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Catholic
Art: Saint Mary Magdalene Church Waupaca, Wisconsin (see photos) In Waupaca, I created an absolutely unique reredos in the form of two virtually life-size oak trees carved in relief, whose trunks are composed of fourteen life-sized relief carved renditions of Holy people from the Old Testament, the New Testament, and contemporary life. The left hand tree - “The Tree of Judah” - consists of Old Testament Saints. Sarah and Abraham form the tree trunk emerging from the ground. They are surmounted in turn by Moses the Lawgiver, King David, his grandmother Ruth, Prophet Isaiah, and St. John the Baptist. The right hand tree -“The Tree of Christ” - begins at its roots with the New Testament figures, Saints Peter and Paul. They are surmounted in turn by St. Isidore the Farmer and then by four people not yet officially sainted - Bishop Oscar Romaro, Dorothy Day, Pope John XXIII, and Mother Theresa.To read more about this sacred sculpture, please go to The
Tree of Life Homily.
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