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SACRED CREATIONS - LA'S NEW CATHEDRAL
LA Times ^
| August 4, 2002
| SUZANNE MUCHNIC
Posted on 08/06/2002 10:44:26 AM PDT by NYer
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:46 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Robert Graham's images stand above the doors of the new cathedral.
"Remember 'The Agony and the Ecstasy'? Think of that--times 10." Sculptor Simon Toparovsky is recounting the perils and thrills of creating a life-size bronze crucifix for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Like author Irving Stone's interpretation of Michelangelo's ordeal in the Sistine Chapel, the saga of adorning the enormous new cathedral, which opens Sept. 3 in downtown Los Angeles, is fraught with angst and drama.
(Excerpt) Read more at calendarlive.com ...
TOPICS: General Discusssion
KEYWORDS: cathedral; excess; mahony
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To: NYer
Oh good, Abp. Weakland planned on SITTING ON THE COMMUNION RAILS? Barf.
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narses
To: Jeff Chandler
Well at least you didn't call him a deviant, pagan sodomite. That would have been insensitive. Accurate, but insensitive.
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08/06/2002 6:40:17 PM PDT
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narses
To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
To: Antoninus
Good read. Does LA's cardinal have a copy? What about the rest of the bishops? And college presidents? And all the diocesan building committees...
To: Siobhan
Very interesting if that would happen. Your Da had a great sense of humor!
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