The statues in the church

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We have statues of

Our Lady of Guadaluoe
Our Lady of Penafrancia
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Joseph
Saint Jude
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
The Pieta
 
You folks with beautiful statues in your churches are so lucky. My parish church is a plain, modernistic structure with an interior of bare, grey brick walls. On the wall up front there is a large, cream colored, possibly fiberglass, figure of the risen Lord with one arm raised. And off to the side there’s a statue of a female figure holding hands with a small child facing her, done in the same monochrome material. I suppose it represents Our Lady and the Child Jesus, but it could also be taken for St. Ann and little Mary. We do have a large, life sized crucifix in the narthex, just at the entrance to the church, but that had been used when the parish church was located in the school building. That space is now the gymnasium.
 
The local Catholic church has a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a statue of Saint James on one side of her and a statue of Saint Philip on the other side of her.
 
Tenebrae said:
You folks with beautiful statues in your churches are so lucky. My parish church is a plain, modernistic structure with an interior of bare, grey brick walls. On the wall up front there is a large, cream colored, possibly fiberglass, figure of the risen Lord with one arm raised. And off to the side there’s a statue of a female figure holding hands with a small child facing her, done in the same monochrome material. I suppose it represents Our Lady and the Child Jesus, but it could also be taken for St. Ann and little Mary. We do have a large, life sized crucifix in the narthex, just at the entrance to the church, but that had been used when the parish church was located in the school building. That space is now the gymnasium.
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I understand, believe me! I love the churches with such glorious ‘old’ statues.

My own parish:
Separate statues of Mary and St. Joseph in both the church and the Adoration Chapel
Holy Family in the church

Other ‘home’ parish:
Mary, Joseph, Jesus (Sacred Heart) and St Thérèse of Lisieux
 
Cousin James mentioned that in the Catholic church he attends there is a large statue of St. Anne with her daughter Mary.
 
Our Lady of Guadalupe on the left hand side of the crucifix

The Christo with thorns in his head on the side of the main altar but he’s dressed in real clothes and with real hair you know a realistic statue

Nino Dios when you first walk in so you can kiss his head or light a candle

St. Jude has a very large outdoor shrine in our Church with tons of retalbos and ex votos and candles.

Actually in most mexican churches there are numerous saints everywhere in the church I can’t even name them all in the churches I visit.
Mexico actually has shrines every few feet in the city and in almost every region I have visited other than places pentecostals and mormons and jehovah’s witnesses have taken hold
 
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I think I’ve read that Eastern Catholic and Orthodox churches don’t emphasize the crucifixion so much, either.
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I have seen 3 barred Crucifixes in the Orthodox Churches. I would not make that statement.

Sorry,
BP
 
In my Parish, the architecture is amazing. First on the altar there is a crucifix. Above the actual altar it is a half-dome shape kind of like a night sky, and in the center is a lit area that looks like a cloud of tunnels with a stature of Lady Mary, on top of the earth, praying up towards a painting symbolizing the holy spirit, and then where the dome meets the ceiling a painting that I kind of imagined symbolized heaven - it’s not exactly heaven, with clouds and angels - it’s a lot more like a symbol, difficult to describe.
So basically it’s kind of like there’s the earth, there’s Mary, there’s God and then so high above you there are the heavens, and then in front of everything there is Jesus. The interesting part is, the placement of the crucifix is about level with the globe in height and small compared to the rest of the statues, but it stands out because it is placed just a few feet in front of everything else. It’s really cool and almost kind of surreal.

In addition, to the side of the church nearer the back there is an almost life-sized realistic crucifix. There is a kneeler there for praying and I imagine that one can meditate pretty intensely in that spot. And next to the entrance of the main chapel there is a statue of Lady Mary holding the body of Jesus in her arms.

I think there might be a few other statues that I am blanking on, but that is everything that I have noticed the most.
 
Our church is St.Joseph’s church and it has
a) Our Lady of Good Health of Vailankanni
b) St.Antony
c) St.Joseph
d) Child Jesus
 
I attended Holy Thursday at a different Catholic church in a different diocese out of state.
The church had statues of:
The Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Virgin Mary holding the Child Jesus
Saint Joseph
 
I went to some Roman Catholic churches in Pennsylvania.
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Our Lady of Peace had statues of:
The Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Blessed Virgin Mary
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Blessed Sacrament had statues of:       
  Mary holds the Christ Child    
 Saint Joseph     
  The Sacred Heart of Jesus     
   Outside there is a statue of Saint Ann with Young Mary.
 
I went to a Roman Catholic church in Pennsylvania.
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Saint Ann had statues of:   
Our Lady of Fatima      
  Mary with the Boy Jesus      
  Saint John Neumann
 
Saint Lawrence Roman Catholic Church in Long Island, New York has statues of:
Mary the Blessed Virgin
Saint Joseph
 
I went to two Roman Catholic churches in Pennsylvania.
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St. Peter Cathedral had a statue of the Virgin Mary holding Christ her Son.     
There were stain glass windows of St. Luke, St. John, St. Matthew, and St. Mark.      

 Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church had a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
 
Saint Joseph
Mary Our Lady Of Grace
Virgin of Guadalupe
Mary Our Lady of Lourdes
 
I went to Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania.
Outside there was a huge white cross with Jesus. The women were at the foot of the cross.
This cross was in a yard a far distance from the church…
 
I went to S.S. Cyril & Methodius Byzantine Catholic Church in Pennsylvania.
There were exterior Stations of the Cross.
Also outdoors was a beautiful large white cross with Jesus. Mary and St. John were at the foot of the Cross.
 
Cousin James went to St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church in New York State.
The statues:
St. Ambrose
The Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Joseph
The Infant of Prague
 
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