Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Florida Deacon's Stations of Cross Seen as 'Prayer Molded Into Clay'


"Simon helps Jesus carry his cross" is one of the Sations of the Cross sculpted by Deacon Castellana WINTER

PARK, Fla. (CNS)—Far more than a visual freeze frame of a moment in time, the Stations of the Cross sculpted by Deacon Al Castellana for Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Winter Park compress the intensity of emotion as well.

"We certainly looked at it in a prayerful way," said Father Derk Schudde, pastor, "taking a close-up view of the stations -- the best close-up shot. They're often seen from a distance, but we looked at it at the heart of that moment."

Station IV, Jesus Meets His Mother, was the test sample, the first station that Deacon Castellana committed to clay. It determined the fate of the project.

Read this article here: http://www.americancatholic.org/news/report.aspx?id=3505

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