November 16, 2018

From the Archives

Statue blessing at St. Leonard of Port Maurice

In this photo from Oct. 9, 1960, Father George Powers blesses a statue and mosaic of St. Leonard at the former St. Leonard of Port Maurice Church in West Terre Haute. The statue was blessed as part of a Forty Hours Devotion held at the parish beginning that day. St. Leonard of Port Maurice was a Franciscan who lived in Italy during the eighteenth century and fostered great devotion to the Stations of the Cross. The Terre Haute Deanery faith community was closed in 2011.

In this photo from Oct. 9, 1960, Father George Powers blesses a statue and mosaic of St. Leonard at the former St. Leonard of Port Maurice Church in West Terre Haute. The statue was blessed as part of a Forty Hours Devotion held at the parish beginning that day. St. Leonard of Port Maurice was a Franciscan who lived in Italy during the eighteenth century and fostered great devotion to the Stations of the Cross. The Terre Haute Deanery faith community was closed in 2011.
 

(Would you like to comment on or share information about this photo? Contact archdiocesan archivist Julie Motyka at 800-382-9836, ext. 1538; 317-236-1538; or by e-mail at jmotyka@archindy.org.)

 

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