
'St.
Anne of
the
Gospel'
sacred
art in
downtown's
burgeoning
Capitol
Park
District
DETROIT
-
Detroit
Archbishop
Allen
Vigneron
at 3:30
p.m. on
Thursday,
Dec. 1,
will
give a
blessing
to a
landmark
piece of
sacred
art that
symbolizes
the
strong
Christian
heritage
of the
City of
Detroit
and will
be a
mainstay
in the
city's
revitalized
art
district.
Community
leaders,
business
owners,
neighbors
and
clergy
will be
on hand
for the
blessing
of St.
Anne of
the
Gospel
-- which
is a
tympanum,
an
arched
relief
sculpture
set
above a
building
entrance.
"This is
a
sculpture
that
depicts
who we
are --
we are
the
Church
in
Detroit,
in
southeast
Michigan,
offering
the
Incarnate
Word,
Jesus
Christ,
to our
community,"
said
Archbishop
Allen
Vigneron
of the
sculpture,
which he
personally
was
involved
in
conceptualizing.
"It
depicts
our
patron
saint,
Saint
Anne,
and
Saint
Mary,
the
mother
of
Jesus,
offering
Jesus to
the
world,
because
Jesus is
the
whole
point of
the life
of the
Church.
I would
like all
who see
it to
think
about
the
Church
as the
place
where
they can
find
that
treasure."
The
blessing
will be
approximately
20-25
minutes
and will
consist
of
readings,
hymns
and a
sprinkling
rite
with
holy
water.
The
ceremony
will be
live-streamed
on the
Archdiocese
of
Detroit
Facebook
page at
www.facebook.com/ArchdioceseOfDetroit.
The
artwork
was
commissioned
by
Archbishop
Vigneron
and
funded
by a
benefactor
when the
Archdiocese
of
Detroit
relocated
its
Chancery
to 12
State
Street
in
Capitol
Park in
February
2015. It
was
created
in Ann
Arbor by
sculptors
Sergei
Mitrofanov
and
Michael
Kapetan.
It was
installed
on the
historic
former
Detroit
Savings
Bank
site,
which
houses
the
Archdiocese
of
Detroit
Chancery,
in
August
2016.
The
namesake
of the
relief
sculpture
is Saint
Anne,
the
grandmother
of
Jesus,
who the
Vatican
affirmed
in 2011
to be
the
patron
saint of
the City
of
Detroit
and its
archdiocese.
The
artwork
is
filled
with
symbolic
imagery,
both
from the
Sacred
Scripture
and from
references
to the
State of
Michigan.
A
concise
guide to
the
symbolism
can be
found
here. |
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