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I just thought this one was interesting, from the Belleville News Democrat:
St. Patrick is not on the side walls of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. As revered as he is among Roman Catholics, there’s one thing keeping his portrait from making the cut for display in the 100-year-old church - he’s not from the Americas.
Instead, there are well-known men and women who have been canonized or beatified because of their work and lives in North, Central and South America. People like St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Blessed Junipero Serra, St. Katharine Drexel, St. Martin de Porres, St. Juan Diego and St. Frances Cabrini. And there are people who may be not quite as well known in the United States: St. Rose Phillipine Duchesne, St. Rose of Lima, St. Isaac Jogues, Blessed Miguel Pro and St. Teresa of the Andes.
In all there are portraits of 29 people who have been canonized and called saints as well as people who have been beatified and called blessed on the east and west walls of Sacred Heart. The portraits were painted by artists from Murals by Jericho as part of the recent $2.5 million remodeling of the church.
St. Patrick is not on the side walls of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. As revered as he is among Roman Catholics, there’s one thing keeping his portrait from making the cut for display in the 100-year-old church - he’s not from the Americas.
Instead, there are well-known men and women who have been canonized or beatified because of their work and lives in North, Central and South America. People like St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Blessed Junipero Serra, St. Katharine Drexel, St. Martin de Porres, St. Juan Diego and St. Frances Cabrini. And there are people who may be not quite as well known in the United States: St. Rose Phillipine Duchesne, St. Rose of Lima, St. Isaac Jogues, Blessed Miguel Pro and St. Teresa of the Andes.
In all there are portraits of 29 people who have been canonized and called saints as well as people who have been beatified and called blessed on the east and west walls of Sacred Heart. The portraits were painted by artists from Murals by Jericho as part of the recent $2.5 million remodeling of the church.