By Simone Orendain OSV News CHICAGO — A statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint, will be put in a public park on Chicago’s Near West Side. It will replace a Christopher Columbus statue that was removed during the pandemic. The Chicago Park District announced Feb. 18 that Mother Cabrini received 1,500 […]
Mary or Marianne? Hilo or Pahoa? The tale of the mysterious statue
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald That is not an apparition glowing above the Sacred Heart Church cemetery in Pahoa on the Big Island. But the sudden Oct. 5 appearance of the larger-than-life white image of Our Blessed Mother does have a bit of mystery about it. According to Deacon Jim Dougherty of St. Theresa […]
Can St. Joseph sell your house? Skip burying his statue
By Maria Wiering Catholic News Service PAUL, Minn. — The folklore is well known: Need to sell a house? Bury a statue of St. Joseph in the yard. Maybe wrapped in a cloth. But it must be upside down, near the “For Sale” sign, facing the house. Or facing away from the house, near the […]